Hurricane Coop Construction

[aart]

I spy....Sugar Sand!

 

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Yes, on some of them more than others, it was difficult pulling the posthole digger up without the sand falling right out before swinging over to the side.

 

[aart]

Yes, on some of them more than others, it was difficult pulling the posthole digger up without the sand falling right out before swinging over to the side.

Maybe wet(soak) the 'soil'?

 

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I'll just scoop them out with something, only going down 24" no frost line here in SWF.

 

[aart]

I'll just scoop them out with something, only going down 24" no frost line here in SWF.

No frost...but hurricanes might warrant deeper with lots of concrete.

 

[HurricaneCoops]

Finally got the building permits signed by the county so able to make some progress finally. To remind everyone it is 33' X 10'.

4x6's with 4x4's tying them together, the three 2x4 between the sides on the bottom are just to hold it inline until I pour the cement.

Here is a picture of my little chicken herder watching me work. His name is Harley Davidson, we got him at a rescue on New Year's Eve of 2016/2017

 

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Mixed 20, 80lbs, 5000PSI bags of cement to fill the 10 tubes.

I don't want the Kreg Holes to fill up and sit with water so I cut 1/2" X 2 1/2" dowels

Tapped them in half way

Used this little tool to slice them in half

Picked up all the sliced pieces to fill additional holes

20 down 100+ to go Hammer gets a little heavy with all the overhead swinging.

 

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Got a little painting in between rainy days. Used an electric sprayer that had really good reviews on Amazon but I don't think I like it very much, seems to go on to light?

I'll probably just go over it all with a roller?

 

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Finished painting the main structure

Assembled and painted the two sets of Dutch Doors

Set my Kreg Trak Stop at 22.5" and made short work at chopping 39 rafter spacers

Then setup my Kreg Pocket Hole jig to pop in 3 mounting points.

 

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Dutch Doors installed on one end, with other end to come.