YY1
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My "remove the built in hot tub and turn the screen porch into a cat porch" project is seriously dragging.
Besides not really having a good plan to anchor the 1x2" mesh "rabbit wire" on the existing aluminum screen frame studs...
I found out the floor has had a layer of "river rock" applied at some time, possibly as built, and then had outdoor carpeting glued over it.
It's a royal PITA to remove. The glue is too strong to pull up with bare hands, necessitating cutting 3'x4' rectangles which basically ruins a utility knife blade.
Then pound-scraping the river rock. WAY too bendy/stoopy to kneel/squat and swing a heavy hammer onto a wide chisel then move six inches and do it again...
...so I drilled a receiver hole for a heavy, solid 4" chisel in a 4 foot section of 4x4. Now I can stand, and the momentum of the 4x4 does some of the work.
Still sucks and I can only do about 20 minutes before I am winded.
I basically have to do it because there's no river rock where the tub was.
Two 3x4 rectangles done, about 20 to go.
The porch is 11'4" x almost 36' long!
But wait, there's more....
We have french doors leading to that porch, but only a single screen door from the porch to the back yard, and it's offset.
It sure would be nice of- A: they lined up, and B: the screen door was double.
That project would involve concrete sawing through the 3 course knee wall and moving a section over to fill in where the existing screen door is.
...and fabricating a frame for two standard screen doors to be used as a pair.
Whew, I'm tired and all I did was think about it.
Besides not really having a good plan to anchor the 1x2" mesh "rabbit wire" on the existing aluminum screen frame studs...
I found out the floor has had a layer of "river rock" applied at some time, possibly as built, and then had outdoor carpeting glued over it.
It's a royal PITA to remove. The glue is too strong to pull up with bare hands, necessitating cutting 3'x4' rectangles which basically ruins a utility knife blade.
Then pound-scraping the river rock. WAY too bendy/stoopy to kneel/squat and swing a heavy hammer onto a wide chisel then move six inches and do it again...
...so I drilled a receiver hole for a heavy, solid 4" chisel in a 4 foot section of 4x4. Now I can stand, and the momentum of the 4x4 does some of the work.
Still sucks and I can only do about 20 minutes before I am winded.
I basically have to do it because there's no river rock where the tub was.
Two 3x4 rectangles done, about 20 to go.
The porch is 11'4" x almost 36' long!
But wait, there's more....
We have french doors leading to that porch, but only a single screen door from the porch to the back yard, and it's offset.
It sure would be nice of- A: they lined up, and B: the screen door was double.
That project would involve concrete sawing through the 3 course knee wall and moving a section over to fill in where the existing screen door is.
...and fabricating a frame for two standard screen doors to be used as a pair.
Whew, I'm tired and all I did was think about it.
.....did some welding is all but have been mostly doing yard work and cleaning out my trailer. Spent several hours looking for an edger motor to take to my grand son. It's apart (just because I could) and he likes putting things together. I have never liked putting something together that someone else tore apart lol. Will be visiting him today then will be cleaning up the 'clean room' in getting ready to do another rear end gear setup for someone. At least it's an 8 3/4 but I still can't hardly pick up a compete chunk anymore without pulling something....
