Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Fall/Winter Projects , 0 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
Now....the "project" that interrupted my planting! Remember when I started working on a copper arbor for the sitting deck in March of 2008??? http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=5638333 Well, progress was slowed on that project when Phoebe got sick, then the heat of the summer kicked in, then the winter passed, was too busy with other projects in the spring and more summer heat and by October this year the arbor still wasn't done :( I had problems with the soldering of the joints and when I found out Larry was looking for work (a friend of ours who has experience soldering copper), I finally bit the bullet and hired him to help me get the arbor done! I told Rick to slap me the next time I decide to tackle a project of this magnitude, it was MUCH more difficult than I thought it would be! Of course, if it had just been a "simple" design and not as wide I probably could have accomplished it by myself but when I changed the design everything got a little more complicated :( I worked with Larry for two full days sanding and soldering the joints and we still weren't done! One more afternoon and it was ready to move into place. THEN, after all my careful planning and measuring I didn't notice that there were cement blocks under the corners of the sitting deck that interfered with installing the four corners - it wasn't wide enough :( So, after heating the joints and inserting 1.5" sections to the four spots where it was needed, the arbor was finally ready to install - one more "unfinished" project DONE :)))