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Kitchen Spindles In
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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Today we finished installing the spindles on the kitchen deck steps. We then moved to the back steps and stopped when we realized we needed additional washers.Tomorrow might be a down day for deck work. B & G's pressure tank has developed a leak and we have to meet the plumber at their house. They are realizing that having a house...Spindles In and Spindles Out
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- Published on Sunday, 25 September 2011
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Today while R was installing spindles, I was busy doing my best Mike Holmes imitation by kicking out old spindles.We really did not want to dismantle anymore of the old railing but this was needed because we need to install a new railing post that is shared with the step up portion of the deck that goes to the barn loft.It was pathetic...
Deck Building Update
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- Published on Friday, 23 September 2011
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Deck building and mowing the lawn have taken all of our time as of late. The cool weather is allowing the grass to grow at the speed of light....OK....maybe not that fast but it is growing FAST!!!The deck is starting to actually show progress. Unlike all the deck work that we did in areas that were not visible but were important for a...
What Would Mike Holmes Do?
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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I think we watch too much HGTV. I know I watch more than R. Basically I will watch everything on HGTV except those whiny first time buyers shows. Those people get on my last nerve. I mean really....first house and they are whining that the master bath isn't big enough or the back yard isn't already landscaped to perfection and their...Worked Hard...Little To Show For It
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- Published on Saturday, 10 September 2011
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I truly do not like days like we had today. Hanging that 2X12 was very difficult because the back of the deck is high up and the ground is sloped making ladder placement kind of treacherous.Once the 2X12 was barely installed we realized the board was crowned and the old deck was saggy. What to do....what to do. We raised the old deck...
Name this caterpillar.....
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- Published on Saturday, 10 September 2011
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Name this caterpillar. I have been unable to find an exact match.Has a little black head.Can crawl fairly fast.
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Cool Score at the Consignment Shop
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- Published on Saturday, 10 September 2011
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Check this out.Purchased for 8 bucks at my favorite consignment shop in Fenton, Michigan.It still works perfectly. You grab this little knob to pull the mixer part up and out of the mixture.
Screams 1930's. My plan is to repaint the black part and just to clean the chrome. The chrome appears to be in fairly good condition.
I see a lot of...
It is Labor Day so we will labor away!
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- Published on Monday, 05 September 2011
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Deck progress was slow the last couple of days. Three days ago the temperature was 96 degrees. This is Michigan so it is not unusual that the current temperature at 12:30PM is 55 degrees.The temperature today is far more conducive to deck building but it's also depressing to think that summer for the most part is behind us and winter is...
More Progress on the Deck
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 August 2011
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Today was one of those days where you work all day and then strep back and say, "that's all I got done today?"The posts were installed with 1/2 inch carriage bolts that were 10 inches long. When we rebuilt B & G's deck, G told us he had bought all his carriage bolts at Tractor Supply Company because they were cheaper. So when it...
Deck Posts and Luna Moth
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- Published on Saturday, 27 August 2011
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We worked on measuring and cutting posts for the deck today. Nothing too exciting, I'll post photos tomorrow when we install them.I was going through some old photos and remembered that I never posted the photo of the Luna moth that was resting on the side of a tree in my yard.Look at that fuzzy cottonball body.
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