Home Improvement Today?

Havnt used the base yet. Since I started using kerdi they have all been additions over slabs so the concrete was cut out and replaced with fall.

 

look nice oz!

...how many more to go?..

 

Finished all my doors today , 12 in all

Start milling my baseboard material tomorrow

 

Yeah everything here isn't worth a crap either. Need to find a good sawmill again. I can't believe they have the nerve to charge $3.05 for a premium 2x4 that looks like something I'd throw in the burn pile.

 

...have you got to doing a fireplace surround in there yet (assuming you have a fireplace)?

 

I have 2 woodstoves but no wood mantle or trim , the mainfloor one has a 5" sandstone veneer behind it , floor to celing , the basement one is just a utilitarian set up

 

oh, ok.. I was just wondering, ..looking for "ideas" for a home improvement project this fall...

 

What kind of mantle are you looking to do? The first one I made for a customer is what started me down the path to actual woodwork. The customer still loves it I'm hoping they want to change it one day because what can do now compared to then is miles apart.

 

Pics of what you can do now?

 

well, ..not entirely sure just yet,... don't want to overdo it though.. I need to put a border (maybe 3" wide) around the fireplace in tile of some sort...then thinking about elongating the existing mantle (right now it's kinda like a small shelf...)..

 

I didn't realize you made those doors! That's awesome. I wish I had a good place to learn your craft around here.

 

Haha , I meant the door trim , I have built similar doors before but I bought these ones

 

IIRC , they were about $200 + hanging

 

I was referring to the lumber "boat lumber" all bent and twisted. But I've watched people load up a lot of bent lumber.

 

Yeah, when I buy lumber from the big boxes I sit there and dig through the whole pile till I find something halfway decent. It's really sad what it looks like these days.

I remember years ago buying $.99 2x4's that looked great.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...8QFjAA&usg=AFQjCNEY1YxGXo3_cBiQNIydV7ugakflLw

 

canoe sticks

 

My Grandfather was a general contractor and my dad worked for him as a carpenter . My Grandfather told me once that back in his day they used to reject a lift of framing material if it had any knots in it

 

Nice looking work!

 

Haha, those days are gone.