Baby Fence Mod

Baby Fence Mod
Originally uploaded by Vincent Ma.

So now that Horten's crawling and standing, we need to fence out the stairs so he does do the Humpty Dumpty.

Tyatt found these clear baby fence from Zellers and I'm happy to attach them.. However, our fence posts presents a number of problems.. one, the height of the pressure pads on the opposite side of the hinge matches with the middle round part of the post, so it doesn't pressure mount properly.. and the safety catch thingy cannot be properly attached.. and two, the wife insists that I do not drill into the post.

So, with a few pieces of leftover dimensional lumber, I quickly constructed a piece that wraps around the post and a sacrificial piece for the screws of the safety catch to mount on. The side flaps are there to prevent the main 2x4 from moving towards the stairs (sliding), and the cable ties prevents the piece from falling off the post. Since the gate should be closed most of the time the 2 cable ties should be sufficient.

This jig preserves the post, I think. I think I'll attache foam around the edges of the lumber to prevent Horten from a royal bump in the head.

DIY Cedar Mailbox

Cover attached!
Originally uploaded by Vincent Ma.

The mailbox is done! Took long enough though.
The build is documented on flickr!

Plan for my new mailbox

Plan for my new mailbox
Originally uploaded by Vincent Ma.

With all the wood left from the flowerbox project, I can build a mailbox as shown!

DIY cedar flower boxes.

Then there were two
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We wanted more flower box space on the railing of the porch. But cedar flower boxes are expensive. Our old 22" one was $24.

I decided I can do better to build our own using cedar planks.

My DIY build is documented here on flickr.