Deer Valley Lodge

[Leisure67]

We need updates!

Well I would say that the biggest update is that it is a comfortable 60 degrees inside! The heat was hooked up at the end of October.

The grass was planted in September & was coming up nicely before the cold set it.

All the trim has been installed downstairs so it is pretty much complete as far as the construction goes.

The bathroom is finished as well as the sink & water to the kitchenette upstairs.

Still have to finish the stairs & install trim & flooring upstairs.

Will try to get some pictures soon.

Thanks for the interest.
Todd

 

[Leisure67]

We built a work table & a bench for one wall a couple of weeks ago. They both have steel frames & 1-3/4" tops. Pretty heavy duty. Picture was before the finish was put on. Shinny now.


The mechanicals. This is under the stairs. The subs did a nice job!

 

[Leisure67]

The owner & I spent the last eight weeks restoring this 1976 Rupp at my shop. Moved it to its new home yesterday where it will spend most of its time sitting in a corner looking pretty with an occasional vintage ride.
Still waiting on the decal kit for it.

 

[KULIWOBBY]

Awesome resto on the Nitro! Awesome shop and space.

 

[yaidunno]

Fantastic space you have there! My apologies if i missed it, but where abouts in WI do you reside?

 

[Leisure67]

Thanks guys.

We are in West Central Wisconsin between La Crosse & Eau Claire.

 

[yaidunno]

Thanks guys.

We are in West Central Wisconsin between La Crosse & Eau Claire.

Very nice. I have relatives in that area, Fountain City to be specific.

Keep up the excellent work and updates!

 

[Leisure67]

Very nice. I have relatives in that area, Fountain City to be specific.

Keep up the excellent work and updates!

We do a lot of boating & biking in that area. Really nice there by the river.

Decals for the Rupp made it yesterday. Took a couple pictures that show a little more of the shop.

 

[Leisure67]

Little decorating. I think they fit nicely between the windows.

 

[Scott V]

DAMN! Nice place.

 

[Leisure67]

Hard to get very good pictures of the bathroom but here they are.



I forgot about this till I saw it in one of the pictures above. The sign I made him for Christmas.

 

[Leisure67]

Grass is growing -in most places. Got cold early last Fall & not much snow this Winter so the new seeding did suffer a bit. The bare spots have been seeded again.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Still a damn nice place. I think that side porch needs a set of Cracker Barrel rockers to sit back in and relax during the evenings.

 

[Leisure67]

Still a damn nice place. I think that side porch needs a set of Cracker Barrel rockers to sit back in and relax during the evenings.

The rockers do sound like a nice idea. We do still need to finish the porch posts -not sure what he wants to do with the base of the post yet.

We did find a major flaw in the shop yesterday after working on his truck. It appears that there is one big old high spot in the floor...or that one tire just didn't want to hang out with the other three? He was verbally abused & laughed at when he had to push it back & put a bolt in front of it to keep it in place

 

[Leisure67]

Grass is growing....


Jeep top installing...

 

[Boosted1]

Very nice layout

 

[HemiRamOn22s]

Awesome man thanks for sharing!

 

[NUTTSGT]

That has turned into one of the nicest builds on GJ.

 

[Leisure67]

Looking back at this project, I realized how nice the Azek trim is to work with. The outside corner's and window trim are rabbeted to accept the vinyl siding. The board at the bottom has a one piece drip edge - starter strip that snaps into it. It is all fastened with Cortex hidden fasteners with matching white plugs. The corners for the window & door trim are mitered and fastened together using a Kreg jig which keeps them together without exposed fasteners.

I am re-siding a pretty good sized house now using traditional vinyl siding methods and would much rather use the Azek because it looks so much cleaner & is so much easier to install.

In my opinion, it is well worth the extra cost.

For What Its Worth...

 

[Gentle_Ben]

I love this build. Great job!

 

[Leisure67]

Shop mascot try outs....

 

[wazzza]

Dream garage you got there! Thats all I can say

 

[Scottishross]

Sweet garage mate amazing

 

[C_F]

I just stumbled across this thread today. Thanks for sharing this build with us, it really looks fantastic! I would love to build one just like it, trees & all.

 

[Leisure67]

New occupant of the shop. Will have to add on if he keeps this up.

 

[Leisure67]

Two Rupp's reunited.
We finished the first one in February and the second one ,with the exception of a few missing parts, in May. First time together since their resurrections.

 

[Bears Fan]

Awesome garage! Really cool toys you have there

 

[Leisure67]

Finally finishing the rooms upstairs. Got the flooring down & the casings done this weekend. Baseboard next weekend.
Will also be building some cabinets that will be installed in the wall by the kitchenette.

 

[C_F]

Looks great in there! Good looking F250 too, I love the old dentsides.

 

[Leisure67]

Baseboard is installed.

 

[Leisure67]

Stair treads and risers. These are heavy duty and are not slippery. Good choice for an application like this.