| |
9/15/2014 - Front Steps & Wood Stove
We built steps for the front porch today. I showed Brandon a sketch I made over the weekend and he was OK with my design. I had decided that I wanted steps that had a low step up and plenty of room. I came up with a 12 inch run on a 6 inch rise.
We laid it out dry to determine the best way to get the rise and run we wanted. We determined that I needed 3 corner blacks in 8 inch and a 4 inch corner block. I also picked up another 80 lb bag of sanded grout for setting everything in place. We started out with six 8 inch blocks sitting up against the front of the porch. In front of the 8 inch blocks we set six 2 inch cap blocks endwise. We used 4 inch blocks as the treads with an inch and a half overhang in the front. Setting the bottom treads first with a 2 inch gap at the back we then filled the cells of the 8 inchers and the gap in front with hand mixed concrete.
After we had that all filled in we set the middle treads, again with an inch and a half overhang and a 2 inch gap at the back which we also filled with concrete. I had to run back to Lowe's again to pick up a 4 inch block that we were short. Leroy and I mixed up some mortar and he and Brandon coated the entire assembly for a nice finished look.
While we were working the UPS lady showed up with the bucket forks for the tractor. I mounted them up and used a skid as a platform to carry the extra blocks away. The AT&T cable guys were also there to lay the next door neighbors U-Verse line in the ground. They looked at my new driveway and asked if we had put a cable conduit in. I told them that we had offered (the temporary cable was installed the same day we were pouring the driveway) but the temporary cable crew said they couldn't ask me to do that. They said the next crew could handle it. The installers rolled thier eyes and used the cable trencher to bore a hole under the driveway so they could pull the cable.
We cleaned up and Brandon and Leroy split. They came back a little later with huge wood stove for the garage. It needs some cleaning up and a little welding repair on one of the doors. It has a blower mounted on the back of the cabinet that forces hot air out along the top front edge and both sides. I don't think it'll be very chilly in the garage this winter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright (C) 2004-2014, Larry Manka. all rights reserved.
|
|
