60 days ago
by Michal Bulla |
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Today is the Day we were waiting for. Our successful HomeRefurbers Summer Awards are over, so let me officially announce the winners.
DECKED OUT IN COMFORT
1st Place – My new Deck by karson (25 points)
2nd Place – Our deck short of decked out and painted by PaBull (19 points)
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Click here to see the complete results.
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And here is the lucky winner of our...
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62 days ago
by Michal Bulla |
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Take a look at our new feature. I have now added a “contest” tab on the top of the page. This will allow you to review our current and past Awards and Challenges much more easily. This tab links to the new contests page where you can see all information together with the corresponding dates.
Enjoy!
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66 days ago
by Michal Bulla |
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July has been an entertaining and inspiring month, as the entries for our Awards category came in. I am very pleased to see the great response – with 9 Decked Out In Comfort entries.
And now, it’s time to select our Awards winners. So, you have until August 7th at 3 PM Central make your selections.
Only HomeRefurbers who have posted at least one project in the past are allowed to vote and, for those of you who have submitted an Awards entry, you will notice that your project is not list...
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85 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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The porch is completed.
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I learned something new about the finishing of new treated lumber.
They don’t recommend waiting 60 to 90 days for the boards to dry anymore.
They say by staining right away, it slows the drying process, & prevents cracking, & checking.
I relate that to sealing the ends of lumber to prevent checking.
We used Olympic semi-transparent oil stain that is water cleanup, pretty ...
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85 days ago
by Bill |
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Ok, so I still have some painting to do on the master bedroom, as well as some touch ups elsewhere. But, my next challenge will be the baseboards. First, they will need to be replaced in several places. Then, they will all need repainted.
I have two challenges with the baseboards. First, the original baseboard installations used a small piece of baseboard to cover the rounded wall corners. Instead of using the rounded corner pieces, they used a small piece of baseboard that makes the...
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85 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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I ripped 2 X 6’s in half, & ran a 1/2” radius on all of the edges.
I also routed a 1/2” deep groove by 1 1/2” wide, to fit the balusters.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fitting railings to posts! Photos by Barb!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~First baluster
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Balusters all done, & taking a breather.
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86 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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I used 2 X 6’s for the railing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Taking measurements to fit around the pipe. Photos By Barb.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Drilled for the pipe.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I lost control of the router here , but it still worked out fine.
To be continued!
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86 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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I finally got the 2” X 6” for the balusters.
Photos by Barb.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It took approximately 10 minutes to cut out a baluster, Then I rounded all of the corner with a 1/2” radius bit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Piled up ready to apply.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~First one!
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86 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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I’m kind of working backward, because you usually put the skirting on last,
but I didn’t have the 2’ X 6” material for the railing balusters yet, so that’s why I went this route.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I didn’t want to rely on the bolts alone to hold up the deck,
so I rabbeted a 4” x 4” to rap around the metal post.
Photos by Barb!
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97 days ago
by Michal Bulla |
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Let me introduce our very first HomeRefurbers Awards - Summer 2008 edition.
Feel free to compete in this unique category:
Decked Out In Comfort: Whether your outdoor space is a balcony, terrace, patio or deck, turning it into “your space” is part of the pleasure! Show us how you have renovated your deck (whatever that is for you) and how you have made it your own personal retreat. We want to see creativity, comfort, and skill, all rolled into one, in this first-ever Awar...
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