Attention cavers,
There will be a workday at the Texas Speleological Center, 14045 North Green Hills Loop, Austin, in Hays County next Sunday, October 10, all day. We will be painting outside walls, repairing the deck, improving drainage, nailing sheathing, and other chores. If you want to come and visit, feel free. If you want to help, write me a note. I will be posting additional details in the next few days. ronralph at Austin.rr.com 512 797-3817E We will be replacing 2 by 6-inch decking is needed. We need to countersink existing nails and screws and cut out rotten 2x6” decking on the back porch and replacing them with new wood prior to painting. We will then be painting the deck with stain on both floor and rails. We will provide saws, pry bars, screw gun, nails and deck screws as needed. Work clothes, boots and gloves will be necessary. Drainage around the barn needs improvement. We will be removing colluvial slope wash and tree mulch from three sides of the structure. Shovel, pick, hoe and wheelbarrows will be provided with fill placed in the low spots of the parking lot. Youth, boots and work clothes are needed. Chiggers and poison oak will be provided also. We need to construct a temporary post and chain at the entrance way. We need to dig two post holes and set bollards. Then, a wire or chain will need to be stretched across the drive in such a manner that the place looks protected, but can be easily accessed by lifting the chain off a hook in the drilled post. We will provide shovels, pick, San Angelo bar, bollards and concrete. Youth, boots and work clothes are needed. Carpentry on the barn and office are needed. We will be replacing some fascia where wood rot has damaged the existing boards. We will be replacing some sheathing where it has been destroyed by rain and weather. We will be adding new sheathing around the back door. And we will be replacing trim where needed. Hammer, pry bar and nails/screws will be provided along with lumber. Experience, youth, boots and work clothes are needed. Some high work on ladders will be necessary. The parking lot needs fill and mulch needs to be placed. Hopefully we will have gravel delivered to be placed in the parking lot and where pavement meets two-track and parking. We also need to shovel existing mulch and haul it to the drainage area around the barn to break falling rain water off the roof. Shovel, rake and wheelbarrows will be provided. Youth, boots and work clothes are needed. Painting at the barn and office are needed. We will be scraping sheathing at the barn and office, then painting with KILLS, then exterior latex. We will also be caulking joints and repainting rotten wood with new skirting. We will be painting the deck with stain on the floor and rails. We will provide rollers, brushes, paint and thinner along with a paint gun and hopefully a good spray painter. Youth, boots and painting clothes are needed. Some high work on ladders will be necessary. We need to lope and chop cedar trees. In preparation for a fencing contractor, we will be clearing an access path along the southwest and southeast property lines. This will entail cutting cedar and hauling it to a central location where we can hopefully use a donated chipper to reduce slash to mulch. We will provide loppers and a chain saw. You will need boots, gloves and work clothes and probably a bandana mask.
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