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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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^^^^. Oh my! Gorgeous!
Susan
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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I am not building anything at the moment.
My last proj was taping some old ensolite on the back of a large piece of cardboard from a furniture box. This went in the window to keep out the cold and keep in the heat. The tape job failed. It needed staples. I'll get to it when I do...the two sit there anyway, held in place by Venetian blinds.
Here is a fun video of how to build a western town in three weeks, among other things.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Not Bushman.^^^
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Dec 10, 2016 - 07:26am PT
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Time to ski!
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 10, 2016 - 07:38am PT
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Nice! The rocket ship's still running strong?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 10, 2016 - 10:09am PT
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Time to ski!
Before you close in the 'basement' to keep the skunks from setting up house? ;-)
Clean werk!
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 10, 2016 - 10:40am PT
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Looking good Wilbeer!
I'm Building a retirement home with lots of glass for a nice couple from Chicago.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Dec 10, 2016 - 08:47pm PT
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I'm also working on a retirement home in the mountains of Colorado for a nice lady from New Hampshire and her climber husband.
When we moved in, all of the interior doors were cheap, flat, hollow core and painted with 2 1/2" clamshell casing. I removed all of the casing and mudded/textured around the jamb, added a faux header of Douglas fir, then fit new six panel pine doors with all new hardware in the existing jambs. I finally got around to replacing and remodeling the last three doors, including the coat closet door in our living room.
The hallway before:
After:
The coat closet:
The Law of Snowballs dictates that now that the coat closet is renovated, the front door looks like sh#t.
Inside the closet had been one poorly placed rod and a single inadequate shelf. So as to avoid inclusion in 'Accidents in North American Wardrobe Retrieval, Avalanche Edition', I gutted it, scraped popcorn texture off the ceiling, and added new shelves above and below the rod.
To help manage small items like gloves and hats, I cut into a stud bay just inside the door and built in custom cubbie holes. This also allowed me to snake a wire down the adjacent bay for a pull chain LED lamp on the wall.
I used PL construction adhesive to adhere 1/4 ply backing to the rear drywall and the side studs. The side panels were 1/4" ply with 3/4" shelves nailed between, then slid into place. Functional but not pretty face frame pieces were nailed on with a pin nailer.
Voila!
It's always nice finishing off nagging home projects.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Dec 11, 2016 - 04:52am PT
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Hey Edge,
Looks like you will never have to worry about joining the ranks of the unemployed, as you always seem very busy. You sure are versatile!
Were going to get a foot of snow up here in NH on Monday. I'll have to get the rest of the wood in today. My son and I were climbing around Boulder, a few months ago.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Dec 11, 2016 - 06:45am PT
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Thanks Men.
The rocket ship is still going strong ,now with a bdiesel burning 1.9tdi motor and a 5 speed,35 mpg van.Yeah man.
Reilly,you have a good eye,when the masons are done with brick stairs and piers I will return for railings and lattice panels.
I hope I run into the front range master carpentercabinetfurniture
maker when I hit Colorado this winter. Great looking work up there Edge,Contractor.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Dec 11, 2016 - 07:35am PT
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wilbeer,
Nice work as well!
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Dec 11, 2016 - 09:56am PT
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I hope I run into the front range master carpentercabinetfurniture
maker when I hit Colorado this winter.
Wilbeer, definitely look me up if you're in the area. And bring some logs of those nice hardwood trees I keep seeing in your pics. I'm sick of burning pine.
Strong work all around! I love the diversity in this thread (even though we're all aging white guys).
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Dec 11, 2016 - 01:26pm PT
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After removing the casing, I made sure the jambs were well attached with shims and nails all around - surprisingly they were all really well done. I then cut the Sheetrock edge back at a slight taper to remove fuzzy paper along the edge, and filled all of the exposed gaps with insect proof spray-in foam; this really locks all the components together. I used insect proof because it's all I had.
Once that cures I cut it slightly concave with the surface, then fiberglass tape from midway on the jamb, spanning the foam, and onto the drywall. Durabond first coat, second coat of premixed mud was skim coated over that, as well as the jamb up to the door stop. I then sprayed and applied a knockdown finish on the wall and around the corner up to the stop.
The first three doors have been done for two years now, see use multiple times a day, and still look perfect. The top door stop was removed and the side stops trimmed at the top to allow the 1/2" thick Doug fir faux beam to slide in place. Hope this all makes sense?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 11, 2016 - 02:24pm PT
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Weird, but kleen. ;-) Actually kinda kool. Musta been a PITA!
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Dec 11, 2016 - 02:52pm PT
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Not too bad, really, just a lot of steps and associated cleaning of tools. Although I don't advertise my drywalling skills, I come by them honestly, as my mother was a mudder.
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ruppell
climber
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Dec 11, 2016 - 03:12pm PT
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Although I don't advertise my drywalling skills
Do any of us? It's right up there with painting on my list of sh!t I'd rather not do.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Dec 11, 2016 - 03:17pm PT
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nah000
climber
no/w/here
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Dec 11, 2016 - 07:21pm PT
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phenomenal job [as always] Edge! i suspect i have a pretty good idea of what kind of a pain in the ass that must have been...
here are a few pics of our firms version of something both similar but also quite different...
they are a french pair of near minimalistic detailed, solid mdf doors on a commercial pivot hinge... that then return into drywalled and recessed pockets in the surrounding wall... while held open and shut by magnets...
make sense? hahaha.
by the time i consider all of the futzing around required of both myself to frame and fit the doors [there were zero adjustments with the hinges] and with the taper finishing all of the taped in trim, we would have totaled close to two extra days worth of man hours per pair of doors... fortunately there were "only" seven pairs...
but ultimately: so worth it.
someday we'll go back and get some proper documentation, but for the time being here are some during construction iphone shots from this summer/fall:
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Dec 11, 2016 - 07:33pm PT
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Edges Mom looks great...and tough
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Dec 11, 2016 - 10:25pm PT
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Nahoooooo-
Rixon hinge recessed into mortise top and bottom?
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nah000
climber
no/w/here
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Dec 12, 2016 - 06:10am PT
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^^^^
mortised: yes
rixon: didn't use that manufacturer, but it looks like they make a version of a centred pivot hinge that is almost identical to the one we used...
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