Recent content by Bad67300

Have made some progress since the last update. Of course it never feels like it's enough, but it 's still progress. Mainly have been working in the living room/bay area. Finished the trim around the front windows and the windows between the living room and kitchen. Didn't know if I'd like...

Oh yeah, here's a project that distracted me for a while. Got to have these from time-to-time when taking a break from working on the place. Have a slight addiction to gas pumps and this National A38 was just begging to get done. Decided rather than restore it I'd see if I could get through the...

Apparently didn't take much for pictures throughout the texturing and painting process. Not very exciting but always good to see the end result! Picked the color based on it being as close to the original porcelain. The trim around the windows is done but haven't completed the baseboard yet. I'm...

In floor heat and a new slab with a trench drain that runs the entire length close to the garage doors. Since this is my living room, there won't be cars routinely pulled in and out. But I had planned to have at least one parked in it, perhaps with a drive on hoist. Wanted to make sure if any...

My dad moved this station to the existing location after the welding shop that had been here was leveled by a tornado. This was probably close to 35 years ago and I helped when I was home from college on some of it. I vaguely remember there being an issue with what to do about the old building...

With the insurance money I saved from doing some of the building repair myself and buying the container rather than rebuilding the lean-to, there was enough left over to basically pay for a new slab in the bay area (living room), including in-floor heat. I also wanted to put in some floor drains...

Here's some more of the concrete I did this summer around the place. I call it weed and mud control. It just really cleans the place up and makes it so much easier to move snow. There will be ALOT more to pour in the next year or two.

Ok, starting with the shop repair from the accident, we were able to find matching steel after some looking even though the building is about 20 years old and was put up by an outfit that's no longer in business. Matches really well and you can see from this first pic how far had to be replaced...

Hi all. Progress on the project has been spotty. Through a combination of work, going through my dad's estate, a couple business ventures, processing the big D, and lots of smaller distractions, and well the last year has been kind of crazy. Mix in frustration with a couple contractors who don't...

A few other little updates that have been done. Made a lamp for one of the bathrooms out of a couple cool little porcelain shades. And hung a neon Aztec clock and fired up a Seeburg 100c jukebox in the kitchen, just to make it feel a little more like home! The next project I've started...

It's been a while and way overdue for an update. Good news is the insurance company caved. They paid full damage for the building and trailer outside that was damaged. Still outstanding is some damage to a few contents and some building materials that were on the trailer outside. I spent some...

Thanks, and great advice. Good news is I know the state insurance commissioner personally. Really hope it doesn't come to that, but I'll file a complaint if needed. I've gotten a couple calls from my insurance company about sending me a check right away. Told them not so fast. Their adjustor is...

Yeah, it could have been much worse on so many levels - if he was going to hit this building, he it the best place that actually resulted in the least amount of damage to contents. The fact he came so close to the top of a 16' foot sidewall is crazy, but missing the roof was awesome. Most...

Thanks! Did not need this extra work, but going to make the best of it. Going to take the opportunity to make the addition to the building a little larger. Like my dad used to do, when you run out of room you don't get rid of stuff.....you just build another building!

Greedy bastards. No problem collecting a premium but when it comes time to pay it's like blood from a turnip. My insurance is going to pay then subrogate to American Family. No out of pocket for me and I've been assured my rates won't go up.