Stump Removal

Follow up to Storm Damage and Cleanup. Work by Truetreesolutions. Next up ... what to do with that site? We are having Landscaping by Bachman's coming out next Friday.

Bathroom remodel

Our summer project: Remodel of the downstairs bathroom.

• Sink: From the Onyx Collection (40" x 22") (Coconut)
• Faucet: Kohler Coralais Polished Chrome 1-Handle 4-in Centerset Bathroom Sink Faucet (Lowe's tem #: 89234 | Model #: 15598-P-CP)
• New bathroom mirror (yet to be purchased)
• Repaint

Comment: I ordered today from Lowe's. Looks like about 6 weeks for the counter top to arrive

Critter(s) in the attic

Minnesota Wild Animal Management

Monday night after dark we heard an animal in the attic (near the front above the dinning room).

Tuesday Kathee inspected the front of the house to see it there was any hole or access point. None found.

Saturday Kathee did a walk around the house and found a large section of soffit (about 14" x 20") on the ground. At the roof line under the gutter.

We have a walk out rambler and the place where the soffit section has been removed is probably 23-25' off the ground. The roof line there has a little jut over the porch so there is an angled area where a critter was able to leverage itself and pry the soffit away. The bent piece of soffit was on the ground. How animal control works this:

• They set traps (on the roof)
• They will monitor the traps for 5 days
• Upon successful trapping they will seal the hole (either straighten the existing piece of soffit or put in a new one)

I suspect a raccoon as we have seen what we believe to be raccoon tracks on the raised deck (which itself is 12' above ground level)

New windows for the house

Back on May 31st, our home experienced hail damage. Since then we have been repairing. Today about a dozen windows were replaced. This window is a new garage window.

Next up: Siding replacement (2 sides) and gutters and downspouts