Recent content by thisoldcrackhouse

We're cool, I was the yahoo posting like a noob without reading the rules of the sandbox first.:)

I've got about a dozen or so of the round shades and four of the angled. Any market for these things? I pulled the photos off of Ebay, I didn't have any photos of mine handy. If needed I can dig them out of my garage attic and forward pictures of the actual units if desired. Edit: Bought...

Looks like the big brother of mine. I like it for some reason... :)

shop vac...foomp foomp foomp...lotsa fun!

Thanks Fergus- the garage proper is pretty much done but I'm in the process of (finally) doing a paver patio off of the right side and a flagstone walkway off of the left. If I can nail both of those projects down before the end of October I'll be really happy. JC23-here's what I would have...

'Rootin for ya from the 'burbs...

suh-weet!!!!

I've always liked 20's and 30's architecture, that is a REALLY cool find...

$2.25 a block for labor only is pretty good, shopping around I got quotes from $2 to $3.50 each.

We have a winner...:thumbup:

With the days getting uber-short and the cold weather coming in I'm scrambling to : (1) Repaint the gables on the garage (2) finish a paver patio (3) start and finish a 4'x25' flagstone walk next to the garage (4) build a 2- facecord firewood storage rack (5) finish up some misc landscaping and...

Bill- If after your assessment you find that all that is needed are some bad sections of copper pipe cut out and new sections spliced in I'd be willing to come over and do that work for you, free of charge. I live about 15-20 minutes out of Detroit, drop me a PM with what you need done. Just...

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Keep at it, sounds like you've got a good bit of momentum going!

Well, I took a stab at it and here are the results. All 5 columns fall within 1/8 of an inch of each other vertically and the centers are spot-on. I built a couple of test columns in my garage on a piece of plywood before committing to building the actual piers. I did this to try out the...