The deck, as we might have expected, turns out to be full of rot. A large part of the deck and stairs is being rebuilt.

The old gutters were useless too-short leaking plastic crap. We now have beautiful aluminum seamless gutters, including the length of the garage front, which never had a gutter before. Now Betsy won’t have to walk under a waterfall when she leaves her apartment in the rain. And it does rain, though not enough.