Well considering you live out in California I would definitely go with the gas to stay away from any Ash flying
I worked at a machine/specialty shop & had a co-worker ask me why I rebuilt a hydraulic pump & charged an hour when I only worked on it for 1/2 an hour. I told him "because I've done a hundreds of these and I'm faster & better at it than most".
My own sister hired a "professional" to do her deck thinking the quality would be better than mine. It sat with just the framing done for 3 months and when she finally came begging for me to finish it I ended up rebuilding what the previous guy did because it wasn't code. I still cut her a deal being family but a lesson was learned.
I rebuilt a deck for a guy last spring and it cost him around 9,000.00, later I found out that his next closest bid was over 20,000.00 and one bid for 35,000.00 . So you do you and if folks don’t like it…. don’t lose no sleep over it .
Those prices are why I've considered doing it as a side job but when lumber spiked and people still wanted it done cheap I decided I'll keep doing it when I feel like it. I've done at least one deck a summer since I was 16 and I'm 41 now, I'm no professional but I have plenty of experience.
For sure. When i hand pick my sticks i look for if the center is in that stick and i throw that one to the side if it’s got it. Will 100% = a twister.
I got a 1300ish sqft deck coming up lol.
How deep is that lake? That glass is prime for wakeboarding.Got out on the boats for a few hours.
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Perfect glass with lots of pollen on top. Saw two loons a bunch of fish and a few turtles......and horse fliesOne spot more than the rest. We where paddling fast and hard trying to get out of there
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This is the entrance to a water trail. It gets to only about 5' wide so paddling is tough and you need a short boat. Fun place to see wildlife though because it's all swampy marsh. All the spider webs where still covered in dew........like strings of pearl's. One year I had a huge snapping turtle right under me. But that's also where we got bombarded with horse flies. So no pics of in the trail sorry. Great morning
Only about 20' but no gas on there.
The cabinet installer is bringing his today so I don't think I will need it. Thanks though
That's plenty. Only need 12'. Probably no way to get a boat in though. Sure would be nice to hit that in the morning while it's glass. But it's better that they don't allow power boats on places like that. It reminds me of many lakes I've hiked into just to get away from the noise and enjoy the scenery.
It's got a ramp. And used to be a very happening place. But the rangers have a house there so never gonna happen. LOL I used to really be into standup jetskis and to ride water like that was always amazing.
That was the "rule" I grew up with....whatever the materials cost is what the labor will cost also. So if roof shingles cost 2k, the completed roof job will be 4k...at least
I spent countless hours making those. I made a shirt out of them, only took a couple of years working on it nearly everyday. I wrapped wire around an old arrow shaft to make the coils.
