@CJames - TN#6244 oh right on. Now you need one of these.

Haha

Hahaha that's awesome

This guy tells me he does stained glass, shows me this...

Little bullshit window decoration. He did sell it to this lady for $375.

So I showed him my leaded glass,

The bottom sash on the double hung was broken out, and I matched the rest damn near perfectly.

I could do a video tutorial one day to show you guys some old school techniques.

It was incredibly hard to find glass.

Working on making 270 feet of dentil block today.

@RevStench#3208 that is beautiful work brother

@Deleted User thanks bro, I've only been doing stained glass for about 2 and a half years. It took me the better part of a year to get good at it. But one day it clicked, after probably a thousand hours haha, and I fight for every window job I can get now.
The real hard part is finding glass or finding someone talented enough to make the colored glass. Cutting glass is the easiest part. I wish I had the time and space to teach myself how blow glass.

Very nice

need some advice. I have a poured concrete porch and steps. I want to add wooden railing. Would I be better served to set my 4x4 in quickcrete or side mount them with concrete anchors and burying the bottom of the posts.

You don't want to bury wood in the ground, it sucks up water and rots. Bury them in concrete.

Yep or you can use galvanized base plates with wedge anchors if the posts can sit on the concrete

I'll be honest I'm struggling to design the porch. It's an awkward split level. If I just put up railing it's going to look hokey. I also need to incorporate a flower bed or retaining wall on both sides. They left us with a slope of large gravel.

Do you have roughly a 6'x6' porch, with about 4 or 5 steps?
And that slope is just off one edge of your home and you need to tie all together? Is the other side just grass all the way to the house?
I'm trying to visualize what the front of your home looks like. The land lay out.

I don't have a newer pic but there are not more shrubs. From the drive way there are 3 steps to the first 3x3 landing then turns to house 3 more steps to a 6x6 slab. On the left going up there is a 2 tier flower bed. To the right is the gravel slope.

You can't tell from the pic but the slope on the right erodes onto the steps. I've planted monkey grass which helps

Oh ok, you should look into iron hand rails, there's a lot of styles and you can even get custom made ones if you're feeling fancy. But iron will blend in more because they are skinny.
It's weird there's a gravel slope on the right.
If you made the hand rails out of wood I get what you mean it would look hokey. I'll have to think about that. I don't build a lot of things like this regularly so I need to brainstorm.

I agree with the fabricated iron. And my earlier comment about base plates only really works if the posts are used in framing something up. Doesn't work so well just for handrails

@Placidseven - MO bro I haven't forgotten about you, I've been talking with some others guys who build decks for a living, trying to get you some sort of classy game plan.

The flower beds on the left, are they like wooden retaining wall. Railroad ties?

Sorry I use the word like a lot, I'm a valley girl!! Haha

Please excuse my nigger teir landscaping

Lol

So I was thinking of doing something similar on the other side but redoing the existing flower beds with 2×8 and 4x4 cedar

Like so

You forgot the pyramids, bruh. To be nigger tier you have to have pyramids. They wuz kangz

Epic fail at cultural appropriation

Lol. Couldn't resist the temptation on that one.

@Placidseven - MO very nice

and I know it would increase my cost but I was thinking about using concrete form tube and these post bases to make it easier to replace the posts when needed. Instead of having to dig out the concrete.

@Placidseven - MO I like that flower bed. So you're thinking of doing that flower bed on both sides? That would look really nice.
Do you have to bust some concrete on the driveway to set that post against the house?

I know you're not pulling a permit but you need to check code for railing in your state so if you sell your home you won't have to replace it. In KY rail height is 36in and handrails are 34in, measuring from the nose of the tread.
Sorry I'm scatter brained today, had to work in rain on scaffolding 60ft up, I'm not very happy today haha.
And sorry I ask so many questions, I love this stuff.
@Deleted User suggested something like that anchor for concrete, I totally agree if you plan on living in that house that long. Haha
They say that pressure treated lumber can last for 40 years buried.

@RevStench i don't mind the questions. I feel guilty for monopolizing the chat.
Yeah, I'm going to do the flower bed on both sides. I'm not sure if I'll have to bust concrete or not. Not 100% sure what's under that flower bed already. That may be the bigger job. Tbh I may reuse the existing bottom rows and just replace the rest of railroad ties with the cedar boards.

You could get some cedar 1x and do a veneer, dress up the old. If it's solid and not rotted out that could be an option.

It surprisingly is solid

I like that idea

You could get fancy and do a dovetail joint to go around the corner, it would look good and you wouldn't have a failure point because of a nail or bolt.
Check out this chart, just throwing out ideas haha