Real World Projects

  • Car Lift: Concrete (part 2)
    I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks getting ready for pouring the concrete. Busting up the floor was step one, but I had to back-fill with gravel, pack it down then add some reinforcement from rebar and remesh. The existing concrete wasn’t thick enough to dowel into (drill and epoxy in rebar) so I ended up using many…

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  • Car Lift: Concrete prep (part 1)
    Moving the car lift from the old home.It’s a beast and has been very helpful in maintaining the family vehicles and critical to the work on fixing up the 71′ Corvette. The new shop didn’t have the right thickness and strength concrete so I’m having to cut and bust up sections to be reinforced. I’m needing to make sure I…

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  • Guest Bath remodel
    Last year we updated a bathroom and thought the result was pretty fantastic.We recently moved homes again (9th move in ~20 years) and started right in on the new place. The guest bathroom needed some work and my wife wanted to try and do some “shiplap” on the ceiling, here is what the room looked like after removing some cabinets…

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