Construction Projects

[Marshy]

Frame going up.

 

[Marshy]

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Nice fence, is that pine?

Got the bright idea to build a stone path to the barn. This area gets very wet in the spring so it will be a huge improvement...when it's finished. Kinda slow going but enjoyable. I'm definitely not a pro at this.

Looks nice.

 

[cgraham1]

Nice fence, is that pine?.

Redwood.

 

[cgraham1]

Installed some walnut cabinets in a 120 yr. old Victorian house. It was a pain in the @ss.

 

[cgraham1]

Making progress on my buddy’s shop/man cave. Installing Hardie siding, and getting ready to pull power from the house.

 

[cgraham1]

Couple of before pics for reference. Was dirt on that side with sliding barn doors on the front and back.

I added a bathroom/tool storage onto the back. It will be nice, but the building was poorly built, so trying to make everything fit together and look good is a bit of a challenge.

 

[cgraham1]

Few more...

 

[Marshy]

Got my frame done. Working on the roof tomorrow!

 

[cgraham1]

My buddy decided he wanted a covered porch on his man cave/shop. Not done but a good start...

 

[Marshy]

Got my ridge beams up and tried some rafters but cannot figure out why I keep screwing up my birds mouth cut. I could use some help!

Edit: My bird mouth cut is just fine. The problem was the rafter was sticking above my ridge beam. I figured out the top of my ridge beam is at the wrong height. I forgot to add the height of the board above the birds mouth to the height of the ridge board. Doh! Only 2" of the heal on my plumb cut was landing on my ridge board. I'll have to lengthen my story boards 4-3/4" and everything will be good.

 

[junkman]

Looking good sir ,yes that can turn the 4-12 into half a size off real quick

 

[Marshy]

Looking good sir ,yes that can turn the 4-12 into half a size off real quick

Thanks. Here's the left side corrected.

 

[cgraham1]

Making progress.

 

[cgraham1]

Got the Hardie Shingles on the front gables... what a hassle to install!

But I’m pretty happy with the results.

 

[beaglebriar]

Got the Hardie Shingles on the front gables... what a hassle to install!

But I’m pretty happy with the results.

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Looks great! That's a tight spot and the double angles can be miserable.

 

[Marshy]

Got the Hardie Shingles on the front gables... what a hassle to install!

But I’m pretty happy with the results.

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Looking good.

Got most of my rafters up. Going to add some perlins while I wait for some more 2x6's. Still need to draft a cupola design for the top. Going to make it 36"x36" (no idea what I'm doing lol).

 

[cgraham1]

99% done with the siding and exterior work...


And a kit shed I put together for a customer. She wanted a slab floor and electricity. Gonna finish today...

 

[cgraham1]

 

[Marshy]

Nice shed. Come do mine.
Perlins going on, then siding while I wait for the metal and oak for the inside kick walls. Moon is out.

 

[cgraham1]

Garden fence I started for my wife. I’m just ripping up leftover 1x6 redwood fence boards for all the pieces. The boxes have been there a while so I just attached the home made boxed “posts” to the planter boxes. The other side is just t-posts that I’m gonna box in to match the other posts.

It’s light duty but hopefully will keep the damn deer out.