Building a BBQ/Bar in my back yard. - Page 5

**Chris** · 03-04-2010, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BRad704

I am still so incredibly jealous! And FWIW... My dad has that same drill...

That one is the Porter Cable drill and I love the thing. I found the coolest store ever yesterday. The Habitat for Humanity Restore you should check it out they have new and used building materials for dirt cheap prices. I am still in awww about it. I almost had a set of french doors for the back of my house but I had to run home and measure and when I got back there was a guy in line buying them.

**Chris** · 03-05-2010, 12:22 AM

OK here is todays update. It really sucks the last 5 years I have been needing more time to get my projects finish and now that I am unemployed I have all the time in the world but not the cash to finish them.

Well here are a couple of pics, I would have gotten more done but I ran out of screws this time.

BRad704 · 03-17-2010, 07:50 PM

I have this vision of you wearing a hawaiin shirt, shades, and flinging bottles around like Tom Cruise in Cocktail... No pics required... seriously... its not pretty...

**Chris** · 03-18-2010, 03:49 PM

Now I need to go and buy a Hawiian shirt

and take pictures.

I have actually done some more work n the yard and will try and get some pics up later on today.

BRad704 · 03-23-2010, 03:04 PM

Any news on this one over the weekend?

**Chris** · 03-23-2010, 04:24 PM

I haven't done much but I will get a couple pics up in a bit.

PlumbingTheCape · 04-06-2010, 01:21 PM

Looks good!!!

**Chris** · 04-08-2010, 07:49 PM

OK a little update. I have been very slowly working on the bar since money has been tight but I decided to go ahead and start the counter tops. They are made of colored concrete. Here is a pic of it as of this morning I am now headed out to pick up some plain cement so that I can make a clay like mixture to fill all of the small holes that were hidden by the forms. After that I will start the sanding and polishing process. Wish me luck.

**havasu** · 04-08-2010, 08:05 PM

That concrete top is fantastic. If my wife sees what you are doing, you can only guess what my next project will be! I have a question....Did you build the concrete forms on the ground and lift it after curing, or did you build them where they presently are?

**Chris** · 04-08-2010, 09:31 PM

I built them in place. I did it alot like you would float a counter top for tile. I used 3/4 ply, then paper, then metal lath and instead of a dry pack mortar mix I used Quikrete pro finish crack resistant concrete and colored it with Quikrete liquid concrete color. Now I am mixing up some portland cement with the color to match to fill in the gaps and holes. I am stil debating on just using some wet look coating for my final finish instead of sanding and polishing because it would be a bit more rustick that way.

Also I framed it all in and it is only 2" thick but I framed it to wrap the edges for a much thicker appearance. It was pretty easy and I think it will turn out ok. I or shall I say the other half have decided we ar going to put slate in below the counter down to the floor. This is what I get for previously being a tile guy.