Going, going, gone

After years of talking about it, planning and saving, and more talking about it, we are finally getting a new carport. 

The old one was actually two constructions; this free standing timber carport closest to the street, and a steel structure behind, which was attached to the wall of the house, and spanned the area between it and the fence. Pre stage one renovation which was more than a few years ago now, the steel carport actually extended all the way down to the backyard.

Both structures had major problems. The roof of the timber carport was lower than the house (it actually protruded onto the verandah around head height), and had no gutters. The slightest shower of rain saw torrents of water pouring onto our verandah on one side, and onto our neighbour’s wall on the other (not good when the bricks are more than a century old). The steel structure behind had gutters, well the remnants of gutters, as they were long rusted through. Actually, the whole thing was so full of rust, it was becoming structurally unsound.  

Anyway, demolition fell to us. SP took a day off work, and with a little help from moi, deconstructed them both. With the old metal carport gone, we were also able to finally remove the last sheet of asbestos that once clad the entire house. It might be slow going, but we're getting there...