Redneck Staging

[Mousefield]

Nice pics of your work as it progressed.
The yellow should not fade like the darker red you had it before, think of the money and time you will save by not having to paint/stain every few years. :thumbsup:

 

[bullbreaker]

Looks great ! Thanks for sharering pic's and story. I like everything I saw except your cordless drill in pic #3 .



Boone

 

[Lloyd_E]

nc,

You right about that - well built homes. This is a timber frame house... because thatst all they could do back than. The sills are 10"x10", with a few beams at 12"x12". All of the other posts and beams are 6"x6" and 8"x8". The roof and walls are boarded in with 1 1/8" hemlock some as wide as 26" and 12', 14' long. It didn't take long to put a house together back than - gangs of speciality workers. This house was once part of a 50 acre farm that started out as a 100 acre farm.

bullbreaker... that's my drill, a cheap one but mine. When they come on sale - usually 60% off - I grab them. They are great for doing small stuff. The 18v dewalt is the best unit yet. I have a few 18v B&D that are almost identical to dewalt but subtle enough in battery design that they are not interchangeable.

 

[creekbend]

Enjoyed the pictures. Thanks for posting.

 

[Lloyd_E]

Lots of tweaking to do and more detail stuff. I think I missed the painting season. Getting cold up here.

The picket/rail style will continue along the back under the pergola. The paint behind the chair is a kiwi and when summer comes it will grow over the entire structure similar to grapevines. Also behind the table will be a wood screen for privacy and wind protection - there will be a number of these throughout the structure. There will be granite rocks and hosta(sp?) plants to finish off and hide the sub-structure business.

Lloyd

 

[Lloyd_E]

Local views of the neighbourhood...

 

[forgeblast]

Wow what a piece of heaven. congrats on living in such a great area.
The way you have the pergola attached to the house is very interesting. Its looks like its a free standing design but also attached to the house. Can you descibe how you did that? maby post a picture of what you used to attach them to the house. My reason for asking is my wife reall loves how you did that and has been after me for a while to think of a way to put a pergola on the back of our house.

 

[Lloyd_E]

fb,

I will show details of how the pergola is attached... but I am going to redesign and change them. They look too cumbersome for the design - a tad(big tad) overbuilt! Essentially I just made a "T" that attached to both sides of the 4"x4" post and to the house. The stem "I" was on either side of the post and the "-" top part(horizontal line of the top of the "T") attached to the house. Keep in mind this house is 200+ plus years old and it is not straight, square or level - which I reconfirmed with this job. The wall that the pergola is against bows out about 6". When I gutted the place there was a steel 1' rod and turnbuckle that held the house together. At some point(1930ish) or earlier somebody cut the rod, causing the bow, and buried it in the house structure.

I am now thinking they could be "L" shaped or a lot smaller but still a T. I used decking to build them - 1.25"x5.5".

 

[forgeblast]

Thanks Lloyd I appreciate it.

 

[texasjohn]

Man, if that's what you do now, I'd like to see what you did when you were "younger!" Great job!