Stone buildings from composite decking

Garden Railroading
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I had some scrap plastic decking left over from a full scale project and thought it might be fun to play with. I sawed up some blocks for my son and his friends to build with.

Ben built this little chapel. all I did was cut the blocks and make special pieces for him. I did build the roof for him. it is copper foil flashing covering plywood.

The headstones in the burying ground next door are also scrap composite lumber.

Ben’s friend Havi made this little gem with help from me as stone cutter and roof builder. she added the moss to the roof…WOW that is a cool idea!

This fall I had some fun too:

Making the stone work was the easy part, the roof and windows are all wood.

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Her are some shots of the construction process. the blocks were sawn out on my table saw then glued together using Titebond III carpenter’s glue.

specially cut arch blocks form the top of the windows.

I made a slate roof by slicing off wafers of the stuff and gluing them down with clear silicone caulk

–Eric Schade, Phippsburg, Maine

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WOW CAP’N!!!

That’s BRILLIANT…love it.

And it sounds like you had some great family fun in the process; what could possibly be better?

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Way cool! I may have to play around with that…

Later,

K

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I second that. now all I need is some scrap decking.

Dave