A Concrete Decision
I have been wanting a shop building in the back yard for so many years.... I actually thought I was going to make it happen this year. I told the kids about the plan, the shop would be awesome, and everyone's Christmas was going to be a little light, but all for the cause.
Well, after looking all the costs and considering options and getting realistic about priorities.... I'm getting a driveway instead. Yay. Rassafrassajamminatdufritz..... The driveway was once asphalt and has been derelict for years, crumbling faster by the day. Chronic drainage issues require a major redo so I finally had to do the responsible thing. But damnit I want a shop! Oh well, it's all for the better; drainage, property value, resale, curb appeal. I'm consoling myself like that. The new driveway will be proper concrete-rebar-permits etc like God intended. I'll just pout in the corner for a while. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12...1215fb7332.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12...eaf316971a.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Wow! Did you do the Bobcat work yourself?
The shop- can wait. I need somewhere to park my bike when I come visit |
A man's palace can never have enough concrete.
Room for a basketball setup? |
That will be much better than the last time I was there (for a number of reasons). Are you extending the drive around the side of the house for potential future access?
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Still, will be nice when it's done. Now if I could just get mine done. :blink: |
A Concrete Decision
I didn't do any of this, it's all turnkey... Which seems really weird, to an habitual d-i-y-er.
I do need to have another get-together here, some day. I'd love to see y'alls bikes parked here again. There's room for b-ball, but the angles might cause difficulty. The drive along the north side is a future thought, related to the phantom shop building in my mind. Some prep for it is contained in all this. Mike, you coulda had a drive, but you chose knees. I can't explain you. I look forward to seeing your bike on the new drive. Due to the house being lower than the street AND the city's mandate that the drive go *up before it go *down AND the need to drain water AWAY from the house, the driveway is a bit of a minor roller coaster I think the g-kids will love it. In fact, I'm getting them new skateboards for Christmas! It's now finished, it's going to be so awesome! http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12...e806800a36.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12...4e37f44cc4.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12...aa525d45b9.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12...310ce33c3d.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Looks good Ricky.
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It's beautiful.
(I don't see my ashtray on the front porch anywhere.) |
I'll bet we can conjure one up!
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Tell me you wrote your name in it before it dried!
Looks good Ricky! |
This place has slowly changed in many ways over the years. I need to find some of the old pics.... It looks a LOT different.
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Looking good man! Nothing beats Concrete!! Heck Ya, another one down - only 547 projects to go, if your count is kinda the same as mine.....
Dirk |
It ain't no shop, but it sure looks purty!
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I've been there!
Wasn't there some kind of built-in planter thingy at one time...? Looks good. |
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