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chevy
08-10-2005, 01:59 PM
We are renovating our house.So we put all our furniture out on the deck and made a tarp tent.It got really windy the other day and the tarps blew away.So we ran out an bought a gazebo.I spent hours sewing these curtains to go around it and intended on getting some nikwax to water proof the curtains.
Well , with this downpour today ...I found out our gazebo is not water proof on one side.The side where our antique cabinet and stereo was.So needless to say it got wet...and I need to contact Canadian tire for a replacement canopy and contact our insurance company.Hope it's covered.
This reno has been a nightmare....I even got smacked in the face with one of the canopy poles and bruised my face up ...also gave me a nice cut too.
What a day :(...actually , what a week.
Vodafone
08-10-2005, 02:30 PM
it is ok...us canadians must get it by now. We Canadians dont have a nice summer. It is like you holding a weather box. You wake up in the morning. You want sun, press sun. You want rain, press rain, you want wind press wind. also, the word poors is messpelled! lol it is spellead pours!
Swordfish
08-10-2005, 03:03 PM
it is ok...us canadians must get it by now. We Canadians dont have a nice summer. It is like you holding a weather box. You wake up in the morning. You want sun, press sun. You want rain, press rain, you want wind press wind. also, the word poors is messpelled! lol it is spellead pours!

Sorry to hear about that Chevy I hope it goes better for you

and Vodafone snowbodys merfect :)
Dr.Dan
08-10-2005, 03:14 PM
and Vodafone snowbodys merfect :)
You misspelt that too Swordy... it's 'snowbodys smerfect' ;)

Chevy, if it wasn't for bad luck, you'd have no luck at all :(

I hope the damage isn't too bad...
Swordfish
08-10-2005, 03:17 PM
Thank you for the correction Dan but that was deliberate I was trying be sarcastic
Dr.Dan
08-10-2005, 03:29 PM
I know Swordy... and I was correcting you with even more bad spelling ;)
Just to reinforce the point you were making

Something tells me you already know who 'Vodafone' is... :huu:
Frogy
08-10-2005, 03:30 PM
Sorry to hear chevy, hope that it all works out with the insurance and CT.
Tess
08-10-2005, 04:09 PM
Something tells me you already know who 'Vodafone' is... :huu:


:ght:
Vodafone
08-10-2005, 04:20 PM
Is there something wrong, did i say something that may have offended someone. Please do tell me.

Thanks
Mouse
08-10-2005, 05:02 PM
When someone is mouthier them me, I get suspicious too. :)
Missing Link
08-10-2005, 05:04 PM
When someone is mouthier them me, I get suspicious too. :)

I find your scent unpleasant!
How's THAT for mouthy?!
Mouse
08-10-2005, 05:07 PM
You must have a nose like a dog.

It was demeaning to me too. :p
Missing Link
08-10-2005, 05:12 PM
You must have a nose like a dog.

It was demeaning to me too. :p

Yeah, well your mother has chromosomes!!
Mouse
08-10-2005, 05:14 PM
And you father slept with women!!!!
Mouse
08-10-2005, 05:16 PM
So chevy, do you have those nice full lips now??? ;)
tweakthis
08-11-2005, 08:00 AM
Hey, Chevy, sorry to hear the news. Those Cdn Tire tarps are really just to take on a picnic to keep away light rain and provide some protection from the sun. I had one that I tried to keep up in my back yard (which gets a all day sun) and it didn't even make it through the summer because the poles kept collapsing. They are great for light use. LOL Good luck with the insurance company.
Ken_ver_1_5
08-11-2005, 09:25 AM
sorry to hear bout the trouble.
hope your insurance company
will come through.

I lost 2 power bars in yesterdays storm:(
Lesley
08-11-2005, 10:33 AM
For Chevy

When we did renos almost four years ago everything went really well, until we were just about finished and the roof started leaking like crazy. We had to add another $4000 for a new roof to the $60,000 already spent on renos. I feel your pain.


For Vodophone

Spelling can be a touchy issue on here, some folks get annoyed by poor grammar & spelling and when they say something the person who has misspelled the word (words) takes it personally. I try to adhere to two rules in situations like this. I only say something if the spelling/grammar errors are so severe that it makes the post impossible to understand and I always make sure before I post a comment that my spelling is correct. The latter applies to you which may why you were jumped on. I have the advantage of being able to fix the errors instead of commenting on them, it allows me to be as anal I like about spelling without making anyone feel bad. My personal grammar sin is an overuse of parenthesis and run on sentences. :ght:

I figure that you probably misspelled a few words to add humour to your comment but then I have the ability to find humour in almost anything. :eri:




it is ok...us canadians must get it by now. We Canadians dont have a nice summer. It is like you holding a weather box. You wake up in the morning. You want sun, press sun. You want rain, press rain, you want wind press wind. also, the word poors is messpelled! lol it is spellead pours!
chevy
08-12-2005, 07:29 AM
Okay I dont spell so good lol.My grammar sucks too.I dont know why I goofed...I guess cause I was pissed.
Then again I do it all the time.Sorry to hear about that bad reno job Lesley.Mine has been not too bad so far.We didnt bother with the insurance thing or even returning it to canadian tire.As tweakthis stated they arent that great to begin with.We decided to get that nikwax...well...it's okay.Today we are gonna get some waterproofing for tents.That should do it.Gotta go...time to get coffee and go rent that floor sander.Ughhh...my back and arms hurt as it is.Be back by sunday....blocking off the house and gonna live in the basement till floor is done.Not so bad...watch my 52 inch and drink some well deserved beer.
tweakthis
08-12-2005, 08:20 AM
...blocking off the house and gonna live in the basement till floor is done.Not so bad...watch my 52 inch and drink some well deserved beer.Now that's the way to renovate! LOL Have fun. :)
Lesley
08-12-2005, 09:11 AM
It happens unfortunately. On the upside the roof is done and it should be good for a while (crossing fingers).

Enjoy the TV and brewskies!!!


Sorry to hear about that bad reno job Lesley.Mine has been not too bad so far.We didnt bother with the insurance thing or even returning it to canadian tire.As tweakthis stated they arent that great to begin with.We decided to get that nikwax...well...it's okay.Today we are gonna get some waterproofing for tents.That should do it.Gotta go...time to get coffee and go rent that floor sander.Ughhh...my back and arms hurt as it is.Be back by sunday....blocking off the house and gonna live in the basement till floor is done.Not so bad...watch my 52 inch and drink some well deserved beer.
chevy
08-15-2005, 10:14 PM
Well here it is the weekends over and the floor job went bad.We sanded it okay.The water marks did not come out though.We even tried bleaching them as suggested.So we tried a nice dark red mahoganny stain , hoping it would hide it.No luck there.Then we decided to remove a few of the stained boards and replace with new.No luck there either...no one sells anything close to it.We were told to try peacok lumber but we didnt make it.Decided to steal the hard wood floor boards from the front hall and closet...since we plan on putting tile there anyway.So needless to say we ripped up half the floor to fix about 20 water stains.Will post pics tomorrow....we try to take pics of all the reno's we do.Also with this humidity...the floor stain will not dry.It said up to 8 hours....two days later it's still wet.What a pain.Heres hoping it looks good when we are done.