I have found my project for this year. Rescue the boathouse. Last year I was cleaning out the boat house with a leaf blower, yes it was that dirty, when I noticed a lot of dirt flying our of one the corners. When I investigated I notcied the bottom sill plate was a bit rotted.

This past weekend I decided clear out the area where the wood is rooted an found that I did have minor rot. See image below.



What you are looking at is the bottom of the wall in the boat house. If it looks like there are 2x4s floating in the air. Well, they are.  I determined the only thing holding up that corner was the rail for the overhead door. What to do?

I could go Mike Holmes on in and tear it all down. But I can't. The boat house is only 6 feet from the lake. And legally if I tear it down, it stays down. I only can repair it. I will repair it right. I will use pressure treated lumber. Make sure the drainage is away from the boat house. You can see below I have started to dig around the boat house. I have to lower one area by about 8 inches. And make it more water resistant.




And that electrical outlet with the romex running towards the other end of the boat house, it was just laying an the ground. Slightly illegal. That will be removed. I am going to redo the electrical. Other plans are to put in a bigger window. Fix the trim around the doors and windows. Move the Ceiling rafters from 24 inch on center to 16 inch on center, as they should be. Power wash the interior. Maybe a new roof. And paint and decorate the inerior to look like a cabana.

In other happenings. We had a strom last week sometime. It knocked down a tree.



Luckily it did not damage any buildings. But it was close to the house. Time to buy a new chain saw!

Joe