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Look closely at those pictures, yes, those are the concrete footings coming out of the ground, frost is a powerful thing.
New deck is 20 feet by 24 feet, is plumb, and dead nuts level. It is sitting on 11 footings that are 50 to 52 inches below grade. Deck is not attached to the house, it is completely free standing. Skirting is made from all of the off-cut 5/4x6 deck boards.

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Nice job on your deck!

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Next it was on to the side walkway entrance to the back yard. The first picture was taken after I had removed the flag stones, but you get the picture. Again what PO (read moron) did was to essentially sprinkle crushed stone on the earth, and place the flag stones.... Oh, yeah, that is going to look good for about a season... maybe two...

I removed all of the flag stone, and dug down between 3-1/2" to 5". Then spread landscape fabric, and filled with what the stone guy called beach stone (pretty good sized stones, average 1" diameter). Then placed the cleaned up flag stones, and added some solar lights. I am quite pleased with the results, and... yes, myself!

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deck and walkway look great--nice job. I need a new walkway also. when my house was built the guy was so cheap he just put 18x24 stepping stones. been here 9yrs, one of these days lol. anyway nice job.

Kimble

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:jdp: Very Nice Craigerrr...;)

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Nice improvements!

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I love these side projects, they keep us sane.

Looking great, especially love the deck.

Well done!!

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Thanks guys, spent the day putting away just about every tool I own, and cleaning up the garage... I think there is a truck in there somewhere...

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Wow, nice work on the deck and walkway! Nice details on both jobs. So that's where you've been hiding... in the back yard.

After concentrating on my C10 for quite a few months, I have quite a bit of "home"work that needs my attention. I'll have to take a break to do a few jobs on the honey-do list. As goes the saying...happy wife, happy life! :lol:

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Just read your build. I just love how these things snowball from, I'm just doing a bit, to total rebuild. Great job it will be sweet when your done. You mentioned you make and sell custom hoses for a living. Do you make power steering hoses?I'm using a hydra boost and will need some hoses.

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Hey lower50's, yes we make power steering and AC hoses, normally while you wait, PM me and I will give you details. Thanks for posting!

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Pm'd :)

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My body guy finally made some progress on the cab floor, and got paint on the firewall and the underside., so time to build a cab lifter, get the cab back on the frame and start to get back on this thing!!

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Couple pictures

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Cab lifter also doubles as a drywall lifter! Moved it out for some fresh air while I get some boards up.

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Welcome back Craigerr!!!:metal:

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Drywall lifter! That Craiger's a genius!

Nice to see all the big pieces coming back together. :c2:

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:agree:

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Nice job on everything! Im in on following this build.

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I agree, welcome back Craig! It's been awhile since you have posted anything! love the lift, one of the best things I built! I built mine awhile back an have used it to lift the bed off also!

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Welcome back Craig!! Glad to see you making progress on the old girl. Mine should be seeing the road for the first time ever in three weeks.

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I agree with all the guys Craig... nice to see you back posting again. Hope you have a great spring.

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Thanks guys, good to be back on it, hope to get things moving forward soon...

I tagged onto a post about cab mount bushings, thought it would be good to add onto an existing post, doesn't look like many have noticed the thread pop up again, could some of my... followers review and post their advice on the following thread?

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=632118

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Nice work on the home renovations, now let's give the truck some lovin. Looking forward to the progress on it.

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Thanks rustbucket, yours is one of my favorite builds on the forum....

Wouldn't you know that something is always going to come up and keep me from working on the truck... I have a leak in my basement, tore off the drywall, etc. to find a crack that needs to be addressed. Fixing the crack is the small part of the job, putting it all back together with new flooring, lighting, etc. will unfortunately keep me busy for a while.

I do expect to have a productive spring/summer/fall on the truck though