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Busy weekend.
All framing done, plywood sheathing, house wrap on, for the wall I'm rebuilding. Wifie started interior painting. Took the afternoon off, christened the new charcoal grill, shoot the breeze with some neighbors for a few hours, played fetch with Jasmine.
A good time
All framing done, plywood sheathing, house wrap on, for the wall I'm rebuilding. Wifie started interior painting. Took the afternoon off, christened the new charcoal grill, shoot the breeze with some neighbors for a few hours, played fetch with Jasmine.
A good time
Good progress on the wall replacement, trying to nudge it far enough along so I can start the new deck. Built a new "picnic" table, one where we'll use separate plastic seats (less hassle than normal picnic table benches), have to attach the legs inside, then pull them off and have DW help me drag it wherever she wants it set up. Built it a full 7' wide, to sit six people in seats. DW thinks it looks too large, I shrugged -- no more work to build that than a shorter one, and I do like using separate seats to make it easier for people to move in and out.
Rainy day job is building replacement interior doors. Z doors made from 1x boards are quick and easy, I like them for a camp.
Rainy day job is building replacement interior doors. Z doors made from 1x boards are quick and easy, I like them for a camp.
I wanna know what's in mark's DIY 
Or maybe he's really a 20 something ........ I need to rest just after reading what you're up to
...and the nagging question.......when does mark sleep?
Or maybe he's really a 20 something ........ I need to rest just after reading what you're up to ...and the nagging question.......when does mark sleep?
Another busy week.
Actual work-work has a lot going on, but still finding time to play at camp. Picnic table all put together, stained. Two coats of paint on the new exterior living room wall, today I'll cut out the window holes, prime them, maybe put the storm windows in at the very end of the day. Window trim boards cut, time to prime them. I'll still have some work to do on the upper half of the wall, the triangular part covering the attic area, but I'll go the lazy way out, a few wood screws, caulk seams, paint, add some Z drip edge; skip replacing that part until next year.
Concrete mixer's put together, though I'll ask DW to lend a hand so I can tighten the motor pulley (a little too much slack, need one person pushing down while the other tightens bolts). Added another external faucet off the pump box, with long hose, to get a good source of water for the mixer. Hopefully I'll get to fire up the mixer, just a half bag test, some concrete to firm up a post
Then I get to start the main job for this season, the deck. Hopefully the existing porch has a nice beam with good supports at the front edge, but I won't know until I remove a section of the skirt going around the crawl space. If it's clean, then only 3 new columns along the front of the deck; if it's weak, more holes for added supports on the porch-side connection. Since it's a flood plain, we end up needing around 20" pads at the bottom of each column, nominal 42" depth (or until we hit water ). You move 4x as much dirt per column to do a 20" diameter as a 10" diameter, so fewer is better. I've done all my previous stuff by hand, think I'll look at renting a 2 person auger for this round; $80 for a day's rental will save a lot of shoveling
Oh, also have to do a little prep, doing open water dives, certifying a class this weekend.
Actual work-work has a lot going on, but still finding time to play at camp. Picnic table all put together, stained. Two coats of paint on the new exterior living room wall, today I'll cut out the window holes, prime them, maybe put the storm windows in at the very end of the day. Window trim boards cut, time to prime them. I'll still have some work to do on the upper half of the wall, the triangular part covering the attic area, but I'll go the lazy way out, a few wood screws, caulk seams, paint, add some Z drip edge; skip replacing that part until next year.
Concrete mixer's put together, though I'll ask DW to lend a hand so I can tighten the motor pulley (a little too much slack, need one person pushing down while the other tightens bolts). Added another external faucet off the pump box, with long hose, to get a good source of water for the mixer. Hopefully I'll get to fire up the mixer, just a half bag test, some concrete to firm up a post
Then I get to start the main job for this season, the deck. Hopefully the existing porch has a nice beam with good supports at the front edge, but I won't know until I remove a section of the skirt going around the crawl space. If it's clean, then only 3 new columns along the front of the deck; if it's weak, more holes for added supports on the porch-side connection. Since it's a flood plain, we end up needing around 20" pads at the bottom of each column, nominal 42" depth (or until we hit water
). You move 4x as much dirt per column to do a 20" diameter as a 10" diameter, so fewer is better. I've done all my previous stuff by hand, think I'll look at renting a 2 person auger for this round; $80 for a day's rental will save a lot of shoveling Oh, also have to do a little prep, doing open water dives, certifying a class this weekend.
Teaching older people computer is so interesting. My brother and his wife take Dad and Mom on a vacation every year. This year they chose to do a family reunion/55th anniversary trip and rented a big cabin in Kentucky for a week in June (ICK!!!). Anyways, my SIL has been emailing everyone because she is .... as heck and wants to know exact times everyone is arriving, departing, when and what they are cooking for the group, signing up for outings etc.
Mom has been wondering why she isn't getting them. I kept telling her they are in your email and she has been insisting she isn't getting them. This morning we went through it again and she apparently did not realize that email and facebook are two different things and has been checking her facebook for emails. So I showed her how to get her email again and made her a shortcut. I am sure tomorrow I am going to have to show her how to sign in again.
Sigh, Instead of giving her a computer they should have just gotten her a giant solitaire game.
Mom has been wondering why she isn't getting them. I kept telling her they are in your email and she has been insisting she isn't getting them. This morning we went through it again and she apparently did not realize that email and facebook are two different things and has been checking her facebook for emails. So I showed her how to get her email again and made her a shortcut. I am sure tomorrow I am going to have to show her how to sign in again.
Sigh, Instead of giving her a computer they should have just gotten her a giant solitaire game.
TGIF.
We got just under 2-1/2 inches of rain yesterday, a lot for this area at one shot. We had just put in the storm windows at camp Wed, I hadn't had time to finish sealing/trim/flashing, so we got some nice dripping along the top edge of both. All the holes in the wall were primed, and the interior wall is open/unfinished, so no harm, it'll dry fine. Today if it stops raining I'll try to head out to do some of the sealing/flashing, otherwise it'll have to wait until Sunday afternoon when I get back from dive class.
We got just under 2-1/2 inches of rain yesterday, a lot for this area at one shot. We had just put in the storm windows at camp Wed, I hadn't had time to finish sealing/trim/flashing, so we got some nice dripping along the top edge of both. All the holes in the wall were primed, and the interior wall is open/unfinished, so no harm, it'll dry fine. Today if it stops raining I'll try to head out to do some of the sealing/flashing, otherwise it'll have to wait until Sunday afternoon when I get back from dive class.
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