Jared's Bathroom

Jared called me over to finish his master bathroom. When they bought the house there was a doorway going from the master bathroom into the kitchen. In the corner of the bathroom there was an old tile shower. That was kind of weird so they wanted to rip out the shower and make a wall where the doorway was. So we ripped out the door and the old shower and filled in the wall there. The old tile shower had bad grout so water was leaking down into the basement. They installed a new tub there. I sheet rocked around it. Then I put cultured marble around the tub and put new vinyl flooring down. I put waterproof base around the floor and siliconed it in. Now there is a more watertight seal to the entire bathroom.

The pictures don't show it but I put the toilet back in and put the shower valve and tub spout and shower spout it. I put the exhaust fan and light in as well.

New Side Fence at my house

This is the old garbage fence that I replaced. It was about ready to fall over on my driveway. It was very poorly constructed. It was crooked like a snake. The abortion doctors who built it just buried the posts in dirt so all the posts were rotting out beneath the surface of the ground.

My house didn't have curb appeal. The only thing this old fence was good for was to induce vomiting. So I rented a U-Haul and I ripped this garbage out one Saturday and hauled it off to the dump. At first I was like "I am just going to replace a few rotten posts. But the first planks I tore off I knew nothing was worth salvaging. So I committed to go all new.

A few weeks and thousands of dollars later; I have a strait, strong, level, plumb, privacy fence. I lost some property and I paid a concrete cutter to cut out some of my driveway but I have a strait fence now. "A good fence makes good neighbors" I like my neighbors so much better now that I have put a 7 ft tall fence between us.

I poured a concrete footing under all the posts so that way my fence isn't sitting in the dirt soaking up moisture. Now those mangy cat's can't get crawl under the fence into my yard.

I made it step down here so when pulling out of the driveway I can see what's in the street.

This shows the fence frame. I bought a cordless impact driver to drive the timber lock screws that lock the 4x4's above to the posts. The 4x4's above carry the weight of the pickets since I kept them 1/2 inch above the concrete. I don't want them sitting down in water.

Here is a view from the back yard. Notice how level the fence is. I bought a laser level and cut all the posts level since my lot is level I said "Why not have a level fence?"

I put a gate to close off the back yard from dogs and cats and vagabonds. It gives more privacy and security to my back yard.

I still have to put the bolts on so the gate can be locked. The gate is so heavy I had to rest it on the footing to keep it from pulling the fence out of plumb. It is a necessary evil but I don't mind because it will keep the fence from sagging over time.

I want to thank Chippy for all the hours he spent under my direction working on the fence. Even though I paid him for his time I feel like I got an excellent value from him. I also thank Alicia for spending a few hours one Saturday helping paint and install the pickets. What goes around comes around.

Garden Shed

I built a garden shed for Garth. Now he can put his lawn mowers and garden machines and garden tools in here and keep them out of the rain and snow. It turned out nicer than I had excpected.

Jared's Basement

I have been working on my uncle's basement for the past few months. We ripped out half of the old junk that someone else had "finished" and we finished it off right. We didn't just glue sheetrock to the concrete like the Morons who owned the house before him. We framed in 2 bedrooms and a food storage room. We installed all the framing our selfs. We did all the sheetrock. And I did the finish carpentry. I am pleased with how it turned out.

I have been wanting this saw for years! This is a 12 inch dual bevel compound sliding miter saw by DeWalt. I bought it because I have my other miter saw down in AZ. I need to get set up here in UT to do my furniture projects. I am finishing my uncle's basement and I will need this saw for the finish carpentry.

Busy Christmas in Heber

Here I am with a bookcase I did for a lady in Heber. It's hard to see but it has raised panel doors. I got a new router table so now I can do raised panel doors in my projects. I also made the crown moulding around the top on my router table. It was a fun project.

I tore out the old tile that was surrounding the tub in my parents bathroom. The grout had deteriorated away and water had gotten back there and molded the framing. So I ripped all that crap out and put up new cultured marble. I put in a new vinyl window while I was working right there too.

I went down to AZ for Christmas. I stripped the old shingles off my parent's roof. I nailed the roof deck down again to the trusses. I put new underlayment and Owen's Corning 50 year shingles on. A lot of my family helped. It turned out nice and we saved my parents thousands of dollars by doing the labor ourselves.

Mold eradication

My bathroom had a mold infestation because the idiot I bought the house from did a horrible job on the finish plumbing. The shut off valve for the toilet was leaking and also the stop for the sink was put on loosely so whenever the water drained down the sink it would leak down the wall. I ripped out the black moldy base board. When my roommate left to Washington D C for the summer I ripped all that moldy crap completely out. I stripped the bathroom down to the studs. I ripped off the sub floor and exposed the joists. The joists were in decent shape but the whole floor was out of level. So I leveled the joists and replaced the sub floor. I replaced the toilet drain. I put in a brand new tub. I had to reconfigure the plumbing to accommodate the piece of crap vinyl shower that was in there before. Thank heavens for Shark Bite fittings. I put in a brand new 36 by 36 window in the bathroom so now the air can flow thru. I ripped down the old sagging crap 1/4 inch gypsum board ceiling and put in a tray cieling. Since the bathroom is so small having a higher ceiling makes it feel more roomy. I accidentally sliced thru an electrical wire with my sawzall so I had to run a new wire. I raised up the light in the bathroom. I had to re install the fart fan into the new ceiling. I secured the switch box to the wall better so the switches aren't falling out of the wall anymore. I ripped off the old crappy 2 foot wide door and replaced it with a door that is 4 inches wider. I put in cultured marble all the way around the tub. The shower head is now higher. I recessed 2 medicine cabinets in the wall. I made a little soap cove right next to the sink. I replaced the cartridge in the shower plumbing so now the faucet doesn't leak into the tub anymore. I made sure that hot water comes out of the hot water side now instead of the cold water side. I put the sink back in and this time made sure that the stop was tightened and wow it doesn't leak now. I put vinyl tiles down on the floor. I put plastic base board down and siliconed it in so water won't leak behind it. If you are tired from just reading this imagine that I did all this crap on weekends and after framing for at least 8 hours a day. My thanks to Chippy for financing this project for me. I spent all my money on wicked sick mean power tools so he came thru for me when I had to spend thousands of dollars on building materials. I can't complain about money because I saved heaps of it by doing all this myself. And it only took me about 5 weeks.