Trenching and Protecting

Yesterday while we trenched around the front of the house to protect from our minor termite issue, we also went ahead and addressed some of the issues that had arisen from our flower bed

While a flower bed like this certainly looks great, it unfortunately is a bed for rot :( Because it's filled with soil and plants with no proper drainage, the water sort of just sits in the flower bed and doesn't go anywhere.

So while we dug the trench around the front, we also dug out all of the soil from the flower bed

Once we had dug it all out Chris cleaned the top portion of the stucco and I poured in the termite solution

The bottom of the stucco connects with the foundation and there's a significant underhang from the stucco, so we bought a roofing cement product to even out the overhang and waterproof the transition

I'd never used the product, but immediately after opening it I felt the need for an art project

I grabbed the margin trowel and started spreading it out

Once I was finished I filled in the bottom of the flower bed with some gravel to provide better drainage


I waited overnight for the tar to dry, but this morning after my run I got out the shovel and filled the flower bed back in



And after a hose down to clean things up, it was looking good as new

Hopefully now the front of the house will be rot and termite free!