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    It's Time To Make This Porch Bigger, And Add Some FIRE!

    We had our house built in a hurry back with the market and therefore, business...was crappy. I'd had enough of apartment life so we picked a small floorplan from one of my best builders and he made us a heck of a deal to build us a casa. We didn't add anything to the plan as far as size, choosing to upgrade a few things in the kitchen and bath. Blah blah blah....but that meant we got a little scrawny porch too, and it's time to do something about that.



    1st we need more concrete.....
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    Last edited by Dale Moser; 02-24-2016, 10:01 PM.

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      #3
      Who is that grown boy walking around with the crew?

      Looking good! In for the updates.
      My Flickr Photos

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        #4
        That would be the Jefe. That chubby guy draggin that mud leaned over and told him, "this is why you go to la escuela!"

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          #5
          It got to set up for a week, before the framers showed up.
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          Day 1, they worked about 4 hrs.

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            #6
            End of day 2.
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              Day 3
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                #8
                That's going to be nice

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                  #9
                  Looks good.

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                    #10
                    I like it

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                      #11
                      Framers, and roofer(framers brother) finished on day 4.
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                        #12
                        Things kind of ground to a halt here. Partly because I decided to paint it myself to try and leave a little $$ at the end of the budget for quality patio furniture, and partly because this is where I discovered my framer was great with structural stuff....but his cornish work SUUUUCKED! He got a ration of **** for it but I was already mostly done fixing it, so I didn't make him come back and fix it (he did offer).

                        I should add here that I DESPISE caulking and painting. HATE it..... Luckily my dad is very good with the painting bit and has a whole bunch of good gear for it. After 3-4 nights of caulking and fixing the framers screw ups and caulking some more, dad rolled up saturday morning with the gear and we got everything painted once, and some twice. I put the second coat on everything Sunday, while the Daytona ribs soaked up smoke.

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                          #13
                          Tonight I cut holes for lights and got them installed and wired.
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                          Something about that pic makes them look out of line, but they aren't.

                          I'm going to buy the LED inserts for the cans tomorrow, and 2 ceiling fans with light kits.

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                            #14
                            We got 2" of rain yesterday, but it's drying up quick....I hope to have the material for the fireplace, and the stone up here Friday. I have to go out of town this weekend, so there won't be any progress until next week.

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                              #15
                              Somewhere along the way Pinterest gave my wife an idea for a coffee/card/eatin table to go in front of the fireplace. Her folks in Louisianna had a monster long leaf pine tree taken down a few years ago, and her dad had it all rough milled for 1X lumber. We brought some back with us a while back and I ripped some down on the table saw, and got my first lesson with the biscuit jointer.

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