Hello, I am a new homeowner and I already have plans and projects that I'm just excited to get done. This is my first house, and I've done quite a variety of home improvement stuff over the years with my dad. I'm very much the DIY type of person, and love working on anything that I could do...

i want to build a removable gazebo off my back porch. my porch is elevated approx 4 ft off the ground. the base is brick. i had an idea that i would build a pocket or lip toward the top of the base with hardware to hold the 2 x 4 or 4 x 4 in the pocket. i think i want the pocket to be made of...

I am finishing the ceiling in the gazebo. Hip roof. Trim question: Need to trim the corners and around the rafters. The corner pieces came together fairly well but around the rafters I have decent sized gaps to hide behind the trim. Not sure what wood I should use to trim it with. I found a...

Hello everyone First post so let me know if I need to give any additional info I will be pouring a new concrete patio soon to replace my old wood deck. It will be aprox. 4 inch thick fiber reinforced with wire mesh reinforcements as well. The whole slab will be about 750 sq. ft total. I...

We have a 10x12 canvas top gazebo with a steel frame. My husband refuses to drill into the newly pour concrete slab. I was thinking we could anchor it down by using 35 pound concrete planters filled with play sand and river rock, and topping it with 3 inch think flagstone pieces. Maybe even...

hey guys my 1st post here since introducing myself I've built a 10' square gazebo or patio base using 6" depth of crushed limestone compacted down twice covered with 2' square patio slabs that i had lying around, framed by some 4x4" pressure treated posts. See attached IMG_1186.jpg, it turned...

I have been trying to decide if I want to do round columns or 6x6 posts for a hip roof gazebo. I am leaning towards square posts. My plan is a basic 4 post open air 10x12 structure and am wondering what is the best way to anchor the posts. I am in snow country so a 48" hole with a 1' footing but...

I want to build a gazebo to cover my grilling area like the one in the photo. I'm out there all year long and am tired of being snowed and rained on. I don't have a problem with the framing but I am not sure about the columns. These types of post columns can be found at the major home stores and...

Not sure if this is the right forum (electric versus landscaping). I like to put a hot tub in my backyard. When my house was build, in 1958, overhead lines where strung everywhere. Two sides of my yard have power poles with lines and the service to the house cuts right across the backyard. I...