What did you make today? - Page 21

Lamplighter · 04-18-2013, 09:25 PM

So, after many trips to the coast and a bit of $, Sam's unusable attic
has been re-worked into 2 bedrooms and a half (?) bath.

The most costly and difficult thing thing was the new requirement for AFCI circuit breakers.
The breaker for the 240 line (2 heaters) was $107 +shipping !

In any case, it's essentially done !!!

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glatt · 04-18-2013, 09:59 PM

Nice job! And good for you, following the new electrical rules.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-19-2013, 02:52 AM

Congratulations, Lamp, ya done good.

Griff · 04-19-2013, 06:46 AM

Job well done.
(Visa price list meme)
Taking your morning dump in a heated bathroom. Priceless

Griff · 05-27-2013, 02:16 PM

After I re-did my entryway I started agitating for the permissions to build a new door. I wasn't getting my way until Pete hit a piece of gravel with the mower and shattered the glass door. Hooray! Full steam ahead. I built the door over the winter in my very limited free time. So here it is, still waiting on door handles...

Lamplighter · 05-27-2013, 02:49 PM

Now that is neat !
Curved doors and frames have always intrigued me.

Did you do a paper-pattern, or all by pencil-n-paper ?
... combined with superior intellect

Next year, Pete gets to dig the moat and you do the draw-bridge !

Griff · 05-27-2013, 03:03 PM

I used a string with a pencil tied to it... a board stock pattern would have been smarter.

classicman · 05-27-2013, 03:06 PM

Damn nice looking work! I so want to visit Grifftopia.

Griff · 05-27-2013, 03:10 PM

Thanks dude!

glatt · 05-27-2013, 03:18 PM

Gorgeous!

Chocolatl · 05-27-2013, 04:05 PM

Love it. I can't imagine the sense of ownership and pride that must come from having built your own home. There are a dozen houses on our street with our same floor plan.

Griff · 05-27-2013, 05:11 PM

Thanks all. It started out as a way to reduce economic uncertainty but has become something more.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-27-2013, 05:17 PM

So very much more, and bear proof to boot.

Clodfobble · 05-27-2013, 05:22 PM

Grifftopia gets cooler every year. I hope you end up with at least one grandchild who is similarly inclined, who can take over the place and keep it in the family after you and Pete are done with it.

Griff · 05-27-2013, 05:36 PM

I never really thought about it that way... I pity the fool who does the upkeep on my ah, casual building style.

04-19-2013, 02:52 AM	#303
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Congratulations, Lamp, ya done good. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-19-2013, 06:46 AM	#304
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Job well done. (Visa price list meme) Taking your morning dump in a heated bathroom. Priceless __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-27-2013, 02:16 PM	#305
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Reawaken thread for holiday weekend After I re-did my entryway I started agitating for the permissions to build a new door. I wasn't getting my way until Pete hit a piece of gravel with the mower and shattered the glass door. Hooray! Full steam ahead. I built the door over the winter in my very limited free time. So here it is, still waiting on door handles... Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-27-2013, 03:03 PM	#307
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I used a string with a pencil tied to it... a board stock pattern would have been smarter. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-27-2013, 03:06 PM	#308
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Damn nice looking work! I so want to visit Grifftopia. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-18-2013, 09:25 PM	#301
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	So, after many trips to the coast and a bit of $, Sam's unusable attic has been re-worked into 2 bedrooms and a half (?) bath. The most costly and difficult thing thing was the new requirement for AFCI circuit breakers. The breaker for the 240 line (2 heaters) was $107 +shipping ! In any case, it's essentially done !!!

04-18-2013, 09:59 PM	#302
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Nice job! And good for you, following the new electrical rules.

05-27-2013, 02:49 PM	#306
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Now that is neat ! Curved doors and frames have always intrigued me. Did you do a paper-pattern, or all by pencil-n-paper ? ... combined with superior intellect Next year, Pete gets to dig the moat and you do the draw-bridge !

05-27-2013, 03:10 PM	#309
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Thanks dude! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-27-2013, 03:18 PM	#310
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Gorgeous!

05-27-2013, 04:05 PM	#311
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Love it. I can't imagine the sense of ownership and pride that must come from having built your own home. There are a dozen houses on our street with our same floor plan.

05-27-2013, 05:11 PM	#312
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Thanks all. It started out as a way to reduce economic uncertainty but has become something more. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-27-2013, 05:17 PM	#313
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	So very much more, and bear proof to boot. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-27-2013, 05:22 PM	#314
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Grifftopia gets cooler every year. I hope you end up with at least one grandchild who is similarly inclined, who can take over the place and keep it in the family after you and Pete are done with it. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-27-2013, 05:36 PM	#315
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I never really thought about it that way... I pity the fool who does the upkeep on my ah, casual building style. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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