The concrete pad between the new deck and the pool was in pretty bad shape. The solution here was to fill in the area with a thick layer of gravel and then set paving stones on top of the gravel. …
Continue ReadingWe designed this deck for the board of the Marion Country Club. We design or help design almost all of the decks we build. The first major task is to frame all of the basic structure. You have to keep…
Continue ReadingWe began working on the new pool deck for the Marion Country Club in the second week of April. This project begins after weeks of design and re-design work. The framing is done with treated lumber and the decking and…
Continue ReadingWe started a house this week on some property near the Lake of Egypt. It will have a walk-out basement, which means a basement that is partially underground with one side completely out of the ground. The side out of…
Continue ReadingThis is an unusual job for us in that almost all the lumber is “homemade.” Pastor George took trees that had fallen on his property during the May 8, 2008 storm and had them milled into rough lumber. That is…
Continue ReadingToday was a nice cool, dry day to work. It was a day to make some real progress! Water Drainage The way to keep water out of a structure can be seen in what we did at the George Barn…
Continue ReadingToday, we started construction on an additional bay to a standing barn on the George property. Wyatt George is the recently retired pastor at Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Carbondale. In his retirement years, he plans on harvesting trees on his…
Continue ReadingLast week, we finished the boathouse for the Paul family on Lake Arcadia just south of Marion. Pictures soon to come… The biggest challenge with building this small boat house was driving the 6×6 posts into deep water. You can…
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