That’s nice Tom, you two will be real happy with it.
Patio Covering going up
I can't do projects like this myself anymore, so I hired this great guy who has done projects for us before to put in a solid patio cover on the third of the patio that was left open. I used to have a shade cloth in a frame up there, but a howling wind came up and blew them out. The thing sailed 50 feet before landing.
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This will be a solid cover, ply with roofing. My wife slipped on ice a couple of years ago in the uncovered area and broke her wrist. This new cover will prevent that.
The other end of the patio is wrapped with lattice work so it shades the plants that live out there during the summer. There's a door that leads to the garden area just beyond. That lattice work was the last project I've done myself.
It's a 12x30 concrete patio and is a treat to enjoy of an evening. I'll post another picture when it's done. I've done so many DIY projects over the years, it's kind of hard to turn it over to others, but I'm thankful to be able to afford it.
One thing I really liked is that he pre painted everything. Painting the underside of a patio cover like that is a terrible chore. I built a cover over an 8x10 porch on one of my sheds, and painted it after construction. That was no fun. The shed is a 10x12 office and I wired and finished it myself. Insulation, drywall, AC. It's where I go to hide out for a little alone time.
The background in the picture is the wall of a super cheap sunroom that was almost unusable when we moved in. I built a 2x4 inside frame, insulated, wired and dry walled that, replaced all the cruddy plastic sliding windows with double pane energy efficient models. Then sealed of five openings that didn't get new windows, ripped out the sliding door and framed and installed a nice back door. Put in some wiring and poked a hole for the evaporative cooler. Wired and plumbed it. Then I hired someone who put on another 3 inches of insulated roof, sealed it in. Last, I hired a guy who put a nice skirt around the bottom that keeps the rain off the now concealed cheapo foam sandwich of the original sunroom. It's now the most pleasant room in the house, and it's my wife's painting studio and where the sensitive plants live during winter.
I like doing home improvements, and have done them most of my life. I grew up in an old farmhouse that was built before 1913 and was always in need of repairs. Woodworking is wonderful, but most of my husband points come from DIY home improvements. I'm cashing those points in now as she has to look after me a bit these days as I inch up to 80.
Any of you guys and gals want to share some of your DIY projects?
This will be a solid cover, ply with roofing. My wife slipped on ice a couple of years ago in the uncovered area and broke her wrist. This new cover will prevent that.
The other end of the patio is wrapped with lattice work so it shades the plants that live out there during the summer. There's a door that leads to the garden area just beyond. That lattice work was the last project I've done myself.
It's a 12x30 concrete patio and is a treat to enjoy of an evening. I'll post another picture when it's done. I've done so many DIY projects over the years, it's kind of hard to turn it over to others, but I'm thankful to be able to afford it.
One thing I really liked is that he pre painted everything. Painting the underside of a patio cover like that is a terrible chore. I built a cover over an 8x10 porch on one of my sheds, and painted it after construction. That was no fun. The shed is a 10x12 office and I wired and finished it myself. Insulation, drywall, AC. It's where I go to hide out for a little alone time.
The background in the picture is the wall of a super cheap sunroom that was almost unusable when we moved in. I built a 2x4 inside frame, insulated, wired and dry walled that, replaced all the cruddy plastic sliding windows with double pane energy efficient models. Then sealed of five openings that didn't get new windows, ripped out the sliding door and framed and installed a nice back door. Put in some wiring and poked a hole for the evaporative cooler. Wired and plumbed it. Then I hired someone who put on another 3 inches of insulated roof, sealed it in. Last, I hired a guy who put a nice skirt around the bottom that keeps the rain off the now concealed cheapo foam sandwich of the original sunroom. It's now the most pleasant room in the house, and it's my wife's painting studio and where the sensitive plants live during winter.
I like doing home improvements, and have done them most of my life. I grew up in an old farmhouse that was built before 1913 and was always in need of repairs. Woodworking is wonderful, but most of my husband points come from DIY home improvements. I'm cashing those points in now as she has to look after me a bit these days as I inch up to 80.
Any of you guys and gals want to share some of your DIY projects?
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He finished the roof yesterday. He slipped our job in between his other jobs. Fine with us since we weren't in any rush. He still has to finish painting, and there is a bit of missing flashing he will replace. Very solid job. Jean and I sat out there yesterday, really nice. I think it cooled down the area too. You can see we have a lot of trees on our property, and you can see the sunset from out there. You can see the lattice work on the end that I put in last Fall The sheds you see are my office shed and shop shed. I'll be adding another theater style light to illuminate more of the back yard at night. Don't like walking back there in the dark, and that's our dog, Henry's poop place.
The tree in the background is a very productive Pistachio that produces a huge crop of nuts each year. All of the plants are on automatic watering 3x per week, the property goes back another 200 feet from the back of my shop. It gets occasional soaks and is mostly native species and doesn't require much water. We feed the birds where the pot is so we can watch the little fluttering show they put on. We found 50 lb bags of hulled sunflower seeds cheap, so they're fat and happy little critters.
My daughter's fella is going to have him work on a roof over a planned stage in his back yard. Brad is a really fine musician, a master of the guitar. The stage will be covered with lighting and good audio, and apparently with tiered seating. He's planning lots jam sessions with their circle of other musicians up here in the high desert. Don't think his neighbors will mind, they won't play late, and they perform mainly quieter music.
Final result, cleaned up a bit. I love the space. Thinking we might enclose it as a screened in spot, less bugs. But enough for now. BTW, there is one of our lizzards on the ground there. That lizzard is pretty comfortable out there and aside from the dog, he puts up with us. Used the sawhorses to put my wife's delicate plants on next to the lattice. Putting an extra light up to illuminate the other side of the back yard, well, at least 100 feet or so. And a little more clearing out and rearranging the patio furniture.
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