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Right on Braaa!!!!!

Mercer is a growing part of the northwoods. More affordable than say Manitowish Waters as far as real estate. If you wanted to buy, you might be able to get on a smaller lake or off water for a reasonable price, when I say that don't be shocked at the prices! Mercer caters to the ATV, SXS crowd...

I've been in sales all my life, but never afraid to take on a project. One of the reasons I do alot of this myself is the quality of work that you pay big money for today is not up to my standards. I look at what people pay for work to be done and the end result is embarassing, most people...

When you do things yourself you control your own destiny but everything is also on you to make it happen. I probably worked every day of the last 56 days, most be all day until the sun went down so it's been a lot of hours. Would I do it again, not at my current age, if I was younger I would not...

Used to listen to Tommy Skillet Head when he was in Milwaukee years ago.

We are fortunate and love it up here. I never was allergic to bee stings until a couple of years ago, go figure.

I just finished putting on the drip edge up top today, scary on the high side, but got it done. Put the rest of the ice & water that I had in certain spots on the roof where I thought it should beef that up. I should be high and dry and the rain we get on Friday and Saturday should be the test...

Thanks RPH, it's getting there. A couple of years ago I started having reactions to bee stings and had to start using EPI Pens. Never in my life up to then was I bothered that much, just a little aloe on the sting and it usually went away pretty quick. Now I swell up pretty bad, but find that...

Thanks Pete, It's a race but I am close to winning it.

Last time I checked in we had set the the trusses for the 2nd story and I was starting to sheath the roof upstairs. I really liked Skiroules way to get OSB up on his roof but not for this guy. I hauled up each piece myself and my 66 year body felt every one of the 24 sheets that I put up there...

Any good advice on a garage door opener? No chain drive for me, just looking for some feedback, Thanks!

I started on the difficult side this morning and quite frankly I wasn't sure how I was going to get the 4x8 OSB sheathing up there until about 8am this morning. My plan was to build a ramp and push them up (nothing as elaborate as Skiroule!), set them and start the first row. As you can see that...

Thanks, I'm not particularly worried about it. I have run 2x4's from one end to the other every 5ft (20ft truss, 10ft is middle, another row on each side of that) that have been screwed with timberlok 4-1/2" lag bolts. I also use a lot ofconstruction screws on my OSB sheathing and OSB roofing...

I will be celebrating when I get through with this week!

Nice invention SkiRoule, I wish I had room to try something like that. I am one half of the upper roof away from being decked, gables take a lot of time, but 2 days and I'm getting close to having all the hard work done. A few more ballbuster days and I should be ready to get the felt paper and...

Thanks, I noticed that his were very high walls, over 10ft, maybe more, and they were 2x4 construction. That really baffles me but to each their own. All of my walls are 2x6 construction, also anchored every 3 ft with TimberLOK 6" and 4-1/2" lag screws, (all trusses are anchored with 6" on each...

No Inlaws, it will be a bunkroom eventually and we may use it for living quarters while we re-model the house.

I bought my trusses from Menards and they send everything up to engineering to approve before they sell it to you. The trusses come with a spec seet that approves it for snow load for this area, I guess I will assume they know what they are talking about. I understand what you are saying about...

Today was a ballbuster. I sheathed most of the south side of the upstairs, I had to carry 1/2" OSB up by my retaining wall and heave them up, then I had to take them up the finished roof section and start the row. After a little struggle I figured out a process and was able to get about 3/4 of...

Trusses are on the 2nd story, start sheathing the roof this week. My wif e and I were having a cocktail on the pier because it was so nice tonight I looked up and saw what I had built and it is kind of cool looking from down by the lake. It gives a little insight into what things might look like...