We have sort of hit a wall this year. Looking back on it, almost nothing happened that was supposed to. First off, we sort of ran out of funds and time. What with the $4.87 per gallon gas this summer, expenses from my children, the ever increasing cost of health care, and all the time [...]
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Removing the old deck, Part II
This has been slow going for a number of reasons:
I am trying to save as much lumber for re-use as possible. There is one 2×8 that cracked in half around a large knot. The rest of it seems to be pretty sound and can be re-used for the decking material on the new porch. This [...]
Removing the old deck
This started as a simple project. I was intending to remove the hand railing from the old deck on the front of the house and replace it with something similar to the railing I built for the new deck. Easy, right?
Then the factor struck… Known as the “F” factor, this is loosely [...]
I water sealed the deck
And then it rained. The weather forecast was for dry conditions until Tuesday. I used the Advanced Thompson’s Water Seal. According to the instructions; “Do not apply if rain is expected within 48 hours.” This has been how things have been going lately. On the plus side, I did it yesterday afternoon when it was [...]
Renting tools
Over the last few years I have completed several projects that required renting tools from the local tool/machine rental business. This can be a good learning experience or it can be total frustration. For example, when I installed my gutter drains, I rented a Caterpillar 303 excavator. I really needed to do [...]
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