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Monday, July 27, 2009

Summer Survey - New Grill

I'm working on an idea to build the new grill. The last time I grilled, I dragged the table over so I would have something to set platters and utensils on. So I need a grill that is table high with a table next to it.

In the bottom photo is our former island counter top. It is made of concrete and about two inches thick. The two sisters who did all the upgrade work on this house cast the counter tops on site and installed them with the help of some very strong friends. We liked the functionality of the concrete, but, it is too heavy and impossible to clean. Becky replaced this island counter top with Silastone(?).

This led to the thought of using this concrete slab as a table outside. That led to my thinking of incorporating the grill and table into a single unit kind of like a Japanese steak house.


My idea is that the table would lay lengthwise from the house to the fence. The grill would be on the left side supporting that side of the table with a ledge. Concrete block legs would support the other side. If this is workable, I would like to add another grill or flat top griddle.

The table would be a good outdoor work table, too.

I need to make some drawings of the thing.

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