A.K.A. “The Not My Boat Project”. I had a job helping someone build a boat. I helped someone with the carpentry to build their own hobby boat made of wood. Did you know you can buy plans on how to build your own boat and make it in your garage, basement, shed, etc? The plans…
Having carpentry as a hobby means helping your family build an out-building is a good way to spend your free time. This was a unique project in that the walls for the shed were already made before I started. I mostly helped with the bottom and top. The roof was pre-assembled on the shed “deck”…
Summary This is a project that I completed while attending the National Science Foundation’s workshope on solar energy and energy engineering in 1981, my junior year in high school. The main discussion throughout the paper is about energy sources that are alternatives to traditional petrochemicals (oil and gas). The passive solar / energy efficiency design…
A collection of house projects I happen to have photos of. Some of them even documented before the Digital Age. I have annotated the pics to show what I was trying to do (touch one if you can’t see it). I’m not proud or embarrassed by the little projects. Maybe you will see something you can…
I created a separate website containing a huge collection of writings my father created later in his life. I repeated part of the “About” page below that describes it. The posts on the website will be a collection of mostly one-page articles written by my father, Jack Briggs. Many were printed in a newsletter at…
Replacement of rotten steps project. My main goal was to open up the boxed-in area under the steps and provide adequate drainage and ventilation. I used new cedar wood for the steps and kept most of the design the same. The pre-cut staircase supports from the big-box stores would not have fit in the existing area…
This photo series shows how to create a small patio area with good drainage. A technique for a surrounding Zen rock garden is also shown.
Fieldstone pavilion made over several summers. Just about all of the work done by hand in the woods. Here is some captions that used to go along with the slideshow: The final product. Bonfire ready | Had help from some machinery to dig channels for the walls | Then I squared out the holes for the…