Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

[bakaboy]

Finished up our renovations just at the beginning of the pandemic. Blind luck on timing.

Spent the rest of 2020 fixing up other buildings.

Been spending this spring getting some tree areas that I have ignored under some form of control. Have an excavator booked for May for ripping out the 40 odd stumps. Burn pile has grown from the branches.

Have to paint the outside of the old wooden barn this summer. Will need to find a zoom boom. Will be challenging with sloped ground around the barn.



And fit racing and dirt riding into the summer somewhere.

 

[GreyGhost]

Finished up our renovations just at the beginning of the pandemic. Blind luck on timing.

Spent the rest of 2020 fixing up other buildings.

Been spending this spring getting some tree areas that I have ignored under some form of control. Have an excavator booked for May for ripping out the 40 odd stumps. Burn pile has grown from the branches.View attachment 48027

Have to paint the outside of the old wooden barn this summer. Will need to find a zoom boom. Will be challenging with sloped ground around the barn.

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And fit racing and dirt riding into the summer somewhere.

I have no idea how controllable it would be, but you can get extension wands for airless sprayers. Still not simple to get access to everywhere but being able to spray 12' away could solve some issues.

 

[mimico_polak]

I think the zoom boom is your best bet. It's good on different terrain and as long as you can get the 4 wheels on level ground...you're good to go. Used it with my dad years ago on multiple properties to paint outside, I loved it.

Not sure how this extended sprayer will work...but can ask my painter buddy if you'd like.

Or if you really want to dick around...scaffold. But with uneven ground I'd just get the Genie Boom.

 

[crankcall]

Find some Mennonites, they will paint that building in a 3 day window.

 

[mbroyda]

with the bulk of the renos coming to an end, I'm planning on building a 4 x 8 electric sauna in the basement in the fall.
anyone built one? what would you do differently? what are things you are happy you did?

 

[GreyGhost]

with the bulk of the renos coming to an end, I'm planning on building a 4 x 8 electric sauna in the basement in the fall.
anyone built one? what would you do differently? what are things you are happy you did?

Interested in this too. When I eventually build a shed the back will probably have a sauna. I'm conflicted on gas vs electric, both have advantages and disadvantages. I am leaning towards gas as it will be cold most of the time and heated when I want to use it and gas gets you there a lot faster. Are you thinking wet sauna or dry sauna? For inside, have you tried the infrared saunas? I don't really like them but for ease of use, they are hard to beat.

 

[mbroyda]

Interested in this too. When I eventually build a shed the back will probably have a sauna. I'm conflicted on gas vs electric, both have advantages and disadvantages. I am leaning towards gas as it will be cold most of the time and heated when I want to use it and gas gets you there a lot faster. Are you thinking wet sauna or dry sauna? For inside, have you tried the infrared saunas? I don't really like them but for ease of use, they are hard to beat.

mine is going in the basement so electric would be fairly efficient as it will be very well insulated, im going with a dry one and infrared is not an option, my in-laws have one and I was not impressed

 

[crankcall]

I have a perfect basement space that could either be a 6x8 sauna or wine cellar. This spousal debate could go on all summer .

 

[Scuba Steve]

I have a perfect basement space that could either be a 6x8 sauna or wine cellar. This spousal debate could go on all summer .

Wine Sauna

 

[GreyGhost]

I have a perfect basement space that could either be a 6x8 sauna or wine cellar. This spousal debate could go on all summer .

How long are you staying? When you sell the wine cellar probably helps your sale more than the sauna. How many people hang out in your sauna? Can you split the space into a two person sauna and a wine cellar?

 

[Hardwrkr13]

HST/GST new home rebate cheque arrived yesterday so an immediate order was made for new tool chests to match the new tool cabinets. Looks like I'll get to take a poison ivey break from tree clearing and focus on prettying up the garage with storage and some wall colours (after I get covered in insulation fibers again installing a replacement new camera cable that also arrived).

 

[nobbie48]

I have a number of decent sized jobs I could start but I'm concerned about needing something on the spur of the moment and having to wait a few days for the curb pickup.

Today I stripped some paint from external trim and levelled some interlock. Tomorrow the trim hopefully gets a coat of paint and I check my supply of screenings so I can determine whether I can do more levelling of the walkway. Garden supplies should be available or I can hit a wholesale I used to deal with. I assume wholesale is open. Right / wrong?

One project needs some sheet metal bent. Pre covid I could walk into a tin shop and get it done. Now one runs the Covid obstacle course.

 

[crankcall]

if its duct gauge sheet metal, couple pieces of scrap lumber and two hinges and make a small metal brake.

@GreyGhost , we will likely be here a while and I think your right the 'wine cellar' will look better and around here see more use than the sauna.
I'm using an online shower stall company called "showers to go" , its a 6x6 space with three walls and a ceiling so the front wall will be glass with a glass shower door . LED back lighting on the wine racks should look trick when you flip on the light switch. I'm going to duct in an outlet off the HVAC so A/C will enter the space and have a flap so heat is closed off in winter. Cant be too careful with 300 $4.00 bottles of bingo.

 

[nobbie48]

if its duct gauge sheet metal, couple pieces of scrap lumber and two hinges and make a small metal brake.

It's pre-painted aluminum to wrap an exterior door jamb.

For a storm door I was installing I bought gloss white aluminum eaves trough and ripped it with a nibbler to get pre bent trim for around the perimeter. The 1/4" 90 degree tucks into the caulk line and keeps the thing flat. No fasteners show.

This is a bigger piece. The white stuff the siding guys use is flat white and too thin to look right.

A lot depends on how busy the shops are. If they're too busy they don't want a PITA job.

 

[Gary]

It's pre-painted aluminum to wrap an exterior door jamb.

For a storm door I was installing I bought gloss white aluminum eaves trough and ripped it with a nibbler to get pre bent trim for around the perimeter. The 1/4" 90 degree tucks into the caulk line and keeps the thing flat. No fasteners show.

This is a bigger piece. The white stuff the siding guys use is flat white and too thin to look right.

A lot depends on how busy the shops are. If they're too busy they don't want a PITA job.

My 10'6" siding brake has been sitting dormant for a while.
If you want to dust it off and bend some tin, you're welcome to use it.
(hamilton)

 

[Scuba Steve]

It's pre-painted aluminum to wrap an exterior door jamb.

For a storm door I was installing I bought gloss white aluminum eaves trough and ripped it with a nibbler to get pre bent trim for around the perimeter. The 1/4" 90 degree tucks into the caulk line and keeps the thing flat. No fasteners show.

This is a bigger piece. The white stuff the siding guys use is flat white and too thin to look right.

A lot depends on how busy the shops are. If they're too busy they don't want a PITA job.

I have a siding brake as well in near Cambridge, Feel free to use it.

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[nobbie48]

I have a siding brake as well in near Cambridge, Feel free to use it.

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Thank you. I'll check the gauge of the metal I have to see if it will work.

The hardest job might be to pull the 4 X 8 sheet of the stuff out of the crawl space past all the stuff I'm storing for my daughter.

A little parenting tip: When your kid decides to leave home, buy them a nice pair of shoes to start their journey. Keep the shoebox.

If they ask if they can store some stuff at your place tell them it has to fit in the shoebox.

The worst part about storing things for other people is that after ten years, when you force their hand, they junk it because it's out of date or they've moved on to other interests.

 

[GreyGhost]

Thank you. I'll check the gauge of the metal I have to see if it will work.

The hardest job might be to pull the 4 X 8 sheet of the stuff out of the crawl space past all the stuff I'm storing for my daughter.

A little parenting tip: When your kid decides to leave home, buy them a nice pair of shoes to start their journey. Keep the shoebox.

If they ask if they can store some stuff at your place tell them it has to fit in the shoebox.

The worst part about storing things for other people is that after ten years, when you force their hand, they junk it because it's out of date or they've moved on to other interests.

I am almost done getting everything out of my parents house. It's been almost 20 years since I lived there. Probably would have finished last spring but covid screwed it up. Some of it is things like furniture from my grandmother that didnt fit in our first small house.

 

[PrivatePilot]

Been looking for a house-mounted leaning deck cover/awning. Everyone, everywhere...sold out. Anyone know of any secret leads? 7x7 or maybe 10x10 (just for an upper deck area off our patio door) would work.

 

[nobbie48]

My 10'6" siding brake has been sitting dormant for a while.
If you want to dust it off and bend some tin, you're welcome to use it.
(hamilton)

The sheet I have looks like 0.035" thick and the roll stuff that HD typically sells for siding is about 1/3 that.

The finished pieces will be J shapes about 10" X 2" X 1/2". Two pieces 7' and one 4'.

Is that too much for the brake? The place that did it the last time used a behemoth that would fold a small car.

With the covid restrictions, on / off decisions / closings I'm juggling plans and materials, marshalling materials to have on hand. Some are tricky than others. Simple 2X4s are tricky to store. They tend to turn into skis if not nailed or clamped right away.

I figure the summer is shot. If everything opens, there will be a stampede. I might as well keep going on the house.

I'm typing from my laptop because I relocated all my main computer stuff to the rec room. Wifi is up, spaghetti junction not.

My grandparents had one clock, one AM radio, one crank record player, one phone and no car. Life was simple.