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 Hits: 701 Size: 61.59 KB Posted: 3/26/06 It took several hours riding a 1-man auger to get these holes drilled - apparently, the farmer who o... |  Hits: 734 Size: 54.71 KB Posted: 3/26/06 The hole by the house was the worst because the auger kept hitting the slab, and every time it bound... |  Hits: 654 Size: 60.85 KB Posted: 3/26/06 That pile of aluminum I-beams is just a fraction of the junk I need to get stored, which is why I'm ... |  Hits: 695 Size: 40.21 KB Posted: 3/26/06 I'll be the only house with a fence at the front, and the only one with an 8' fence in the front yar... |  Hits: 639 Size: 51.42 KB Posted: 3/26/06 It'll come up to the soffit, so I can get away with just about anything inside it. |
 Hits: 678 Size: 42.27 KB Posted: 3/26/06 I had originally planned to replace the boards on the neighbor's fence with 8-footers, but since he'... |  Hits: 601 Size: 45.95 KB Posted: 3/26/06 Now for the gate poles... |  Hits: 594 Size: 90.02 KB Posted: 3/26/06 I have to miss my phone & cable lines when I drill the holes for the gate poles. |  Hits: 643 Size: 101.19 KB Posted: 3/26/06 FIrst try & I nailed the cable DEAD center! Fortunately, the ground is so hard that I saw it before... |  Hits: 616 Size: 59.62 KB Posted: 3/26/06 The little part. I might brace it onto the house later. |
 Hits: 649 Size: 60.95 KB Posted: 3/26/06 The big part. It's braced onto the neighbor's fence in 2 places. |  Hits: 675 Size: 53.76 KB Posted: 3/26/06 It's actually bigger than it looks here. If I really wanted to, I could probably get 3 Broncos in h... |  Hits: 690 Size: 46.73 KB Posted: 3/26/06 This puts it into better perspective. I was worried about the neighbors complaining, but they've al... |  Hits: 677 Size: 49.62 KB Posted: 3/26/06 The grass shows how long it took me to get the gate frames built & hung. Steel is certainly sturdie... |  Hits: 845 Size: 53.13 KB Posted: 3/26/06 The weight of the frames alone affected the poles much more than I expected, but I had always planne... |
 Hits: 640 Size: 52.43 KB Posted: 3/26/06 It's big, but it's big. |  Hits: 897 Size: 42.76 KB Posted: 3/26/06 Yeah, it's big. |  Hits: 873 Size: 55.01 KB Posted: 4/17/06 Today, we stained it. It's been dry for the past few days, and it was a little windy, but warm & cl... |  Hits: 3164 Size: 47.64 KB Posted: 4/17/06 This is Behr Premium Redwood stain & a Wagner ControlSpray. Nice hairdo, huh? |  Hits: 703 Size: 53.69 KB Posted: 4/17/06 It went a LOT faster than we expected, but we used more stain than we probably should have. |
 Hits: 764 Size: 87.34 KB Posted: 4/17/06 Uh oh... She caught me taking a picture of her! |  Hits: 665 Size: 57.55 KB Posted: 4/17/06 The outside went a lot faster than the inside, and took a LOT less stain. |  Hits: 662 Size: 44.06 KB Posted: 4/17/06 The outside went a lot faster than the inside, and took a LOT less stain. |  Hits: 740 Size: 54.35 KB Posted: 4/17/06 The outside went a lot faster than the inside, and took a LOT less stain. |  Hits: 716 Size: 40.89 KB Posted: 4/17/06 I have just enough stain left to shoot that little part from the neighbor's back yard when I get my ... |
 Hits: 660 Size: 20.76 KB Posted: 10/10/08 This is what I'm aiming for. |  Hits: 621 Size: 82.64 KB Posted: 10/10/08 This is the last day it'll look like this. |  Hits: 643 Size: 75.61 KB Posted: 10/10/08 This is the last day it'll look like this. |  Hits: 607 Size: 87.4 KB Posted: 10/10/08 This is the last day it'll look like this. |  Hits: 631 Size: 88.39 KB Posted: 10/10/08 This is the last day it'll look like this. |
 Hits: 607 Size: 101.2 KB Posted: 10/10/08 This is the last day it'll look like this. |  Hits: 639 Size: 100.91 KB Posted: 10/10/08 This is the last day it'll look like this. |  Hits: 625 Size: 100.48 KB Posted: 10/10/08 I set these first so they'd be strong enough when I hang the gates. |  Hits: 599 Size: 95.02 KB Posted: 10/10/08 I set these first so they'd be strong enough when I hang the gates. |  Hits: 620 Size: 94.85 KB Posted: 10/10/08 I bruised my butt riding that damned auger for 5 hours. |
 Hits: 620 Size: 90.22 KB Posted: 10/10/08 I bruised my butt riding that damned auger for 5 hours. |  Hits: 582 Size: 91.58 KB Posted: 10/10/08 I bruised my butt riding that damned auger for 5 hours. |  Hits: 619 Size: 103.53 KB Posted: 10/10/08 When the blisters go down, I'll think about drilling the holes for this section. |  Hits: 720 Size: 88.28 KB Posted: 10/12/08 I set the first 5 posts last night & put a few stringers on today. |  Hits: 640 Size: 92.59 KB Posted: 10/12/08 The rest of the posts are set, and they're about to get concreted in. |
 Hits: 643 Size: 96.18 KB Posted: 10/23/08 All the stringers are up, and I'm going to stain everything before the planks go on. |  Hits: 654 Size: 87.49 KB Posted: 10/23/08 All the stringers are up, and I'm going to stain everything before the planks go on. |  Hits: 629 Size: 105.73 KB Posted: 10/23/08 All the stringers are up, and I'm going to stain everything before the planks go on. |  Hits: 643 Size: 85.23 KB Posted: 10/23/08 All the stringers are up, and I'm going to stain everything before the planks go on. |  Hits: 627 Size: 92.27 KB Posted: 10/23/08 These planks are for the gates, which are under construction. |
 Hits: 609 Size: 83.46 KB Posted: 10/23/08 The gates took a while because of the lap joints, and all these planks were spread out for a day to ... |  Hits: 577 Size: 94.96 KB Posted: 10/23/08 All these planks were spread out for a day to dry before staining. |  Hits: 621 Size: 73.56 KB Posted: 10/23/08 It only took about 3 hours to hang the rest of the planks, but most only have 2 screws for now. |  Hits: 622 Size: 89.65 KB Posted: 10/23/08 The gates came out better than I thought, and this may be the first time I've been really happy with... |  Hits: 608 Size: 91.07 KB Posted: 10/23/08 The gates came out better than I thought, and this may be the first time I've been really happy with... |
 Hits: 656 Size: 112.22 KB Posted: 10/23/08 The black spots are some heavy mildew, but I'm hoping they'll fade fast. |  Hits: 661 Size: 95.32 KB Posted: 10/23/08 The black spots are some heavy mildew, but I'm hoping they'll fade fast. |  Hits: 677 Size: 91.8 KB Posted: 10/23/08 Now I get to start over on the back section...
***UPDATE***
Turns out the dirt there is too unst... | | |