Putting the POW! Into Power Washing

Last weekend, our neighbor borrowed a professional machine and powerwashed  about 600 ft of sidewalk in front of three properties, including ours.

 A feat like that cannot go unanswered so Sami spent yesterday power washing our airstrip-like  cement driveway. He borrowed the other neighbor's machine, which is as big an any used at an airport or naval base. It took all day and at one point he had to call in the reserves (our daughter, whom I had slated for weed-pulling that day.)

Today, he applied some kind of cement/concrete (what is the difference, really?) sealer. It didn't take as long as yesterday's task, so he took on the power washing of the patio in the back. He met up with the creeping mulch from the rose garden so it took a long, long time and now my mulch is eroded from underneath. Considering the fact that I applied the Bayer 3-in-1 Insect and Disease Control Spray on Saturday morning, we have some pretty messed up crickets staggering around out there.

I'm on the road all this week and Lord knows what he'll be up to. Our roof is about 16 years old and at one point recnetly, he declared that he (an arthritic, Lyme Disease recoveree, senior citizen) was going to replace it himself. For once, I'm glad that the weather report is solid thunderstorms for almost the entire time I'll be gone.

Although, that might not stop him.

Comments

[LeeAnn]

Crickets need to be messed up. That's right, I have anti-cricket sentiments just simmering under this sedate old broad surface.
I'm just one step away from Raiding this joint.

[The Proprietor]

We have had a new breed of cricket invade the house last year and this year. They have tiger stripes and are the size of gerbils. I personally don't mind them, but they cause wife and daughter to start screaming.

I tried the sticky strips in the laundry room, but they would just leave a leg or two behind and keep going. Between them and the stinkbugs I feel like I am living in a terrarium.

[Teresa]

Dueling Power Wash

I think that might be an excellent movie. As for the roof. Here's one time I will hope for rain (for your sake-LOL)

[t]

our resident pest is the asian lady bug. (not like the cute ones we caught as kiddos) .they hatch once per year in the spare bedroom and infest the whole thing. they smell as they die.
yuk
yuk
yuk

[elbee]

From my hubby who worked for a concrete company for 40 years - cement is the dry powder that is mixed with sand, stone, water, etc. to make concrete (the hard stuff).

[sorin]

Dueling Power Wash

I think that might be an excellent movie. As for the roof. Here's one time I will hope for rain (for your sake-LOL)

[liz]

Crickets need to be messed up. That's right, I have anti-cricket sentiments just simmering under this sedate old broad surface.
I'm just one step away from Raiding this joint.

[liz]

thanks for help