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Yea ok it didn't turn out like I thought
May 4, 2020, 9:23 AM
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Actually it didn't turn well at all.
I have one big divot in the middle from where the pallet slipped off the brick.
The "acorn" stain and seal looks like #### but it was the only stain/water seal they had that wasn't $50 just for the stain.
The boards have 4 coats of Thompson's water seal all the way around including the exposed portions of the pallets and the edges.
Between the hours of 3-5 pm it is unbearable to sit on because the sun is beaming right in your face.
Also got a really bad sunburn
The good news: My wife's 400 lb friend did not fall through when they were over Saturday. So the structural integrity is passes muster.
Pallets burn extremely hot and when you throw all of them in the BBQ pit because you're sick of seeing a ####### pallet you end up with a 20 ft high ball of fire that the water hose won't put out.
Anyways it's been put to use saturday night to grill and Sunday morning sitting and watching the turtles in the pond.
Wife of has already starting tossing out ideas for pallet furniture.
No thanks.
At least my body didn't try to kill me while building it tdrake®
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Re: Yea ok it didn't turn out like I thought
May 4, 2020, 9:27 AM
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Oculus Spirit [75717]
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My question is, why in the hell didn't you
May 4, 2020, 9:27 AM
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put something on the ends to at least pretend to keep #### out? One of your kids is going to toss a bar or hotwheels car under there and get bit by something when trying to retrieve it.
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The biggest thing I wanted was for it to be able to breath
May 4, 2020, 9:37 AM
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that's why I graded it so steep instead of level and put the sand down and the bricks.
Closing it in would not allow the air to get under it for it to breath
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Oculus Spirit [75717]
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I'd add something. You won't keep critters out
May 4, 2020, 10:03 AM
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but maybe will keep the kids out.
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I'm conceding your point Aero
May 4, 2020, 12:34 PM
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after discussions with my brain trust I have decided to use some of the old decking boards I took off the wheelchair ramp and cap the ends where you can't see the pallets. BUT IT WILL STILL HAVE A GAP FROM THE GROUND FOR AIR CURRENT.
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Oculus Spirit [79429]
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Hold up, you have a wheel chair ramp at your house too?***
May 4, 2020, 12:39 PM
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HAD
May 4, 2020, 12:43 PM
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I took it apart to make room for the deck
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"deck"***
May 4, 2020, 12:45 PM
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shoulda asked me about stains. i found the best***
May 4, 2020, 9:32 AM
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Oculus Spirit [75717]
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Look man, FBCoach lacks sophistication but I don't
May 4, 2020, 9:34 AM
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think he was going to allow you to tdrake on this deck.
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CU Medallion [73569]
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seems like he tdrake'd on his own***
May 4, 2020, 9:42 AM
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CU Medallion [66054]
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May 4, 2020, 9:34 AM
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Re: Yea ok it didn't turn out like I thought
May 4, 2020, 10:06 AM
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Lot o points [155901]
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Nailed it
May 4, 2020, 10:06 AM
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Oculus Spirit [78876]
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He intentionally built it that way so water wouldn't collect
May 4, 2020, 11:24 AM
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and to allow it to breathe.
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Now close your eyes. I want you to imagine this same
May 4, 2020, 11:55 AM
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beautiful deck...but built from pallets.
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