Woodworking, DIY, and home repair thread

[Incredulity 11861]

yes,  it would involve

 

1.) bracing whatever the post is supporting

2.) removal of post

3.) screw pictured bracket to concrete.

4.) trim post to fit

5.) reinstall post.

 

If its been there 30 years, its not worth the effort

[UT_OB1 2260]

any good places to look for cement siding and/or drywall that might be better than the standard box tires around Galveston-Seabrook area?  I’ve looked around on FB marketplace trying to find someone getting rid of some, but no luck 

[Gil Bang 26176]

box tire wtf?

[Shoxthemonkey 1992]

8 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

box tire wtf?

 

[heso 2848]

This is my first go at anything more substantial than cutting boards and construction lumber garage shelves.

Simple storage for tools / miscellanea for the basement.

The top 4 drawers have the dividers and all of the pieces are friction fit so that they can be pulled out to make different sized sections.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

3 minutes ago, heso said:

This is my first go at anything more substantial than cutting boards and construction lumber garage shelves.

Simple storage for tools / miscellanea for the basement.

The top 4 drawers have the dividers and all of the pieces are friction fit so that they can be pulled out to make different sized sections.

Well played.

[Okie State 3887]

Nice. Build me one for my garage please.

[heso 2848]

25 minutes ago, Okie State said:

Nice. Build me one for my garage please.

Not until the price of Baltic birch comes down. I had almost enough on hand for the whole thing. Ended up using 1/2” instead of 3/4” for the drawer fronts because I had it.  3/4” was $60 for a 5’x5’ sheet when I last bought some in June. Went back in early December for more and they only had 4’x8’ sheets and they were nearly $200. 

Edited January 1, 2022 by heso

[Okie State 3887]

Not until the price of Baltic birch comes down. I had almost enough on hand for the whole thing. Ended up using 1/2” instead of 3/4” for the drawer fronts because it was $60 for a 5’x5’ sheet when I last bought some in June. Went back in early December for more and they only had 4’x8’ sheets and they were nearly $200. 

Great. Just in time for me to start getting quotes on kitchen cabinets.

[Anastasis 23699]

29 minutes ago, Okie State said:

Nice. Build me one for my garage please.

LOL.  My first thought as well.  That is very nicely done. 

[Antidean 200]

Yep, the price of plywood is crazy.

I built these this summer out of plywood for my shop.

[davidg 4057]

Great work on both of those.  Did ya'll build to premade plans or just kinda wing it?

[Antidean 200]

17 hours ago, davidg said:

Great work on both of those.  Did ya'll build to premade plans or just kinda wing it?

Used plans I found online and modified to my needs. When I priced premade cabinets locally and online the costs were pretty high compared to what I could do by myself and the quality not nearly as good as I wanted.

Since I had all the tools already I just built them myself. Of course I decided to build them when lumber prices were/are at all time highs.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

On 1/5/2022 at 9:01 AM, Antidean said:

Used plans I found online and modified to my needs. When I priced premade cabinets locally and online the costs were pretty high compared to what I could do by myself and the quality not nearly as good as I wanted.

Since I had all the tools already I just built them myself. Of course I decided to build them when lumber prices were/are at all time highs.

Well hell, that just makes ‘em more valuable …

[chikin23 384]

Might not be the right place for this, but any recommendations on where to get a shed in the San Antonio area?

[Jkwellborn 7006]

Son wants me to build him a bookcase. Should be interesting.

[retsevlys 408]

12 hours ago, Jkwellborn said:

Son wants me to build him a bookcase. Should be interesting.

I built one following this guide.  It turned out pretty good.

https://www.instructables.com/How-To-Build-A-Custom-Bookcase/

[deadshank 24654]

16 hours ago, chikin23 said:

Might not be the right place for this, but any recommendations on where to get a shed in the San Antonio area?

Drive  west on US 90 from San Antonio to Hondo or drive around 1604.  There's a million places that sells pre-fab sheds.  

[dieucla98 2954]

The in laws had this live edge mantle sitting on an outdoor fireplace at their ranch. Completely untreated, just sat out there for years. They were about to trash it and buy a new one and I wanted a crack at saving it.

Cut the edges to square them up, put nearly a bottle of wood glue into the cracks, sand and hand planed the shit out of it, 3 cans of spar urethane spray for the edges and 1 quart of spar urethane liquid for the flat surfaces.

Before (with some glue dumped into the cracks):

After sanding:

Done (spar urethane, sanded between coats up to 800 grit - probably pointless beyond 240 but whatever):

[gsoda3 3358]

awesome.  did you do this recently when it was cold?  how long did you let the urethane dry out between coats?

[dieucla98 2954]

Ya, it was cold out. The wood drank up the liquid spar pretty quick for the first 2 coats and then I switched to much lighter coats. The spray spar dried to the touch very quickly. I just made sure I never applied so much that the spray spar ran.

~2 hours between liquid coats and ~30 min between spray coats worked out for me. FWIW, that pretty much followed the on bottle/can instructions as well.

[Antidean 200]

1 hour ago, dieucla98 said:

The in laws had this live edge mantle sitting on an outdoor fireplace at their ranch. Completely untreated, just sat out there for years. They were about to trash it and buy a new one and I wanted a crack at saving it.

Cut the edges to square them up, put nearly a bottle of wood glue into the cracks, sand and hand planed the shit out of it, 3 cans of spar urethane spray for the edges and 1 quart of spar urethane liquid for the flat surfaces.

Before (with some glue dumped into the cracks):

After sanding:

Done (spar urethane, sanded between coats up to 800 grit - probably pointless beyond 240 but whatever):

I've been thinking about building a desk for my home office and using a slab for the top. 

It's easy to go down the YT wormhole on finishing these. 

What are you planning on using this for?

[dieucla98 2954]

This is still going to be the mantle for their outdoor fireplace so I used spar urethane because it's going to be outdoors.

If it's indoors, it's probably more critical that it is properly kiln dried than the finish you use. For finish, you have a bevy of finishing options - Rubio Monocoat would be my pick.

[dmtx 159]

On 1/4/2022 at 2:26 PM, Antidean said:

Yep, the price of plywood is crazy.

I built these this summer out of plywood for my shop.

I've got a 20x30 insulated, look is similar to yours. I currently have an 8x12 Texas flag and a canvas mural covering some wall space.

What is your wall material? Plywood? Drywall over wood frame?

[Antidean 200]

Wall is framed in 2x4.

Installed 1/2" OSB sheets and was going to just paint that but when I put the primer coat on the OSB I wasn't satisfied with the overall look.

Ended up putting 1/4" drywall on top of the OSB and finishing that. In reality I made a $1200 mistake installing the OSB when I could have just done drywall.

However, the wall is pretty frickin stiff so I can hange just about anything anywhere.

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2649]

sound dampening question. 

 

we are putting an addition over our 1886 kitchen /den and would like to muffle the sound somewhat. it will be a nursery / boys room.  any suggestions on how to dampen sound?  i know we can’t get it soundproof, but like to be able to make it as quite up there as reasonably possible.   i see home depot sells an impact sound proofing floor underlay. is that all i need?  any other suggestions ? 

[dieucla98 2954]

Only thing I can offer up is whatever material you pick, you need mass. The denser the better. With a floor underlayment designed for sound proofing plus sound proofing insulation, you'll probably get close enough. Soundproofcow.com has a lot of materials you can use for this purpose.

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2649]

13 minutes ago, dieucla98 said:

Only thing I can offer up is whatever material you pick, you need mass. The denser the better. With a floor underlayment designed for sound proofing plus sound proofing insulation, you'll probably get close enough. Soundproofcow.com has a lot of materials you can use for this purpose.

thanks. that webpage looks to be exactly the resource i need 

[ROFL BOX 6654]

On 2/5/2022 at 12:38 PM, ONE YARD said:

we are putting an addition over our 1886 kitchen /den

Non sound-deadening response:  Where is the build?  What city / town?

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2649]

2 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

Non sound-deadening response:  Where is the build?  What city / town?

ooo. this is good timing. it’s down in galveston.  

 

we are matching the current shingles (atlas stormmaster shake singles), which are supposedly good for 150 mph winds. 

that said. they asked what felt we wanted. after a quick google it seems we want synthetic, but no idea beyond that.  here is what atlas offers for example 

 

do you have a recommendation? 

 

 

edit: looks like the place that claimed they had the shingles lied. furk.   know of a good source?  color is majestic shake.   i don’t need a lot. not a huge addition. 

Edited February 7, 2022 by ONE YARD

[Jkwellborn 7006]

Atlas offers Summit 60, Summit 180 and Summit Rapid Cover. You can still get organic felt from them as well. I’d go with synthetic.

[Jkwellborn 7006]

How far are you willing to drive to get some? Lead time is a mofo on them currently.

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2649]

56 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

How far are you willing to drive to get some? Lead time is a mofo on them currently.

 

 

i guess i’ll need to drive as far as needed since i want them to match (with reason). unless you can think of a model that looks close and has the same performance (or better)

 

is 180 better than 60 or are they used in different situations?  their webpage isn’t really clear (i’m obviously not the target audience) 

 

thanks for the help! 

56 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

Atlas offers Summit 60, Summit 180 and Summit Rapid Cover. You can still get organic felt from them as well. I’d go with synthetic.

[Jkwellborn 7006]

I believe on the summit 60 it’s 60 day uv protection and 180 for the other. I can’t remember. I can find out for sure tomorrow.

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2649]

2 hours ago, Jkwellborn said:

I believe on the summit 60 it’s 60 day uv protection and 180 for the other. I can’t remember. I can find out for sure tomorrow.

oh that would be good to.  especially if i need to wait a bit to get the shingles. 

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2649]

ugh.  So all the alternate shingles being offered are only rated to 130MPH winds. (GAF Armorshield II, OC Weatherguard HP, Iko Nordic and Malarkey Legacy).

@Jkwellborn or @ROFL BOX yall know someone who might have atlas stormmaster shake singles (majestic shake color) in stock?  or something else that can withstand the same wind? 

ill never forgive myself if this home survived all these storms only to fail due to new lower rated shingles on the addition. lol 

 

or can we just survive a month or so with the artificial felt?  

 

[Jkwellborn 7006]

I sent you a pm.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

14 hours ago, ONE YARD said:

ugh.  So all the alternate shingles being offered are only rated to 130MPH winds. (GAF Armorshield II, OC Weatherguard HP, Iko Nordic and Malarkey Legacy).

@Jkwellborn or @ROFL BOX yall know someone who might have atlas stormmaster shake singles (majestic shake color) in stock?  or something else that can withstand the same wind? 

ill never forgive myself if this home survived all these storms only to fail due to new lower rated shingles on the addition. lol 

 

or can we just survive a month or so with the artificial felt?  

 

I prefer natural, baby, seal fur, but that's just me. Not into the artificial thing.

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2649]

On 2/8/2022 at 10:21 PM, Jkwellborn said:

I sent you a pm.

thanks again for your help today. really appreciate. 

 

some pictures of the adventure so far. 

 

some of that wood hasn’t seen the light of day in 150 years. crazy how beautiful it still looks a with all the salt/moisture and galveston hurricanes. behind the original cypress siding (which we will be reusing) is thick ass hand cut tongue and groove then spacing. then more of the same tongue and groove on the interior side of the wall 

 

@Jkwellborn you can see why i don’t have to match the exact color. no one will see the roof in any detail  

 

 

Edited February 10, 2022 by ONE YARD

[heso 2848]

Just trimming up some tenon cheeks, wait, fuck…

[dieucla98 2954]

Looks like some serious joinery, particularly the middle plank. How does it all join together?

[heso 2848]

1 hour ago, dieucla98 said:

Looks like some serious joinery, particularly the middle plank. How does it all join together?

It was supposed to be a bridle joint. The bottom or top piece slide into the middle piece at a 90 degree angle. I was working late, tired and rushing. I ran the middle piece across the saw making a cut that was meant for the other two, not that one. So what was a 10 second lapse in attention because I was rushing cost me having to go back to dimensioning rough lumber. 

[heso 2848]

Goes together like this when you don’t fuck it up like I did:

[heso 2848]

3 minutes ago, heso said:

Goes together like this when you don’t fuck it up like I did:

The two pieces slide together and then two pins (only one pictured on my test piece) hold the joint tight together. 

[dieucla98 2954]

Ahh, makes a lot more sense now. I actually thought your fuck up was part of the join, hence my ignorance.

[UT_OB1 2260]

Several threads this might have been better for but I’ll try here first. 
 

I have a low income triplex I’m rehabbing with cinder block exterior walls. I’m going to frame the inside and put drywall up. I want to keep moisture from getting in and rotting the framing or ruining the drywall. Options to do that seem to be:

- exterior paint made to block water penetration (needs to be painted anyway, so this is happening)

- 6 mil poly on interior wall before framing

- painting interior with similar paint as exterior before drywall 

- just using the insulation board that has the foil vapor barrier on one side

Seems every asshole in the internet has an opinion on this, and surly has a lot of assholes, so I figured I’d ask. 

[UT_OB1 2260]

On 2/9/2022 at 11:03 PM, ONE YARD said:

thanks again for your help today. really appreciate. 

 

some pictures of the adventure so far. 

 

some of that wood hasn’t seen the light of day in 150 years. crazy how beautiful it still looks a with all the salt/moisture and galveston hurricanes. behind the original cypress siding (which we will be reusing) is thick ass hand cut tongue and groove then spacing. then more of the same tongue and groove on the interior side of the wall 

 

@Jkwellborn you can see why i don’t have to match the exact color. no one will see the roof in any detail  

 

 

Wow. Lots of work there. Finished up?  Just saw you asked what part we were at. We have a place on Grover that we stay at some when not AirBnB’d. We stayed there thanksgiving through first week of January because we figured this was the last time we’d have a chance to do that with the kids stopping home school. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Before, and in progress after.  

Beach house bathroom renovation.  I used the existing vanity, and extended it w/ an oak frame, trestle table for a 6' long makeup, and sink basin (oak actually has a great texture when painted, and it's hard as hell for durability) and carved out a linen closet cubby.  

Had a local stone fabricator cut up a remnant, leathered surface slab, and installed waterproof, luxury, vinyl plank flooring.  Last step will be hanging 2 mirrors w/  weathered wood frames, and install 3 new light fixtures.

 

[UT_OB1 2260]

I like the style on the storage under the counter

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

3 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

I like the style on the storage under the counter

Channeling that craftsman, cottagey style trying to create a coastal vibe without hitting you over the head that you’re at the beach muted,  grey wood tones mixed with some brushed nickel, no colors