Good Morning!!!! 52F @ 6:30AM. Cloudy. High 62F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
It was raining hard when I got here last week, and the water on the back patio was getting pretty close to the house. There's a 6" high concrete curb between the patio and back yard, and floor drains at the base of the curb. Yesterday I pulled the grates off the floor drains and scraped enough muck and debris out to fill a 3 gallon bucket. That helped with drainage, but the line terminates out at the street under the lawn where it meets the sidewalk, and my guess is that end is also clogged with debris. The line should also terminate at the street, not the sidewalk. So I'm thinking about cutting the sidewalk and core drilling the curb at the street to let the water drain freely. The line should also be jetted; have any of you purchased a jetting attachment for your pressure washer?
Got a start taking the partition down between the two garage bays, enough to see the wall is simple 2x4 studs and header. I was reminded that the breaker box is not labeled very well when I got zapped by one of the 120VAC leads that terminate on the wall. I thought I'd checked it with a volt meter, and I did have the breaker labeled "Garage Outlets" open, but it turned out to still be hot. There's a 240VAC outlet on that wall, too, and it turns out it is on the kitchen circuit. Also unlabeled.
Happy Hump Day, folks!