"Before and After" Pics

[TimT]

A few months ago I got my gf some Tiffany earrings, woman just love getting those blue boxes....

Other day she said the earrings were looking funky...So I said I would take care of it..

A little jewelry cleaner...viola

I'll lightly introduce them to a buffing wheel next...

[porsche930dude]

My grandmothers dog ate one of her earings and she had to follow him around until it came out. But it was a different color. So guess what she did with the other one

[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]

[Jolly Amaranto]

[Racerbvd]

[Bill Douglas]

[Scott Douglas]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

I like that you kept the spider web intact Byron.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

I like that you kept the spider web intact Byron.

I happen to like spiders..

I also encourage Black snakes in my yard.

[porsche930dude]

The farm where I got my FC from was having a yard sale so I went and parked it in the same spot I found it a year and 5 months later.

[944 S2]

[porsche tech]

/\ /\ /\ WOW! That’s a nice job!

[daepp]

Not sure if this fits here, but what the heck... kind of a Before, During & After.

Backstory: home was built in 1990 based upon an exact copy of the plans for a home built in Montecito, CA in 1910 - updated, of course, to the current building codes etc.

But it's hard for me to believe the original had such a crappy back patio. This one was absolutely rotten, and the "roof" material was some kind of corrugated fiber board.

Anyways, we demo'd all the rotten wood, cracked bricks, concrete etc. When we began the rebuild we very strictly reproduced the finishes etc of the front and side patios. This included importing brick and Saltillo tile (among other materials) from Mexico. Those were some interesting challenges to say the least.





Pretty much everything above was rotten or broken. In addition, only the area in front of the doors was covered beyond a depth of 4 feet, so there was no place really for patio furniture. And we also didn't like that you exited the house onto stoops - - this also made the placement of patio furniture a problem, and didn't flow very well from inside to outside.

[daepp]

The swelling of the wet 4X4's caused the bricks at the bases of the posts to crack - not a good idea.







One of the stoops we demo'd. We also demo'd the patio slab, and when we re-poured we raised it so the finished floor height matched that of the interior floors.

[daepp]

All patio cover demo complete, and I removed the eaves as well.



No eaves on a house looks REALLY odd!




Patio cover gone, new concrete slab poured.

[daepp]

^^Repeat post - of note, the holes along the tops of the walls. These were where the original 4X6 rafter tails were located. I removed the plywood roof sheathing, removed the short rafter tails, and this became the new location of the beams used to support the new patio cover (rough-cut 2X6 tongue and groove).









This is the 3rd patio I've built - each one a little more than the previous. In the CMU block columns (above) you can see water (for potted plants), electrical conduits and natural gas lines (for gas lamps).

[daepp]

More detail of the utilities destined for the columns.



Below is an arch original to the house that we were able - and eventually, to replicate a couple of times...

[daepp]

Going vertical, building arches, cladding with Mexicali bricks and stucco.

[daepp]

CMU started for BBQ, sink etc, 2X6 T&G ceiling/roof, future skylights (so interior of house didn't get too dark), roughing in for overhead ceiling fans and heaters, and pouring the concrete countertops

[daepp]

New arch got its brick, and then I needed to fix the walk and steps just outside it ("while you're in there...")