Wow, you overlook the pond and you're almost as close to the ocean as I am; that's a fantastic location. 
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You must be adding so much value with all the work you're doing...
I'll bet you could switch careers as property developers if you wanted.
I'll bet you could switch careers as property developers if you wanted.
Whenever we start/invest in a new project, I'll ceremoniously ask Elmo: "So how much money are we saving by doing this ourselves?" and she will reply with some wildly outrageous dollar figure we would have been charged. This always gives me the strenghth to do it myself
Plus we're mere minutes away from Hollywood East which hopefully will raise property values in this area when it gets into full swing next yearWow, you overlook the pond and you're almost as close to the ocean as I am; that's a fantastic location.
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^^ I'm psyched about that. I'm buffing up a couple of screenplays. 
Why do you want to move again?
Why do you want to move again?
Thanks, JAG. After work tonight, we tore off all the old trim around the left hand window and replaced it with some nice, new composite of the same dimensions. We couldn't replace the bottom sill trim because it actually extended into the bedroom and we weren't prepared for that. For now we're just going to leave it since we have rain coming overnight and really had to get the whole thing caulked and weatherproofed.
Very nice stuff. The bottom sill is angled and so basically I eye-balled the cut for the new composite on my miter and they came out perfect. I was really bothered that we couldn't replace the lower piece. Eventually we're going to replace the windows altogether, but for now we just wanted it to look newer and cleaner with the new shingles.
Here we are a week later and we're almost done. It looks like one more full row and then the top shingles will have to be cut to fit just like under the window sills. Both windows were reframed this week but not without some problems. I cut the vertical pieces too short on the right side window and didn't have any extra lengths of composite. I did have enough to fill the gaps, but I was pretty upset at my mistake. But all in all it's going really well and the good weather has helped over the last week
^ Sometimes I measure twice and cut WILDLYI don't know what went wrong but I was a good quarter inch off on both sides
Don't feel to bad.
We've had this happen a few times building the benchwork for model railroads, which require fairly precise measurments. Not to hard to fix the errors, but makes the next step harder as you may have to shim your roadbed to get your grade right.
Why didn't you just click "Undo?" 
On the VW Forum I frequent, one person stated that when making sheet metal repair panels to, "measure three times and then trim to fit".^ Sometimes I measure twice and cut WILDLY
Don't feel to bad.
We've had this happen a few times building the benchwork for model railroads, which require fairly precise measurments. Not to hard to fix the errors, but makes the next step harder as you may have to shim your roadbed to get your grade right.
Why didn't you just click "Undo?"
I was afraid I'd also loose several rows of shingles along with it
In the future, when making angled cuts especially, I'm going to be sure to cut lengths "to fit" - in other words, I'll start a bit longer than I need and then miter my way down to snug. With several more windows to re-trim, the grief it will ultimately save will be so worth it.On the VW Forum I frequent, one person stated that when making sheet metal repair panels to, "measure three times and then trim to fit".^ Sometimes I measure twice and cut WILDLY
Don't feel to bad.
We've had this happen a few times building the benchwork for model railroads, which require fairly precise measurments. Not to hard to fix the errors, but makes the next step harder as you may have to shim your roadbed to get your grade right.
Rebuilt the Power Steering Pump in my truck. Granted I had some frustrations as indicated in this thread, but I solved it!
^ Nice job. I decided to re-glue an interior trim panel to my passenger side door. The original was destroyed by the dealer during an unrelated warranty repair and the replacement was held on with some cheap glue that has been dripping down the side of the door for some time now, especially in warm weather. I disassembled, removed the old glue, cleaned the area, and re-attached with some Loctite two-part epoxy. That bastard's not going anywhere now.
Nothing like the instant gratification of a quick-and-easy repair job.
Nothing like the instant gratification of a quick-and-easy repair job.
I put in a few hours on this gorgeous Saturday afternoon working on the shingles.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/SPOCKED/DSCN0449.jpg
So there's still one last row to finish off this side of the house. I'll cut them with a miter saw because I need a nice clean line that my hand cutting tool just can't deliver. I have a LOT of shingles left over so we may get going on the opposite side next weekend
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/SPOCKED/DSCN0449.jpg
So there's still one last row to finish off this side of the house. I'll cut them with a miter saw because I need a nice clean line that my hand cutting tool just can't deliver. I have a LOT of shingles left over so we may get going on the opposite side next weekend
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