When I was deciding the design of the garage, I wanted to match the garage roof to the roof of the house. The house had a hip roof, so the garage roof would be a hip roof. I had never built a roof. Based on the magazines and books I read, constructing a roof seemed…
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We needed to complete the leveling of the back wall. Using my Craftsman® 2-foot level, Rehtorbym and I did our best to square up the wall. We would have better success once we had the two side walls completed. After we ratcheted down the anchor bolt nuts with my Craftsman® socket wrench and my Craftsman®…
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I had the lumber company deliver all the materials to build the garage. Once it arrived and dumped on the grass next to the driveway, it was time to go through the materials to start building. I found the bill of materials and the plans for the garage. With the plans laid out on the…
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Several days past and we finally removed the wood forms from around the foundation. I was anxious to see the back wall. The middle of the wall near the corner bumped out to about 18 inches wide. The wall was wavy, and it looked like a piece of art, but that was not my intent. …
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My Dad suggested that we pour a concrete foundation wall. Since neither of us had any experience laying cinder block walls, it made logical sense to build a poured concrete foundation. Yeah, right. We needed to purchase some 2 x 4’s and plywood and we would be ready to build the forms for the walls.…
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I built a garage about 40 years ago, so the details of that adventure might be a little sketchy. When Efiwym and I purchased our first house, the house did not have a garage. Besides some minor home improvement projects, like painting and installing a wood paneling feature wall, the garage was something I wanted…
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For the laundry room I had six doors to make. These doors are for an upper cabinet over the washer and dryer. It would be my first attempt on these types of doors. I was not expecting any surprises. Still, there will be one. The routine was still fresh on my mind. I moved through…
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My next cabinet doors were in the powder room. The vanity was the same size as the one in the master bathroom. While I only had 2 doors and a sink panel, I still had a few blunders. First, I tried to sharpen my carbide router bit with a whetstone. Believing that the router bit…
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After I completed the master bathroom cabinet doors, I moved on to the upstairs bathroom. This cabinet consisted of 4 doors and 2 drawers. I would apply the lessons I learned from the master bathroom’s cabinet doors. It was also my first attempt of refacing the drawer fronts. There was a couple of issues I…
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You will not see many blog posts about my landscaping DIY. I do not like anything about landscaping. I do not have the best lawn in the subdivision, but the grass is green and weed free. I dread cutting the grass. If I thought it looked good, I would have artificial grass. Lately, I been…