JAP69's Blog

OHHH MYYYYY

Exposing more and more day after day.

Dirty rotten scoundrels.

Where did the 2020 election investigations go?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/exclusive-before-transferring-da-braggs-office-biden-doj/

Ended up building a new stringer for each side of the bottom pull down attic stairs.
Needed to fabricate a new pivot hinge for one side. I removed the original pivot hinge quite some time ago when the stringer busted and I fabricated a temporary pivot hinge with long tails to make the stringer workable for the time being which was quite a few years ago. Must have lost the original somewhere or it was broken. 

Anyhow I put on the pivot hinges and connected them to the stringers above. Everything works fine except the new pivot hinge is off somewheres because when I fold up the new stringers to the ones above the new pivot hinge side does not allow the stringers to fold flush with each other. The new stringer section is usable for going up and down except it does not fold properly.

I will get around to finding the problem on the pivot hinge and remedy the problem another day.

What next?
Have a rear 12x12 foot deck that needs some decking replaced. A new deck board here and there. Also need to take apart an old 3x4 foot elevated planter box that is sitting on the deck.
Built the deck about 16 or 17 years ago and very rarely used it after the first couple years. Only thing it is used for now is for my garden planter boxes which I wrote about in my blog some years ago. I gave up on growing vegetables in the planter boxes and have been planting perennials in the planter boxes.

After that I will move on to some interior projects. Got the outside projects done before hot weather set in.

Been having quite a dry spell with hot weather drying the ground up quick.

I better go out and give the newly seeded area a drink.

Do not see any rain in the forecast until Thursday or Friday.

Went to store yesterday and purchased a small jar of colorized wood filler to fill holes on handrail mounting board.
Also purchased an 8 ft piece of 1x4 firring that had a clear section with no knots to repair the pull down attic stair bottom stringer that got broken years ago. Firring is knotty but I took the time to sort through the pile to find the piece I wanted which had about 6 foot of no knots and remaining 2 foot was knotty.
I have been leaning a step ladder against the top section of the pull down stairs and tied it up real good so it would not slip out from under me. The bottom section which folds down is still connected to the top section with one stringer not damaged.

A new pull down attic access unit cost about $200,00 or better. Plus the time to remove the old one and set in place the new one. All that is too cumbersome for me to handle plus it is generally a two man job. If I hired it done it would be about $500.00 or better to replace the whole unit.
So I will fix the stringer for the cost of the 1x4x8 firring strip which was about $3.00 and my free labor. If I hired a carpenter to just repair the one stringer would still cost a fair amount of money with the cost of labor these days. 

When I went to the store a few weeks ago to purchase the three panes of glass I did not realize the price Each pane would cost. I asked the price after they were cut and handed to me. $17.00 each. I almost did a Biden while standing at the checkout paying for it.

When I feel up to it I will work on those two projects.

Update 4:50 PM

Filled the predrilled holes for the countersunk  screws. Choice of color matched perfectly. Can not see where they were unless you know where to look. Got to get your eye up close to even see where they were filled.

Leg is healing just fine.

Hand rail in hallway done

Grass is coming up in old walkway area.

Will take some down time to regenerate myself.

Have other projects to do later on.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GO7lvJgWAAAN6Lj?format=jpg&name=900x900

 Eight years after Trump
J6 ers rounded up and jailed
Trump awaiting a verdict

MAGA supporters are next. You are a threat to Democracy.

                

The U S birthrate has dropped 50% since 1950.

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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/declining-fertility-rates-research/

Finished filling in the walkway with topsoil, Today I seeded the walkway with Bermuda grass and watered that in for germination. That is done. If I get bored I will sit on the porch and watch the new grass sprout and grow.

Have not gotten much further on the hand rail project, The only progress made is predrilling the 1x4s for wall mounting on the studs and for mounting the brackets. Still need to predrill under the hand rail to mount the clamps that connect on the brackets. Maybe work on that tomorrow.

While I was removing the walkway and filling back in I scarfed off the hide under my right knee. I have no idea  when that happen.  I have been giving that daily medical attention since it happen. Currently no infection has developed in the healing process. Still has another week or so before it is fully healed. There will be no kneeling on that knee until fully healed.

That was something to see.  It was fast on that skateboard. Looks like it wanted to play with the cat.

Thanks Nick.

https://www.lotterypost.com/blogentry/184926

Went to Harbor freight on the 5th and purchased a 3 lb hand held sledge, hand held pick axe and 3 concrete chisels that are 3 inches wide.

Went to Lowes on the 5th and purchased 8 feet of oak hand rail, 8 feet of 1x4 oak and 6 brackets.

I first cut the hand rail and 1x4 to length. One 6 foot and the remaining 2 foot. I stained those wood pieces. Still have the poly to brush on. I want the 1x4 to mount on the wall to the studding. Then mount the brackets on the 1x4 evenly spaced. Can not evenly space the brackets with the stud layout. I do not trust wall mollies to mount the brackets just on the drywall.

The past nine days a few hours each day I removed the 34 foot walkway. dug down and buried a lot of the concrete. Topped it off with the dirt I dug out. Took about 30 to 35 hours to do that. Still need about 7 cu ft of top soil. Plus I will need some grass seed. I have a haul away outfit coming tomorrow to haul away the left over concrete chunks. About 1/2 a yard.

Now I will move on to putting the poly on the hand rail and mount the hand rail on the hallway walls. 6 foot one side and 2 foot the other side on the short wall.

After that I will top off the walkway with top soil and seed it.

All of a sudden my right and left leg swelled up and started leaking like a faucet. I said to myself what the he!! is this.

My feet and legs were doing good with swelling going down until last night.

The older I get the more medical issues I have. Something that comes with old age I guess.

Deal with the medical issues and trek on.

Garage door jamb extensions done on each side. Installed brick mold on the top jamb to cover the large gap. Had left over brick mold from when I took out the front door. filled the holes and painted garage door jamb after I primed the new wood.

Installed the window glass where needed. I will let the window glaze set up for about a week and paint it then.

Moving onto the next projects. Install hand rail in hall and maybe bust up the walkway from front door directly out to street.

I was thinking of setting the busted up concrete to one side of the walkway and then dig down deeper where I took out the concrete. Then place the busted up concrete down deeper and fill back over the top two or three inches using the dirt I took out. Hosing it in real good to flow between the busted up concrete. That should solve the disposal problem.