BAD, BAD, rodents!!

October 23rd:
Once upon a time, long, long ago, my brother Mel asked Rod and I if we would be interested in buying a brand new Peachtree French door at a ridiculously low price.  Someone had ordered two doors from Agway where Mel also bought his building supplies from, then they had changed their minds and Agway was willing to sell the doors to Mel for $500 each.  Mel bought one, and we bought the other, although we had no plans of using the door in the near future.  The door has been in the box it came in and stored in the barn all these years since.  When we decided to build the house we planned to use the Peachtree door in the Master bedroom.  Soooo...a few days ago the guys were ready to install the door and went to the barn get it, a little while later Chris Fuller told me he had something to show me... they took me to the master bedroom where the door was laying on the floor, they lifted it up, and showed me this:



While stored in the barn, a critter had been enjoying the taste of our Peachtree door!!

 Well, I wasn't inclined to abandon the door because of this.  The damage was on the inside of the door and had no effect on the installation of the door, it was being installed in our bedroom where it will seldom be seen, and the clincher for me was when Chris told me that to replace it would cost $2000.  So, the door was installed and I'll try some repair products I saw in a woodworking magazine and try to fix it before it gets stained.
That's why this post is titled, "Bad,Bad, rodents!"



 October 25th:
Monday morning...the shingles are delivered and the guys who are installing the shingles and siding get started.  Chris Fuller and his guys spend the day installing septic and water lines.