Gear Acres
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Vintage Lighting and Hardware For Sale
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- Published on Saturday, 22 October 2011
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I listed for sale some of the items that I am not using in our house restoration. You can view them by clicking on my Etsy shop that is located on the right side of the screen. Make sure you contact me through Etsy before you purchase and I will deduct 10% off the listing price because you are a reader of this blog.I also have several...
Making Progress
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- Published on Saturday, 22 October 2011
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The lumber pile is gone. Yippee!We installed two risers and one post today. Doesn't seem like a lot but the treads were slow go on the removal and the risers needed to be cut to fit.The forecast for tomorrow is sun and 60 degrees!!!! Lets hope it really does warm up because I drained all the garden hoses the other day but they still...
Winding down the summer projects
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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Once the rain stops we will try and finish up the last few deck details that need to be attended to before the long cold winter sets in here in Michigan.In the last couple of days we have installed the last of the balusters. I am glad that that particular job is over. Each baluster needed cutting, sanding (from extreme sanding to light...
Windy
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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Nearly blew me off the deck today.We installed the posts across the back of the deck and added the top 2 X 4 which the balusters will be screwed to.Brrrrr...winter is around the corner and I have so much yard work yet to do this year.
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In between the rain drops...
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- Published on Friday, 14 October 2011
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.....we installed several more posts on the deck.We had two saws and 1 compressor running at the same time. I'm surprised that the electric meter didn't spin off the side of the house. R was using the circular saw, I was using the chop saw, and the compressor was running because we were using a pneumatic disk sander/grinder.Tomorrow's...
We found ourselves in the Home Depot parking lot.
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- Published on Thursday, 13 October 2011
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That is how you know that you are going to Home Depot too often.R and I needed to go to Tractor Supply Company for carriage bolts. We got in the SUV and drove to Home Depot, got out, started walking to the door, when I turned to R and said, "I forgot....what do we have to get here?" R stopped and said "I don't know."
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Down to Balusters and Posts
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- Published on Monday, 10 October 2011
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The last two days have been perfect working weather. Not too hot and not too cold. Sunny and not windy. Lets hope it continues for another couple of days.We are FINALLY down to balusters and posts. We will wait to put on the 2X8 railing cap unless Home Depot and Lowe's receive new loads of pressure treated lumber. The lumber picking...
The Last 2 X 12......hoorah!!!!!
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- Published on Friday, 07 October 2011
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We are so happy to be done with the 2 X 12's. They are so difficult to handle and even more of a hassle when trying to find a good one at Home Depot or where ever we are trying to score some good looking lumber.The deck is moving along nicely but slowly. We have been enjoying this pleasant weather which makes deck building soooo much...Handrails Just In Time
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- Published on Friday, 30 September 2011
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Handrails were installed on the steps with about 5 minutes to spare before it started raining.The next couple of days will see very little deck progress because R is in Tennessee with G at Bristol Motor Speedway. G has an opportunity to drive a sprint car at the famous NASCAR track. They left this evening and will drive non stop to...Lags Screws vs Carriage Bolts
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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These lag screws are what were used to attach the posts for the hand rail before I removed it's wobbly self.These carriage bolts are what we are using on the new railing to attached the posts.
As you can see from the photos, the lag screws were terribly undersized.
In the carriage bolts vs lag screw debate, I side with carriage bolts every...
