Howard, you must have become the "stair master" going up and down that ladder.

Next time, have a bar=b=que and a case or two. You never know who will show up!

Congrats on getting it done.

 

Man that is the reason I moved. My neighborhood has gone to pot. The kids from when I moved there in 93 are all living at home still & have their own kids now. My neighbors are the laziest bunch of no working bums I ever met. They sell drugs & wander the streets all day & night. I don't want them working on my house. The guy across the street from me lost his house about 16 months ago. He gives my advice on what to do with my house every time I see him. He is dodging the repo man & giving financial advice. Most of my close friends have moved for the same reason I did. I stayed too long. I'll lose my tail on my house. At least its paid off. If you do construction as long as I have you learn ways to work alone. I installed the siding on a 34 ft wide gable in 8 hours. Its a one story with a 6/12 pitch.

 

Understood. Sorry to hear about your neighborhood.

 

It was great when I moved in. Over the years about 40% of the homes became rentals. The place went to pot without homeowners. By doing all the work on my home I saved 10k in labor cost. I bought my paint off Craigslist & painted the house inside & 0ut for $200 in paint cost. The paint I bought cost almost $200 for a 5 gallon bucket. It was top grade paint with the primer in it. We found our appliances used too. 4 year old stuff that looks new. I saved $900 on the stove alone. I have a French door unit to replace the old sliding patio door. I have nothing in it at all. I got it all from parts I replaced on homes. I do warranty work on windows & doors. I have 2 glass inserts for the doors with blinds in between the panes that also are the highest energy rating Jeld Wen doors offers. I have 2 wooden 12 light doors with single pane glass that I will install the inserts in. I got them by hauling them off for a customer. A built to fit replacement unit like the one I'm building runs $1500 & up. Its taken longer this way but I've saved a ton & no one looking at the house will know what my material cost.

 

bump.. i want to see more projects lol

 

Just finished our front landscape... We are by no means professionals, but it was all completed with 2 shovels and a wheelbarrel. Blood, sweat and tears were standard isue with the project as well.



Here is a before shot...

 

bump for a cool thread...

 

my pride and joy, wont find another like it.


1997 Skidoo MXZ
2001 SC10 136 suspension
136 x 1.5 paddle track
Polaris tunnel extension
Powermadd pivot riser 4.5"
1999 flex skis
2004 REV Summit seat
ported running boards
geared down 2 teeth
engine- 1995 670cc , dual ring pistons, carbon fiber rotory valve, twin pipes

 

I remember when those Ski-doos' came out, if you had one of those or the black one back in the day you were King S***.....I still have the poster up in my garage.

 

I dont have pics cause we arnt allowed to take any at work.

I work for Tracker Marine (Build Bass Tracker Aluminum boats, only aluminum tracker plant in US).

But i have built a custom buat fir Bobby Labonte (nascar driver), tons of boats for disney World/land, and A one of custom boat for Johnny Morris (owner of bass pro, tracker, nitro, tahoe, macko, big ceder lodge) it was a biiiiig fan boat made for gigging. Its nice seein boats out there knowin that i built them.

 

I designed and built the house in 2000, ordered the 18'x36' pool online in a kit and installed it in 2003. I am a home builder by trade but had never put a pool in before. I had three pools contractors give us bids that ranged from 46-54K so I figured it was a good time to learn how to install a pool.



Here is one from a few years back, notice the pool side shade area, I had two of these cheesy ones blow away until I build the solid one in the first picture.



The front of the house with the bracket racer and trailer in the way



Not finding any pics of the out door bar or the NHRA themed basement.









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WOW, very well done, looks kike a great place to be, enjoy that Mustang

 

Hey Boss... House and pool look great, Looks like a vacation 365 days a year. You should rent the house pool and car to me for a couple of weeks, I could use some down time!! LOL

 

Thanks, it has been a 12 year labor of love. The bummer is now at 12 years the maintainance is starting and things need to be redone after having two boys and lots of dogs there is a lot of wear and tear. The mustang goes out in two weeks for the first bracket race.

Stop on by whenever, we built the place to entertain friends and guests.

Here is the front of the house.



The pole shed, I built this while the house foundation was going in so we would have some storage and a place to chill out.



And the bud, racing themed basement bar.

 

wow nice place!!!