Building a small RV park.

[Jim]

Finally getting a start on the roofs.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Darn, @Jim; your place is starting to look like an RV park! Wait a minute; it IS an RV park, right? Looking good!

TJ

 

[MapNerd]

Finally getting a start on the roofs.

Talk about putting a lid on it! Thatreally ties it all together. It’s gorgeous!

 

[Neemer]

I’m running out of superlatives.

 

[Jim]

I’m running out of superlatives.

I'm here for ya brother, check isle 5, beside the suppositories. ?

 

[Jim]

I’ve been trying to give names to the different sites, so I don’t have to call them sites 1,2,3, etc. So, I looked at the attributes of each lot, and then tried to think of a name that fit. For instance, site 1 is beside a huge old Oak tree, so I called it “The Oaks”. Site 4 is beside the Fairway Park area, so I called it “Park Place”. Site 5 is under a large White Pine and there are always squirrels running through it, so I called it “The Squerly Pine”.

But sites 2 and 3 don’t have any real interesting attributes to use in the naming process. They are still awesome sites; they just don’t have anything that sets them apart from the others. And coincidently, at $45 per night, they are the least expensive sites as well.

I decided to call them "Small Doe" and “Little Bucks”. Lol ???

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Finally getting a start on the roofs.

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So Jim, I see you must not have prevailing wind.

 

[Jim]

So Jim, I see you must not have prevailing wind.

That's part of the Deer Springs RV Park experience. We strap you into the gazebo and wait for a good gust. . .

 

[Scooterfan]

Wonderful work...how are you cutting the roof panels (angles). I've used metal blades in skill saws, grinders, and even snips...none of them are easy peasy. Have any advice for an old guy?

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Wonderful work...how are you cutting the roof panels (angles). I've used metal blades in skill saws, grinders, and even snips...none of them are easy peasy. Have any advice for an old guy?

Have someone else do it!!! ok, not funny, backwards saw blade in a skill saw.

 

["EZ"]

Lookin' good Jim!

 

[Scooterfan]

Ah...have not heard that one. Thanks SO much. I'm going to be cutting 10 footers down to 8 soon and that will be much appreciated. Now (sorry), one more question...do you use a rough cut or finishing blade backwards?

 

[BGMAC]

Ah...have not heard that one. Thanks SO much. I'm going to be cutting 10 footers down to 8 soon and that will be much appreciated. Now (sorry), one more question...do you use a rough cut or finishing blade backwards?

Hear you go... Tool Tip: Backward Blades - Extreme How-To Blog

 

[Jim]

Wonderful work...how are you cutting the roof panels (angles). I've used metal blades in skill saws, grinders, and even snips...none of them are easy peasy. Have any advice for an old guy?

@Kevin D Pem nailed it, hire someone! I'm paying a guy $400 for each roof. Absolutely no way I'm getting involved with them. Hard enough if they're just regular roofs, but these things, no way!

 

[MapNerd]

I spent a couple of summers doing roofs as a church project for low income and underserved communities. Learned two things about roofing work:

1. It’s relatively easy mental work once you get into the groove of it
2. It’s relatively backbreaking work no matter how long you’ve been doing it

if you can afford to, hire it out. Not because it’s hard to do, but because it’s hard to do.