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Sonora Island, BC - 2003
George Stephenson's sawmill
(Dec. 2002)
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Sonora Island, BC - 2003
George with a salvaged old growth fir
(Dec. 2002)
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Sonora Island, BC - 2003
Leaving George's with a
load of lumber for the hottub
(Feb. 2003)
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Hot tub lumber stacked for drying
(Feb. 2003)
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Planning the hot tub on the house deck
No, it won't be located here
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter masking up to begin
planing hot tub boards
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter scribing 7' hot tub outline
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha and boards for the hot tub floor
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Section of hot tub floor
glued and clamped
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter scribing outline on hot tub floor
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter scribing outline on hot tub floor
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Two sections of hot tub floor
glued and braced
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Last two sections of floor glued and "clamped"
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Hot tub side boards planed
and ready for next step
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Shallow hot tub
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Spacing the beams on the uncut floor
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Checking to see how the center beam
goes with the lay of the land
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Sizing up the location
of the pier blocks
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Flipping the hot tub floor
so the up side is up
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Half way flipped
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
On its way over
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha enjoying a hot tub
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter scribing the circle to cut
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Hot tub bottom now a circle
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Hot tub bottom
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Pier blocks assembled for the foundation
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Setting the Clamp 'n Guide
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Cutting a true edge
with the help of the guide
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Cutting the other edge true
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
The jig we used to cut the bottom circle
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Cutting the dado
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Our gorgeous hot tub side boards
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
The first cuts of the dado
the rest will be done with a router
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Clamping so the boards don't move
while routing the dado
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Routing the dado
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Routing the dado
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Checking the pier block bed for rough level
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Carpenter's clutter
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Center beam in place
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Laborer delivering another beam
to the job site
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Custom foundation masonry
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Two beams in place
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Digging a hole for another pier block
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha adding sand
to level the pier block bed
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
All beams in place and level
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Sanding the floor
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha positioning the floor
on the beams
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
The floor in place
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Whew! A long day
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
View from the deck
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha sanding the side boards
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Another one finished
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter making a jig to hold up the sides
during assembly
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Adding to the jig
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Scribing lines to center the side boards
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Hottub taking shape
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter adjusting the leg of the spider
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Foxglove and hottub
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter putting in the last side board
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Hot tub held together with duct tape
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Hot tub held together with steel straps
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
George Stephenson and Peter
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Partially dismantling the hot tub
to reposition some wall boards.
So they won't fall down the hoops are
tied to the four gizmos on top the wall.
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Sample of Sikaflex caulking -
tomorrow we Sikaflex the hot tub joint
where the wall and bottom meet.
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Hot tub deck - sample joists.
The sticks mark where posts will be.
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Four concrete footings for hot tub deck posts
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Back yard
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Misty day - working on footings
and posts for the deck
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Two deck posts in place
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Two new footings - new design - hole filled with beach rocks with concrete pad on top
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
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Planning placement of steps
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
July 21 - the deck is taking shape
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Snorkel hot tub stove, stove pipe,
cedar boards for fence
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Four more deck footings "poured"
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Trial deck board
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Trial deck board
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Deck posts tied to hot tub support beams
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Decking starting to go in
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Decking starting to go in
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Decking done for now -
no more lumber
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Hot tub stove moved to deck
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Laying out the lower landing for the steps
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Landing frame positioned in its hole
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
A little concrete to hold it in place
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Add rocks and gravel from the beach
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
A layer of concrete
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
And the surface layer of bricks
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Prototype whatchamacallit (the carpenter is having a little trouble with the steps and we have limited lumber)
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Steps under construction
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter working on steps
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha on completed steps
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
August 11 - Martha trying out the "hot" tub
with 16 inches of water
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Stove installed, fence started
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Stove and fence installed
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha and the stove fence
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha in the hot tub - hot water tomorrow
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter feeding the stove
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha and Ducky
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Peter
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Ducky in corral
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha enjoying a tub
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Edna Bay, BC - 2003
Martha and Peter in the hot tub