wildwest , I took this picture for you - remember this outfit in Fort Collins? [ATTACH]
I re-sided this barn several years ago using vertical shiplap pine. Any water that made it through joints can dry to the inside. [ATTACH] On...
One way is to lay the chains out behind each tire. Attach a tow chain to the end of the tire chain and then the rest of the tow chain goes up over...
The mill finally called and said my shop siding was ready. This is White Pine, S1S2E (planed on one side, and parallel edges, rough-sawn on the...
Canadian border VT , there is a dealer here, in Hartland, with a few smaller machines in stock. I hadn’t heard of the brand until these guys...
[ATTACH] Heading out to the further stacks for another trailer load of firewood.
Here’s my fireplace install. SS 6” liner, T at bottom for clean out. We use a plastic trash bag, poking a hole near its top for the cleaning rod...
[ATTACH] Gluing the insulweb on, getting ready to do dense-pack cellulose in the shop. Haven’t done this before but read about it and am giving it...
The new threshold sits lower, so either a new door or I stretch it. Given how the dog likes to jump on it, I opted to alter this one for now. Used...
I’m not loving the brown tint, but the sunlight is doing in the shingles with the clear stain. The driveway side faces SE and is the worst,...
Took Friday off. Here’s the “before” picture. We had shingled the bottom half in the Fall of 2012, but ran out of time and finished the following...
This design is more people-centric and layouts today strike me as more vehicle-centric. I recall the Colorado housing developments where 3/4 of...
Yesterday was touching up window trim (do not use duct tape on vinyl trim!!) and preparing the front. We are running out of rental time so I...
[ATTACH] This is the Maine house I grew up in. There is a fairly defined area where this type of connection was done - I live less than 150 miles...
It is stenciling. Apparently there were traveling stencilers at the time (by one story I heard). Yes, we will definitely preserve these.
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Slow progress. Just a week of rental left. Darn day-job. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Storm door installed on new threshold. A bit of adjustment to do. Too...
I hauled a bunch of people around town last weekend at a fall craft fair. This was one of the wide spots in the road. [ATTACH]
I heard about this through work earlier this week. Unfortunately, it isn’t uncommon. My first real job was on a farm where the house burned...
