Great video as always! You seriously deserve to have over a million subscribers. You are severely underrated, but i always appreciate your advice and look forward to your videos!
Mike, you make it look so easy. So natural for you. No idea you were also a musician. Your channel keeps getting better and more interesting. 💞 I want a porch like this now. Fantastic work. Thanks for sharing!
Really enjoy Mike using mud tubs. So many masons won't do that because they think that to be a pro you have a drag around huge and heavy and messy mechanical mixers. Definitely a sign of tried and true experience. Few of us have enough years to remember how the old timers did anything. Stay awesome Mike!
Wow, Mike, I thought they were going to pick you up and take you home. In the 70's I asked my trowel trades instructor why is the frog needed in the brick? at that time we didn't see too many bricks with holes through them just a depression in the center. His answer to me was that once the mortar cured it helped to key the bricks and help the wall or structure from twisting. I don't know if it's true but what I was told. I did not go into this trade but as a millwright, I mixed a lot of concrete foundations for the machinery I installed. I enjoyed watching this one all come together thanks for taking the time to share it with us. Play safe from Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada.
Mike.... Just one more learning adventure when I watch your videos... Yes I am a repeat offender I watch your videos multiple time as I usually forget somthing the first time through..... God Bless and Thanks for sharing....
you can fuss with crown moldings and ceramic tile etc. but there is nothing that sets a house off in a more positive fashion than a nice brick and limestone entrance for curb appeal . it is a classic that is made to last. thanks ( you use that trowel better than i use my spoon!)
Just found your channel a few days ago. I am doing my research to construct a block building, a Huge Thank You!! You have presented an absolutely staggering wealth of knowledge on your channel.
Wow, I can really relate to your song... the title made my laugh but then it wasn't funny anymore when I started to think just how much I resembled that statement. Ah well, great video showing the brick piers, they look great!
Off topic, but the house I grew up in has the same type of brick stoop and ours had super thick slabs of slate on top and when I was a kid, my friends and I would have feats of strength games and in one, I Latinos in front of the stoop and lifted the slab up slightly and lost my grip and it slipped out of my grasp and I ended up getting my twig and berries caught under it for a second and it hurt like crazy and screamed and nobody helped me, so I had to lift it on my own to extracted myself.
Mike, thank you for these exceptional teaching video's. I am also in PA (Central) and have a question regarding temperatures and seasons in which you do or do not do masonry "pointing" of brick, please. Thank you again for the impressive work you do!
Hi C, if I can keep traditional cements from freezing 3 days, I am very content, If i use a fast drying it might be a 3 or 4 hours, everything depends. Thanks mike
Beautiful job Mike. Do you travel for work? My mom bought a 100+ year old house in Jackson NC and the side columns were coated with concrete to hold them in place but that has not cracked and fallen and the main steps cracked in half. I am ordering the wood to repair the wood decking but the large brick sides I fear is too big of a job for this novice. Being a long time viewer I repaired the side brick steps but I would not even know where to buy the very large brick step slabs. My cousin is a truck driver whom I asked if she could go get some of that beautiful PA brick, stones, pavers. She just laughed at me.
Hi Mike. I've been using the mirror rapid set for some jobs. I love it just work fast and be organized. I splashed some on old concrete. What do I use use to get rid of white splatters on old concrete????
Need advice...have a out door concrete porch that had some kind of indoor carpet glued down to the concrete floor. I removed the carpet with no fibers stuck to the concrete...BUT obviously the glue is on the concrete...Was wondering if I can pour resurfacing self leveling high performance cement over the hard glue to cover it up and get a new concrete floor at the same time..it's rate at 1500 to 1800 psi...
Hey Mike! What do you think about the Florida appartment collapse? Sabatoge? Rusted out rebar after 40 years? Poor construction? Construction in Florida is certainly different than Pennsylvania, but it can't be THAT different.
Hi Mike - I loved this video....I always wanted to work on a porch with wingwalls like this. I have a question about where to start a pier /wingwall like that. I always thought that I would have to start a pier / wingwall like that, I would have to start it around 3' deep (the frost line where I live) or it will heave with the frost. The way you did it the footer was already there. Does that have to be 3' deep or just below the grade is fine? Thanks for the help
Beautiful work. May I ask what those things were that looked like thin wooden slats laying on top of the piers before you put the limestone cap on? Are they some sort of spacers that get between the brick and cap?
You do beautiful work! I have virtually the same wing walls on my 1925 craftsman. Do you work down in Carbon County? Gonna be looking to have some concrete and brick work done next year.
awesome video really helps a fellow out! This inspires me to learn more, is there a certain rule for gauging bricks to achieve you're desired Hight? Do you go off the top of a window or door frame so you have a level coarse to put you're angle iron across? Thanks a bunch keep up the awesome videos .
You know you've had a good teacher when, as he sets his brick you say to the phone, "Too low. Put a little more mortar there!" before he breaks out the level.
Being able to "eyeball" is one of the few skills that you ONLY get with years of experience... If it going to be visible I always verify my "eyeball meter" is still calibrated with the proper tool but its a game changer once you can "see" it.
@@grumpycat_1 In art school I was hand levigating a slab of Bavarian limestone to make a lithography print. Suddenly I could feel the high spots and the hollows like they were aches in my back. When I stopped I checked the plane with paper and the metal bar. It was perfect. I never had to check another stone. My professor exclaimed, "Finally someone LEARNS something in my class!".
@@jeremiahshine NICE! ... "feeling it" is even more accurate than "seeing it"... its a game changer... Humans apparently can "feel" a little as 13 nanometer ridges on a surface... That is microscope level resolution.... Until you start trying to make everything "perfect" to the touch... instead of just the eye... Then you have to get into machining or fine woodworking or some other exercise in precision frustration :-)
@@grumpycat_1 I used to rely on my "magnetic hand" to find keys, contact lenses for people, rings and such. They started calling my son "Hawk" in kindergarten because he found things other kids lost. I think he inherited it. 😁
Mike I ordered one of your shirts. It’s the softest t shirt I have. I’m going to buy more as gifts. I wish you had black color shirts. I’m fat, so I got the red one.
Mike curious, when you had to cheat the course, why wouldn't you just shorten brick up against house instead of shortening full bricks(2). Also mortar mix type s no sand needed. Saw part where you mixed "cement" and sand for pointing. That cement was portland, I'm assuming not the S type mix. Lol
Hi JD, so I could return the last brick for a tie in, I remember the contractor bringing me the cement and sand, I might have added some more Portland in for the steps. , I can't remember, Mike
I have searched long and hard to even learn the names of these structures. I have one on each side of my steps that have large gaps between them and the concrete steps. Heck, I didn't even know what to call them not to mention what to do with them.
Mike...I'm confused about something you mention in this video and many of your videos. You said you are using Type S Mortar mix (1 part) to Sand (2 parts). Is the Type S Mortar Mix a pre-mix that you can use directly without the extra 2 parts sand? Why add the sand if it's already mixed in the bag (ie. just add water)? Basically I'm confused between your Type S + Sand vs. Portland + Sand that you have mentioned in other videos for making mortar. Thanks. BTW...you're vids are awesome.
Hi, the premix is a relatively new product where everthing is in it, just add water, I usually buy the s mortar or portland and make my own mixes, I don't add sand to the premix, thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck Thanks very much for the quick reply...you are a gentleman! I was confused by the "S" type on the mortar. I assumed that all "S" type mortar was pre-mix...didn't realize there was "S" type that was not premix You've clarified that for me.
@michaelchilcote6986 yes, but, with huge stone they are usually placed on shims and then cemented or tucked in place like a countertop, its not wrong to leave the shims in, cement is not a glue its a binder but will stick in many cases tucking it properly, a lot depends on the weight of the stone, every situation is different thanks, Mike
You story poled the original piers presumably so they would conform to the steps. Since the steps were being rebuilt shouldn't you have story poled the piers to the rebuilt steps? The flower pots, while pretty, look like the tricks realtors play to cover up mistakes.
The end was worth the price of admission!! 😀😀👍
Thanks Pat, Mike
Is this PatKane from the Marie Antoinette or ma in wyalusing. If it is this is definitely a small world.
@@leontunnicliff1737 no. From Adams County,
Mike, the brick laying was an excellent tutorial, but the ending of the video brought on all the smiles!
Thanks Juliet, Mike
Great video as always! You seriously deserve to have over a million subscribers. You are severely underrated, but i always appreciate your advice and look forward to your videos!
Thanks Gary, I appreciate it, Mike
Mike, you make it look so easy. So natural for you. No idea you were also a musician. Your channel keeps getting better and more interesting. 💞 I want a porch like this now. Fantastic work. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Belle, Mike
Really enjoy Mike using mud tubs. So many masons won't do that because they think that to be a pro you have a drag around huge and heavy and messy mechanical mixers.
Definitely a sign of tried and true experience.
Few of us have enough years to remember how the old timers did anything.
Stay awesome Mike!
Thanks Patrick, I appreciate hearing that, thanks Mike
I'm also a masonry contractor, and I've seen all of your masonry teaching videos and I really like your style and I doreally admire you a lot, master.
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it, thanks Mike
Incredible and inspiring. It IS a big deal that you are teaching so many people and creating videos for posterity. Old world artisanship lives on!
Thanks, Mike
A man of many talents! That song is GREAT! It should be on the old Dr. Demento show.
Thanks, I appreciate it, Mike
And he sings, too. You, Mike Haduck, are awesome !!!!!!!
Thanks Daniel, Mike
Wow, Mike, I thought they were going to pick you up and take you home.
In the 70's I asked my trowel trades instructor why is the frog needed in the brick?
at that time we didn't see too many bricks with holes through them just a depression in the center.
His answer to me was that once the mortar cured it helped to key the bricks and help the wall or structure from twisting. I don't know if it's true but what I was told. I did not go into this trade but as a millwright, I mixed a lot of concrete foundations for the machinery I installed. I enjoyed watching this one all come together thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
Play safe from Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada.
Thanks Scot, mike
Keep on rocking in the free world Mike
They all had a blast getting their pictures taken with you.
How Cool to see this reaction. The steps are Great.
Thanks John, Mike
You make it look easy Mike. My favorite is "I'm just as miserable without you as I was when you were around" or something to that affect.
Thanks Gull, Mike
That's awesome how everybody wanted to get a picture with you Mike
Thanks, yea it was funny, lol mike
Step aside people the master is at work. Thanks Mike 👍
Thanks, Monte, ,I try, Mike
Great video, the only tutorial in UA-cam about a wing wall like it
Thanks edger, Mike
All that experience and you make it look so easy... Master mason class.... I like the ending too..
Thanks Derya, Mike
Mike.... Just one more learning adventure when I watch your videos... Yes I am a repeat offender I watch your videos multiple time as I usually forget somthing the first time through..... God Bless and Thanks for sharing....
Thanks Ernest, Mike
The new shirts are out! You lead a charmed life my friend.
Thanks Brian, mike
Wow Mike. I follow you since years but you can always amaze me.
What a great guy you are!
Thank you for inspiration!
Thanks Gergely, Mike
you can fuss with crown moldings and ceramic tile etc. but there is nothing that sets a house off in a more positive fashion than a nice brick and limestone entrance for curb appeal
. it is a classic that is made to last. thanks ( you use that trowel better than i use my spoon!)
Thanks Brian, mike
I truly wish you were in my area; finding someone to repair brickwork at my home is like finding a needle in a haystack. Thanks for the video’s
Thanks, Mike
I enjoyed seeing their enthusiasm,.. They were really excited getting pictures with you,.. you became a tourist attraction,..
Thanks Randy, Mike
Mike Haduck: Keeping Brick 🧱 work great 👌🏼! Real nice job
Thanks Nicholas, Mike
Just found your channel a few days ago. I am doing my research to construct a block building, a Huge Thank You!! You have presented an absolutely staggering wealth of knowledge on your channel.
Thanks , Mike
Nothing like stomping that sucker flat, Thanks for sharing and taking us along.
Thanks Paul, mike
I know this is old Video but I enjoy watching all of them
And keep on playing that banjo
Thanks Kenneth, yea I stated posting on Facebook where I will be playing in Florida, thanks Mike
Brilliant Mike and love the ending.Best wishes from Wales,UK.
Thanks Richard, it's good to hear from Wales, mike
Wow, I can really relate to your song... the title made my laugh but then it wasn't funny anymore when I started to think just how much I resembled that statement. Ah well, great video showing the brick piers, they look great!
Thanks, Mike
The after picture looks great,what a difference.
Thanks Jadon, 3
Looks fantastic Mike !! What a difference!
Thanks Peter, Mike
Wow thanks a lot for sharing looks like you had some good fun out touring keep up the good work mike 👍
Thanks John, Mike
Another fantastic video Mike. You are the man that I aspire to be sir. Thank you for your hard work and great videos.
Thanks Steve, I try, mike
Your what I always called a smooth operator everything is Easter when u know what your doing
Thanks Kenneth, Mike
Thanks for another masterpiece. Simultaneously informative and entertaining.
Thanks KB, Mike
Those wing walls look really nice mike. Thanks for the video.
Paul
Thanks Paul, Mike
what good job of brick 🧱 Mike you old school stone mason 10out10 👍
Thanks Tom, Mike
Wow... Mike Haduck. A legend in China.
Hi J, A legend in my own mind, lol, Mike
great video mr mike
Thanks Rafael, Mike
He is amazing in explaining
Thanks , Mike
beautiful work mike I love your work spirit
Thanks Dave, Mike
Thank you for the knowledge Mike
Thanks Mickey, Mike
Really beautiful work. Looks great.
Thanks Grassy, Mike
They really like ya 😂 a cowboy!?!!! Look come here take a picture haha. Good vid !
Thanks Dippy, Mike
What I enjoy about your videos, is almost like watching God guild your hands as you work.
Thanks Caemelo, I hope so, Mike
Great job as usual Mike. Love the shirt !
Thanks John, Mike
Off topic, but the house I grew up in has the same type of brick stoop and ours had super thick slabs of slate on top and when I was a kid, my friends and I would have feats of strength games and in one, I Latinos in front of the stoop and lifted the slab up slightly and lost my grip and it slipped out of my grasp and I ended up getting my twig and berries caught under it for a second and it hurt like crazy and screamed and nobody helped me, so I had to lift it on my own to extracted myself.
Hi Joe, I hear you, Mike
Thanks Mike.
Thanks Wayne, Mike
Thank you Mike 🌼🌼🌼
Thanks Eman, Mike
Wow mike them chines people really loved your your music
Thanks Darren, Mike
Lovely work Mike hope your keep well 👍🏻
Thanks L, you too, Mike
mike ..ill give you a trophy if you want
Thanks Frank, lol, Mike
Beautiful job Mike love the two part video
Thanks Rocco, Mike
Looks pretty good for a guy who's just 'winging' it! 😄
Thanks Brian, Mike
Looks great Mike!
Thanks George, Mike
Great job making it new again! You always say no big deal...but your a pro. Lol
Thanks Gibson, mike
i like your video alot Mike good to lean thanks your share
Thanks, Mike
Can you post a video of you playing your songs with guitar? Sounds great!!
Hi Integra, I have another channel called " Mike haduck travel mechanics and music: I have videos and music cds on that one, thanks , Mike
Epic video. Plus, the merch store.
Thanks Timothy, Mike
That looks great, good job.
Thanks, Mike
As always great
Thanks Frank, mike
Mike, thank you for these exceptional teaching video's. I am also in PA (Central) and have a question regarding temperatures and seasons in which you do or do not do masonry "pointing" of brick, please. Thank you again for the impressive work you do!
Hi C, if I can keep traditional cements from freezing 3 days, I am very content, If i use a fast drying it might be a 3 or 4 hours, everything depends. Thanks mike
This vid went by way to fast lol.
Hope all is well Mike, thank you for another great video
Thanks Scott, Mike
Very nice steps! Clean lines and beautiful look. Did you put the cap stones on the next day to let the piers dry?
Hi Tex, yes I was afraid it would move the brick, thanks Mike
Looks great I wish you lived in Chicago
Thanks , Mike
Perfect timing for me! Ty!
Me, too. Just poured the footer.
Thanks Nicole, Mike
Great job
Thanks, Mike
The Boss.
Thanks Richard, Mike
Beautiful job Mike. Do you travel for work? My mom bought a 100+ year old house in Jackson NC and the side columns were coated with concrete to hold them in place but that has not cracked and fallen and the main steps cracked in half. I am ordering the wood to repair the wood decking but the large brick sides I fear is too big of a job for this novice. Being a long time viewer I repaired the side brick steps but I would not even know where to buy the very large brick step slabs. My cousin is a truck driver whom I asked if she could go get some of that beautiful PA brick, stones, pavers. She just laughed at me.
Thanks, I don't travel to work, but I appreciate it, Mike
GREAT WORK 👍🇲🇽
Thanks Jose, mike
What an ending! Did you angle the top stones on the piers away from the house or is that not needed here?
H Brian, I did and a hair away from the steps, thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck Very interesting. Thanks Mike.
Me and my brothers played a little music along the way I knew we had a lot in common
Thanks again, Mike
great job and interesting video!! You do good work :-)
Thanks Sue, the heat is back, Mike
@@MikeHaduck it sure is....glad I'm at my sisters wiyh central air and a pool
Hi Mike. I've been using the mirror rapid set for some jobs. I love it just work fast and be organized. I splashed some on old concrete. What do I use use to get rid of white splatters on old concrete????
Meant to type mortor
You got to get it immediately or it sticks, I usually scrape it off thanks Mike
Need advice...have a out door concrete porch that had some kind of indoor carpet glued down to the concrete floor. I removed the carpet with no fibers stuck to the concrete...BUT obviously the glue is on the concrete...Was wondering if I can pour resurfacing self leveling high performance cement over the hard glue to cover it up and get a new concrete floor at the same time..it's rate at 1500 to 1800 psi...
I have a video out called "concrete step repair, part 4" where I ground down all the glue and re did them, that might help, thanks mike
Hey Mike! What do you think about the Florida appartment collapse? Sabatoge? Rusted out rebar after 40 years? Poor construction?
Construction in Florida is certainly different than Pennsylvania, but it can't be THAT different.
Hi Kevin, they will be arguing about that for months and everybody else will get the blame, thanks, Mike
Hi Mike - I loved this video....I always wanted to work on a porch with wingwalls like this. I have a question about where to start a pier /wingwall like that. I always thought that I would have to start a pier / wingwall like that, I would have to start it around 3' deep (the frost line where I live) or it will heave with the frost. The way you did it the footer was already there. Does that have to be 3' deep or just below the grade is fine? Thanks for the help
Hi Mike, it depends on where or what your doing, hard to say see what codes are in your area, thanks, Mike
Beautiful work. May I ask what those things were that looked like thin wooden slats laying on top of the piers before you put the limestone cap on? Are they some sort of spacers that get between the brick and cap?
Hi, yep just wood so I could slide it on and not damage the brick, thanks Mike
I didn't know we were going to have Johnny Cash sing at the end!!
Thanks yoga, I fake it , Mike
You do beautiful work! I have virtually the same wing walls on my 1925 craftsman. Do you work down in Carbon County? Gonna be looking to have some concrete and brick work done next year.
Hi Mark, actually I am mostly retired, thanks for asking, Mike
@@MikeHaduck Good for you! Thanks for the reply. Enjoy retirement.
awesome video really helps a fellow out! This inspires me to learn more, is there a certain rule for gauging bricks to achieve you're desired Hight? Do you go off the top of a window or door frame so you have a level coarse to put you're angle iron across? Thanks a bunch keep up the awesome videos .
Hi have a video out" brick spacing rule, brick layout, Mike haduck, that should help, Mike
I think i’ll get Mike to build my house
Hi yes, I'm too old for that, lol, Mike
Weather people, they can be wrong, still keep their jobs.
Thanks Saul, very true Mike
Hi Mike - one more question - when I look at type S mortar mix...it already has sand in it. Are you adding more sand to that mix?
Hi Mike not if it had the sand already in it, Mike
You know you've had a good teacher when, as he sets his brick you say to the phone, "Too low. Put a little more mortar there!" before he breaks out the level.
Thanks Jeremiah, Mike
Being able to "eyeball" is one of the few skills that you ONLY get with years of experience... If it going to be visible I always verify my "eyeball meter" is still calibrated with the proper tool but its a game changer once you can "see" it.
@@grumpycat_1 In art school I was hand levigating a slab of Bavarian limestone to make a lithography print. Suddenly I could feel the high spots and the hollows like they were aches in my back. When I stopped I checked the plane with paper and the metal bar. It was perfect. I never had to check another stone. My professor exclaimed, "Finally someone LEARNS something in my class!".
@@jeremiahshine NICE! ... "feeling it" is even more accurate than "seeing it"... its a game changer...
Humans apparently can "feel" a little as 13 nanometer ridges on a surface... That is microscope level resolution....
Until you start trying to make everything "perfect" to the touch... instead of just the eye...
Then you have to get into machining or fine woodworking or some other exercise in precision frustration :-)
@@grumpycat_1 I used to rely on my "magnetic hand" to find keys, contact lenses for people, rings and such. They started calling my son "Hawk" in kindergarten because he found things other kids lost. I think he inherited it. 😁
Mike on this video what size are your joints on average? I know you adjust as you go at times but what is your typical standard size?
Hi Maddog, I would say about 3/8 but anything that works to meet your heights that's not noticeable was a rule of thumb in the union, thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck thanks Mike.
Did you draw the artwork on the t-shirts? Great job as always Mike. Many thanks for sharing.
Hi Ray, I drew the concept ten the girl did the final, thanks Mike
About how much did you charge for this job ? You’re a master !!
It was a contractors job, I didn't bid, Mike
Are some bricks stronger than other ones ? Like is a yellow one stronger than a white one or is red bricks the strongest?
Hi, yes, some are hard like glass and some soft as hard mud, every batch is different, thanks Mike
mike..what would you drop a line from in that specific case?
Hi Frank, it was too small and it was piers but for the side of a building I would thanks mike
Mike I ordered one of your shirts. It’s the softest t shirt I have. I’m going to buy more as gifts. I wish you had black color shirts. I’m fat, so I got the red one.
Hi Joe, thanks I appreciate it, the black didn't show the insignia right, but thanks again, Mike
Mike curious, when you had to cheat the course, why wouldn't you just shorten brick up against house instead of shortening full bricks(2).
Also mortar mix type s no sand needed. Saw part where you mixed "cement" and sand for pointing. That cement was portland, I'm assuming not the S type mix. Lol
Hi JD, so I could return the last brick for a tie in, I remember the contractor bringing me the cement and sand, I might have added some more Portland in for the steps. , I can't remember, Mike
Jim Dandy!
Thanks, Mike
I have searched long and hard to even learn the names of these structures. I have one on each side of my steps that have large gaps between them and the concrete steps. Heck, I didn't even know what to call them not to mention what to do with them.
Thanks JS, Mike
Mike...I'm confused about something you mention in this video and many of your videos. You said you are using Type S Mortar mix (1 part) to Sand (2 parts). Is the Type S Mortar Mix a pre-mix that you can use directly without the extra 2 parts sand? Why add the sand if it's already mixed in the bag (ie. just add water)? Basically I'm confused between your Type S + Sand vs. Portland + Sand that you have mentioned in other videos for making mortar. Thanks. BTW...you're vids are awesome.
Hi, the premix is a relatively new product where everthing is in it, just add water, I usually buy the s mortar or portland and make my own mixes, I don't add sand to the premix, thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck Thanks very much for the quick reply...you are a gentleman! I was confused by the "S" type on the mortar. I assumed that all "S" type mortar was pre-mix...didn't realize there was "S" type that was not premix You've clarified that for me.
Thanks ,Mike
How is that limestone cap adhered to the brick? I’m confused what is holding it on?
Hi Michael, it was cemented on and then tucked underneath, thanks mike
@@MikeHaduck did you remove those wood shims before laying down cement? Were those wood shins just to get it positioned right?
@michaelchilcote6986 yes, but, with huge stone they are usually placed on shims and then cemented or tucked in place like a countertop, its not wrong to leave the shims in, cement is not a glue its a binder but will stick in many cases tucking it properly, a lot depends on the weight of the stone, every situation is different thanks, Mike
Mike, you didn't seem to wet the bricks? Reason?
Because he’s a professional!
Hi, no brick work or block work, I did a video called " should I wet it first, thanks mike
@@MikeHaduck Horizontal "dry", Vertical "wet". Thanks for that video mike.
Mike, your singing formed better relations with China than ping pong.
Forest might be offended if he weren't out on a shrimp boat.
Thanks A, Mike
@@mikeholubek4419 Good one!
I think they thought you were Tim McGraw.
Hi Pete, maybe they thought I was a nut, lol, Mike
youre a hit in China
A legend in my own mind. Lol, Mike
You story poled the original piers presumably so they would conform to the steps. Since the steps were being rebuilt shouldn't you have story poled the piers to the rebuilt steps? The flower pots, while pretty, look like the tricks realtors play to cover up mistakes.
Hi, the owner wanted new piers,so he tore the old ones down, thanks mike