A Fence of the White Picket Variety
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Thursday, 05 November 09 - 12:42 PM (GMT -06:00) By Bryan Meyer in Design |
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Not being a bland white picket kind of guy, I wanted the design to be a little modern and different. Also, I hate painting, so it had to be content to be on it’s own in the world.
Classic white pickets alternate from traditional point-up in front to elevated and upside-down in back. I laid out the posts and gate to coincide with the front picket sequence so to not visually break the rhythm. Gate is in the middle.
Our friends at Loll Designs graciously milled the pickets out of their special Loll HDPE. Aluminum tube posts and rails make for a dressy industrial structure.
Oh, and it’s like, really green cuz the aluminum and plastic is all recycled and recyclable…
New window
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Thursday, 18 June 09 - 11:16 AM (GMT -06:00) By Paul Stankey in Design |
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Three weeks ago Sarah and I welded up the frame, sashes and jamb. Then the following week we added the finer details like hinges, hardware and paint. So last week we finally did it. We cut the hole. It seemed like this day was never going to come and when it did we were apprehensive to do it. It is hard to cut a hole in something so pure knowing that there is no looking back. So after many iterations of measuring and marking and making certain “this is where we want it” we jumped in. Like everything else the actual cut was simple and anti-climatic.
Once the cut was complete, wow! completely transformed the space on the interior and the exterior seems to come alive.
After sitting and staring at the new hole we had to get back to work as the rain was coming.... Prepped the new opening and fitted the window assembly and began welding.
Once all the welding was complete we primed the whole deal. No sooner did the primer dry did it start to rain. Anxious to complete the project that weekend we tented the window off, dried everything and continued to paint.
We had to leave the tent up overnight as it was too humid for the paint to dry and the rain never stopped...
Sunday morning came and we took down the tent and masking and installed the sashes. After a long day on Saturday it was nice to see the progress complete.
Up next, framing the interior of Red....
Container Architecture
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Tuesday, 17 March 09 - 09:23 AM (GMT -06:00) By Rhonda Pike in Design |
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Pallet Barn “Continued”
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Tuesday, 24 June 08 - 10:23 AM (GMT -06:00) By Paul Stankey in Design |
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Memorial Day weekend we started back up on the project again. It was tough to let it idle for so long but we needed bodies to make any progress, as the pallets are super heavy. Two people can stand them up but the roof panels take a great deal more effort.
Enter my Uncle Doug, my cousin’s Father-in-law Dale, my cousin Mark, friends Jae, Ben, and my bro Scott. Standing the walls up were a breeze, progress went very quickly.
You can see we had to use the truck to rack the panels square (the yellow strap connected to the truck) before we set the roof panels on.
Setting the roof panels proved to be a bit more difficult. It took a couple of beers and some discussion to all come to agree on how to tackle this phase. We ended up setting the first one by using ratcheting tie-downs and brute strength.
Once the first one was set we were able to tie the two walls together and stabilize the whole thing. The following roof panels went very quickly once we established a system.
After a pretty intense afternoon we called it done for now (yes it really only took a long afternoon to get this far) and retired for the weekend.
The following weekend Sarah and I headed up and poured a couple more footings so when we head up over the 4th of July we can wrap the structure up and start cladding it.
Stay tuned, structure wrap up, cladding and doors next....
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