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The Official DIY Look At Me Thread

Gonz

Gonz

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It seems as though we have quite a few DIY Handymen (and ladies) out there and quite a range of projects. I've seen everything from bathroom remodels to basement finishes, and of course our favorites; Man Caves and Smoking Rooms. How about we use this thread for the posting of pictures or links to pictures of your projects? Then if you're getting ready to start a project we've got this entire thread worth of pictures and ideas that you can pull from or ask questions about.

This can be anything from home repair/remodel to landscaping to car restoration. Heck, you can even post pictures of your most recent quilt if you'd like.


I've got a quite a few that I'll plan on getting up once I have some better "finished" pictures.
 
I'm in the process of a man cave and will try and remember to take pictures as I go through. I forgot to take "before" pictures but an unfinished basement room isn't hard to picture. We framed, completed the ductwork and electrical, and mounted the fan last weekend. Probably won't get to it this weekend, but am shooting for the following weekend to drywall and mud. I gotta get this room done before the twins are due sometime in mid-February!
 
That sounds good, I'll look forward to seeing them!

And regarding my own pictures, I hope soon to have finished pictures of:

Tear down and building of a new detached garage.
Removal of old siding and residing w/new windows
Complete kitchen remodel including cabinets, appliances, tile flooring and new tile backsplash.
New stained maple trim on the interior of all those new windows.
New hardwood flooring going in the living room (tomorrow actually)
A fun little side project/built in that will include a mail sorting center, key rack, hidden dog food storage and small wine rack.
Tearing out old paneling and installing new insulation/drywall and then carpet in a main floor bedroom/kids toy room.
New landscaping and retaining wall around the new garage once the ground thaws out
Basement re-finish including new bathroom and a dry sauna.
Master Bedroom re-finish including tearing out awful 70's wood paneling and tiled ceiling, new built-ins, drywall and electrical. And re-finishing 72 year old wood floors.

Damn, the list just keeps growing! :0
 
Great thread, there's already pics of my clock'idor up. I do have a nice dresser that I'm going to convert to half humidor and half wine holder. Should be nice when done.
 
Last Spring I had to rebuild the pond I put in when we moved into this house. It had sprung a leak somewhere, and really needed to be deeper to accommodate my larger fish in the coming winters. Word to the wise, if you're going to build a pond, and you're going to put koi in it, it's not big enough.

So without further adieu, here it is, a big hole in the ground to throw money into.

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The deep section is four feet deep, the main pond is around two feet. Completely dug by hand.

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The liner is 4mil edpm, and weighs a bit over 150 pounds. Lots of fun to position.

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This is the cave, created by placing flags over the deep trench. The fish go into this cave in late October, and may not be out again until March.

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From there, all the rocks are hand stacked to give that realistic look. In this case, all of the rocks had to be removed from the old pond, the gravel cleaned and removed and all of it put back in. There is a ton of gravel and around 5 tons of rock.

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This is actually a pic of the old pond, showing the mature algae build-up and my pink lilly in full bloom.
 
Gonz said:
That sounds good, I'll look forward to seeing them!

And regarding my own pictures, I hope soon to have finished pictures of:

Tear down and building of a new detached garage.
Removal of old siding and residing w/new windows
Complete kitchen remodel including cabinets, appliances, tile flooring and new tile backsplash.
New stained maple trim on the interior of all those new windows.
New hardwood flooring going in the living room (tomorrow actually)
A fun little side project/built in that will include a mail sorting center, key rack, hidden dog food storage and small wine rack.
Tearing out old paneling and installing new insulation/drywall and then carpet in a main floor bedroom/kids toy room.
New landscaping and retaining wall around the new garage once the ground thaws out
Basement re-finish including new bathroom and a dry sauna.
Master Bedroom re-finish including tearing out awful 70's wood paneling and tiled ceiling, new built-ins, drywall and electrical. And re-finishing 72 year old wood floors.

Damn, the list just keeps growing! :0
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Holy smokes! That's a list of projects. I wish I was that handy.

My wife has talked me into redoing an embankment next to our barn. Last year I was supposed to make it "tillable" and grow sunflower plants for the kids. We got one sunflower plant. Rodents kept digging up the seeds and eating them before they germinated.

This year I'm going to dig it up, put in some rocks for a kind of retaining wall and grow sunflowers and tobacco! My wife thinks I'm excited about the wrong thing. What does she know? :rolleyes:
 
I guess my recent project update makes me the DIY attention whore of the moment. :blush: :laugh:

Here are some links to my project galleries:

Master Bath Remodel (current project)
PC Build
Guest Room Makeover
Kitchen Improvements
Storage Shed
Garage Organization

Future projects include:

Master bedroom: tongue & groove paneling, hardwood flooring, convert built-in shelves to linen closet. (next project)
Stairs: remove carpet, widen, install hardwood treads and new banister.
Downstairs bath: gut it! New tub, tile, vanity, vessel sink, hardware...everything but the toilet that's still pretty new.
Living room: repaint, upgrade wood stove, remodel hearth area, add built-in media center, replace carpet, tile main & deck entries
Deck: Replace all deck boards and railing.
Kitchen: Replace wall cabinets, reface base cabinets; replace all drawers, doors, and hardware; replace vinyl with tile.

mmburtch -- The pond is looking fantastic! There are times I wish I had one. I have toyed with the idea of a water feature, though...a small water fall coming out of side of the mountain in the backyard.
 
Nice job Matt on the pond, you did a great job. I've been wanting to put a "small" pond in our front flower bed. I've seen this done many times in person and also on the show Gardening by the Yard, but never have done it for myself.
 
PetersCreek said:
I guess my recent project update makes me the DIY attention whore of the moment. :blush: :laugh:

Here are some links to my project galleries:

Master Bath Remodel (current project)
PC Build
Guest Room Makeover
Kitchen Improvements
Storage Shed
Garage Organization

Future projects include:

Master bedroom: tongue & groove paneling, hardwood flooring, convert built-in shelves to linen closet. (next project)
Stairs: remove carpet, widen, install hardwood treads and new banister.
Downstairs bath: gut it! New tub, tile, vanity, vessel sink, hardware...everything but the toilet that's still pretty new.
Living room: repaint, upgrade wood stove, remodel hearth area, add built-in media center, replace carpet, tile main & deck entries
Deck: Replace all deck boards and railing.
Kitchen: Replace wall cabinets, reface base cabinets; replace all drawers, doors, and hardware; replace vinyl with tile.

mmburtch -- The pond is looking fantastic! There are times I wish I had one. I have toyed with the idea of a water feature, though...a small water fall coming out of side of the mountain in the backyard.
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No cigar room or Man cave??
 
PetersCreek said:
I wish. No room in the house, though. Maybe one day, I'll building a smoke shack or something.
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How much land do you have? If you've got enough room on your land, you'd be surprised that building a small, insulated shed/man cave is not terribly expensive.
 
When I was mulling my options for a storage shed, I drew up plans for a larger stick-built shed with an attached smoking room. It wasn't in the budget. Maybe a Chinook wind will blow this one away and I can start over.
 
Update coming shortly. For now I'm so sore I can hardly type let alone download pics onto the computer and get them posted here. We had a couple days of great weather, the frost is mostly out of the ground so I was able to build the retaining wall around the back of our new garage. Good times!
 
OK, here they are. My last pallet of block just got delivered so I'll be heading our shortly to finish it off. The story is that our new garage that I built last fall had to be raised up almost two feet higher than the old one since the old garage was well below the surrounding grade and driveway. But that left us with quite a slope off the backside of the garage and into the yard. Now we'll put some nice plants in there.

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Andy - does that construction adhesive hold tight on those pavers?
 
bfreebern said:
Andy - does that construction adhesive hold tight on those pavers?
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I think it will hold them tight to a point. Those pavers/blocks weigh upwards of 50+ pound each, between their weight and the forces involved in the freeze/thaw cycle I doubt a bead of adhesive is really going to make a huge difference. But I figure a half dozen tubes of adhesive set me back $15, and they probably will help a little. The adhesive I used is specific for retaining wall block.
 
Gonz said:
bfreebern said:
Andy - does that construction adhesive hold tight on those pavers?
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I think it will hold them tight to a point. Those pavers/blocks weigh upwards of 50+ pound each, between their weight and the forces involved in the freeze/thaw cycle I doubt a bead of adhesive is really going to make a huge difference. But I figure a half dozen tubes of adhesive set me back $15, and they probably will help a little. The adhesive I used is specific for retaining wall block.
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Thanks. The reason I ask is b/c I have the same ones in my backyard, but my damn Great Dane keeps knocking them over. I really didn't want to mortar them up, mainly b/c I've never done that before, but wanted an easier/better solution. I'll pick up some of that wall block adhesive this weekend and try it.
 
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