just a small project ....... yeah right !!

[45 ACP]

With Coach posting all the pics of his progress on the camp, I thought I would jump in and show my little project. The wife has been trying to get me to build one of these for 2 years now. Well, I was only home one weekend from late Sept 08 - late Jan 09 due to hunting and she didnt give me any chit about being gone that much so I figured she deserved her patio/porch/pergola whatever you wanna call it.

First dug the holes
Next set the posts (8-9 bags 80lb concrete each hole)
Then notched the posts
Next built the main beams and hung them
Then cut and ran the rafters on the top

Im tired........

Only thing left to do is run square 2x2's across the top for added shade/support and then pressure wash the deck and put treatment on the whole thing. Anybody got suggestions on what to treat it with to keep the new wood look that willl last a couple years?? I dont want a stain.

[45 ACP]

Couple more with the rafters installed .........

[Milkjug]

Nice! You've got some skillz.

[WestEndAngler]

Nice!

[coachlaw]

Aw man, you done messed up. Prepare for a cacaphony of PM's from me asking you to come out and build one of those for the camp

[dbarham]

Aw man, you done messed up. Prepare for a cacaphony of PM's from me asking you to come out and build one of those for the camp

lamens terms coach cmoncacaphony whats that???

[45 ACP]

Aw man, you done messed up. Prepare for a cacaphony of PM's from me asking you to come out and build one of those for the camp

LMAO I been waiting on yall to get done working down there so I can stop by. Ha ha. Im tired of swingin hammers and powertools.

[PasadenaMan]

I will ask my co-worker what he used. But his covered porch is a redish color. He also built his, but it took him a few weekends

[lurefisher]

Need me to conect it to the roof?

[WestEndAngler]

lamens terms coach cmoncacaphony whats that???

Yah I had to look that up myself no such word... but there is a Cacophony

a⋅coph⋅o⋅ny   /kəˈkɒfəni/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kuh-kof-uh-nee]

–noun, plural -nies.

1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
3. Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.


Poor choice on an SAT word if you ask me

[bountyhunter]

Hey that looks great, when we breaking it in with a kegger?

lamens terms coach cmoncacaphony whats that???

Coach forgets most of us rednecks only speak United States, in other words most of us got quituated out of the 6th grade after many years of tryin'.....

[coachlaw]

Me misspelled good werd. Me dummy.

I think it was the perfect word, even if it was misspelled.

I need to PM him with some discordant sounds, grunts, and whining. LOL.

[007]

Try Aquatral.

[45 ACP]

Hey that looks great, when we breaking it in with a kegger?

Kegger and crawfish boil in a few weeks. Got the 2x2's done yesterday. Gonna sit underneath it in the rain tonight and see how much whiskey I can consume.

[Unclehandy]

LMAO I been waiting on yall to get done working down there so I can stop by. Ha ha. Im tired of swingin hammers and powertools.

I never get tired of swingin' my hammer!