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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    Tore out the back wall today to make room for skinning the new back wall.
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    I have only had one run in with Otto. Interesting is not how I would have described that encounter.
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    Another wall and the workbench framed in.
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    one or two, but I buy my books off Amazon.
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    The building has to comply with a 5 foot setback, which was the city easement at the time of construction in 1969.
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    PHISH, Vegan and Chai? if you say so.
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    100 amp service panel installed Dig a hole, Fill a hole.
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    The intent is to maintain the exterior brick columns and lines, and ensure that the exterior walls match up to house materials. The house is clad in 4" clear cedar tongue-in-groove, with sections of horizontal clapboard. This is not a cheap project, rather one that has to be done right.
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    So according to the geniuses at the permitting office, the back wall must be moved in 3 feet. Never mind that the place was built before this subdivision was incorporated into the city. No move wall, no move forward with project. So today was spent framing in the new back wall in...
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    You hate liberals? that's awful strong. I don't hate liberals, as I find them to be quite entertaining. I actually enjoy proper discourse, even though that no longer exists. The protests lately are hilarious. But I digress. I have had two wheelbarrows stolen from behind my house since I...
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    I live near a Dari-Mart, which means I have to lock up everything I own to protect it from the local tweakers. I am from a more rural area of the state, where like in Texas, most folks know that there is a very high likelihood of getting shot dead for stealing things off peoples property...
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    Permitting is being handled through the contractor and it is a right pain in the ***. The city wants their cut, so they have been piling on requirements on a structure that has been here since 1969, and originally was on county land until 1978. Since I will sell this property one day, I am...
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    Greetings from Hippyville.

    That is Eugene, Oregon, for those who are unaware. Anyway. I am converting a carport into a garage and remembered that this forum was available. I am also on the Jockey Journal under the same name. Looking for design ideas to incorporate into my workspace. Me, I am a retired Service Member...
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