Europe?
The Cook Shed
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Oui. St Emilion.
I thought that picture smelled like France 
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That chair spot is my kind of heaven!
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We are looking at building a garden/sun room when our new house is finished. I’ve talked to a manufacturer of building kits that give you the choice of screws or pegged mortise and tenon connections. They produce them to your design in Douglas or Oak. Its not uncommon here in Europe.
Was that the venue next to the old covered washing basin in St Emilion?
Was that the venue next to the old covered washing basin in St Emilion?
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There are companies that make kits in the US as well. None of them that I found make them out of pressure treated material though… and I ultimately wanted to build it myself.
The old covered washing basin is part of an Italian restaurant in St Emilion. The vineyard and Chateau Hotel are also in St Emilion but about 5 minutes outside of the city center towards Pomerol.
Well at least you are thinking about the important stuff over there!
It was funny, my wife recognized the location without even knowing it was from the forum.
We visited the region a few years ago on one of our wine trips, great places to go.
Looks like you had a good time too.
Love the cook shed build btw.
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and I have been traveling since late April except for last week. Finally got back home yesterday and was determined to get something done on this project today. In full disclosure, I did cut the three top tenons and mortise joints for the King Posts to Ridge Beam connections last week. We had so much other stuff going on though those were done catch as catch can over several days. Now, back to today. Finished the last 4 knee braces so that's the last 8 of 54 tenons on the project. 8 more mortise joints and those 54 will be done. After much consideration, I have decided that trying to stick build this assembly in the air isn't a great idea so my plan is to peg this assembly together on the ground. I can easily lift it vertical and carry it over to the cook shed slab with my tractor but I will need something larger to lift the assembly into place. Looking at renting a small carry deck crane. Looks like it might just work....or it might just not work; but hopefully the former.