A little Much

Had to hire out a few strapping young men to help me finish the deck footers yesterday. The 12 holes had to be 2x2x2 which may not seem like much but I'm pretty sure they mine solid rock faster. Zach and Wade hung in their though and we finished up by 6 or so. I find it quite obnoxious for an 8 foot wide deck that is three feet off the ground to have footings so large but that is the code. I have an inspection this morning and it is raining pretty good. We made a last minute run to Lowe's last night to cover it all with plastic.

3.23.09

I got the tractor out yesterday and figured it would be a good time to start the deck. I had to start by knocking down the old block porch and hauling them up to road to a neighbors house who wanted them dumped down his bank. I don't know why he did but I was not going to ask questions as long as I was getting rid of trash. I cleaned up about 7 bucket loads including some of the rubble from where I broke up part of the spring house. Clayton wanted my old oil tank because there was still a few gallons left in it and the old man can't seem to stop accumulating things. Once again I was not going to question, I was just thankful that someone else wanted my junk. I dug 7 of 12 footer holes for the deck and by 5:30 I could not hold tools anymore. If any of you are short on rock please come by. It was a great day to work and we had quite a few paragliders come by the house which made the dogs go nuts when they got close. Charley would bark like crazy and Chewy would pace the yard as they flew by.

3.20.09

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I spent the day today putting the finishing touches on the vanity upstairs. The face frame was easy because it is only pocket screwed together. It did not take to long to figure out how things worked. I built the drawers out of whatever I could find including some 1x12 pine and left over plywood for the bottom of 3 drawers. I used left over chalkboard for the bottom of my drawers. It has been so long since I had any I did not want anyone to get confused on whose were whose...I made sure Maranda got her own color too. I used to rest of the raised panels for the chestnut door used on the side to make the drawer fronts. They turned out pretty sharp and I love using up all this old material. I finished the caulking around the shower trim and base so the bathroom is ready for a light and a plumber to hook it all up.