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SGropp

Mountain climber
Eastsound, Wa
Jun 25, 2016 - 02:05pm PT

Stool bases , forged from 1 1/2'' solid steel bar stock, rust finish, 16'' tall.
These will get a 2'' thick wood slab for a seat.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jun 25, 2016 - 03:30pm PT
Those are awesome! Wouldn't want one of those cracked over my head in a
bar fight! And what in the world are they sitting on? It looks a cargo
hold hatch.
stunewberry

Trad climber
Spokane, WA
Jun 25, 2016 - 03:48pm PT
...a cargo hatch that's 4 inches thick!
SGropp

Mountain climber
Eastsound, Wa
Jun 25, 2016 - 05:29pm PT
Thats a platen table.
5' x 10' x 5'' thick, 5,600# of ductile iron goodness, set up flat, square and level.
It's bolted down to a very heavy steel base with concrete footings for good measure.
Prod

Trad climber
Jun 26, 2016 - 06:38am PT
SGropp,

Those are way cool.

Prod.
Edge

Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
Jun 26, 2016 - 06:47pm PT
In my free time (?) I have been working on a rock garden behind our home and adjacent to my shop, using found landscaping and architecturally salvaged stone from a variety of jobs.

This has evolved over the course of one year, as last Spring was our first in the new home and we waited to see what plants were already in place; hidden in a wreck of parched soil were multiple varieties of salvia, thick patches of thyme, sages, dianthus, an uninterrupted stone wall covered in dragons blood sedum, and the self seeding regulars: wallflowers, lupines, and columbines.

This is what it looked like when we bought the place:


First effort last year was to extend and repair the deck, add some garden statuary that made the cross country trip with us, and to break up the stone wall with some steps leading to an eventual stone path.


I connected the stairs to the two cabins with stones over the course of last winter, in between 30" snow storms.


After carting home 3 truck loads of sandstone facing from demoing a clients garage facing, and some slabs from an old indoor fish pond, I was inspired this Spring to add to the path and incorporate another set of stairs next to my studio. The stairs are lined with a couple ground junipers, a potentilla, and another native shrub, all transplanted from elsewhere on the property.



So now this is the view from my studio window over my workbench.


Now we can continue to focus on weeding, and add more yard sale curiosities and additional plantings from high altitude nurseries, and by gently relocating native wildflowers. All the outdoor furniture was a complete score from a neighbors moving sale two weeks ago, and fits right in here.




pinckbrown

Trad climber
Woodfords, CA
Jun 27, 2016 - 06:28am PT
I'm building a garage.
Euroford

Trad climber
Louisville, CO
Jun 27, 2016 - 07:28am PT
finishing up our bathroom remodel project. 3'9"x9' bathroom, it was just a toilet and sink, now it has a shower right behind me. too small to take a whole photo lol!


Hardly Visible

Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
Jun 27, 2016 - 08:37am PT
Very nice job on the bath Euroford.
Edge

Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
Jun 27, 2016 - 08:41pm PT
It is a cruel joke that solid brass hardware with slotted head screws are always the last detail to frig with.




I had to plane the table width down a hair, so back it goes to the shop for a sanding and finish touch-up. Dammit.
Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jun 27, 2016 - 08:51pm PT
Real nice work edge!

How old is that house Warbler?
pinckbrown

Trad climber
Woodfords, CA
Jun 28, 2016 - 06:47am PT
very slow garage construction in progress

Gunkie

Trad climber
Valles Marineris
Jun 28, 2016 - 10:11am PT
Perhaps just an optical illusion, Edge, but is that bed length for midgets? Love the camper.
BLUEBLOCR

Social climber
joshua tree
Jun 28, 2016 - 10:42am PT
Pinckbrown, Looks Good!

I'm impressed and intrigued by your foundation work. We always use 2x10's and metal stakes. How are you anchored? What do you do for kickers?

How's the fishing been over there?

Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Jun 28, 2016 - 11:13am PT
I wish I could share, but the minutiae of interior trim work on a 4k+ square foot new construction is nothing to really look at. Moulding here, scribed base there, whatever.

I'm balls to the wall between work and planning for my wedding, just no fun photos to share.

An aside, I'm making all the lighting for the wedding myself. Romex, painted green, with a light socket every three feet. Six hundred feet of it. It's mindless production work, thank you hippie lettuce!
Edge

Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
Jun 28, 2016 - 11:28am PT
Thanks everyone, the wagon could have been taken to the Nth degree but I think we reached a nice compromise that honors her original spirit.

eKat, the owner made the seat cushions; I will ask her where she sourced her fabric.

Perhaps just an optical illusion, Edge, but is that bed length for midgets? Love the camper.

Gunkie, that's a standard full size mattress, same size I've personally had all my married life. In fact, the July 2 deadline (save for the wood stove details) is for a large wedding on the property and the wagon will serve as the honeymoon suite.

I glued and screwed the hell out of the bed deck to be safe.


This is the view a few yards from the cabin, although I took this shot from out on the road as I was leaving.
Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jun 28, 2016 - 06:39pm PT
Warbler- The thickened walls, mission tiles with heavy mortar boost and understated lines are so classic.

Many of the historic Spanish homes I've remodeld or renovated have been made with Terra cotta blocks, clear Douglas Fir beams, Rose colored concrete, red brick and the Buckskin flagstone you've used.

Cliff May style...
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jun 28, 2016 - 10:23pm PT
Edge, slotted brass screws are illegal in California now,
at least as far as I'm concerned.
pinckbrown

Trad climber
Woodfords, CA
Jun 29, 2016 - 12:00am PT
It will be a detached 24' x 24' garage. I've never
done a foundation. Plans had to be engineered.
Decided to use OSB and Jahn brackets to form
the stem walls. Footing is 18" wide, 8" thick.
Stem wall is 8" thick. I was able to rent the Jahn
brackets.

Damp proofing applied

Backfilling done

Rebar installed
pinckbrown

Trad climber
Woodfords, CA
Jun 29, 2016 - 12:06am PT
Close-up of kickers for Blue
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