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The Home Improvement Thread. Successes and Failures
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It’s declining, but not near enough to the price it was two years ago. A 2x4x8 back then was about $2-$2.50/board.
The Sicatoka
Kicizapi Cetan
Justin Trudeau could probably knock another $1 - 1.50 off a 2x4 with one simple action.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
The next contract forward graph is hilarious. Like I said in either this thread or one of the others, there are going to be a lot of people who don't understand a GD thing about futures who are going to lose a LOT of money. A lot a lot...
unofan
Well-known member
Given that you want him to do it, it's probably a good thing he's not.
In one week - furnace and AC both replaced. And now my water heater. I don’t have any soldering experience, and found out that whoever half-assed the last install failed to again meet code on the pipes. I bought a fucking money pit of a house and my wife loves this crap hole. Great.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Do. Not. Look. At. Your. Wiring.
Just have an escape route and hope for the insurance fire.
Ugh man. Back in March my hot water heater and boiler blew on the same day. Goodbye almost $12,000.
I'm waiting on some quotes from an electrician for a bunch of projects I want to do (service upgrade, remove the old wiring, update all outlets to grounded ones, increase outdoor outlets, etc.). This will be done piecemeal, but the service upgrade is likely to be $3000-4000 alone.
Also, this fall I plan to do the build, but I'm going to build a large herb garden that I will suspend from my now-unused clothes line. I'm looking forward to it!
Though the wiring is old, it’s not of concern. The AC, furnace and water heater were all installed by a DIY guy who just didn’t know what the fuck he was doing. Especially the AC. I had no way to know about that because I’m admittedly ignorant on those items. That said, if I’m going down the DIY path, I seek advice and help from those who do know more. This guy was a Menards fool (hardware store of Walmart-level of quality).
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
If you saw what I see on a daily basis.
I worked for my church renovating houses for people who needed a leg up. We went into the attic of one house- yikes. A single circuit for the entire house, with a trunk line stapled to a beam running down the center of the house. Wherever there was a plug or light fixture, they had just scraped the trunk wires bare, wound the ends of the branch line around those, and then stapled them to the bare wood. Cannot believe there was even an opportunity to renovate that place....
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Fuck, landscaping sucks. We're putting in a block edge around the largest tree in our front yard. Easily 50' perimeter total. It's also on a slope and in clay. So we're doing a sort of "step into" the hill so it looks built in. We've got the front edge roughed in. But since it's around a very large cottonwood, the roots are shallow and we've had to reset the baseline elevation a couple times as we go song the perimeter. it's such a massive pain in the ass working with clay during a drought. We'll be probably doing the leveling and sand this weekend.
Anyways, it's already starting to take shape and it looks really good. We'll be filling it in with (mostly) native bee-friendly plants. Coneflowers, salvia, cardinal flower, aster, and probably a few others. Can't wait until this is finished. Then we'll be moving onto the front flower garden, the other tree in front, and maybe this fall get the backyard (not looking forward to digging that out, though it should be easier since we can use a shovel. The area we're doing now is near the cable boxes and other utilities at the edge of the yard so everything is hand trowel and slow going)
Anyways, it's already starting to take shape and it looks really good. We'll be filling it in with (mostly) native bee-friendly plants. Coneflowers, salvia, cardinal flower, aster, and probably a few others. Can't wait until this is finished. Then we'll be moving onto the front flower garden, the other tree in front, and maybe this fall get the backyard (not looking forward to digging that out, though it should be easier since we can use a shovel. The area we're doing now is near the cable boxes and other utilities at the edge of the yard so everything is hand trowel and slow going)
Sounds very nice.
French Rage
NICKERSON HAS [CENSORED]
Post some pics when it's done!
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
The people down the street are having a MASSIVE pine taken down. Has to be 2.5-3' in diameter and at least 70 ft tall. It's sandwiched between the two houses and perilously close to both. Close enough that sawdust is all over the roof of one.
I have no idea how you take down a tree like that even after watching them. I understand it's not exactly rocket science, but my god, one wrong move and someone needs a new kitchen or one of these logs hits and kills someone. I could feel a few of the falls they've had almost two blocks away. Even using ropes, the margin for error in pretty thin.
I have no idea how you take down a tree like that even after watching them. I understand it's not exactly rocket science, but my god, one wrong move and someone needs a new kitchen or one of these logs hits and kills someone. I could feel a few of the falls they've had almost two blocks away. Even using ropes, the margin for error in pretty thin.
MarkEagleUSA
C'mon Q!
Not hard when you know what you're doing and have the proper tools and equipment. Yes, there's always risk involved, but that's true in everything you do.
With the number of woodworkers on this board, I thought this would be a good share here: https://youtu.be/m7HxBa9WVis
An engineer tests end-to-end-grain glue-ups vs side-side and end-to-side joints. He used scientific methods to display the differences. The results will surprise most woodworkers.
An engineer tests end-to-end-grain glue-ups vs side-side and end-to-side joints. He used scientific methods to display the differences. The results will surprise most woodworkers.
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