Carpenter Knowledge

Every project/job will wind up talking to You, if You're able to hear this.

    No, two sites are ever exactly the same. So, go into them with an open heart. Learn from mistakes and those lessons.

This image was all about patience, i.e. the far right Newell post turned out adapting just as the Home Owner visioned it. Carpentry skills that pay the bills, is the end result. We changed an vintage pice into a modern piece of architecture furniture for Their home. Kudos too My Great Mate Google and all the safe free wheeling. God is Greater and I Am LOVE ........ Gratefully So!!

Thank You All .......

Finish Carpentry

Having Loads of fun with this current Client, His families vision is manifesting.

Keeping the original railing and changing out all the uprights is always an entertaining challenge.

As their choice gets methodically applied to coexist.

Excellent Joyous Journies ........ 

Booooo-ya!!

Love it ......

Replacement Factors

H2O needs an OUT! SO if it's sticking instead of dripping away!

When it's touching, it never separates and will eventually leave havoc behind it's trail. There could very well be a Window Sill beneather needing replacement next! Just Typing Folks ...... So, think this out! You'll Thank Yourself for Years to come!

          The organized building industry has been there done that throughout the years; when executed per design and proper code it alleviates undue (saves$$) costs.

    This simple drip edge flashing is one exterior design that does You a few decades of favors. If installed correctly ...... We want that rain/moisture going from the roof to the ground! That gruff upper sketch shows the drip edge tight to the fascia board, when this occurs H2O falls from Above then rolls down the front and causes immediate ruin of that particular surface. The image below has been altered too miss on the drip (only by tiny amount) and fall to ground!

* Exactly what you want, AMEN!!

Bobbing Sheetrock or Plasterboard

Craigs Clout ; Tip "O" the Week Although my name is Craig, allow me to be Frank Carpenter for the moment with a spin off of what I previously eluded to from last weeks blog of "The Tool" the String. So heres "The Skinny" as my Pops used to say. It starts with this inanimate object, because the thing that hangs @ the end of it to assist us wood never be there! That being a Plumb-Bob. From Up to Down or Down to straight back Up. Atop buildings over 40' feet in the air we've often relied on this basic in purest forms of devise, sure, having used a so called straight stick. With a level reading plumb on that piece of milled Gnahl lumber, You got on the special order of the many sticks required on your "Special Order Minimum" you payed handsomely enough for, it might be 26 Ft. and the chances that its any where near actually straight wood be a whole other story for the grandkids some day. - Just to be clear: Level is horizontal and Plumb is up-and-down or vertical. The wieght of this apparatus (once it stops swinging) will give you a pinpoint 100% reclaimed woodshop percent mark from top to bottom to measure by or a control line to go by. And all that you're atempting to erect is exact, and that does matter at the end of the each and every day ! Egyptians; "The Egyptians invented the plumb bob more than 4000 years ago. They used it to establish vertical references that were indispensable in the construction of their buildings, pyramids and canals." As clever as they were in so many different ways there are still some Artisans out there that appreciate these entrepenuers, no doubt ! Stay Straight folks and have a pleasant Week !! Craigs Clout or craigscloutandrepairs@gmail.com "Do it right the first Time"

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Storage is often private, so when it is shared, this is one design correcting THAT issue! IE.: The Carpentry Wall here was Built from wood, in the shared garage is now a wall that seperates both Duplex units .

Note: the bottom plate is a pressure treated 2x atop the concrete floor. And at the driveway end, this structure was built out of a pressure treated stud to minimize any moisture coming under the front seal & causing wicking damage! Hence: (go the extra mile for Your "why")

I love what I do for all You good people !!

Thank You All