What's your view look like today?

[MarkWalker]

Fun little project. View attachment 451215View attachment 451216View attachment 451217View attachment 451218View attachment 451219View attachment 451220View attachment 451221

Looks amazing Mike! My project yesterday, I stained the pergola I built 3 months ago.

 

[Mike W]

Looks amazing Mike! My project yesterday, I stained the pergola I built 3 months ago. View attachment 451233View attachment 451234View attachment 451235

Thanks Mark.

Very nice. Looks good stained. I better not show this to Mrs W or I’ll be buying stain. lol

 

[MarkWalker]

Thanks Mark.

Very nice. Looks good stained. I better not show this to Mrs W or I’ll be buying stain. lol

Finding the right color stain and staining it was the worst part of the project!

 

[jpswift1]

Finding the right color stain and staining it was the worst part of the project!

It looks great! That's the color I'm looking for on my fence. What is the name of the color and who makes the stain? Thank you.

 

[MarkWalker]

It looks great! That's the color I'm looking for on my fence. What is the name of the color and who makes the stain? Thank you.

Thanks Jeff! The brand is Ready Seal. The color is Dark Walnut. Really easy to use. I rolled it on. ACE Hardware in Derby is the only local place I found that carries it. https://www.readyseal.com/

 

[jpswift1]

Thanks Jeff! The brand is Ready Seal. The color is Dark Walnut. Really easy to use. I rolled it on. ACE Hardware in Derby is the only local place I found that carries it. https://www.readyseal.com/

Thanks Mark! I was leaning toward a Walnut color. I think I might have a 20% off Ace coupon so that'll work perfect. I appreciate the heads up.

 

[Mike W]

Getting a little spicy.

 

[Kohldanielzimmer]

hoping the new timber frame withstands the weather!

 

[Mike W]

hoping the new timber frame withstands the weather!

It’s completely over-engineered for what it is. It made it through fine. lol

My flagpole was my only casualty. The flag is probably somewhere in Georgia.

 

[SUPERJET-113]

Somebody has put a big Trump buoy in the middle of the Lake Havasu Body Beach permanent race course.. lolol

 

[Mike W]

Tongue and groove ceiling and 3’ galvalume is on. Finally dried in.

 

[Harbor]

A Lady at work broke her foot and asked for a wheel chair. I brought one in and the other ladies made these, they said she’ll prolly sign it lol. This other sign they put on the back of the chair all as a joke… thought was hella funny..

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Jet ski season is over and that means it 's time to start on the honey - do list , first up is repainting the front porch post and the shutters green and replacing the front entryway lights , the second is repairing the roof on the back porch , it had quite a bit of rot and water damage , I started on it Yesterday morning taking down the ceiling, today I am taking off the soffit and the bad sections of the roof and decking , I also have to replace three rafters and two ceiling joists , not sure why but they used 4 x4's for the ceiling joists, weird , the rafters will be cut off and sistered together so they will be doubled up on the ends , this house is well over 50 years old so the decking is 1 x 6 non pressure treated pine lumber , I will be replacing the damaged decking with treated plywood and reroofing at least half of the roof .

Doing this in an different way since I am working by myself on this one , I am working mostly from the bottom side , I used a railroad jack and a 4 x 4 to push up on the 1 x's from the bottom , then a sawzall to cut the nails then I cut through the board and remove the roof in sections sawing through the boards and the roofing .

This last pic is a railroad jack , I know most here have never seen one before , it's a very simple mechanism that will lift tremendous amounts of weight and hold it there , I have used it to pick up sections of a house before while making repairs , it is quite simply a freaking beast . This one is the smaller aluminum version , it's probably quite rare , I also have a much larger cast iron version .

 

[Mike W]

Someone trying to be funny during the night. I guess this is how you get pranked in a gated condo community. lol

 

[mrfist9]

Someone trying to be funny during the night. I guess this is how you get pranked in a gated condo community. lol View attachment 451783

WTF that's an expensive prank

That roll costs more than a carton of eggs these days

 

[SXIPro]

WTF that's an expensive prank

That roll costs more than a carton of eggs these days

Well...it IS a GATED community......the only eggs they eat are caviar.