My Renovation project - getting closer.

marano · 12-11-2009, 05:56 PM

Some of you may remember some of these pictures. I started this project about a month before Brett Favre came to the Jets. I am getting closer to completing it. I still want to do a stone face on the brick and I need to let the new cedar age a little on the screen porch addition before I treat it so it will match but I ...am...closer. Here is some before and after shots.

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[IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/update2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/CIMG1367.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/update5.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/CIMG1362.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/update4.jpg[/IMG]

FF2® · 12-11-2009, 06:00 PM

Looks like a nice place for a psycho-murderer.

Just kidding! Look AWESOME!!!

Dirtstar · 12-11-2009, 06:04 PM

[QUOTE=FF2®;3398517]Looks like a nice place for a psycho-murderer.
[/QUOTE]

looks like he's a cop, too...

:eek: :eek:

Dirtstar · 12-11-2009, 06:05 PM

all kidding aside, place looks great.

when i grow up, i want to do something like this (and hopefully i'll magically develop the skillz to do something like this)

Just Evict The Squatters · 12-11-2009, 06:05 PM

Where is that? Reminds me of home (upstate NY)... Cedar looks great! Did you add on I'm assuming? New roof? I think it will take you a while for the new cedar to "catch up"... I built a little cedar fence in phases, and it took almost 6 months before it all matched... and even then I did semi-transparent oil stain, but the natural look is the best

Good luck, looks super!

marano · 12-11-2009, 06:16 PM

[QUOTE=Just Evict The Squatters;3398528]Where is that? Reminds me of home (upstate NY)... Cedar looks great! Did you add on I'm assuming? New roof? I think it will take you a while for the new cedar to "catch up"... I built a little cedar fence in phases, and it took almost 6 months before it all matched... and even then I did semi-transparent oil stain, but the natural look is the best

Good luck, looks super![/QUOTE]

Well it is as far south in Alabama as you can get. 40 miles more and your in the Gulf of Mexico. I treated the rest of the house with Hydraulic fluid, it came out great and the carpenter bees hate it. I think I will let the new cedar age for a year or so before I do the same to it. We put a metal roof on and made a screen porch of the deck. It was our idea but I did not do the work...no talent for that stuff...I is a cop.

Just Evict The Squatters · 12-11-2009, 06:26 PM

Cool I never heard of the hyraulic fluid treatment... I might steal that for my fence!!! How did you apply it???

marano · 12-11-2009, 06:28 PM

Use a spray gun with an air compressor, but clean the windows pretty soon after doing it or you will have a hell of a time getting them clean.

southparkcpa · 12-11-2009, 06:34 PM

[QUOTE=marano;3398539]Well it is as far south in Alabama as you can get. 40 miles more and your in the Gulf of Mexico. I treated the rest of the house with Hydraulic fluid, it came out great and the carpenter bees hate it. I think I will let the new cedar age for a year or so before I do the same to it. We put a metal roof on and made a screen porch of the deck. It was our idea but I did not do the work...no talent for that stuff...I is a cop.[/QUOTE]

Yep.... I guessed right.

Looked like a southern project.

Looks great.

Hope you enjoy.... any "Deliverance" episodes we should know about?????

freestater · 12-11-2009, 06:49 PM

[QUOTE=marano;3398539]Well it is as far south in Alabama as you can get. 40 miles more and your in the Gulf of Mexico. I treated the rest of the house with Hydraulic fluid, it came out great and the carpenter bees hate it. I think I will let the new cedar age for a year or so before I do the same to it. We put a metal roof on and made a screen porch of the deck. It was our idea but I did not do the work...no talent for that stuff...I is a cop.[/QUOTE]

that metal roof... that's the last one you'll ever do. :yes:

looks good, marano.

12-11-2009, 05:56 PM	#1
marano Put McElroy in.!!! Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 792	My Renovation project - getting closer. Some of you may remember some of these pictures. I started this project about a month before Brett Favre came to the Jets. I am getting closer to completing it. I still want to do a stone face on the brick and I need to let the new cedar age a little on the screen porch addition before I treat it so it will match but I ...am...closer. Here is some before and after shots. [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/CIMG1357.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/update2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/CIMG1367.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/update5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/CIMG1362.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x75/marano35/update4.jpg[/IMG]

12-11-2009, 06:05 PM	#5
Just Evict The Squatters Waterboy Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 8	Very nice!!! Where is that? Reminds me of home (upstate NY)... Cedar looks great! Did you add on I'm assuming? New roof? I think it will take you a while for the new cedar to "catch up"... I built a little cedar fence in phases, and it took almost 6 months before it all matched... and even then I did semi-transparent oil stain, but the natural look is the best Good luck, looks super!

12-11-2009, 06:16 PM	#6
marano Put McElroy in.!!! Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 792	Way south [QUOTE=Just Evict The Squatters;3398528]Where is that? Reminds me of home (upstate NY)... Cedar looks great! Did you add on I'm assuming? New roof? I think it will take you a while for the new cedar to "catch up"... I built a little cedar fence in phases, and it took almost 6 months before it all matched... and even then I did semi-transparent oil stain, but the natural look is the best Good luck, looks super![/QUOTE] Well it is as far south in Alabama as you can get. 40 miles more and your in the Gulf of Mexico. I treated the rest of the house with Hydraulic fluid, it came out great and the carpenter bees hate it. I think I will let the new cedar age for a year or so before I do the same to it. We put a metal roof on and made a screen porch of the deck. It was our idea but I did not do the work...no talent for that stuff...I is a cop.

12-11-2009, 06:28 PM	#8
marano Put McElroy in.!!! Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 792	Spray it. Use a spray gun with an air compressor, but clean the windows pretty soon after doing it or you will have a hell of a time getting them clean.

12-11-2009, 06:00 PM	#2
FF2® Believes Sloppy Guy was involved JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 46,144	Looks like a nice place for a psycho-murderer. Just kidding! Look AWESOME!!!

12-11-2009, 06:04 PM	#3
Dirtstar Snubbed a man just to watch him cry. Hall Of Fame Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,783	[QUOTE=FF2®;3398517]Looks like a nice place for a psycho-murderer. [/QUOTE] looks like he's a cop, too... :eek: :eek:

12-11-2009, 06:26 PM	#7
Just Evict The Squatters Waterboy Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 8	Cool I never heard of the hyraulic fluid treatment... I might steal that for my fence!!! How did you apply it???

12-11-2009, 06:34 PM	#9
southparkcpa I see the 88 to 97 period all over again. Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NC Posts: 15,707	[QUOTE=marano;3398539]Well it is as far south in Alabama as you can get. 40 miles more and your in the Gulf of Mexico. I treated the rest of the house with Hydraulic fluid, it came out great and the carpenter bees hate it. I think I will let the new cedar age for a year or so before I do the same to it. We put a metal roof on and made a screen porch of the deck. It was our idea but I did not do the work...no talent for that stuff...I is a cop.[/QUOTE] Yep.... I guessed right. Looked like a southern project. Looks great. Hope you enjoy.... any "Deliverance" episodes we should know about?????

12-11-2009, 06:49 PM	#10
freestater we gonna lay around the shanty, Mama, and put a good buzz on Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 13,507	[QUOTE=marano;3398539]Well it is as far south in Alabama as you can get. 40 miles more and your in the Gulf of Mexico. I treated the rest of the house with Hydraulic fluid, it came out great and the carpenter bees hate it. I think I will let the new cedar age for a year or so before I do the same to it. We put a metal roof on and made a screen porch of the deck. It was our idea but I did not do the work...no talent for that stuff...I is a cop.[/QUOTE] that metal roof... that's the last one you'll ever do. :yes: looks good, marano.