Yeah @crankcall is right. My wife has a small room we call the "office" that is entirely filled with yarn.
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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I gave my mom a bag of alpaca yarn for her collection. Frig me. I think yarn is the female equivalent of motorcycle parts. Tell the spouse you bought it for a few bucks a skein and they won't suspect the bag is worth $300. She made some stuff for her friends that they appreciated.
Can confirm, or firearm "prices". With my wife passing, her friend let me into the circle of truth about fabric/batting/yarn pricing.
Dad was asking to buy a new water tank at the cottage because the one we had was rented and has been going for 24 or 28 years…$100 buyout.
Total cost of tank was close to 13,000$ since start of contract.
He was tired of paying $44/monthly when it wasn’t being used at all.
Tank looks brand new. No leaks.
We’re just keeping it until it dies.
Total cost of tank was close to 13,000$ since start of contract.
He was tired of paying $44/monthly when it wasn’t being used at all.
Tank looks brand new. No leaks.
We’re just keeping it until it dies.
Fak. I knew I was gonna run out of bricks….
Good thing too it’s getting late.
MP MASONRY is open for business!
I’ve still got 2 small sections to tidy up so another box of bricks should be it.
Good thing too it’s getting late.
MP MASONRY is open for business!
I’ve still got 2 small sections to tidy up so another box of bricks should be it.
Thanks. I took your tip and made a “Death Box” with five snap traps inside for an outside area they’ve been seen by the house as well as a “Death Bucket” with the usual PB can on a wire.
Relax
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Ok GTAM brain trust.
Last section of wall to be finished in some method.
I can’t get the bricks in there as it’s a ton of cutting and tight as hell. I’m not paying for enbridge to come and move the meter out.
What say you for best way to deal with this unfinished section?
Parting? Tough to get in there into all the nooks and crannies.
Over it up with a wooden structure that allows for access? We read the meter and not Enbridge on a monthly basis.
Need some good recommendations.
Last section of wall to be finished in some method.
I can’t get the bricks in there as it’s a ton of cutting and tight as hell. I’m not paying for enbridge to come and move the meter out.
What say you for best way to deal with this unfinished section?
Parting? Tough to get in there into all the nooks and crannies.
Over it up with a wooden structure that allows for access? We read the meter and not Enbridge on a monthly basis.
Need some good recommendations.
There's a relief valve on there that shouldn't be enclosed, but I suspect that a lot of these get covered up with a lattice box. I'm surprised that your meter is so close to a window. I couldn't find the Ontario building code requirements, but this guide from Alberta suggests that there should be 1 meter clearance from inlets, exhausts, sources of ignition, and sources of water. Maybe that wasn't a thing in Ontario when our houses were built, because my meter is right beside my dryer vent.
Thanks for that! I'm thinking some type of lattice box made from PT to allow ventilation and an easy way to access it. I just can't have it with some type of access that the local raccoons / skunks can use to create a layer for themselves over winter.
Thinking some 2x4 or 4x4 frame with a lattice in b/w with an access hatch to lift, check the reading and lower again.
The last brick has been laid. No more! Done 
Now let’s hope the bonding is good before the negative temps tonight. Otherwise I’ll have some that would have fallen.
All that’s left is some parging.
Now let’s hope the bonding is good before the negative temps tonight. Otherwise I’ll have some that would have fallen.
All that’s left is some parging.
Another project shows up!
Shockingly my wife is open to the idea of me building a bunk bed for the girls out of wood! Any recommendations on the type of wood to use?
Regular HD pine that's twisted all to hell?
Looking at you @crankcall and @Mad Mike as you guys are very well versed in wood and wood products.
Shockingly my wife is open to the idea of me building a bunk bed for the girls out of wood! Any recommendations on the type of wood to use?
Regular HD pine that's twisted all to hell?
Looking at you @crankcall and @Mad Mike as you guys are very well versed in wood and wood products.
What's the budget and how pretty do you want it? You can make strong but homely furniture out of 2x4's. With a little thought, you can even make them look interesting and most people won't realize what it is. I am partial to ripping 45's off each side of a 2x4 and fastening a pair of those back to back. Basically build your own 3x3 but interesting looking and less prone to twist/warp than a home depot 4x4.
No real budget, but what I’m seeing on the used and new market is both expensive…and a lot of junk.
We have a bunk bed at the cottage but that’s there for a reason.
Unless I find one of those camping bunk beds…then that goes to cottage and that one in Wasaga comes to the house.
Look for pictures of beds you like and then you can spin up a quick BOM to figure how much materials would be.
JYSK has twin/twin bunk bed with storage for <$1000. I think it is below ikea quality though.
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Another option is to build two identical four post beds and stack them. Fat dowel will be good enough to keep the posts properly indexed. If sleeping/living situation changes, you just move one bed to a new room (or side by side).
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I am currently building my youngest daughter a four post canopy bed (she picked the colour--orange). Should get final assembly this weekend give or take I will post up completed pics in a week or so.
Materials... the posts are made from clear pine and poplar laminated together. They are laminated with two 1X (really 3/4) clear pine on the outside with poplar sandwiched in the middle. I always glue up pine like this so that the boards are bending into each other and I do it clamped to a flat surface/bench. The flat ends are birch plywood with poplar on the top. The side rails are 1X8 basswood with 2X3 knotty pine for the slats to rest on (and strength). I used a little red oak in spots I needed some extra strength. The slats, came from an Ikea bed we tossed. I picked up the bed hardware at Lee Valley--so it can be disassembled once put together (rails to foot/head). Material cost all in with HW, wood, glue and paint is ~$600 even using pine where I could to save costs. I could have saved maybe 10% to 15% buying at one of the woodworking lumber places but I would have spent that in gas.... She wanted it painted, If I was doing stain grade I would have likely used oak and went to a better supplier...
Could have bought one for much less... specially on FBMP.
Around here, Rona has lower turnover so I find the project wood to be drier but twistier (harder to find straight pieces). Home Depot has more turnover so the wood is straighter but has more moisture content so twisting is coming...
I think if was going to paint it I would likely use poplar . It’s a soft hardwood and paints very well and it’s easy to work .
For a stained finish it becomes very personal and needs to match your decor . I’m using a lot of white oak right now because it’s my favourite and it’s nice imo, but it’s a hot ticket right now so expensive. Walnut is second right now for me because I got a huge supply . I don’t buy any finished lumber at Home Depot or Lowes , simply because it’s a commodity to them and is priced crazy compared to other options .
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For a stained finish it becomes very personal and needs to match your decor . I’m using a lot of white oak right now because it’s my favourite and it’s nice imo, but it’s a hot ticket right now so expensive. Walnut is second right now for me because I got a huge supply . I don’t buy any finished lumber at Home Depot or Lowes , simply because it’s a commodity to them and is priced crazy compared to other options .
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