Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-15 Thread Carla Jo
, August 14, 2006 3:36 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired. The latest installment of the deck saga. Teresa borrowed her brother's pickup truck on Friday evening. Saturday we got an early start and headed for the lumber yard. We picked up quite literally a ton of lumber. 20 2X10X14s, 5 6X6X8s

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-15 Thread Carla Jo
that physical work though. Next time you get that feeling of wanting to make something of your own, have a baby. cj - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-15 Thread Jay Williams
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired. Dam My man You are not alone in you r thinking. It probably is true for the most part for women also but I think more so for men that we need to have some thing that we can point to and say, Yep I put that together. That is a project that I would

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-15 Thread spiro
] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired. Carla asked: Just curious though, what would it have cost to have someone come in and build this deck? Carla Carla Carla. You are missing the point completely. I

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-15 Thread Tom Fowle
Gaads Dan, you really want that deck don't you. Sounds like Theresa is worth her weight ingold, or platinum or something. Now I need a nap after reading all that work. good going Tom To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-15 Thread Larry Stansifer
John, I mentioned your Thompson Deck stain dilemma to the contractor guy who is rescuing me from deck building Hell! and he suggested that possibly the wood was wet when the product was applied or perhaps it hadn't been sanded sufficiently. My friend, I am clueless if you need to the finer

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-15 Thread Cy Selfridge
: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:16 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired. Dan, nope, I haven't found one, yet. earlier, Dan Rossi, wrote: John, Were you able to find a deck sealer that worked better for you than Thompson's? I am pretty much committed to just

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-15 Thread Robert J. Moore
Any song writers out there? I think there is a song buried some where there in Cy's piano moving story. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is.

[BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-14 Thread Dan Rossi
The latest installment of the deck saga. Teresa borrowed her brother's pickup truck on Friday evening. Saturday we got an early start and headed for the lumber yard. We picked up quite literally a ton of lumber. 20 2X10X14s, 5 6X6X8s, 8 4X4X8s, a few shorter 2X10Xs, a couple of 2X8X14s,

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-14 Thread Cy Selfridge
- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 3:36 PM To: BlindHandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired. The latest installment of the deck saga. Teresa borrowed her brother's pickup truck on Friday

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.

2006-08-14 Thread Dale Leavens
Are you going to use sonotube to form up your footings? I didn't hear of any joist hangers. You will probably want to embed the post fixing brackets directly into the top of your cement posts and a heavy box of nails! You aren't nearly finished packing gear. Do you plan to mix up all of those