I live in an old house.

The front bump out leaks when we get driving rain. I installed some flashing but that wasn't enough, it's still leaking. So I'm working on that so I can close up the big hole in the ceiling some day.

The prior owners filled in the old coal chute with literal bags of cement sort of artistically placed in the hole in the brick foundation. So I'm trying to figure out what masonry tools and skills I'll need to close it up proper.

I'd like to build my kids a playhouse of some sort, sketching out some designs for that.

As in they put bags of unmixed cement in the chute?

Very exciting on the playhouse. What kind of things will it have?

I'm expecting my first this year so have a ways to go before I get to work on that project

Any way you could share the sketches? Seems fun and interesting.