sometimes it just doesn’t like photos

 

 

 

this was the original design, but then he installed the solar panels😞

 

Smaller home we built last year.

 

Got 6 stained doors. 4 had panels and 2 had glass. They wanted the reverse. Made a jig for a router with a pattern bearing on it and cut out the inside backer that held in the panels, got some glass made with a cathedral top and installed it with quarter round I made, stained and finished.

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After:

And then there were the 2 glass doors with mullions that needed the glass removed and the mullions eliminated. The quarter round was installed with 21ga staples, those were fun. Quarter round broke at every staple and then there was the hot melt glue they put in there to make it a real joy to remove them. The mullions were also hot melt glued in. Found that out after slightly damaging the bead under one of the mullions (sanded it out). After that I set the heat gun at 300F and was able to remove them without damaging the other part of the door.

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After:

The finish is still a little glossier than the frames because it's fresh. It'll take a week or so before it gets to it actual sheen. Hopefully it'll match well. Color is very close, not perfect. They used a two step system and I tried with my stain to do the same but the toner I used made the color to bright. So I just said f it, good enough.

Pin will tell you how hard it is to get a perfect match.

 

Brick detail I've never done for high end architect.

 

Framing is going slow but it's hot, I figured the framing for spring but looks like we will make out ok. Put an extra helper and a guy whose almost allowed to call himself a carpenter out there to help rotate guys to break in the afternoons. It's a bad bish on that slab after 2 o'clock, heats magnified big time on a slab

Garage is to the right of the white van, can't get it all in one pic, need to get a drone

 

Framing is going slow but it's hot, I figured the framing for spring but looks like we will make out ok. Put an extra helper and a guy whose almost allowed to call himself a carpenter out there to help rotate guys to break in the afternoons. It's a bad bish on that slab after 2 o'clock, heats magnified big time on a slab View attachment 553679
Garage is to the right of the white van, can't get it all in one pic, need to get a drone
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Wow not even big enough to put my shoes on in the morning without my butt hanging out the back window, you should put wheels on it and Call it a camper😂







J/k
Nice

 

Quaint lol

 

Be a ***** to clean but I don't think that's the lady of the houses problem.

Plenty of room for the two of them to spread out lol

 

Roofers are getting after it. They put 20 guys on this one. Trying to get it tore off and put back on all in one day.

Stopped by to drop off a cooler of Gatorades and waters and for some client hand holding.

 

All set up just need mud, first truck should be here at 4

 

Knotty Oaks, a custom we are building in Castell. Superintendent gets back from vacation Monday, we have final walk through scheduled before we vacuum out the stud cavities and get the MEP inspection and spray foam.

They are killing me on the windows, it's going to end up sitting because the designer and client went months past their deadline on the Selections Priority Calander. She's OK with it so thats good, just not great for cash flow lol

 

July and August was terrible for rain for me but at least I got the project done!

 

Over 16" of rain in July. Looks great Sno.

 

Not sure why some of the pictures didn’t load?

 

 

Nice weekend project. A whole lot of work though.

 

Needs sanding. Maybe a mahogany stain to bring out the details.

 

6 car garage addition finished up.

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Time for cups an injectors?

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#4 injector was leaking, enough fuel leaked out where it hydraulic locked the engine after it was shut off. Good thing is the piston was at TDC and the starter couldn’t turn through the lock, nothing got bent. I think the issue started about 6 weeks ago, a couple of mornings it just cranked weird, then no issues at all until the lock.

Cups just because I have it apart, no signs of fuel in the coolant.

Damn things only last 405K miles.

I’m changing the HPOP right away, didn’t plan on changing the IPR but I can’t get it out of the old pump after being in the pump for the last 23 years.

Tom

 

6 car garage addition finished up. View attachment 554128

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Every garage over 3 bays should have its own laundry.

Tom

 

Gotta be able to keep your car towels clean and readily accessible!

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Client has some very nice cars in there now. Rolls, Mazeratti, Bentley!

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Stored this one at our shop for him while we finished up the garage.

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Finally finished with the touchups, the client had a request about the left side when he’s on the porch in the evening, the lights coming around the corner from the cars are blinding him, but code does not allow us to install windows or screens, he’s not interested in large, ugly shrubs Any suggestions ? I could install a trellis and then plant some Ivy’s below?

 

Something custom made, canvas that rolls up and out of sight like the pull shades.
Just pull it when you're sitting there...let it go up when not.
I doubt anyone would complain, although it is 2023.

 

Cool A Roo

Tom