Our non-existent woodpile Do you all remember our poor non-existent woodpile? I’m back to those contractors again that did our cement patio. Yes…the ones who screwed us! Our original contract included a second cement pad that was supposed to be built for a woodpile that never came to fruition! Sigh… It was a beautiful idea; a woodpile 3 feet from the room that houses our woodturning stove. I ... continue reading...
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Designing and Planning a Retaining Wall
How To Move a Hot Tub…UM…or How NOT To!
THE FREE HOT TUB Our backyard dream project continued because that included a FREE HOT TUB REMEMBER? Ed’s buddy from work was ecstatic that our concrete was finished because it meant just one step closer to removing his unwanted hot tub off his deck and loading it onto our beautiful new patio. (ALL the credit for that beautiful new patio I am giving to the highly skilled concrete workers and ... continue reading...
Patio Contractor Deceit- The QUESTIONS they don’t want you asking!
Yup, a hired concrete patio project! Don’t worry there will be a lot of accompanying diy projects to go along with it! Sometimes you just got to know when something is completely over your head. Being DIYers though, it isn’t easy picking out good contractors because we don’t do it enough! Boy, did I learn from this one! We didn’t realize how important that first contractor meeting was for the ... continue reading...
