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They just barely fit in the holes, but that was planned. I wanted these posts to be as thick as I could get to make a statement.
Getting them plumb was kind of tricky. I tried a level, than a second level and finally just eye balled it. I figures the taper of the log would be an issue, but the surface is so uneven that I couldn't even get a good guess with the levels.
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Getting them plumb was kind of tricky. I tried a level, than a second level and finally just eye balled it. I figures the taper of the log would be an issue, but the surface is so uneven that I couldn't even get a good guess with the levels.
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Trying to figure out the exact length the logs needed to be is math way beyond my capabilities.
I found a straight 12 foot 2x4 in my wood pile that I attached to my ledger board. Then I leveled it out and attached it to the post.
At this point I realized I needed to cut the post to the height of the bottom of the ledger board, so I screwed on a scrap piece of 2X6 flush with the top of the 2x4. Now the bottom of the 2x6 is where I need to cut the post.
It's kind of a round about method, but it worked. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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I found a straight 12 foot 2x4 in my wood pile that I attached to my ledger board. Then I leveled it out and attached it to the post.
At this point I realized I needed to cut the post to the height of the bottom of the ledger board, so I screwed on a scrap piece of 2X6 flush with the top of the 2x4. Now the bottom of the 2x6 is where I need to cut the post.
It's kind of a round about method, but it worked. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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The next issue was building and installing a truss in the middle of my roof. Nine feet is too far to span with 2x4's on edge.
I almost always work alone, which means I'm always using one tool for multiple purposes. To hold my rafter up while attaching it, I used my extension ladder with a shovel wedged in between the stephs to form an unstable tripod.
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I almost always work alone, which means I'm always using one tool for multiple purposes. To hold my rafter up while attaching it, I used my extension ladder with a shovel wedged in between the stephs to form an unstable tripod.
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Thanks for the updates, Eddie. It's looking great /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif!
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Dude YOU are amazing! Where did you learn all this stuff? Did your dad teach you? Are you an engineer or what? Ya know most people would have jsut gone out and bought a bed! Nope not eddy, "oh we need a bed" I'll build one.
Kind of excited about the porch project, sounds like it is going to be a big one. When we uilt our last home I had a few feet taken off the porch and I had a big walk in closet built in that space. Since the home is tight, possibly you might want to consider this idea. In it I kept the ironing board, the vaccuum cleaner, scrub buckets, and real important hooks for jackets. I found my family won't hang but they will hook. Course being form Wisconsin it was packed with snow pants, boots hats scarves and mittens as well, but you won't need that in texas.
I really did liekt he way my porch turned out and I'll give you an idea on how the builder did it at low cost. He bought screen doors and simply didn't drill out for the door nobs. He had beams set exactly wide enough to hold each screen door. The screen doors had like a thumb latch on them and you could take out the screen and put in the window glass. The builder said that some day when we had more money we could replace them very easily with something better, but actually we never did. The porch was not heated so we jsut used it as a 3 season room.
Finally my last porch idea and this is really more for Steph. I painted mine all white and used green and white furniture in the porch and it looked just lovely. A white porch is just so nice and bright and clean looking. Also we had 2 sky lights and you wouldn't think we would need them with all the screens but some how the builder was right, the skylights along with the all white made for a very nice bright porch, not a dark and dingy area.
You know you are a legend on TBN don't you?
Kudo's to your partner Steph. I work alongside my husband every day on our farm, we also "do it together" jsut like you and Steph. I am actually getting some pretty good biceps from sawing off almond branches. Hard work is good for you physically and mentally, especially if you are building something together, for yourselves. Congratualtions to you two.
Also I missed the thread showing your container home, can you post a link?
Kind of excited about the porch project, sounds like it is going to be a big one. When we uilt our last home I had a few feet taken off the porch and I had a big walk in closet built in that space. Since the home is tight, possibly you might want to consider this idea. In it I kept the ironing board, the vaccuum cleaner, scrub buckets, and real important hooks for jackets. I found my family won't hang but they will hook. Course being form Wisconsin it was packed with snow pants, boots hats scarves and mittens as well, but you won't need that in texas.
I really did liekt he way my porch turned out and I'll give you an idea on how the builder did it at low cost. He bought screen doors and simply didn't drill out for the door nobs. He had beams set exactly wide enough to hold each screen door. The screen doors had like a thumb latch on them and you could take out the screen and put in the window glass. The builder said that some day when we had more money we could replace them very easily with something better, but actually we never did. The porch was not heated so we jsut used it as a 3 season room.
Finally my last porch idea and this is really more for Steph. I painted mine all white and used green and white furniture in the porch and it looked just lovely. A white porch is just so nice and bright and clean looking. Also we had 2 sky lights and you wouldn't think we would need them with all the screens but some how the builder was right, the skylights along with the all white made for a very nice bright porch, not a dark and dingy area.
You know you are a legend on TBN don't you?
Kudo's to your partner Steph. I work alongside my husband every day on our farm, we also "do it together" jsut like you and Steph. I am actually getting some pretty good biceps from sawing off almond branches. Hard work is good for you physically and mentally, especially if you are building something together, for yourselves. Congratualtions to you two.
Also I missed the thread showing your container home, can you post a link?
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Rox,
Thanks for kind words. My parents had rental homes that I grew up working on. Renters don't take very good care of a home and some will just destroy a place for no better reason than spite. It's something I hated growing up, but now I love it. Go figure.
This porch project is another experiment on an idea I've had for the entrance to my store and cabins when I build the RV Park. Having it figured out in my mind and then drawing it out in paper is still a long way from actually building it. Even after it's done, I want to see how it works before I commit to it in the rest of my buildings.
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Thanks for kind words. My parents had rental homes that I grew up working on. Renters don't take very good care of a home and some will just destroy a place for no better reason than spite. It's something I hated growing up, but now I love it. Go figure.
This porch project is another experiment on an idea I've had for the entrance to my store and cabins when I build the RV Park. Having it figured out in my mind and then drawing it out in paper is still a long way from actually building it. Even after it's done, I want to see how it works before I commit to it in the rest of my buildings.
Eddie