Sometime in between my last post in March 2022 and this most recent one, I built a 16' x 8' addition on our house. That is to say, I was one of several people involved in building the addition and ultimately did most of the work once the foundation and framing was done. I took lots of pictures along the way - and it has been a long way indeed - and some day I'll empty out onto … [Read more...] about A Clear Polycarbonate Shed Roof (and the right way to build a retaining wall)
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A Fieldstone Retaining Wall
Our 1850s farmhouse was built back at a time when using heavy machinery to prepare a homesite wasn't an option. The house is built into the grade with an aggressive slope towards our stream. Field stone walls have been built, some presumably centuries ago, to counter the slope, yielding relatively flat land across much of our property near the main house. We’ve never aspired to … [Read more...] about A Fieldstone Retaining Wall