Above 1200 Sq/FT Bailey's Barn Build
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
Thanks, OHSCrifle, we're making progress, we think.
Since the builder is not doing the landscaping, I got the task (assigned by The Wife) to install some black corrugated piping from the gutter downspouts. With Hurricane (wannabee) Karen possibly coming into the area, I decided to finish the temporary piping today. I'm not sure the York County Environmental folks would like me running the pipe OVER the silt fence, but it will only be a week before a more permanent location is developed.
Since the builder is not doing the landscaping, I got the task (assigned by The Wife) to install some black corrugated piping from the gutter downspouts. With Hurricane (wannabee) Karen possibly coming into the area, I decided to finish the temporary piping today. I'm not sure the York County Environmental folks would like me running the pipe OVER the silt fence, but it will only be a week before a more permanent location is developed.
Moving day is Wednesday, eggshell paint for upstairs rooms goes on tomorrow, punch list is ongoing. So, a little clean-up for the unfinished basement/mechanical room seemed in order. I collected some trim pieces that were not used but might (?!??!) come in handy along with left over paint for touch-up; put all of this in the mechanical room that I had cleaned a little (mostly just sweeping). Left over carpet, tile, and grout are just around the corner.
The Wife had a wall put in to separate the mechanical room from a cleaner storage (maybe over-flow sleeping) area. It, too, needed a little sweeping and clean-out. Now, I wonder if she wants to paint this, install a drop ceiling, and flooring of some sort. All I know is, the wall messed up what could have been a nice bowling alley!!
The Wife had a wall put in to separate the mechanical room from a cleaner storage (maybe over-flow sleeping) area. It, too, needed a little sweeping and clean-out. Now, I wonder if she wants to paint this, install a drop ceiling, and flooring of some sort. All I know is, the wall messed up what could have been a nice bowling alley!!
Have been in the new house for over two weeks now and still have many boxes to unpack before we can start moving things OUT of the workshop to give me room to work!
Landscaping was started. Thank goodness The Wife chose a professional to do most of it so I'm not overwhelmed with the job. We'll do some planting, but the entrance was left to a landscaping company.
Got up this morning to frost on the workshop. First one this year. Looking forward to the day I can make the hike up the hill to get something done other than pick up more boxes to unpack!
Landscaping was started. Thank goodness The Wife chose a professional to do most of it so I'm not overwhelmed with the job. We'll do some planting, but the entrance was left to a landscaping company.
Got up this morning to frost on the workshop. First one this year. Looking forward to the day I can make the hike up the hill to get something done other than pick up more boxes to unpack!
Speaking of hiking up the hill (last post), that hill was steep enough to concern me about erosion. So, I ordered some erosion control "cloth" from Ben Meadows that arrived yesterday. Timing was good since Jesus was coming today to help around the house. We stretched the cloth over much of the hill, holding it down with wooden stakes. I spread some winter rye and watered pretty well. Hope the rye comes up soon -- before we have a gully-washer.
We'll let it grow (no mowing) on the hillside, so the stakes won't get in the way! However, I'm afraid The Wife will now say something about the pile of left-over lumber and the old pumphouse roof on the left side of the hill. I guess they need to be taken care of.
I brought a couple of pick-up loads of compost/soil to the lower level of the house for some DIY&WJ (do-it-yourselp-&-with-Jesus) landscaping. We spent 45 minutes trying to get the tiller to start without much luck. Carburetor kit now on order. So, we didn't till in the compost or plant the shrubs. But it looks pretty nice as is. . . .
We'll let it grow (no mowing) on the hillside, so the stakes won't get in the way! However, I'm afraid The Wife will now say something about the pile of left-over lumber and the old pumphouse roof on the left side of the hill. I guess they need to be taken care of.
I brought a couple of pick-up loads of compost/soil to the lower level of the house for some DIY&WJ (do-it-yourselp-&-with-Jesus) landscaping. We spent 45 minutes trying to get the tiller to start without much luck. Carburetor kit now on order. So, we didn't till in the compost or plant the shrubs. But it looks pretty nice as is. . . .
Winter rye coming up on the hillside -- fescue on rest of yard is not, yet!
I began to empty (hmm, slight overstatement) the workshop of furniture and packed boxes. Still a long way to go.
Hope to see site prep guy with grader and gravel tomorrow. We'll put rock on the circular drive in front of the house and near the workshop. May hold off on the rest of the drive until neighbor decides what he's going to do -- use my drive to build or cut his own.
Laid some concrete "cobblestones" on the intersection between the parking pad and the soon-to-be-gravel circle drive. I tried out the "Brock system" that uses 2X3' plastic sheets to stabilize the pavers instead of 3 or 4 inches of sand/gravel. Between the pavers I put some "polysand". I'm not sold on the process, yet. And, I guess I'm not really giving it a fair shake since it says it's not for vehicular traffic! Still, with the "stones" being over 3 1/2" thick, and the pit gravel base, I figure it might hold up. We'll see.
I began to empty (hmm, slight overstatement) the workshop of furniture and packed boxes. Still a long way to go.
Hope to see site prep guy with grader and gravel tomorrow. We'll put rock on the circular drive in front of the house and near the workshop. May hold off on the rest of the drive until neighbor decides what he's going to do -- use my drive to build or cut his own.
Laid some concrete "cobblestones" on the intersection between the parking pad and the soon-to-be-gravel circle drive. I tried out the "Brock system" that uses 2X3' plastic sheets to stabilize the pavers instead of 3 or 4 inches of sand/gravel. Between the pavers I put some "polysand". I'm not sold on the process, yet. And, I guess I'm not really giving it a fair shake since it says it's not for vehicular traffic! Still, with the "stones" being over 3 1/2" thick, and the pit gravel base, I figure it might hold up. We'll see.
I found myself "working" in the workshop today! That was a bit of a surprise since there really hasn't been room to do that. The "work" was trying to rebuild a carburetor for a 30 year old tiller. It ran well about three years ago, but hasn't been used since. Last week it would run on carburetor cleaner sprayed into the air intake but not on gas from the gas tank. I figured there was enough gunk and varnish in the carburetor that a rebuild was in order. Got a carburetor kit this week and tried to do some good this evening:
Still not a whole lot of room to work and I was thinking to myself, "Why had I not taken advantage of this albeit limited floor space before?" Then I realized it had been filled with a washer and dryer until I moved them into the new house!
At the bottom, right of first photo is comparison of old and new needle valves. Surely that exchange would fix it. No such luck. Still won't crank. Maybe that's because I didn't replace the seat for the needle valve. A YouTube video said I didn't have to. . . . Oh well, maybe it's time to buy a new tiller.
Still not a whole lot of room to work and I was thinking to myself, "Why had I not taken advantage of this albeit limited floor space before?" Then I realized it had been filled with a washer and dryer until I moved them into the new house!
At the bottom, right of first photo is comparison of old and new needle valves. Surely that exchange would fix it. No such luck. Still won't crank. Maybe that's because I didn't replace the seat for the needle valve. A YouTube video said I didn't have to. . . . Oh well, maybe it's time to buy a new tiller.
Hey, some "real" progress on the workshop, itself -- so to speak. . . .
We needed to put some gravel around the circle drive in front of the house:
So, I took the opportunity to have a load of "ABC" rock delivered for the workshop drive! We used washed stone for the house, but I figure we didn't need that for the shop.
And, while they were at it, they spread some gravel down to the boat ramp.
All in all, a pretty productive day. Only two problems: (1) the irrigation system had over-watered and the mud generated wasn't a good base for the gravel, and (2) The Wife may STILL want asphalt for the drive. We'll live with this for a while and see what happens.
We needed to put some gravel around the circle drive in front of the house:
So, I took the opportunity to have a load of "ABC" rock delivered for the workshop drive! We used washed stone for the house, but I figure we didn't need that for the shop.
And, while they were at it, they spread some gravel down to the boat ramp.
All in all, a pretty productive day. Only two problems: (1) the irrigation system had over-watered and the mud generated wasn't a good base for the gravel, and (2) The Wife may STILL want asphalt for the drive. We'll live with this for a while and see what happens.
HOTFR8
Banned
The Drive looks good.
Judging by your photos you have pretty good sized lots. If you neighbor has enough property to "ever" sell any off, you may find "your" driveway gets busier than you'd planned.
Apparently, easements are generally grandfathered so if someone has permission to use one, then future party access that relies on that original access can be authorized; perhaps even over objections of the original granting party.
My thought would be to have them fund and cut their own access. My two, rapidly devaluing, cents...
Apparently, easements are generally grandfathered so if someone has permission to use one, then future party access that relies on that original access can be authorized; perhaps even over objections of the original granting party.
My thought would be to have them fund and cut their own access. My two, rapidly devaluing, cents...
Thanks, HOTFR8. I like the gravel -- adds to the "country" in our pseudo-French Country house design, don't you think?
Riley, you are so right about the neighbor cutting his own drive. The Wife seems to bring that question up every time we bump into our new neighbors, "When are you going to put in your driveway?"!! The two lots in question -- his and ours -- are just under 3 acres, apiece. The county seems to frown on parceling out lots of that size, so I think we're safe with just one other neighbor using the drive. Of course, he has a wife and three teenagers -- that adds up to as many as five cars in addition to ours using the drive, not counting visitors. Maybe we need to "install" some potholes to help with his decision!
Riley, you are so right about the neighbor cutting his own drive. The Wife seems to bring that question up every time we bump into our new neighbors, "When are you going to put in your driveway?"!! The two lots in question -- his and ours -- are just under 3 acres, apiece. The county seems to frown on parceling out lots of that size, so I think we're safe with just one other neighbor using the drive. Of course, he has a wife and three teenagers -- that adds up to as many as five cars in addition to ours using the drive, not counting visitors. Maybe we need to "install" some potholes to help with his decision!
Also found which wires were the redundant ones today for cable TV and Internet by getting The Wife to pull on one end as I watched at the other end. . . . Afterwards, I tightened up the wires and installed the covers on the LB's. I think I have enough extra cable to get to my workshop TV!!
Seems NUTTSGT completed a similar job recently. Someone asked why not use wireless. I asked about that, and my techie guy said since I was a bit over 150 feet from the house, a wireless signal would be less than desirable in the shop. I had to spend a bit more than NUTTSGT, but the signal should be very good. We'll see. . . .
Sorry but I keep seeming to miss your thread when it comes back up. It does look like a little bit of the same mess that I had at one time. LOL. I thought mine was fine but apparently I do have an issue with mine not working properly. I did some reading and I think I'll have the fix for it soon.
The place, the entire place looks great and well laid out. Well done.
I appreciate your comments, NUTTSGT! I'm afraid I've waited too long from when The Wife pulled one end of the cable while I watched the other -- I've forgotten what my tape means. Was the tape on the one that the techie guy connected or was it. . . ? I guess I'll have to ask for help, again. But, this time I'll wait until I'm ready to connect things in the workshop. The "to-do" list has too many OTHER items on it right now.
HOTFR8
Banned
What plans do you have to keep weeds and grass out of it ? I have a hell of a time with my gravel driveway, specially after a wet winter and just before fire restrictions come in as it is full of weeds and grass.
Heck, we don't have weeds in South Carolina, HOTFR8, just kudzu!! Seriously, I think there's a post in here somewhere bemoaning the fact that we cannot even get weeds to grow on our pit gravel soil. However, I'm sure they'll grow really well in the gravel drive. I'm still hoping to get that "power tool" so I can grade the drive occasionally. That will take care of some of the growth. And PLEASE don't tell The Wife about the weeds. I much prefer gravel to asphalt.
HOTFR8
Banned
I agree with you as I prefer gravel to asphalt. I just wish I could get rid of the wire weeds etc.
I must admit that I'm envious of the GJ guys that can (and do) do all their own work. I guess I don't take the time, and I'm missing a few talents! So, we have the irrigation system being installed today. I hope to give fescue a shot for the lawn before we spend a bundle on sod like The Wife has in mind. Maybe if I can get the irrigation working and take a little care the yard will stay green most of the year and she will change her mind.
However, with a little help from Jesus, I got a planting bed installed under the screened porch. It's even about like the landscaper had planned -- a few abelias (whatever they are), some azaleas (my favorites right after flowering dogwood), and some Asiatic jasmine for ground cover. Pea gravel or something similar yet to come for walkway.
However, with a little help from Jesus, I got a planting bed installed under the screened porch. It's even about like the landscaper had planned -- a few abelias (whatever they are), some azaleas (my favorites right after flowering dogwood), and some Asiatic jasmine for ground cover. Pea gravel or something similar yet to come for walkway.
When it comes to sowing grass seed, I do it by hand and use plenty, probably more than the normal person. The way I look at it, 1/3 of what you put out isn't going to come up. After it does come up, a third of that will die off. Water the heck out of it and it should come up.
NUTTSGT, seems there's a parable somewhat like your sowing seeds story. But, I agree, and now that the season is advancing, I'm not even sure if ANY rye will come up. The irrigation guys are still not finished with the project and today's drizzle might delay them further. Maybe the weeds will hold off until early next spring when I can get some fescue up. Last year when I threw out some seed (and straw to cover it) around the workshop, my arm was sore for three days -- I, too, sow by hand but it's a motion I'm not used to, I guess. THAT grass came up very well and looked pretty good, also.
Not much work in the workshop today. Spent some time preparing for the delivery of 3 yards of pea gravel tomorrow destined for a small patio at the house. However, on one of my trips to the workshop, I remembered to take my 1962 Tenneco service station shirt. My dad lost his job in the paper industry when he divorced my mom and married his private secretary. I guess you weren't supposed to do such things 50 years ago. He decided to "lay low" for a while and bought a Tenneco Gas Station on Edgewater Drive in Orlando, FL. I worked there the summer of my sophomore year in high school and got my OWN personalized shirt!
The shop seemed an appropriate place for the shirt (now a "bit" too small for me) along with my old jean jacket, a buffalo plaid wool overshirt, and a lab coat from my days as mentor for a high school FIRST Robotics Team. Our team was the "Mad Scientists" and we wore our lab coats on the last day of competition. We learned early on that asking high school students to wear the same coat three days in a row without washing can get a little messy and smelly! You can even see where Dean Kamen, FIRST Robotics founder, signed the pocket. If you don't know of Kamen, check him out (http://www.dekaresearch.com/founder.shtml). I haven't seen his garage, but I bet it's pretty fascinating.
The shop seemed an appropriate place for the shirt (now a "bit" too small for me) along with my old jean jacket, a buffalo plaid wool overshirt, and a lab coat from my days as mentor for a high school FIRST Robotics Team. Our team was the "Mad Scientists" and we wore our lab coats on the last day of competition. We learned early on that asking high school students to wear the same coat three days in a row without washing can get a little messy and smelly! You can even see where Dean Kamen, FIRST Robotics founder, signed the pocket. If you don't know of Kamen, check him out (http://www.dekaresearch.com/founder.shtml). I haven't seen his garage, but I bet it's pretty fascinating.
Three yards of pea gravel were/was delivered just after 8 AM this morning. I had the bright idea of putting it on a tarp at the top of the boat ramp. Turns out, the landscaping guys turned up at about 8:30 AM and it occurred to me that I had blocked off their entrance to the front yard! I started moving pea gravel and they worked around me:
After 10 wheelbarrows of about 15 shovel fulls each -- who said I was OCD?! -- it looked like I had enough for the 10X15' patio. I used "weed cloth" below it, but nothing else. I hope our pit gravel base will hold up like it does where you try to plant bushes; it's hard as a rock there. Once I spread the pea gravel, I couldn't help myself, I tried a Japanese Zen/rock garden. I even tried to be romantic, but I'm afraid The Wife wasn't all that impressed. She wanted to know when I would finish the walkway on the other side of the house. Maybe tomorrow. . . .
The material I'm using isn't really pea gravel; it's not rounded. It looks a little more like what I've seen called 789 gravel that's gray. I'm hoping the more angular pieces of gravel will help it hold it's shape better and keep it from moving under foot and under chairs/tables. We'll see.
After 10 wheelbarrows of about 15 shovel fulls each -- who said I was OCD?! -- it looked like I had enough for the 10X15' patio. I used "weed cloth" below it, but nothing else. I hope our pit gravel base will hold up like it does where you try to plant bushes; it's hard as a rock there. Once I spread the pea gravel, I couldn't help myself, I tried a Japanese Zen/rock garden. I even tried to be romantic, but I'm afraid The Wife wasn't all that impressed. She wanted to know when I would finish the walkway on the other side of the house. Maybe tomorrow. . . .
The material I'm using isn't really pea gravel; it's not rounded. It looks a little more like what I've seen called 789 gravel that's gray. I'm hoping the more angular pieces of gravel will help it hold it's shape better and keep it from moving under foot and under chairs/tables. We'll see.
HOTFR8
Banned
Looking good. Was that the exercise for the day moving it all ?
HOTFR8, actually I started the walkway by cutting a small trench in our hard-as-a-rock pit gravel to provide a walkway edging of stone like was used on the house/columns. Since I had started that the evening before using a mason's hammer, I could tell I was sore from that night's work. No telling how sore I'll be in the morning, but maybe The Wife will have pity on me and not ask again when the walkway will be finish. Not. And, fortunately, the gravel and stone were coming DOWN the hill in the wheelbarrow. Still, the exercise was "good". I'll have plenty more to do. The guy at the "mulch yard" estimated the 3 yards was about 4 or 5 tons of gravel. I figure I moved about 1/2 to 1 ton today of pea gravel for the Zen-like patio, and a coupla hundred pounds of stone and sand for the edging.
HOTFR8
Banned
I hope you Wife had a nice cold beer for you at the end of the day as that sounds like a lot of work.
Thanks, N0TT0N, we're excited to be living in our new house and, as I think I may have mentioned, I can't wait until I get enough of the furniture and boxes (stored in the workshop) moved to the house that I can do a little work!! And, yes, the workshop smells great even with a few engines and lots of part sitting around, plus an occasional mouse. I noted in post #348 that we've been gathering up the dead wood on our property. And somewhere I might have noted that we've done a little chipping to recycle the wood. Now, THAT smells great, especially when a red cedar or two runs through the chipper! Looks like you've had YOUR exercise for the week with the tiles. Good luck on getting the job done with your garage.
I'm afraid, HOTFR8, that I prefer sweet tea to beer and it's not unusual for The Wife to have a cold glass ready for me. Tonight, however, she took me out to eat!! Hmm, come to think of it, I paid the bill. Oh well, it was her idea . . . .
I'm afraid, HOTFR8, that I prefer sweet tea to beer and it's not unusual for The Wife to have a cold glass ready for me. Tonight, however, she took me out to eat!! Hmm, come to think of it, I paid the bill. Oh well, it was her idea . . . .
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HOTFR8
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Tea it is. Well at the end of the day you did not have to cook. 
Vernmotor
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You need to buy that Tool. you working way to hard.. Place looks really nice
Right, HOTFR8, I didn't have to cook, but neither did The Wife!! However, it was a nice dinner out in any case. We both got to relax a bit.
Today was only four wheelbarrow loads of pea gravel to cover the walk -- I waited all morning for the refrigerator serviceman to show up (window was 8 to 12 noon, and he got here at 12:15 PM!?) so I didn't have time to do too much before going to the celebration of the 125th "birthday" of our local public school district. The Wife didn't hesitate to try out the walk this afternoon and left her footprints all over it. I will say that the "foundation" was pretty firm and I was satisfied with the effort.
Oh, and the "service"man had to call a "repair" man to fix the icemaker in the refrigerator; next Wednesday, the DAY before Thanksgiving.
Tomorrow will be preparation and covering of an entry to the downstairs garage/potting shed. I'm not looking forward to that -- there's a pronounced slope in the hard-as-a-rock pit gravel and, of course, there will be more wheelbarrow loads of pea gravel than either of the first two sections. I might could use the power tool, Vernmotor, but I'm reminded of the job I did with a rental front-loader tractor. I found that going down a slope toward the water with a full bucket can almost pick the rear wheels off the ground. That cuts down significantly on braking ability!!! I was ready to start swimming until I got smart enough to lower the bucket. I'll just dream of the job I could do with my power tool tomorrow.
Today was only four wheelbarrow loads of pea gravel to cover the walk -- I waited all morning for the refrigerator serviceman to show up (window was 8 to 12 noon, and he got here at 12:15 PM!?) so I didn't have time to do too much before going to the celebration of the 125th "birthday" of our local public school district. The Wife didn't hesitate to try out the walk this afternoon and left her footprints all over it. I will say that the "foundation" was pretty firm and I was satisfied with the effort.
Oh, and the "service"man had to call a "repair" man to fix the icemaker in the refrigerator; next Wednesday, the DAY before Thanksgiving.Tomorrow will be preparation and covering of an entry to the downstairs garage/potting shed. I'm not looking forward to that -- there's a pronounced slope in the hard-as-a-rock pit gravel and, of course, there will be more wheelbarrow loads of pea gravel than either of the first two sections. I might could use the power tool, Vernmotor, but I'm reminded of the job I did with a rental front-loader tractor. I found that going down a slope toward the water with a full bucket can almost pick the rear wheels off the ground. That cuts down significantly on braking ability!!! I was ready to start swimming until I got smart enough to lower the bucket. I'll just dream of the job I could do with my power tool tomorrow.
Pretty much got the last "patio and garage/potting shed entry" taken care of today. I was beginning to wonder -- had to get the guy started doing the wallpaper in the powder room first thing this morning (The Wife was still applying powder in the Master Bath, to her face), then meet with a guy that said he'd deliver some mulch (but the mulch never showed up), then had to keep an eye out for the cleaning ladies. The morning was just about shot! The sun was sinking in the West when I almost finished up:
The Wife seemed to be satisfied and I was whopped (Southern for tired). About 14 wheel barrow loads and I still might want to augment the pea gravel in places. We'll check it out in the light of day.
Now, I'm beginning to agree with the construction superintendent when he called our house the Murphy house. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Nothing really big, just lots of minor issues. Well, it continued today. I measured over the width of one short block from the column where I started putting in blocks for edging and started laying blocks there. I had a stake in the ground with a string running to the other column -- keeping me straight and helping with depth and levelness. I couldn't start with a block against the column because the stake was in the way. I thought I was pretty smart when a block I had cut for an earlier project was a perfect fit for the last piece:
But then when I placed the first block, I came up an inch or two short!! Thanks, Murphy. Just wedged a piece of stone temporarily.
There's a little side entrance between the outside column and a brick wall. Wouldn't you know it, when I placed the blocks, I found them to be an inch or two long. Now, if the wide opening had been a little shorter and the narrow opening had been the same amount longer, everything would have worked out fine. Instead, there's still some work to do. . . .
The Wife seemed to be satisfied and I was whopped (Southern for tired). About 14 wheel barrow loads and I still might want to augment the pea gravel in places. We'll check it out in the light of day.
Now, I'm beginning to agree with the construction superintendent when he called our house the Murphy house. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Nothing really big, just lots of minor issues. Well, it continued today. I measured over the width of one short block from the column where I started putting in blocks for edging and started laying blocks there. I had a stake in the ground with a string running to the other column -- keeping me straight and helping with depth and levelness. I couldn't start with a block against the column because the stake was in the way. I thought I was pretty smart when a block I had cut for an earlier project was a perfect fit for the last piece:
But then when I placed the first block, I came up an inch or two short!! Thanks, Murphy. Just wedged a piece of stone temporarily.
There's a little side entrance between the outside column and a brick wall. Wouldn't you know it, when I placed the blocks, I found them to be an inch or two long. Now, if the wide opening had been a little shorter and the narrow opening had been the same amount longer, everything would have worked out fine. Instead, there's still some work to do. . . .
Murphy House, lol.
So, the pile of 3 yd pea gravel is getting smaller:
But 16 yd of mulch/wood chips was/were delivered today. Jesus and I tried our best to make a dent in that pile, with some success. He got several camellias, a couple of maples, and a few hydrangeas planted and mulched while I moved boxes from the workshop to the house. I did get a few wheel barrows full of mulch onto the plantings by the new pea gravel walk before it got too dark. All-in-all, a pretty productive day. I can even imagine the day that I can reorganized the shop to make it useful again!!
But 16 yd of mulch/wood chips was/were delivered today. Jesus and I tried our best to make a dent in that pile, with some success. He got several camellias, a couple of maples, and a few hydrangeas planted and mulched while I moved boxes from the workshop to the house. I did get a few wheel barrows full of mulch onto the plantings by the new pea gravel walk before it got too dark. All-in-all, a pretty productive day. I can even imagine the day that I can reorganized the shop to make it useful again!!
OK, NUTTSGT, maybe it's just a Murphy-ette house. I went back to the pea gravel drive/patio to "adjust" the faux cobblestones. I re-positioned the blocks in the short opening, closing the gaps between a bit, and lo and behold, the exact same blocks fit exactly.
Then I went to the longer opening and cut a block to fit in place of the short block plus "temporary" rock. As it turned out, that cut piece is almost the same size as the cut piece that I finished up with two nights ago, so now it looks like I tried to center the whole edging, sort of -- what skill and expertise!!
Then I went to the longer opening and cut a block to fit in place of the short block plus "temporary" rock. As it turned out, that cut piece is almost the same size as the cut piece that I finished up with two nights ago, so now it looks like I tried to center the whole edging, sort of -- what skill and expertise!!
Checked off some projects today -- even used the workshop where I could find a couple of square feet to work; otherwise, worked outside (75 degrees here today).
Wife's sister took the time to write "clean me" on the trunk of my Miata. It WAS dusty, but don't really appreciated folks rubbing the grit into the paint. She didn't know any better, so the best defense was to wash it. Couldn't find car wash, so used dishwasher detergent. Bye-bye wax. . . .
Jesus was here to help in the yard all day. We decided to put a drain pipe from a low area on the gravel drive along the concrete parking area to the side of the yard. He wanted duct tape to ensure the pipe stayed together (used three pieces of pipe). I couldn't find any so I stopped by the hardware store on the way back from the landfill having dumped off a load of tree roots Jesus and I cleared from the property. Drain pipe now installed waiting for inclement weather to come soon. Found my duct tape while looking for car wash!?! Go figure.
Picked up a fuel line from hardware store while getting duct tape (that I really didn't need if I had looked more closely). Used fuel line to connect gas tank to new carburetor for tiller. Cranked up after four pulls and ran well until I shut it down a few minutes later. As Jesus was leaving, I tried to show him how well it cranked up now. Would not start and had liquid gas coming out of the exhaust. Back to the drawing board on that one.
Mounted a boot brush on a 1X6 so it would be portable. With scarce grass, I feel I always should brush off my shoes before entering the new house. When grass finally comes up, I can use boot brush at the workshop. Made the board that brush is mounted to stick out far enough to stand on with either foot while cleaning the other. Worked fine during first trial. Hope it doesn't go the way of the tiller and break down on next try.
All in all (and counting all that Jesus got done), a pretty productive day. . . don't you think?
Wife's sister took the time to write "clean me" on the trunk of my Miata. It WAS dusty, but don't really appreciated folks rubbing the grit into the paint. She didn't know any better, so the best defense was to wash it. Couldn't find car wash, so used dishwasher detergent. Bye-bye wax. . . .
Jesus was here to help in the yard all day. We decided to put a drain pipe from a low area on the gravel drive along the concrete parking area to the side of the yard. He wanted duct tape to ensure the pipe stayed together (used three pieces of pipe). I couldn't find any so I stopped by the hardware store on the way back from the landfill having dumped off a load of tree roots Jesus and I cleared from the property. Drain pipe now installed waiting for inclement weather to come soon. Found my duct tape while looking for car wash!?! Go figure.
Picked up a fuel line from hardware store while getting duct tape (that I really didn't need if I had looked more closely). Used fuel line to connect gas tank to new carburetor for tiller. Cranked up after four pulls and ran well until I shut it down a few minutes later. As Jesus was leaving, I tried to show him how well it cranked up now. Would not start and had liquid gas coming out of the exhaust. Back to the drawing board on that one.
Mounted a boot brush on a 1X6 so it would be portable. With scarce grass, I feel I always should brush off my shoes before entering the new house. When grass finally comes up, I can use boot brush at the workshop. Made the board that brush is mounted to stick out far enough to stand on with either foot while cleaning the other. Worked fine during first trial. Hope it doesn't go the way of the tiller and break down on next try.
All in all (and counting all that Jesus got done), a pretty productive day. . . don't you think?
Holy smokes, now here's a garage!!
http://www.texastimberframes.com/galleries/commercial-car-cathedral
If he only had some nice cars in it!?!?! Actually, I'm OK with Mopars -- my 442 got whipped pretty badly by a 440 six-pack so I know better than to badmouth. But this garage may be a little over the top. . . .
http://www.texastimberframes.com/galleries/commercial-car-cathedral
If he only had some nice cars in it!?!?! Actually, I'm OK with Mopars -- my 442 got whipped pretty badly by a 440 six-pack so I know better than to badmouth. But this garage may be a little over the top. . . .
Vernmotor
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That would be one of my dreams...Awesome... Mopar heaven
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So, if you can't get into your workshop for the boxes and furniture in storage, do something somewhere else. I promised The Wife a potting bench in "her" downstairs garage, so maybe I'll finish it up for Christmas. She's cruising on the Rhine with several lady friends, stopping at Christmas Markets and sipping gluhwein so I have no excuse not to get this thing completed. It will be about 7X2' with a two-bowl sink (that was left over from the cinder block house we demolished on the property) -- trying to be ecologically sensitive, you know. Full size lower shelf and 1X6 for a couple of overhead shelves.
Anyway, it seems to have a "family resemblance" to a bench built earlier, huh?
Workbench in workshop:
Frame for potting bench in one-car garage:
Anyway, it seems to have a "family resemblance" to a bench built earlier, huh?
Workbench in workshop:
Frame for potting bench in one-car garage:
Give or take refinements requested by The Wife (when she sees it), I finished up her potting bench a day early -- Christmas isn't until Wednesday! I guess I'll be able to clean the house up before she returns from her 10-day trip. . . .
I stuck pretty close to the original plan and it turned out pretty good:
Two minor issues: (1) the plumbing installed by the builder just happened to interfere with my 1-foot high lower shelf (I guess I could have repositioned the shelf, but seemed like too much trouble), (2) the sink was not designed to be installed in a 2X8 counter top and the gizmos normally used to hold the sink in place do not fit. I tried drilling through the rim and using SS word screws to hold it down. Ooops, the hole in the counter top for the sink is just big enough that the screw hole I drilled doesn't hit the wood! Oh well, the sink is probably not going anywhere anyway. I just used a couple of screws angled pretty steep into the wood. Not the prettiest, but likely to be sufficient.
Now, why wouldn't The Wife allow me to use 1/2 of this bench for my stuff so I don't have to trudge up to the workshop to get it. Of course, most of the need for minor repairs is on her request, anyway. We'll see what she says.
OK, riddle me this -as The Riddler would say. If there are six screw-type joints in the drain pipe from a double sink (connections to the sink do not count), why is the only one with a pre-molded end (and therefore, no gasket) the one below the water line in the trap?
Only leak I found was in that joint. You can notice a little "wetness" under the bench where I spilled the trap readjusting the connections. I think I'm OK now. . . .
I stuck pretty close to the original plan and it turned out pretty good:
Two minor issues: (1) the plumbing installed by the builder just happened to interfere with my 1-foot high lower shelf (I guess I could have repositioned the shelf, but seemed like too much trouble), (2) the sink was not designed to be installed in a 2X8 counter top and the gizmos normally used to hold the sink in place do not fit. I tried drilling through the rim and using SS word screws to hold it down. Ooops, the hole in the counter top for the sink is just big enough that the screw hole I drilled doesn't hit the wood! Oh well, the sink is probably not going anywhere anyway. I just used a couple of screws angled pretty steep into the wood. Not the prettiest, but likely to be sufficient.
Now, why wouldn't The Wife allow me to use 1/2 of this bench for my stuff so I don't have to trudge up to the workshop to get it. Of course, most of the need for minor repairs is on her request, anyway. We'll see what she says.
OK, riddle me this -as The Riddler would say. If there are six screw-type joints in the drain pipe from a double sink (connections to the sink do not count), why is the only one with a pre-molded end (and therefore, no gasket) the one below the water line in the trap?
Only leak I found was in that joint. You can notice a little "wetness" under the bench where I spilled the trap readjusting the connections. I think I'm OK now. . . .
The Wife was pleased with her potting bench as it stood!! AND, she sorta "gave" me a power tool for Christmas:
I have to do the searching and then she gets to approve the purchase! I guess that will work. In the meantime, I've had to use my shovel to distribute most of 3 yards of gravel on the drive. . . .
The original gravel for the drive was delivered when the ground was wet; some mud had seeped up through the gravel. I installed a bit of a French drain across the drive but I think just more gravel is going to be the answer.
I'm not sure the power tool would have done it any faster, but it might have been easier and certainly more fun.
I have to do the searching and then she gets to approve the purchase! I guess that will work. In the meantime, I've had to use my shovel to distribute most of 3 yards of gravel on the drive. . . .
The original gravel for the drive was delivered when the ground was wet; some mud had seeped up through the gravel. I installed a bit of a French drain across the drive but I think just more gravel is going to be the answer.
I'm not sure the power tool would have done it any faster, but it might have been easier and certainly more fun.
Vernmotor
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I been waiting for this post ! WTG