Did the home repairs give you the courage to do the Vette mods....or vice versa?

 

I suppose the house repairs help give me some courage to do the Vette mods, it didn't go the way I was planning and I was pretty frustrated but I worked through it and I feel good about that.

 

 

what about cement? get a grout bag and pump it into the corners and holes. betcha mice have a hard time with concrete.

 

That's what I'm doing, or at least a cement patch without the aggregate. I've got my fingers crossed that this is going to do it.

 

grout bag. like a cake icing decorator. pump into the corners and holes.

 

I gotchya. I'm just going to mix it in a pail and push it into place by hand. Its a little tight between the wall and the window well.

 

I recently built some planters using 4" x 8" x 12" cement blocks shown in this picture of our pup.
I got some cement adhesive from the landscape store where I purchased the block.
It comes in tubes like household caulking.
When it sets up the blocks will not move.
My mother in law has backed into one wall a couple of times with her car and her tires did not even budge the blocks.
I might have a spare tube floating around my garage or out in a shed.
If you are interested, I can try to find one and shoot you a picture.

 

A large percentage of my projects do not go the way I planned for them to go!

I was very impressed with your ability and stick-to-it-ness! You do good work Priya!!

 

Thanks OldCarBum, I had at it today and got the large hole filled with concrete patch, I think I have it under control.

 

Let me know if you change your mind.

 

I finished the house repairs. Last time I posted I was at this point with a big piece of stucco missing between the window well and wall, this was easy entry for mice:




I filled in that area. I must have had too much water in the mix because after it dried there was a hairline crack in the concrete patch between the window well and the wall. Shouldn't really matter until years down the road and the crack gets big enough for a mouse to get through and then I'll have to redo it:






I mixed that concrete patch in a pail and didn't notice until after I was cleaning up that I had abraded my skin away on my forearms against the side of the pail on the partially dried concrete patch. I was going to post a picture but decided no one needs to see that.

Then I brought the concrete patch out a foot from the wall or so, so if a mouse tries to dig down along the wall it will have to go back a foot away from where it wants to be and hopefully give up before then:




And now I'm ready to fill it in. A previous homeowner had placed plastic a few inches underneath the ground to keep water from seeping in to the basement. I cleared away some of the dirt on top of that so I could overlay plastic and cover the part of the ground where I destroyed the previous plastic sheet:




Some new plastic on top:




Shoveled the previously removed dirt back into place and I'm done:




I haven't checked around the rest of the basement for other places mice can get in, so I figure its maybe 50/50 this alone keeps the mice out. For this part of the house though I've made a much more significant barrier to the mice than the "open door" they had up until now. I'll find out how successful I've been come winter.

Now I can get back to working on the Corvette

 

funny how easy plaster, stucco and drywall mud are to get straight after doing body work on glass cars. looks good.

 

No doubt all the body work I've done over the years helped me to get this concrete patch in place and the right shape.

 

I have a spare Stingray emblem...if you need the finishing-touch.

 

I think it'll suffice as is, lol

 

Update:

I've been working on the car a little here and there, but not a whole lot getting done up to this point. The summer of 2020 I had an interaction with my anti-depressants and my mood has been down a great deal since then and my anxiety level way up. I've improved a bit over the past few months and started a new anti-depressant regime and I'm feeling hopeful about getting back into regular work on the car. The good news is I talked the spousal unit into letting me put the winter tires on the Corvette and keep it in the garage for the winter so I can continue to work on it

 

Hurray for hubby!!!! Telll him you'll keep him!

 

I think everyone has had issues with the nonsense going on in the world for almost 2 yrs now. Hang in there hopefully they can get your meds balanced out.
We're all glad to get your update I will keep you in my prayers.
Keep on working.!!

 

Will do

Thanks for your support