my little project for the weekend..

Anonymous-0 · Oct 28, 2012

Got tired of looking at the green siding and inside walls (plastic tarps) that has been on this runin shed the last 2 years....... Sawmill slabs cost nothing at the mill in town and more "rustic" looking to appeal to the nature lovers that walk by... Just got to hang a couple bird houses (already left a couple ledges and holes on the inside for swallows and drossels) and set up a bird feeder and I think I'll have them off my back for this place....... Just gotta trim in the rubber mats in a couple places.....

Janicholson · Oct 28, 2012

So now you are honing both animal appreciation, and human sensitivity at the same time. Creative! Jim

JD2ACWD · Oct 28, 2012

Ok what have you done with the real dave2? looks good,sorry couldn't resist

S.Crum · Oct 28, 2012

The real test of your 'nature skills' will come when you start using tools out of that shed while it's occupied by the swallows and drossels.
Have fun!

Anonymous-0 · Oct 28, 2012

How'd you get the neighbor kid to do that... Throw
some hay in there so he could roll around in it with
his GF?

Geo-TH,In · Oct 28, 2012

Dave, I would call what you did a Green Job, using FREE scrap materials and making something very useful

George

Anonymous-0 · Oct 28, 2012

(quoted from post at 13:13:49 10/28/12) The real test of your 'nature skills' will come when you start using tools out of that shed while it's occupied by the swallows and drossels.
Have fun!

It's for horses and sees little if any use in summer..... Got some neat little friends back there now that clean up crumbs the foals leave behind... 2 bird houses on the front and maybe a bat house on the side should do it... Just gotta scab a feeder together from the leftover slab ends.....

S.Crum · Oct 28, 2012

I expect the horses will probably be ok with it. We try to keep them birds out of the buildings here. They are always flying at you (defending their turf), everything ends up crawling with bird lice and they poop on everything. No thanks!

James Howell · Oct 28, 2012

Made the same suggestion to Lyle for siding on his sawmill.

Glad you took my suggestion seriously.

Looks like a good job to me and will keep the horses from putting dents in the metal siding.

Much better use of "slabs" than a hog pen up next to the house.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 28, 2012

You call SWMBO "the old bat" are you going to relocate her??

JDseller · Oct 28, 2012

Dave is this the place you needed to drain as well??? The slab siding looks nice and would be better than metal anyway. The horses will dent metal unless you put wood on the inside. Also a few bird and bat don't bother me at all. The bats eat their weight in bugs every night and he birds help on the bugs too.

oldtanker · Oct 28, 2012

Yea what happened to the real Dave???? Now don't go asking for no ransom....we ain't going to pay it!

Looks good Dave.....did all the nails fit in your man purse???????

Rick

Lou from Wi. · Oct 28, 2012

Dave. question! Why didn't you use the good side of the slab(side with little or no bark)inside, then whitewash the outside of the shed? Would make an attracrive shed. Watch out for hornets or bees. They love the sweet sap fron wood, any wood.You need one for your tractor.lol. LOU.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 29, 2012

(quoted from post at 14:26:36 10/28/12) Made the same suggestion to Lyle for siding on his sawmill.

Glad you took my suggestion seriously.

Looks like a good job to me and will keep the horses from putting dents in the metal siding.

Much better use of "slabs" than a hog pen up next to the house.

Lyle's just LAZY :shock:

Anonymous-0 · Oct 29, 2012

(quoted from post at 19:20:07 10/28/12) You call SWMBO "the old bat" are you going to relocate her??

She asked the same thing when I told her I had one (bathouse) on ebay watchlist for her to get.....

Anonymous-0 · Oct 29, 2012

(quoted from post at 20:43:05 10/28/12) Dave. question! Why didn't you use the good side of the slab(side with little or no bark)inside, then whitewash the outside of the shed? Would make an attracrive shed. Watch out for hornets or bees. They love the sweet sap fron wood, any wood.You need one for your tractor.lol. LOU.

Need that blend in effect... I'll let it winter (and prolly summer :roll: ) knock off the loose bark, and hit it with used hydraulic oil (free from SWMBO's company, and the nature folks won't know what it is).... Putting the bark side in leaves splinters and edges exposed so the horses get snagged or (worse yet) start chewing wood.. First layer is bark in for a smoother surface that the gaps are covered with bark out...
We have Honey Buzzards in summer that keep the bad bee numbers down.. Despite the name, they don't bother honeybees that I know of...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Honey_Buzzard

Anonymous-0 · Oct 30, 2012

HaHaHaHa.

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