Sage advice. Nonetheless, I still manage to forget it at least once a build and spend at least twice the time compensating for my negligence than had I just spend the time making it square in the first place.
Hey, don't beat yourself up it is what it is, the first time anyone does something it's usually a learning, you get it after you're done and you begin to think back how you did this and what mistakes you made, that's human bro, now you're a legend because you can teach someone to do a similar job like this, thanks for the video...
Nice work! As I think a few others have pointed out in the build video, you will deal with rot issues eventually with those posts in the ground. Hopefully it will take a while cuz they are so thick, but beware. That can be fixed still with some post bases. It’ll just be and ass load of work. Also watch for termites
Thanks for sharing the “warts and all”. I appreciate the authenticity but you really do have some mad skills. I was sure that you worked doing something similar because while you didn’t make it look easy, you certainly appeared very confident about what you were doing. Bravo!
I built a measly pergola over my swim spa. I had been looking at Home Depot and Lowes for lumber and I decided on one place. I just bought pressure treated pine and stained it. I picked out the best lumber I could find but it was all sort of ugly. I washed and bleached dryed and stained it all. I have a concrete slab that we had poured and I wish I had made it bigger because my 6x6 lumber barely fit on it. I drilled and used expanding bolts to hold down the pretty black mounting brackets. And used brackets at the top which really helped with time. I spent around $1500. on my project. My next project is going to be a gazebo so we have more space to hang out. I'm thinking a good kit this time. I'm going to try and dry pour the concrete. You got it done and it will take time for me too. But I always "Press On Regardless!" Thanks for sharing. Yes I'm a newbie too. :)
a lot of the builds on YT are really beautiful, but the attitude to safety is a bit lax in North America compared to Europe. Eye protection of course, as everyone is saying, but using heavy circular saws while standing on a ladder, not taping off the area, swimming pools with water in while using corded power tools, children on site, and some of the wiring is a bit suspect too: I'd be using a plastic channel to stop the wire chafing later on (I quite like using spare bits of quality hosepipe too, as it's cheap, strong and the correct diameter). One other cringe I saw was using a ruler to guide a circular saw cut, holding the machine one handed...great way to end up one handed....
Can you provide the name of the company who sold you the polycarbonate sheet. I'm looking for some sheets, but I can't find a big sheet like yours. Thanks
Hey! I don’t have the company name since the sheets had no name I could find online. Probably an asian or russian brand. krishi.ca/product/polycarbonate-sheet-7-ft-19-ft/ Here is a similar product I found by googling “polycarbonate sheet 7ft x 19ft”
Dude! That's too funny! Hilarious recap! I had a nightmare experience building a custom fence for my pool this summer. Also, filmed it all and now editing for the very first time. I know exactly how hard you worked.
Another applicable saying is..."Necessity is the Mother of Invention"! Great job, BTW. I'm putting my parts list together today. Hopefully after studying your entire process I'll get mine done in a week? I'm definitely an optimist. I'm not burying my posts (8x8s) and my structure is only 10' x 14'.
I'll take pics. I have a "Face for Radio". Even though it's getting close to Halloween, I wouldn't want to frighten the children. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for the inspiration, and have a great week! My mother in law lives in Victoria, B.C.
first off, what an amazing job! Really inspires me to want to do it myself! Second, I literally watched this entire video just to make sure that you did actually mention safety gear lol. Your choice of footwear and lack of eye protection was driving me insane the whole time.🤣🤣 seriously though what an amazing job!
Haha thanks! Appreciate the comment. DIYer over here and I sometimes just wants to work in my free time for a few hours and dont want to waste time to get dressed with protective gear. 🤣
Life is about learning, We talk about I wish I was like this guy or that guy or be as smart as Albert Einstein and than someone else comes along and we change our minds so what am I saying by this is that life teaches us new lessons even when we know what is best life says what what about this or that or change this technique or that. Eitherway the Gazebo project was a major success, maybe some hip cups but it came out perfect as you envisioned it.
#3 - I prefinished everything on my recent deck build. A pain, but worth it in the long run. Addressing another point or two; I typically leave my lumber "wild," as well, preferring to cut to length after I've installed the relevant pieces in place. This gives a more accurate fitment at the cost of the installation being both more dangerous, typically, as well as a PITA, so don't feel bad about it.
How did you learn how to do the joinery? Was there a book / website that you referenced? I'm also interested unbuilding a timber frame structure but have always been intimidated by trying to get everything fit together tightly.
Yes! I learnt here on youtube mostly, and online research. I also bought this book about timber framing. amzn.to/3QXJUrw I the bought the chisel and auger bit and got to work! Check out my "Gazebo Cost" video if you want to see all the things I bought to make these joints.
Thanks for making this video! This is helpful as I am debating if I should do the same and ask for forgiveness after. How did you resolve your issues with the city with them saying the street visual is not up to code?
In my case, the permit would have been approved no problem, but in my city, theres an exception which states that you cannot have a pergola or gazebo on the side of the house if its beside a side street (corner lot house). Which is my case. I had to pay 600$ for them to revise my particular case, and attached, I sent the pictures showing it would not obstruct the visibility and I explained in a quick paragraph that this should not apply to our property, as our house was built very far back, leaving us with a tiny backyard and a massive front and side yard. With these explanations, they did their “study” and accepted the permit. I never take out permits and this one I really wanted too, as I knew I was going to build something that would add a lot of value to the house. Last thing I wanted was for them to tell me I would have to tear it down if I sold the house. Best of luck to you and your project!
Well, wood pegs normally are like the screws that hold it all together. But in this build, they are only usefully if theres a tornado that tries to suck up the roof.
I believe they were 8mm or 10mm thick. I cannot find the link online, I found someone near me that had a container full, they measured around 19ft long by 7ft wide. Absolutely massive!
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Thanks for sharing your experience 👏🏼
Thank you! I appreciate you!
I did a few of the same things when I was building my 12 by 12 workshop. Here's the biggest lesson I learned "almost square, isn't square'
Sage advice. Nonetheless, I still manage to forget it at least once a build and spend at least twice the time compensating for my negligence than had I just spend the time making it square in the first place.
Hey, don't beat yourself up it is what it is, the first time anyone does something it's usually a learning, you get it after you're done and you begin to think back how you did this and what mistakes you made, that's human bro, now you're a legend because you can teach someone to do a similar job like this, thanks for the video...
Thank you! Glad all the videos are gonna help someone out!
Nice work! As I think a few others have pointed out in the build video, you will deal with rot issues eventually with those posts in the ground. Hopefully it will take a while cuz they are so thick, but beware. That can be fixed still with some post bases. It’ll just be and ass load of work. Also watch for termites
Every once in a while his accent reminds me of Father Guido Sarducci
Lolll I like that! 😂
Howdy.. I like your outside fire / stove. Where can l get one like it ? (Cool narration/voice /accent)
Thanks for sharing the “warts and all”. I appreciate the authenticity but you really do have some mad skills. I was sure that you worked doing something similar because while you didn’t make it look easy, you certainly appeared very confident about what you were doing. Bravo!
5:27 you crazy my man. I know this was done to show us how much you saved but what the actual...save on one end, lose on the other?
I built a measly pergola over my swim spa. I had been looking at Home Depot and Lowes for lumber and I decided on one place. I just bought pressure treated pine and stained it. I picked out the best lumber I could find but it was all sort of ugly. I washed and bleached dryed and stained it all. I have a concrete slab that we had poured and I wish I had made it bigger because my 6x6 lumber barely fit on it. I drilled and used expanding bolts to hold down the pretty black mounting brackets. And used brackets at the top which really helped with time. I spent around $1500. on my project. My next project is going to be a gazebo so we have more space to hang out. I'm thinking a good kit this time. I'm going to try and dry pour the concrete. You got it done and it will take time for me too. But I always "Press On Regardless!" Thanks for sharing.
Yes I'm a newbie too. :)
Awesome dude! Best of luck on the summer project!
a lot of the builds on YT are really beautiful, but the attitude to safety is a bit lax in North America compared to Europe. Eye protection of course, as everyone is saying, but using heavy circular saws while standing on a ladder, not taping off the area, swimming pools with water in while using corded power tools, children on site, and some of the wiring is a bit suspect too: I'd be using a plastic channel to stop the wire chafing later on (I quite like using spare bits of quality hosepipe too, as it's cheap, strong and the correct diameter). One other cringe I saw was using a ruler to guide a circular saw cut, holding the machine one handed...great way to end up one handed....
Thanks for watching!
Can you provide the name of the company who sold you the polycarbonate sheet. I'm looking for some sheets, but I can't find a big sheet like yours. Thanks
Hey! I don’t have the company name since the sheets had no name I could find online. Probably an asian or russian brand.
krishi.ca/product/polycarbonate-sheet-7-ft-19-ft/
Here is a similar product I found by googling “polycarbonate sheet 7ft x 19ft”
Dude! That's too funny! Hilarious recap!
I had a nightmare experience building a custom fence for my pool this summer. Also, filmed it all and now editing for the very first time. I know exactly how hard you worked.
Hahaha thanks. Yeaa… its a crap ton of work. Not sure if building this or editing took longer at this point loll
i love DIY videos like this where you don't go into detail on exactly what you're doing and just focus on sharing the timeline and story.
Glad you like them!
Another applicable saying is..."Necessity is the Mother of Invention"! Great job, BTW. I'm putting my parts list together today. Hopefully after studying your entire process I'll get mine done in a week? I'm definitely an optimist. I'm not burying my posts (8x8s) and my structure is only 10' x 14'.
@@edrosenquist6541 nice! Best of luck! Film the process! (Actually that might make it take double the time) 😂
I'll take pics. I have a "Face for Radio". Even though it's getting close to Halloween, I wouldn't want to frighten the children. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for the inspiration, and have a great week! My mother in law lives in Victoria, B.C.
Walther pdp sd pro
I think it looks great. What species lumber did you use?
Thanks. Its all hemlock
I don't think you made a mistake, just found a different way to do it haha. Looks fantastic.
Looks a little big for the yard
Design is subjective. But yes, its massive. We love it!
Live and learn we all do these things
thanks for sharing! what is the name of the protective film you put around the posts before concreting them in?
Watch my “how much it cost to build “ video I put it there
Thanks for the comment!
first off, what an amazing job! Really inspires me to want to do it myself! Second, I literally watched this entire video just to make sure that you did actually mention safety gear lol. Your choice of footwear and lack of eye protection was driving me insane the whole time.🤣🤣 seriously though what an amazing job!
Haha thanks! Appreciate the comment. DIYer over here and I sometimes just wants to work in my free time for a few hours and dont want to waste time to get dressed with protective gear. 🤣
wow, amazing postmortem. Thank you sir!
Life is about learning, We talk about I wish I was like this guy or that guy or be as smart as Albert Einstein and than someone else comes along and we change our minds so what am I saying by this is that life teaches us new lessons even when we know what is best life says what what about this or that or change this technique or that. Eitherway the Gazebo project was a major success, maybe some hip cups but it came out perfect as you envisioned it.
Thank you for the comment!
#3 - I prefinished everything on my recent deck build. A pain, but worth it in the long run.
Addressing another point or two; I typically leave my lumber "wild," as well, preferring to cut to length after I've installed the relevant pieces in place. This gives a more accurate fitment at the cost of the installation being both more dangerous, typically, as well as a PITA, so don't feel bad about it.
Smart! Thanks for sharing!
How did you learn how to do the joinery? Was there a book / website that you referenced? I'm also interested unbuilding a timber frame structure but have always been intimidated by trying to get everything fit together tightly.
Yes! I learnt here on youtube mostly, and online research. I also bought this book about timber framing. amzn.to/3QXJUrw
I the bought the chisel and auger bit and got to work! Check out my "Gazebo Cost" video if you want to see all the things I bought to make these joints.
Mounted a tv to the post using ZeboZAP
This video got you another subscribe and it’s me lol. Thanks for sharing all the info.
Thank you! I appreciate it. What exactly got you to subscribe? Just curious at what point you decided to subscribe
You should always have eye protection, especially in front of fire! You only get one set of eyes
Okay fine. from now on, I will wear glasses all the time.
Thanks for making this video! This is helpful as I am debating if I should do the same and ask for forgiveness after. How did you resolve your issues with the city with them saying the street visual is not up to code?
Thanks for watching and hopefully subscribing!
In my case, the permit would have been approved no problem, but in my city, theres an exception which states that you cannot have a pergola or gazebo on the side of the house if its beside a side street (corner lot house). Which is my case.
I had to pay 600$ for them to revise my particular case, and attached, I sent the pictures showing it would not obstruct the visibility and I explained in a quick paragraph that this should not apply to our property, as our house was built very far back, leaving us with a tiny backyard and a massive front and side yard. With these explanations, they did their “study” and accepted the permit.
I never take out permits and this one I really wanted too, as I knew I was going to build something that would add a lot of value to the house. Last thing I wanted was for them to tell me I would have to tear it down if I sold the house.
Best of luck to you and your project!
'necessity is the mother of invention'
Love it.
Are your posts 8"x8"? I really like them
Yes they are! They’re a true 8”
thanks for sharing
I want to buy the palns but can you provide it with metric system .
Thank you for the suggestion! I will look into this
How about put some solar panels on the flat top ?
For sure! It was an idea. But maybe I’ll do that if I decide to do solar on the whole house as well
@@mateostabio The Gazebo roof alone would be large enough for at least 4kW solar panels, that is probably enough for hot water and house heating.
@@bubbatennessee7531 maybe for a future project and video!
How much did you pay for your pool?
The pool is old from 1995 i think. It was the previous owner that got that installed. Its a vinyl liner pool
@@mateostabio It still looks nice!!!
You sure saved a ton of money doing it yourself.
ahhh the Canadian tuxedo..... 😂
I had to 😝
I don’t know much but what were the wood pegs for?
Well, wood pegs normally are like the screws that hold it all together. But in this build, they are only usefully if theres a tornado that tries to suck up the roof.
Its really what holds the beams/roof to the posts.
@@mateostabio ahhhhh I get it now lol I thought u were gonna leave some of it sticking out to hang stuff 🤣🤣🤣🤦♂️
Mistake 11. You own a Tesla
A cars a car and is totally subjective. Thanks for watching!
@@mateostabio yeah. It surely looks like a car but its far from a good one;)
Thanks!
Thanks! First super thanks I get!
what poly carbonate sheets did you use?
I believe they were 8mm or 10mm thick. I cannot find the link online, I found someone near me that had a container full, they measured around 19ft long by 7ft wide. Absolutely massive!
This is the way
The only way! Thanks for watching