we've had half a dozen good rains since i put up the swamp cooler and not a drop came in. yesterday we got about 2.5 inches in 20 minutes and i had some pretty good leaking through my hole. so today i decided to plug up my hole.
i decided on
@Singlemalt 's idea of a mini shed over the insulated duct work. from the time i left for home depot to walking in the house after putting the tools away: 2 hours 10 minutes. not bad.
framed out the sections individually and carried them up the ladder and assembled them, then cut the plywood (leaving the back piece higher up the roof long to over lap the sides), carried the pieces up the ladder and attached them, left the roof piece to overlap all the sides by a couple inches, and caulked it all in heavily with roofing style caulk.
left myself plenty of time to masturbate today!