ART BEGINS A NEW PROJECT

Last winter our pantry, which is located underneath the stairs, seemed to be very damp. I bought more of the dehumidifier kits that are sold everywhere and put one in the back of the pantry. The salt in the small container on top draws the moisture, then it collects in the container on the bottom.



Even though I emptied the containers regularly, there was still ‘muffa’ (mold) on the walls, which meant I was back in the corner with a bucket of bleach on a regular basis as well. Not my idea of a fun time, especially since I also had to clean the muffa in our bedroom and in the small upstairs bathroom.

Now that the roof and gutters have been repaired, the bedroom and bathroom shouldn’t be a problem this winter (Please!), but the problem under the stairs continues, even now.

Art asked the men who did the roof if they had an opinion about this, and eventually, after consulting with those two men as well as with Armando our neighbor and with Luciano and Dino who‘re working in the park, it was decided that Art needed to remove the outer layer of concrete on the house so that it could be re-done.

Art thought this was going to be a simple project, but as he started to work at chipping away the loose concrete, he learned that he had to remove much more than he ever dreamed of!



The project has now taken on a life of its own, and even as I type this, Art’s on his way to talk to someone about borrowing a pneumatic hammer. I for one am not in favor of this. Art has no experience using one of these hammers, and I’m just afraid that we’ll end up with a gigantic hole in the wall…one that goes all the way through! Of course as a man he’s not the least bit hesitant to pick up a power tool and blast away…….