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Carpentry
Custom Signs
The client desperately wanted to replace these signs. (one look at the image on the left will tell you why!) The challenge – how to create signs that are reasonably weather resistant but also require a minimum of maintenance. The solution began with backboards of oak plywood that were chemically stained, sealed (3 coats of [...]
Undercroft
The client wanted to tastefully hide a storage area under the front porch – one where the builder didn’t quite have enough granite stone to completely cover all the foundation area. The solution was simple: match the lattice that was attached to the archways on the front side of the house with a latice wall [...]
As big as it gets
There’s a limit to what I do; I’m a handyman, not a contractor. Some jobs I can’t do; I’m not licensed for some work. Other jobs I just won’t do. For many that I could do I would have to hire at least one assistant – and the honest truth is I’m just not interested [...]
Rotten Railings
Any wood, no matter how well painted or stained, will eventually rot when exposed to weather. Untreated lumber, used for decorative porch railings, rots within a few years. (Why some builders use regular, non-treated lumber in exterior settings is beyond me.) These railings on a home going on the market needed to be completely torn [...]
Auxiliary shop air filter
My wood shop is a dusty place. Even with two dust collectors and a HEPA air filter it still taxes the heat pump air handler when I’m in the middle of a project. I needed an auxiliary air filter like this one above right – I just didn’t have $350 plus to spend on one. [...]
Antique Chairs
A set of six antique chairs; 75 – 100 years old; three generations in the family… in poor shape from a previous repair. A non-flexible, epoxy-type glue used some years ago wouldn’t allow the flex and give that these old, poplar chairs need. The old glue had broken and in some places, actually cracked the [...]
