I have a guy that comes to take care of spiders, roaches, ants, etc. and he has sulcatas of his own, so he understands about not poisoning my animals. He called my attention to what he referred to as "salt and pepper" around Dudley's night house. He said it was termite 'leavings.'
Since Dudley's night house is in the front yard and smack up against my house, I knew I had to get rid of this structure as quickly as possible.
Dudley's old shelter next to my front door:
So I started building him a shed in the back yard.
I'm an old lady, and I'm quite lazy. My recliner and my Kindle call to me constantly and it's quite a struggle to ignore their call. So even though I started this project way back in October of last year, I wasn't able to wrap it up until today. I started by digging the ground level. I had a bunch of old asphalt shingles that the garbage company won't take, so I put them down on the level ground, then sand then I started laying down cement stepping stones and covering them with termite mesh:
This is the other side of the fence, in Dudley's yard:
I started framing, then after the first of the year I had a little extra help. Steven (Bouaboua) and his wife came and spent the day with me:
Not much left to do now, getting there slowly but surely:
When I put on the shingles, I didn't realize I was supposed to butt the pieces up against each other, and not overlap them, so I ended up with a bump down the middle:
And the final test, it's occupant coming to try it out:
I think he gave it his seal of approval. He's in there digging at the wall.
I'm so very glad to have this project finished. Now I can get rid of the old one and get back into taking care of the day-to-day chores.
Since Dudley's night house is in the front yard and smack up against my house, I knew I had to get rid of this structure as quickly as possible.
Dudley's old shelter next to my front door:
So I started building him a shed in the back yard.
I'm an old lady, and I'm quite lazy. My recliner and my Kindle call to me constantly and it's quite a struggle to ignore their call. So even though I started this project way back in October of last year, I wasn't able to wrap it up until today. I started by digging the ground level. I had a bunch of old asphalt shingles that the garbage company won't take, so I put them down on the level ground, then sand then I started laying down cement stepping stones and covering them with termite mesh:
This is the other side of the fence, in Dudley's yard:
I started framing, then after the first of the year I had a little extra help. Steven (Bouaboua) and his wife came and spent the day with me:
Not much left to do now, getting there slowly but surely:
When I put on the shingles, I didn't realize I was supposed to butt the pieces up against each other, and not overlap them, so I ended up with a bump down the middle:
And the final test, it's occupant coming to try it out:
I think he gave it his seal of approval. He's in there digging at the wall.
I'm so very glad to have this project finished. Now I can get rid of the old one and get back into taking care of the day-to-day chores.