I am currently in Portland, Or. working!!!!!!!!!!! I know that is hard to believe, but it is true!!!!!!!
I had a few small jobs up here and then suddenly ended up with a major project....... Which will take some time to complete. I have been at it for a week and a half right now and probably have another week to go??????????
I will enclose pictures with each segment since trying to condense and write about this in one piece would not only be boring, but I am sure everyone would be sound asleep and wondering why their computers were on in the first place. But I promise to be a concise as possible and not ramble on to long---- Are we having fun yet??????? before I forget what I was supposed to be writing about???????
Well, the first part was to replace an old lattice roof, unfortunately no pictures of the before. My fault, but I do have after pictures to share. This is sort of like SHOW and TELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am having so much fun!!!!!!! This actually started out as a replacement type thing, just replacing the wood that needed to be replaced and ended up being a whole replacement thing........
So I demo'ed all of the old wood and started replacing with new wood. The first picture shows the 2x4 stringers/trusses depending on what part of the country you are from. Sometimes it gets really hard trying to figure out what word to usde since it all means the same thing, but the accent goes on a different SYL- 'LABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I built the frame and then I started putting 2x2's on to replace the old lattice work and after a few days the end result actually turned out better than I thought it would.
I must give credit where credit is due as I had a helper {her name is GABBY} see attached pictures. She is only 14, so don't go CHILD LABOR LAW on me as I only worked her from sun up to sundown and let her have 15 minutes for lunch, but she is a worker. I would pound nails with her any day. Of course we only used screws so that definitely made a difference.
A few days later that part of the project was completed and it was on to the planter. That will be the next segment of this story, but as an added bonus, you will get the next story in the submarine series also.
I bet that makes you all feel warm and fuzzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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