Flying Dutch 700 gallon in wall tank-living room/home office divider - Build Thread

[Euler Kernighan]

Lol, no royal wedding for me. I had to be dragged kicking and screaming to my own wedding let alone other peoples.

it seems mine!!! lol :uzi:

From what i can gather most folks in the UK are happy to have the extra day off and would thank the Royals for that.

day off on friday, uh? PUB day - no more excuses to get drunk :beer:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

ok, here's is the thing: imagine yourself in a bad day and you can mess up everything!!!

 

[Euler Kernighan]

this is living room side:

mapping the hole:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

the green line is the cutting line, the yellow one is to 'pin' the guide:

cuts:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

details:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

yep! she's my wife and and offered to help . Should I say no?!

with this kind of hammer in her hands:

feel free... :blown:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

and:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

view from the office room:

this is the 4.75" 'thickness' wall - all walls here in BR are like this one - no panel, just 'solid' bricks:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

this blower is worth its weight in gold:

the same on this stuff:

both the blower and the mask kept the dust away, helping me fight the bronchitis :mad2:

and finally:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

after demolition let's start makeover:

this view is from outside the home-office/fish room:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

viewing from inside home-office/fish-room:

I made it, so let check the vertical level:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

'modeling' hole / picture frame:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

I know it's horrible, but wait!

and:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

preparing a kind of wall finishing - mixed gyproc:

and wall look like this:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

continuing:

don't liked this part... so did it again:

cutting this kind of floor marble - it's a divider between the home-office and hallway floor:

 

[dahenley]

Ft.Worth is 5+ hours south east of me and 2.5 hours west of my parents house.
I have friends that live in Ft.Worth and ill have to go check it out.

Google "the big Texan" I'm about 2 hours south of it. Home of the 72oz steak!

 

[asmodeus]

yep! She's my wife and and offered to help . Should i say no?!

with this kind of hammer in her hands:

feel free... :blown:

now that is sexy, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm addy boy you have a keeper there, now does she do water changes

 

[Euler Kernighan]

now that is sexy, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm addy boy you have a keeper there, now does she do water changes

lol!!!! :beer:

you're right! each one will play a role - i'm in charge of feeding fish and corals, she'll take care the mixing salt, water changes and so on! LOL :dance:

 

[Euler Kernighan]

Ft.Worth is 5+ hours south east of me and 2.5 hours west of my parents house.
I have friends that live in Ft.Worth and ill have to go check it out.

Google "the big Texan" I'm about 2 hours south of it. Home of the 72oz steak!

check it, ask your friends, certainly you'll like! :dance:

the big Texan, uh?! Oh my gosh, I got there once when I did a road trip on route 66 from santa monica to dallas - that's amazing place - I can still feel the taste of ribs!!! never tried the 72oz steak lol

btw, heard you guys are facing difficult time with hurricane season, hope everything get back to normal soon!!! :thumbsup:

 

[NaClH20NMYVEIN]

Looks like your project is moving along nicely!