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The Existing Structure

July 17th, 2008 by GuysGuideBook in Home Improvement
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Remodeling the Fourth Street Patio

The less than adequate support structure of the existing patio coverJust before moving onto fourth street, I had my first experience with the patio. It was early Summer and I hadn’t spent to much time on the patio yet since the weather wasn’t that great yet. It started to rain and then the thunder and lightning came in. We were tucked into a spot where the wind wasn’t blowing at us that much and so we were safe.

Pretty soon, I noticed that there was water running down the wall of the garage that should have been protected by the patio cover. The water should have ran off the garage, onto the patio cover, to the gutter, and then down the drain. I quickly realized that the water was running right down the wall and eventually by a electric socket and this scared me a bit. The stereo was unplugged and after the storm lightened up, we made our way inside. Read the rest of this entry »