In loving memory of Kenis D. Keathley 6/4/81 - 3/27/22 Loving father, husband, brother, friend and firewood hoarder Rest in peace, Dexterday

Can't get these at the big box.

Discussion in 'The Sawyer Room' started by fuelrod, Jun 2, 2025.

  1. eatonpcat

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  2. fuelrod

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    About 8-9'. I put it together from whatever I had laying around a after I found that cylinder!
    It makes for a great rope swing over the pond, at our old place.
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    We had a brief warm up about 10 days ago, enough to clear the remaining snow so I got the roof on. It did dump the Christmas eave snow off with a little help from the sun!
    Merry Christmas and happy new year to all.
     
  3. Stinny

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    Great job fuelrod ... how much snow did you get in the last storm? We got around 15". Should be fun watching the main roof send avalanches flying off the new porch. :yes:
     
  4. fuelrod

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    We only got 7-8". Nice timing for Christmas!
     
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    Found some old pictures. These are pictures of pictures so not so great.
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    This was our swimming pool at our last place. 130ac farm in MD.
    The Mrs started talking about a pool, a good thing for a neighbor to have. I called an excavation buddy to dig a pond where it was spring wet all of the time!

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    Got the floor/ceiling down. 2x8 tongue and groove. The picture above shows the portion that will be "cathedral" up 16'.
    Having the same wacky floor beams continue just being open to above. This was an afterthought as I was so happy with the live edge less than straight almost log looking floor beams/joists hopefully creating a pergola kinda feeling in that room.
    Oh, then 3 weeks ago our wood boiler finally sprung a leak during it's 16th season.
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    Pulled her out yesterday and I'm anxiously waiting arrival of the new one. This one will be SS where the old unit is carbon steel.
    A dealer in VT had the right one in stock.
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    I added an hour meter in 2014 and started recording the season start/end and the hours. (Missing the first 4 years)
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    This is where she ended up!
    Fortunately we've been experiencing the "January thaw" and I'm hopefully back in business next week.
     
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    Oops, I went back in to fix a duplicate pic (in edit) and it fouled up everything. :eek:
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    To answer the question if that boom extended.
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    Floor/ceiling. The upstairs is going to be a guest bedroom, full bath with a tub. We're not big tub fans but having only a shower for 17 years it seems like a good idea.
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    The new boiler is coming today from VT.
     

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    I did it again!
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  9. fuelrod

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    What does this mean?
    This comes up when I select pictures from my phone.
    I've seen it before.
    I was going to catch you up with pictures. I'm closing in the upstairs walls and trimming the windows and doors.
     
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