Kiki's Tiki Village - Home Tiki Bars

M muskrat Member Joined: Apr 24, 2012 Posts: 77	M muskrat Posted posted on Sun, Jul 27, 2014 10:56 PM On 2014-07-25 12:43, Pele Paul wrote: that is some series burning work, first time Ive seen the huge BBQ size gas tank!! Im sure your neighbors think they live next door to a forest fire!!! great work, always love your update photos!!! paul thanks pele paul. the neighbors we're curious at first as that thing is very loud. sounds like i'm launching a hot air balloon. alrighty then...time to start on the bar. the plan all along was to have a more cobbled together feel to the bar so i picked up a few wine barrels to use as the ends of the bar. the rest of it would be built around those. we were originally looking to build a bar that sat 5 but relocating it changed the design and we decided to basically fill the whole area under the new cover with the bar. the redesign now saw the bar size increasing to seat 8 with room behind the bar for a stool as well. there would also be room for walk up traffic or more stools could be pulled up to seat 9-10. the biggest challenge with the move to the other side was the pitch of the slab. the new concrete slab was relatively level while the pavers on the other side had a bit of a slope. the barrels we're also too short to be bar height so i knew i would hafta make a platform for the bar to sit on. after a great deal of measuring and calculations i had a plan. the platform is 3/4 inch ply with bracing underneath. it's angled front to back an inch and a quarter and raises the barrels three inches in the fron to bring the height to forty inches without the bartop. if i had it to do again i would've run wiring through the platform that i could stub up where needed (hindsight being what it is). the color looks off here but it's textured with a dark green glaze and is close to the color of the house without being an exact match due to the faux finish. now with the platform finished it was time to fit it in place. i had test fit it to make sure it fit and was level before i painted it. now it was time to mount the barrels. next up, preparing the barrels.

On 2014-07-25 12:43, Pele Paul wrote:
that is some series burning work, first time Ive seen the huge BBQ size gas tank!! Im sure your neighbors think they live next door to a forest fire!!! great work, always love your update photos!!!
paul

thanks pele paul.
the neighbors we're curious at first as that thing is very loud. sounds like i'm launching a hot air balloon.

alrighty then...time to start on the bar.

the plan all along was to have a more cobbled together feel to the bar so i picked up a few wine barrels to use as the ends of the bar.

the rest of it would be built around those. we were originally looking to build a bar that sat 5 but relocating it changed the design and we decided to basically fill the whole area under the new cover with the bar. the redesign now saw the bar size increasing to seat 8 with room behind the bar for a stool as well. there would also be room for walk up traffic or more stools could be pulled up to seat 9-10.
the biggest challenge with the move to the other side was the pitch of the slab. the new concrete slab was relatively level while the pavers on the other side had a bit of a slope. the barrels we're also too short to be bar height so i knew i would hafta make a platform for the bar to sit on.
after a great deal of measuring and calculations i had a plan.
the platform is 3/4 inch ply with bracing underneath. it's angled front to back an inch and a quarter and raises the barrels three inches in the fron to bring the height to forty inches without the bartop. if i had it to do again i would've run wiring through the platform that i could stub up where needed (hindsight being what it is).

the color looks off here but it's textured with a dark green glaze and is close to the color of the house without being an exact match due to the faux finish.

now with the platform finished it was time to fit it in place. i had test fit it to make sure it fit and was level before i painted it. now it was time to mount the barrels.

next up, preparing the barrels.

Post #723999 by muskrat on Sun, Jul 27, 2014 10:56 PM