Technically this isn’t home improvement since it’s a summer cottage I’m fixing up for a customer. I’ve got to say though, what a fucking privilege it is to be self-employed and land jobs like this. An elderly customer with deep pockets handed me the keys to their remote cabin and basically told me to fix whatever needs fixing. No deadlines, nobody watching over my shoulder, and I’m free to come and go as I please. I wouldn’t go as far as to say I’d do it without pay, but I honestly can’t think of anything I’d rather be getting paid for.
EDIT: All time top 1 post on this community - yay!
18 Comments
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 46 pts · 357d
What the hell did you do with that beautiful fence? Looks absolutely wrecked.
The before picture looks way better, what did you even attempt to fix?
/s
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 357d
They're going for this post-apocalyptic look, says it'll be trendy in the near future.
SassyRamen@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 357d
That looks beautiful. How did you go about swapping out the rotten wood?
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 357d
Thanks.
Well, it's all held together by screws. I just remove the rotten piece and use that as a template for a new one and then painted it all to match.
SassyRamen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 357d
You mean to tell me the new pieces are made from scratch? 😳 Good job OP
toofpic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 357d
Not trying to undermine the job, but fortunately the posts are not carved, you can just cut decorative pieces to size
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 357d
Yeah, pretty straightforward job. As long as things are held together with screws - preferably stainless with a Torx head - they’re easy to both assemble and take apart.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 357d
Well yeah, they’re just planks. Mostly I just cut them to length, but for some I traced the more complex silhouette onto the new piece and then cut it out with a combination of circular and reciprocating saw. Pretty straightforward job, to be honest.
SassyRamen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 357d
For you straight forward job, for me straight to the E.R. we are not the same 😏
Idc how easy it is, I'm still impressed xD
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 357d
Not trying to discredit OP's great work in the slightest, but those post caps are just two square pieces of wood stacked on top of each other and painted to match. 😆
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 356d
did you spend much of the project muttering "screw you!" to yourself?
asterfield@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 357d
I know I’m focused on the wrong thing (you did a great job!) but it is throwing my head for a loop that “after” is on the left.
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 357d
nice job but why is "after" on the left? lol just to get comments complaining about it?
athairmor@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 357d
Seeing good work like this makes me hate vinyl even more.
titey@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 357d
Amazing work! 👍
darkstar@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 343d
I still cannot understand why tf people put the after on the left...
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 342d
It was unintentional. I made that collage quickly and simply didn't pay attention to it. I never thought it would offend this many people.
darkstar@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 342d
Some people feel very strongly about things. The two things I feel strongly about are left to right before after photos, and ISO 8601 is the only date format that should be used