This past weekend had been designated to 'build the balustrade'. I made a special trip Friday to get the lumber we required (2 trips actually because my car could not handle the full load in one trip). As it turned out, the building of the balustrade was postponed so that we could take full advantage of the
hydraulic lift that is scheduled to be returned today.
A week ago we spent removing the modern bead board and the buckling old bead board from approximately 35% of the porch ceiling. Doing so unveiled an extremely poor support structure installed by the previous owner. Before we could install the new bead board (milled to match the original) a new support had to be built.
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| Removing modern boards |
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| Removing trim supporting buckling old boards |
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| We discover the ceiling needs proper support |
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| Building the supports |
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| The lift comes in very handy |
Having completed that and having taken delivery of the reproduction bead boards, we could spend this past weekend installing the ceiling.
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| Man with nail gun and lift.....enough said |
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| Notching the wood to fit snuggly |
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| Patching with new wood |
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| How beautiful! |
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