Seagull River

April 20, 2010

After finishing a quick chimney repair this morning on Gull Lake, I swung by the Seagull River / campgound to see if walleye were running in the river yet.  We didn’t see any running and the water levels are very low this spring, they may even have trouble getting very far upstream.  Was still a [...]

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Assorted Tips

April 19, 2010

Here are a few pieces of advice I found on blog posts, other constructon sites, etc..  The articles were all much longer, these are just a few of the highlights.
    The following is from mcclurebuilders.com
“The biggest reason for remodeling should be that the homeowner loves his or her location and percieves the home to have [...]

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Spring on the Gunflint Trail

April 19, 2010

 
On my way home from looking at a project near Grand Marais, I spotted this calf moose in the swamp to me left and wanted to film it crossing the road.  I wasn’t expecting the cow ( mother ) to be nearby and come out from the right side of the road and follow it’s [...]

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Ham Lake Fire – Building permits

April 17, 2010

The Cook County News-Herald  is reporting that 
“The Board of Commissioners resolved to extend the effective duration of the land use permits issued to properties within the Ham Lake fire area from the existing one-year timeframe to a three-year period.”
    They make it sound like the permits still had to be applied for within 180 days [...]

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A Home is still one of the safest investments

April 8, 2010

“On the positive side for builders, Americans remain invested in the concept of homeownership, according to the survey, which was released this week. Seventy percent believe that buying a home is one of the safest investments they can make. Eighty percent say that homeownership is important to the economy. And they definitely see the value [...]

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Ice on Gunflint Trail lakes

April 7, 2010

It is an early spring on the Gunflint Trail, almost a month earlier than I can remember.  Many lakes are opening up very quickly.  On my way home from a job today, I swung in and took the quick hike down into Moss lake.  It’s fun to see the clear open water, and I was [...]

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Summer Shade

April 7, 2010

Here is a Pergola we built this spring.  I was amazed at the ammount of shade it really does provide at certain times of the day, without very much cost being involved in it.  I think it also adds a unique look to the building.
This one is built mostly out of cedar, so it will last quite [...]

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Interesting construction photo’s

March 30, 2010

A couple photo’s I saw online recently. Enjoy!

 

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Windigo Lodge

March 29, 2010

   I posted earlier that the crew and I took a little time off this winter.  Playing music is one of the things I enjoy doing in my free time.  This video is from just a couple days ago and was filmed on the Gunflint Trail, at Windigo Lodge.
     This was after the Ice Golf [...]

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Priming a wall

March 28, 2010

Here are a few more thoughts to go with the video on my previous post.  I didn’t let the mud dry long at all.  As I showed in the video, I used pretty heavy mud, I only added the slightest bit of  water to it.  The mud was heavy enough to hold it’s shape right [...]

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