Category: Home Improvement
I’m not gifted with construction, so when the rare opportunity comes along where my skills are useful for the task at hand, you can bet I’m snapping some pictures of it! These are a some of the home improvement and other projects that I’ve done.
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Aluminum trigonometry
I ran into an interesting trigonometry problem a few weeks ago, when I was working on the cable pole installation. The problem was simple enough: extend the pole such that the trash trucks wouldn’t snag it, thus ripping it down. But the real question was: how tall must I extend it to get adequate clearance? …
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Reinforced steel strike plate
The garage of our new house was broken into long before we bought it. Someone had kicked in the side entrance door. So I reinforced the doorjamb with a piece of steel angle iron, making my own door latch / deadbolt combo strike plate. Here are some pics…
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Kitchen remodel
Sarah and I decided our first big house project would be a kitchen remodel. The old cabinets were very distinctive, but not that practical. And Sarah loves cooking, so we needed an updated more convenient kitchen.
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Weekend(s) painting dash
Sarah and I are both list people.
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Theater seats!
In lieau of a couch (which I’ve sold now, hurray!) I finally put together all the parts of my theater seats.
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Shed project, part 3
Like giving birth, the pain is now behind us.
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Shed project, Part 2
Last time, I talked about the conceptual design of the shed. Well, today Mark and I completed phase 2 of the shed project: the foundation. See below fore the other two installments.
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Shed project, Part 1
I’m building a shed very soon, but before I could get the materials, I needed to know how much stuff I had to fit inside the shed. That’s where Google comes in…
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Projector update!
Now the wiring is done and the speakers are in place.