Build firewood shelters now while weather should be drier EVEN WITH a week of summer officially over, the North Shore still sees summer rains. Firewood pets wet in the rain, and a few months from now it will get soaked and _ possibly covered in the snow. The plastic tarps that many people use to protect their wood often flap in the wind and can be hard to han- dle. A firewood shelter is a better way to house your timber and it need not be a big deal to con- struct. And summer is the perfect time for those outdoor construc- tion jobs, while the weather is at its best. . One such shelter that is easy and relatively inexpensive to build is similar in style to a baseball dugout. It can be made out of stockade fencing, available at any big home centre or lumberyard. This dugout style shelter has three functions. First, it keeps wood dry while the cracks between the pickets allow the air to circulate throughout the shelter and season the wood. Second, the wood is easily and neatly stacked and held in place by the shelter’s walls. No longer -will you need posts and braces at the end of your wood piles. The uniformity of the eight- foot sections of fencing can also give you an easy and accurate way to measure in cords the quantity of vour weod (2 cerd is a siach mear’ring four-by-four-by-eight feet). Third, the shelter keeps the wood more or less safe from those who might want to help themselves. The shelter keeps the wood out of direct sight without moving the wood from what is probably a convenient location. To support the shelter, you will need stockade fence posts, spaced at eight-foot intervals. The front posts should be six inches taller than those in the back so your roof will have a pitch. The shelter is constructed of three eight-foot sections of six-foot-high stockage fencing across the back and one six-foot-high fencing on each end, The front remains open. A Shelter of this size will hold roughly seven cords of wood. For & smaller four-cord shelter, use only two eight-foot sections of fencing. One eight-foot section will hold two cords. A double plate of two-by-fours runs across the front posts and the back three sections of fencing. Across the front and back plates,. you can spike eight-foot sections Clean outdoor carpeting with care IF THE green turf indoor-out- door carpet covering a porch, patio, or balcony has algae form- ing on it, it can be cleaned. First, dampen down the carpet with water, then apply an exterior cleaning solution. Let the cleaning solution soak into the carpet for about three minutes. Then proceed to give the carpet a very brisk scrubbing. Rinse well with the hose, and then suck up all the water with a the regular pike and receive a second bind of the same style FREE OF CHARGE. Free blind must be of equa! or lesser value. 4O0%orr Enjoy the natural warmth and beauty of wood venetian blinds and N . SAVE 40% OFF, The affordable H altemative to wood shutters. SAVE 45% OFF pleated shades . Over 100 colours and fabric to choose from. The deccretors choice for your rcom with a view. ORTH VANCOUVER 4228 Marine wet-and-dry vacuum. The vacuum will remove all the spores of algae from the carpet and will help reduce, if not elimi- nate, the problem of algae growth. This cleaning formula should work: 3 quarts warm water 1 quart liquid bleach 4% cup tri-sodium phosphate Y% cap phosphate-free detergent liquid SAVE 58% OFF custom designer mini blinds. An incredidk: selection of designer colours priced to suit your budget. Lifetime Warranty. Sleek anid elegant - now 1/2 PRKED (oz you to save. Sale price includes all sp