Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat Building a garage-apartment with a pond view

At least the weather gave you a break from the temps this weekend. It's coming along nicely, and the view will be tremendous! Hopefully you had the clouds all weekend that were here.

Wow nice work. I am pulling for you on this one I check this thread after each weekend. Very impressive progress for a husband and wife team. I would be excited If I were you after seeing the last picture. Waking up in the morning to that view will never get old. GOOD JOB AND GOOD LUCK.

Excellent.

I appreciate those OH doors, installed just for those of us from the Buckeye state, no doubt.

Great work Brettski, and Blair said what I believe we all feel, we are all pulling for you Bman. Just be careful and stop standing on the tops of ladders.

That being said I can just picture you in the morning with a cup of coffee looking out over that pond view. It's going to be sweet.

N O - W O R D S - N E E D E D !!!





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I've been an OSHA disaster looking for a place to happen my entire life. If the tops of ladders weren't meant to be stood upon, why did they make it look so much like the other 6 tops I used to get there?

I must agree with jeff stay off the tops of those ladders.Just be careful and stop standing on the tops of ladders.

I bet he pulls the tags off of matresses too.

That's just un-American!

About 2 weeks ago a ladder got me or I got myself. I was trimming a tree at a rent house. Its limbs were on my house and a neighbors. I had both an extension and a step ladder. I finished cutting everything down in my yard and put the extension ladder and chainsaw into the neighbors yard. I got up on their house and cut back limbs that I could reach. However, there was that I couldn't get to from the top of the house. So, I went down and put the ladder at a goofy angle on the tree. I had to do it to keep the limb from falling on me. I knew I should have used the step ladder but..... I went up and cut the limb off and took a step down on the ladder. It started going sideways and my first response was to throw the saw away from me. I figure that increased my inertia heading to the ground. As I was descending I remember telling myself to not try to break the fall with my hands. I had broken my right wrist previously due to an error in judgment involving a dozer. I pulled my arms in to my chest and hit on my chest and right hand which was balled into a fist. It hurt. I laid there about 2 seconds and tried to get up. I made it to my feet on the second try but had knocked the breath out of myself. I hurt from my sternum to my backbone and figured I had broken a rib. Broken ribs are something else that errors in judgment has given me experience with. When I got my breath back I started for the gate to go home and apply ice or go to the Doc. Then I noticed 2 back yards full of limbs. I couldn't leave things that way. So, I spent about an hour slicing, dicing, bundling, tieing up and hauling to the curb. Then I went home, took a shower, and applied ice for the next 8 to 10 hours. I figured out that the ribs weren't busted because I could breathe and cough without crying. The next day I went to the Chiropractor to get ribs put back where they belonged. I've known him for 20+ years and is a pretty good guy. He asked me to give him all the details leading to my visit. A moment or so after my recitation, he started laughing. He said "Boy, I wish I had seen that". His next statement was something about his appreciation on helping to pay his daughters college tuition. My Wife got home later and didn't share his sense of humor. By now, the discoloration has almost completely disappeared and I'm only a little sore.

I have some pictures relating to this in an e-mail. Any ideas on how to get them on here?

Ouch, glad it wasn't worse.

Dave

Glad you are feeling better..
Next time call me and I will come and help..

Otto

A good friend of mine died hanging Christmas lights about ten years ago when he fell off of a ladder. It was only a one story house but he broke a rib which punctured a lung which put a blood clot in his heart. Dave you were lucky not to have been hurt worse.

Going up?

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I calculated 3 days to finish sheathing the 1st floor and installing the 2nd floor subfloor. I only missed it by 1 day. Since this 2nd floor decking is actually my temporary roof, it was critical that we completed it's installation for rain protection. As always, Dski delivered another memorable construction performance.

The view of the pond just keeps getting better.

Coming along nicely, sir! How long is that sheathing rated for exposure to the elements?

300 days

Oh heck, the real roof will be on LONG before then!

Plus one!!!

Good stuff Brettski.

I stand up there and think to myself "hmmm...what about a 1200 sq ft screen house?"

Not so good in February.

What about a Conservatory stuck on the end???

Of course then you couldn't throw stones.

Now you understand why I said "windows man windows".

Not to late to add a couple of bay windows - they add view space and are great to sit in on sunny days.

+ 3 on the view.

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