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BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.... A's, G's & E's


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    Post by Vanish Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:01 pm

    Do you have a Home Improvement Project you have been working on ... I have Been doing some work out side .. Some Landscaping .. Have been building this retaining wall for about a Year now ... it will give me some more space for the Vans .... Home Improvement  ProJects ...........  Photo103-vi I will also be putting up a Cover To get out of the Heat and Rain .... Do You have a Project your working on ???? Let's see it ....

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    Post by sasktrini Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:51 am

    Just a light fence, huh? Carry all the lumber in your van? jk almost like the inside of a cabin! Very cool! Not a project for the weak-hearted!
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    Post by Twinpilot001 Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:54 am

    My entire life now is a =Home Improvement project= affraid
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    Post by kykayaker37 Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:40 am

    looks like fort walls nice ,those aint the dainty little poles either,dave
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    Post by Vanish Mon May 14, 2012 4:29 pm

    Got some Gravel Today !!!!

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    Post by HandiVanMan Mon May 14, 2012 6:09 pm

    I just built this sink vanity for my guest bathroom. I went to home depot & everything they had was made out of press wood so I just decided to build one. I built it with all used materials with the exception of a couple of new 1X4's.
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    Everything was rescued from going to the dump enclosing the sink & faucet.












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    Post by Vanish Mon May 14, 2012 6:23 pm

    Jeff That Looks GREAT !!!!!

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    Post by HandiVanMan Mon May 14, 2012 6:42 pm

    Thanks bill,
    I like to do wood work & build stuff so after seeing the crap that home depot & lowes had to offer I just decided to build one. I probaly have $10 or $15 total in it & a little of my time.
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    Post by RodStRace Mon May 14, 2012 7:02 pm

    Saturday I mowed almost all the 2 acre spread. Only spots missed were a couple bare areas and the areas under all the cars/vans. I need to add a few more so I will only have to do the front! Laughing
    Got a total of 30 here, including mine, the SO's and a few friend's. affraid
    Spent the past hour collecting the big hunks of fiberglass that were water tanks rolled up in the back yard. There was a big dust devil yesterday while I was gone that came through, picked them up and tossed one into the neighbor's yard about 60 feet away, and the other in the NEXT neighbor's yard about 300 feet away! 16 feet long, about 8 feet wide. Of course, they didn't break into nice easy to move chunks.
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    Post by HandiVanMan Mon May 14, 2012 7:17 pm

    Bill,
    That's a nice retaining wall you have there!!!
    Looks like you are building Fort Vanish out there in California man!!!
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    Post by Vanish Mon May 14, 2012 7:43 pm

    Rod .. We have been Pulling weeds here for a month !!!! we got almost 3 acres ... Jeff that wall has been a year long project .. and it's on going .. Dont have all the time or money to get it done real quick ... so just have to do it slow ... piece by piece untill it gets done .. one day ..........

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    Post by Nightmoves Mon May 14, 2012 9:04 pm

    There's a wall in China I think similar to yours.I believe they use stone though.Thats a heck of a lotta work bud.A lil 'fun with hydraulics' I bet.
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    Post by BvrWally Mon May 14, 2012 9:20 pm

    Just recently finished this living room cabinet at my Beach Home!
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    Post by HandiVanMan Mon May 14, 2012 11:00 pm


    Great looking work man. That looks professional
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    Post by Vanish Tue May 15, 2012 6:26 am

    Great Looking Wood work !!!!!

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    Post by austinmodhouse Tue May 15, 2012 9:17 am

    home improvements, wow you hit the nail on the head. in the past week I’ve worked on refinishing floors, putting glass tile up at the outdoor shower, installed a window and replaced some siding at our camp on the blanco river, painted the ceiling in the screen room and carport, helped the wife make a flower box… hired a drywall paint touch up guy, a tree service to trim about 20 oak tree. this was all just the past ten days. we were scheduled to have a prime time reality show start production here this week, but the show was cancelled before the first episode ever aired. amazing how much work can be done in a short time if you think you NEED to have it done.

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    Post by Vanish Wed May 30, 2012 11:22 am

    Here's a Taste of someone's else's Reality !!!! Unreal !!!!!!!...

    http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147690

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    Post by Vanish Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:57 pm

    Had a Sea Tanier Moved today !!!!!
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    Post by RipVanArkie Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:43 pm

    https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/BS-Builders/117207625034446
    Been too busy to update our page this summer. This is what keeps me from working on my Early Fleet, started a remodeling business early last year.

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    Post by Van Halen Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:49 pm

    I am starting a cabin up in the mountains. I just finished the floor system and the septic. I want to build this completely off the grid.

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    Post by kayjsharp Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:06 am

    wow! this looks amazing.
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    Post by austinmodhouse Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:47 am

    gotta love an off-grid cabin. it’s good to have a plan B for the zombie apocalypse.

    we have a little cabin on the blanco river, it is semi off grid. I use the electric pole for a/c but hope to get enough solar or wind that I can power a mini/split DC (48 volt) air conditioner in the future. and I need a water well. right now I haul in water 50 gallon at a time, have a 275 gallon tank on site and one of those camping water heaters for showers.

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    and I built a floating coffee table to use when we soak in that river. it holds the beer and pork rinds

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    and that is why my vans have been on the back burner, none of them have a/c and it’s hot here in texas.
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    Post by Big W Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:58 pm

    Van on the back burner..I here that. This took 2 weeks out of my 2 weeks of hollidays. But at least now you won't fall through the floor. lol! Home Improvement  ProJects ...........  Floor_10Home Improvement  ProJects ...........  Floor_11Home Improvement  ProJects ...........  Floor_12. That should hold the wife off for a while...lol...now back to vanning. cheers
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    Post by Vanish Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:16 pm

    This is a Truely amazing Thred at the Garage Journal !!!! if you have some spare time Check it out !!!

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    Post by Van Halen Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:59 am

    Finally got some walls up!!

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