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Originally Posted by KFC911
I am quite interested in this thread .... thought I had a small project scheduled at my parents ... mebbe not now  .
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UGH! This all started out with my wife wanting a new fence to replace our old vinyl fence. Once I decided on the style of fence I realized if I finish installing it, I'd have to bring in small equipment for the patio work and it would be difficult to get concrete into the area so I decided to do the patio which then snowballed into framing the roof over the patio. And once I'm done with all this nonsense, I have to finish the fence! It has been a pretty big project that has consumed a lot of my summer since I've done all of it so far by myself. My son did help a bit since I went over to his house and helped him install a new privacy fence.
I told one of my friends I don't have to work a regular job because I'm saving so much money doing all the work myself! You know, rather than paying someone 60K to do all this, It's only costing me 30K so it's like I just made 30K
I think that's called "fuzzy math"
BTW, if you're going to tackle something like what I'm doing, I'll post some pics of what I'm doing. I'm tying the header beams into the house but I'm not using hangers or a post down the wall. I'm opening the wall cavity and adding support for the beam to rest on.