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Captain Chunk's Grotto

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stewie:
so we have a pot bellied pig named "chunk" (i named him). being a kid who grew up with the Goonies, i call him Captain Chunk. Anyways, he needs a little dry sleeping spot in the yard and instead of me dropping crazy lettuce on yet another animal that just takes massive, smelly craps, i am going to utilitze the existing supports/framing of our new deck and build it under the deck.

rough sizing will be 6x6x2.5'

it shouldnt take me long to build as it's pretty straightforward. I will be adding solar panels to the deck roof (24x12)' so i can run power in there for a small space heater. I'll post pics when done.


ill post on the solar project later.

Farmer Jon:
Can he do the truffle shuffle? LOL I don't think I would put a pig under my deck. But i am not familiar with Pot belly pigs. Just the ones that take massive smelly craps.

stewie:

--- Quote from: Farmer Jon on January 16, 2017, 03:13:35 PM ---Can he do the truffle shuffle? LOL I don't think I would put a pig under my deck. But i am not familiar with Pot belly pigs. Just the ones that take massive smelly craps.

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he's smaller and will max out at about 80 pounds or so. we did have him fixed - which took care of the awful crap stink. don't get me wrong, they do still smell, but nothing like when he still had all of his naughty bits.

so captain chunk's grotto was a total disaster. partly because of the timing of the construction and because my wife decided to insert her concerns and opinions ever 34.2 seconds which required numerous design changes. it got real windy which made going anything safely near impossible. then it rained some of the hardest i'd ever seen because we even had it finished - so it flooded and the whole work area turned into a mud wasteland.

yesterday after work, i put up gutters on the deck which solved some of the water issues, but had to put a tarp over the area because my attempt to seal it was a royal failure.

I hope to have this stupid project done today so i can actually move onto something else a bit more appealing.

stlaser:
Where are the pics of all the fun?

stewie:

--- Quote from: stlaser on January 17, 2017, 08:33:29 AM ---Where are the pics of all the fun?

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there was no fun. my backyard looks like the stereotypical trailer trash redneck paradise.

tarps, dog kennels, mud, grill, piles of wood and bricks.

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