Our Saturday Projects Together

The "Unprofessional" Handymen are Stu and John Ryan, father and son, who enjoy spending most Saturdays doing things together such as working on a variety of household projects and taking a break for lunch.

Projects

We thought it would be cool to write down our experiences, thoughts/impressions about how our projects went: what worked, what we would do different, how we got really lucky or unlucky. At the very least, put up some photos…

2023: Dad and I took a peek at this. It's still here!

April 2010 —

4866	Surveyed Pathway
1224	Repaired Kitchen Faucet
5946	Capped an in-floor electrical outlet

March 2010 —

Plumbing Class at Chabot College

November 2009 —

location	description
1224	replace the faucet in the master bath

September 2009 —

location	description
1224	install a "lock" in the garage rear double-doors

January 2009 —

location	description
4865	New romex electrical (replacing knob-and-tube!)

November 2008 —

location	description
1224	design and build a new front gate

August & September 2008 — (big projects ;-)

location	description
1224	rebuild a 6 foot high, 30 foot long fence
3845	strip and repaint back siding

July 2008 —

location	description
1224	next fence post
4866	fix cottage water line leak

June 2008 —

location	description
1224	next fence post
1224	Install custom-cut glass shelves in the Swanson Cabinets
1224	re-hang picture
1224	fix toilet
3845	fix exterior light fixture
5946	hang garden hose wheel
5946	install exterior pool-house receptical

May 2008 —

location	description
CPC	2008 Career and Leadership Summit
1224	remove one more tree stump!!!
AlCoCol	Taking in an A's game

April 2008 —

location	description
Santa Cruz	Entertain John's Moldovan co-workers at Big Basin and Santa Cruz Beach-Boardwalk
1224	Replace rotten fence posts

March 2008 —

location	description
Henry Coe	Hike in Henry Coe State Park

February 2008 —

location	description
5946	install a computer frame rack in the garage
1224	install dual-pane windows
5946	install a couple 10G IDE drives on Linux box

January 2008 —

location	description
1224	finish repair garage - door
1224	hang a scenic picture in the living room
5946	build a DVD case for Diana
1224	refinish cabinets

December 2007 —

location	description
apt	barricade doorway
4866	prepare for bulk pickup
1224	repair garage doors - kitchen, screen, exit
1224	prune tree(s) & remove debris
5946	prune tree(s) & remove debris
4866	insulate over bedroom

November 2007 —

location	description
1224	install casters on cabinets
4866	basement door knob (got lucky)
4865	fix kitchen drain leak
apt	entry floor
4866	recover key from wash sink drain
1224	remove tree stumps!!!

October 2007 —

location	description
1224	laying sod

September 2007 —

location	description
4866	repurposing a room

Backlog: a (more or less fifo) list of things we'd like to do …

location	description
1224	replace the patio door
4866	replace sliding glass doors