No, not like A vs. F, we're talking about soil here. See the side of the garage is not quite graded appropriately. And while we don't much care about how it looks, we do care about the water that tends to wind its way into our garage during heavy rains. So with the help of Mike, our neighbor, we are going to be making some changes.
First we dug a ditch along the side of the garage
And along the back of the garage (before and after)
And then we though about it some more, and decided the ditch should be wider.
Next we bough some some pressure treated 2x12s. The plan is to sister these to the bottom piece of siding so that we can build the grade up against it without causing problems. To protect the boards even further, Matt primed them:
But before we can put them up, we wanted to make sure the siding that is already up is tight. So we sunk screws into it to secure it to the 2x4s in the frame. Then, just to really be sure, Matt caulked the seam between the siding and the concrete.
He's only halfway, and it doesn't look fun, but we think it's worth it.
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