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			TILE ROOF The basement doesn't have a tile roof, but the house does. At the home inspection the then homeowner left a note saying he saw a leak on the back porch for the first time. Hmm. About a year after moving in, while patching and sealing hadn't worked, it was time to replace the roof.
			TILE'S UP It was a long process of rippnig up the tiles.
			TILE GOING DOWN About eight tiles fit into a 5 gallon bucket which was lowered down to the ground for unloading. Two buckets and two people
			THE LEAK There's that "new" leak. Ahh. Sure. I'll belive that the leak just appeared.
			THE LEAK 2 The rotted boards are ripped out. The rafter I thought was a 2x4 was actually a 2x8. Had to sister on a new 2x8. That was quite a chore, but the roof hasn't fallen down yet, so that's a good sign. No pictures of the new roof here, but it went on, and so far has kept the porch dry.
			BACK TO THE BASEMENT There was a little extension to the return air that, to my figuring, did nothing. So I ripped it down.
			DUCT WORK This is in the TV area. It's quite a mess.
			OLD WINDOW It took longer than I thought to get the old window out of its frame. Apparently I need a new pry bar. Who would have thought my 3 dollar one wouldn't be too strong? I've kept the old steel window frame for prying - it's pretty strong.
			BLOCK WINDOW GOES INTO PLACE Home Depot sells 8x8 thinline glass block. They no longer seel the 4x8 pieces that I needed to complete the window. A distributor twenty miles from my house does. So I made an hour round trip drive to purchase $8.96 worth of glass block. You can see the pressure treated framing I had to add to the window.
			WINDOW IS FINISHED You'll notice its dark outside. It took much longer to build than I would have thought. And it was much harder than the animated internet instructions. But its there now.