Baking Building Sunroom

I finished another project this week building a sun room for a couple across town in Milwaukee.  They are retired with the husband, Rich being ex-military and we were stationed in the same place though different years.  Great guy, a little battle worn over the years but it was nice spending a few days around him and his wife Angie.  She is a great gardener with a three tier back yard with flowers and gardens on all levels.  It was nice listening to her describe all that she has done and what stage various plants or vegetables were in their growing season.

They hired me to build a 12’ x 16’ sun room on a slab recently poured for it.  Rich wants to make it into an outside kitchen for his two grills, one pellet & one charcoal, a smoker, and a refrigerator along with seating area. They also want to replace their deck once they return from a camping trip which they are leaving next week so I will probably get more work shortly to do the deck.

This sun room is a kit that Costco and several other places sell and comes in four large boxes with many parts and pieces.  It was funny looking at the directions and instruction which like everything now had several languages in the booklet.  I noticed that in several of the languages there were additional drawings or details that were not in the English version.  I find that odd that we were slighted in not having the same information as other countries as the detail drawings did show several items more clearly that could have created problems if I had not seen it.  


And yes women, I did look at and read the instructions for information but mainly with all the pieces I wanted to confirm that everything was there.  It was with no leftover screws, washers, or bolts and there were several that were not machined well and could not be used causing a trip to the hardware store for a replacement piece.

End of day 1 walls up and part of room supports up.


During construction there was a heat wave here with temperatures at 100 degrees.  It was hard to stay hydrated but getting a tan easy.  The parts sitting in the sun were extremely hot since there was little to no shade so parts were placed under tables, around the corner to cool them off so they were not too hot to touch.  It was crazy and I had to use gloves several times because items were so hot to the touch.

Day 2 roof panels going in


Day 3 Finishing up and looking great.  


Lost 10 pounds working in the sun, a good way to diet, sweat it out and Richard Simmons was no were in site but was rocking to the oldies on my iphone music.
Angie will send me some photos after it is decorated so it will be nice seeing what they did with the inside as she had some neat ideas.


I'm starting a kitchen remodel tomorrow so I will see where that leads . . . until then have a great week.

Ice

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