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I had a bunch of original brick laying around, so I put in this path from the pool to our pergola courtyard. I'm pretty proud of how it turned out.
Love that!
[quote=gentlearts;59418190]Mr. Gentle always needs a project. The most recent was cutting down about 15, 30 year old Photinia bushes along the backyard fence, and replacing them with viburnum.
This required buying a new saw (extra, added bonus excitement), sawing down the old bushes, and sawing through the old roots to plant the new bushes in between where the old ones were.
He was disappointed it only took a couple days. Now he needs a new project.
Every year, we replace rotted wood on the garden shed floor. This year, I recently used a waterproof finish from Behr and we'll see how it holds up. So far, it looks durable.
It's been rainy lately, but the summer flowers are still blooming. The chair on the porch was a thrift store find and with a coat of burgundy spray paint, it got a new life for under ten bucks.
The beds in front had mint, but I cleared that out and planted bishops weed. The previous homeowner had a small plant, but this stuff grows and grows. A word of caution, only grow bishops weed in a confined space.
Finally got the last bit of my back deck project finished this weekend. The hardest part. had to replace the deck boards under the hot tub, which required moving the hot tub off the deck temporarily then doing the deck board replacement and finding a way of getting the hot tub back up on the deck and hooked up.
Even with it empty of water, it's like 800 lbs. Managed to lever it up off the deck enough to slide some 1x8s under it, then used those to lever it up onto a set of the PVC deck boards flipped upside down for a smooth upper surface. Slid it off the deck and replaced the boards, then came the tough part. Levering it up off the grass and back onto the deck. Lifted it up with a 4x4 post levered under the lip but as my wife was trying to get one of the 1x8s slid under the tub, the 4x4 post lever I was using slipped out, flipped up and slammed me in the kneecap. Frigging hurt! After a few minutes till I could stand again, we managed to lever it up high enough to slide up onto the deck at which point it was fairly easy for us to slide it back into position. DONE! the PVC should be good for years and is MUCH nicer to stand on in bare feet than the deckover crap was on the old deck boards.
Finally got the last bit of my back deck project finished this weekend. The hardest part. had to replace the deck boards under the hot tub, which required moving the hot tub off the deck temporarily then doing the deck board replacement and finding a way of getting the hot tub back up on the deck and hooked up.
Even with it empty of water, it's like 800 lbs. Managed to lever it up off the deck enough to slide some 1x8s under it, then used those to lever it up onto a set of the PVC deck boards flipped upside down for a smooth upper surface. Slid it off the deck and replaced the boards, then came the tough part. Levering it up off the grass and back onto the deck. Lifted it up with a 4x4 post levered under the lip but as my wife was trying to get one of the 1x8s slid under the tub, the 4x4 post lever I was using slipped out, flipped up and slammed me in the kneecap. Frigging hurt! After a few minutes till I could stand again, we managed to lever it up high enough to slide up onto the deck at which point it was fairly easy for us to slide it back into position. DONE! the PVC should be good for years and is MUCH nicer to stand on in bare feet than the deckover crap was on the old deck boards.
FYI. IF it comes up again. 4 inch PVC and roll it.
Getting ready to do a kitchen remodel. In the stages of choosing cabinets, etc. Won't start until after Christmas to allow time for everything to come in and because I would like a usable kitchen over the holidays.
FYI. IF it comes up again. 4 inch PVC and roll it.
The hard part is lifting it up enough to get the PVC under it. As it was, it was difficult enough to get it up 1" for the 1x8s. lol. Actually getting it up onto the PVC decking was enough as it slid on that stuff pretty easily.
Yesterday I added an electrical outlet to go over the countertop where our new bar cabinets will be. Cut a hole, added a remodel type electrical box, ran the wire up from the outlet below (where the wine fridge will go), and there ya have it. Took more time going to Lowes and back for the parts than the actual install. Thankfully didn't run into any issues.
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