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Check out our Patio - wyatt - 11-22-2006
Had to have a patio. Check out pics
Aloha
Wyatt
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/wyatt96778/album/576460762347571208
RE: Check out our Patio - Kapohocat - 11-22-2006
I like the roof line you put on it. Adds some nice visual interest.
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RE: Check out our Patio - wyatt - 11-23-2006
Thanks Cat,
it did look like a box before.
Aloha Wyatt
RE: Check out our Patio - Hotzcatz - 11-23-2006
Aloha Wyatt,
Beauty porch and just in time for a turkey day party!
Umm, I was kinda noticing, though, that there doesn't seem to be anything between the bottom of your wood posts and the concrete blocks. Do you think it would be too late to slip in a termite pan or even a bit of tarpaper there? Concrete wicks moisture real well and wood soaks up moisture and moist wood rots. If there isn't anything between the two materials within a couple years you may be replacing rotted post ends.
We had a shower house which didn't have any moisture barrier betweeen the plywood walls and the concrete floor. The fellow who had the house before us had built it about two years before we moved in and it was replaced within about four years. So it took about six years for the bottom of the wall to completely rot away. It probably would take a bit longer with your posts since they wouldn't be in as wet of a situation.
A possible solution might be to get Simpson's Water Seal and completely soak the bottom of the post/ top of the concrete block with that. That should get in between the concrete and the wood and seal up the ends of the post. Not that I've tried this or known anyone who has, but it might help and it would be easier than lifting the posts ever so slightly and putting in a termite pan or bit of tarpaper. The ends of the posts rotting probably won't be a problem for about a decade though, hopefully.
It's a beauty porch and lasting 100 years would be a good thing for it.
A hui hou,
Cathy
RE: Check out our Patio - Carolann R - 11-24-2006
Looks like a different house! It's so pretty. You guys did such a nice job on that cute place. Aloha!
Carrie
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RE: Check out our Patio - wyatt - 11-25-2006
Thanks Cathy and Carrie, we can slip some roofing paper in stil. thanks for bring that to our attn.
Aloha
Wyatt
RE: Check out our Patio - Hotzcatz - 11-30-2006
Aloha Wyatt,
Thanks for taking the observation so nicely. I hate to mention things like that, but now your wonderful patio should last for decades.
Are you going to decorate it for Christmas? And add photos?
A hui hou,
Cathy
RE: Check out our Patio - wyatt - 11-30-2006
Hey Cathy, we always decorate the day after Thanksgiving. Added to pics. Check them out.
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/wyatt96778/album/576460762347571208
Happy Holidays.
Wyatt
Edited by - wyatt on 11/30/2006 17:15:27
RE: Check out our Patio - Hotzcatz - 12-01-2006
Aloha Wyatt,
Wow, nice lights! Hey, can you keep them up all year and use them as party lights, do you think?
A hui hou,
Cathy
RE: Check out our Patio - wyatt - 12-03-2006
I guess I could Seeing as how my neighbor has some he turns on once in a awhile. My lights are alitte to bright though so they will come down after New Years.
Aloha
Wyat