June 2003 - Hot tub project


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George Stephenson's sawmill
(Dec. 2002)


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George with a salvaged old growth fir
(Dec. 2002)


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Leaving George's with a
load of lumber for the hottub
(Feb. 2003)


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Hot tub lumber stacked for drying
(Feb. 2003)


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Planning the hot tub on the house deck
No, it won't be located here


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Peter masking up to begin
planing hot tub boards


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Peter scribing 7' hot tub outline


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Martha and boards for the hot tub floor


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Section of hot tub floor
glued and clamped


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Peter scribing outline on hot tub floor


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Peter scribing outline on hot tub floor


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Two sections of hot tub floor
glued and braced


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Last two sections of floor glued and "clamped"


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Hot tub side boards planed
and ready for next step


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Shallow hot tub


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Spacing the beams on the uncut floor


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Checking to see how the center beam
goes with the lay of the land


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Sizing up the location
of the pier blocks


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Flipping the hot tub floor
so the up side is up


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Half way flipped


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On its way over


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Martha enjoying a hot tub


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Peter scribing the circle to cut


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Hot tub bottom now a circle


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Hot tub bottom


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Pier blocks assembled for the foundation


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Setting the Clamp 'n Guide


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Cutting a true edge
with the help of the guide


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Cutting a true edge
with the help of the guide


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Cutting the other edge true


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The jig we used to cut the bottom circle


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Cutting the dado


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Our gorgeous hot tub side boards


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The first cuts of the dado
the rest will be done with a router


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Clamping so the boards don't move
while routing the dado


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Routing the dado


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Routing the dado


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Checking the pier block bed for rough level


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Carpenter's clutter


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Center beam in place


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Laborer delivering another beam
to the job site


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Custom foundation masonry


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Two beams in place


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Digging a hole for another pier block


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Martha adding sand
to level the pier block bed


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All beams in place and level


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Sanding the floor


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Martha positioning the floor
on the beams


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The floor in place


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Whew! A long day


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View from the deck


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Martha sanding the side boards


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Another one finished


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Peter making a jig to hold up the sides
during assembly


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Adding to the jig


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Scribing lines to center the side boards


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Covered against the night dew


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Hottub taking shape


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Peter adjusting the leg of the spider


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Foxglove and hottub


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Peter putting in the last side board


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Hot tub held together with duct tape


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Hot tub held together with steel straps


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George Stephenson and Peter


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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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Sample of Sikaflex caulking -
tomorrow we Sikaflex the hot tub joint
where the wall and bottom meet.


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Hot tub deck - sample joists.
The sticks mark where posts will be.


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Four concrete footings for hot tub deck posts


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Back yard


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Misty day - working on footings
and posts for the deck


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Two deck posts in place


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Two new footings - new design - hole filled with beach rocks with concrete pad on top


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Planning placement of steps


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Planning placement of steps


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July 21 - the deck is taking shape


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Snorkel hot tub stove, stove pipe,
cedar boards for fence


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Four more deck footings "poured"


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Trial deck board


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Trial deck board


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Deck posts tied to hot tub support beams


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Decking starting to go in


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Decking starting to go in


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Decking done for now -
no more lumber


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Hot tub stove moved to deck


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Laying out the lower landing for the steps


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Landing frame positioned in its hole


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A little concrete to hold it in place


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Add rocks and gravel from the beach


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A layer of concrete


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And the surface layer of bricks


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Prototype whatchamacallit (the carpenter is having a little trouble with the steps and we have limited lumber)


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Steps under construction


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Peter working on steps


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Martha on completed steps


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August 11 - Martha trying out the "hot" tub
with 16 inches of water


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Stove installed, fence started


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Stove and fence installed


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Martha and the stove fence


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Martha in the hot tub - hot water tomorrow


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Martha and Peter in the hot tub


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Martha enjoying a tub


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Martha and rubber ducky