June 2003 - Hot tub project
 B.C., SNI George Stephenson's sawmill (Dec. 2002)
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 B.C., SNI George with a salvaged old growth fir (Dec. 2002)
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 B.C., SNI 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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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
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