Every 20 mins...Ever think it might have been cheaper to just burn it down and start from scratch?
Oh and put that horse to work.. have him pull the carts full of demo materials.
My doggie cart is on backorder with my saddle for him...
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My doggie cart is on backorder with my saddle for him...
MatthewMay1
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I took advantage of the wet soil today and straightened my driveway gate. It was leaning so when the gate opened and closed it dragged on the ground. I had put a wheel on it months ago but it was janky and I was afraid I was going to damage the motor. Hopefully it will be trouble free for a few years…until the ground moves again. I set it slightly past level in anticipation for it leaning downhill again in the future.
I dug out behind the poles and pushed them back with the tractor. Then I poured in a bunch of new cement. Hopefully it will work okay because I wasn’t about to remove the gate for the purpose of resetting the poles without weight on them.
I dug out behind the poles and pushed them back with the tractor. Then I poured in a bunch of new cement. Hopefully it will work okay because I wasn’t about to remove the gate for the purpose of resetting the poles without weight on them.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
My gate cam caught a visitor just now! I was then able to see it on the driveway cam as well. I don’t think I’ll be letting the dog go pee at night by herself anymore….this was exactly 10 minutes after she came inside to go to bed.
Nice catch on the camera
Silverback
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My dog thinks he is a beaver mixed with Houdini. He loves to break the fence pickets and sneak into the neighbors yard. I keep 10-15 pickets on hand just to replace them. I have put chicken wire along a good portion of the fencing and he can't break that (can't get under it).. anyhow.. he broke out again today. I fixed the pickets. Then ordered a solar powered electric fence with 500 feet of wire. Going to do a couple lines along the two sides they (he) breaks. I can't wait!!
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
I dug up some cedar trees at the deer lease and attempted to transplant them to my house. The goal is to fill in the empty space in my green fence so I don’t have to look at the new houses being built behind me. I hope that at least one of them survives.
The one on the right was growing under a live oak so it was only getting sun on one side hence the weird shape. I’m hoping that it will fill out in this spot where it’s not obstructed.
The one on the right was growing under a live oak so it was only getting sun on one side hence the weird shape. I’m hoping that it will fill out in this spot where it’s not obstructed.
I cut down one Chinese Tallow tree and about 70% of another one at my house before the family Stihl chainsaw bit the dust. Sounds like the piston isn't getting enough compression to start. I'm going to drop it off at a local Stihl repair shop.
But both of these trees roots were tearing up my house foundation and the little balls they drop everywhere were really annoying.
But both of these trees roots were tearing up my house foundation and the little balls they drop everywhere were really annoying.
Silverback
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My dog thinks he is a beaver mixed with Houdini. He loves to break the fence pickets and sneak into the neighbors yard. I keep 10-15 pickets on hand just to replace them. I have put chicken wire along a good portion of the fencing and he can't break that (can't get under it).. anyhow.. he broke out again today. I fixed the pickets. Then ordered a solar powered electric fence with 500 feet of wire. Going to do a couple lines along the two sides they (he) breaks. I can't wait!!
Got everything installed today. Apparently it works. I was in the garage and had the side door open, nearest piece of fencing is 125' or more away. Heard my dog yelp.. then he came running in. Now he does not want to go back outside at all.
Most waterproof the downstairs has ever been now I swung by yesterday afternoon and screwed on a tarp to cover the downstairs for the rains today. It also might be a month or two before I can get a siding company out to do my house so might as well protect the exposed studs. Those tarps were free-ninety nine from work since they were purchased to cover up equipment before Hurricane Ike. So due to the age and cost, I didn't feel bad screwing into it.
I swung by yesterday afternoon and screwed on a tarp to cover the downstairs for the rains today. It also might be a month or two before I can get a siding company out to do my house so might as well protect the exposed studs. Those tarps were free-ninety nine from work since they were purchased to cover up equipment before Hurricane Ike. So due to the age and cost, I didn't feel bad screwing into it. 
CowboyTaco
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I'm getting tired of some of the builder grade crap that was installed in our house. Time to give Home Depot some business and replace some of the cheap crap with stuff that is actually nice.
Now I just gotta figure out where to start.
Now I just gotta figure out where to start.
Picked up my storm rated door for the garage from Homeless Despot. They had the fastest shipping time of 8 weeks on it (it arrived a week early too). Everyone else was 12-20 weeks minimum.
Finished cutting down the last of the remaining tree and got all of the big stumps cut down to manageable sizes so I load it in the trailer to dump at my trash lot. Replaced a fence picket that broke when a branch fell on it (I didn't have the branch rigged properly and the end of it slammed into the fence).
Tore out the old wood garden posts around the floor bed in the front yard. They were rotted out on the bottom.
I'm hoping the siding contractor will get started this weekend, but I'm not holding my breath.
Finished cutting down the last of the remaining tree and got all of the big stumps cut down to manageable sizes so I load it in the trailer to dump at my trash lot. Replaced a fence picket that broke when a branch fell on it (I didn't have the branch rigged properly and the end of it slammed into the fence).
Tore out the old wood garden posts around the floor bed in the front yard. They were rotted out on the bottom.
I'm hoping the siding contractor will get started this weekend, but I'm not holding my breath.
Well the siding contractor has completely ghosted me. So I've got another worker I used in the past coming to help me out on the weekends. I also borrowed a couple of scaffolds from a guy I used to work for so now I should be able to get to the top of my house. Going to end up sheathing and siding it myself.
I needed to move this door frame and re-build it since it was all rotted out.
Turns out the sliding glass door frame and the jack studs were the only thing holding this header up. The whole frame was moving back and forth.
Oh well, got it rebuilt and moved over.
Silverback
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AlienXtx
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This
Yes, that's exactly it
Worked on my bosses house all day yesterday with my co-worker (dude is an awesome builder). My bosses subzero fridge had a small leak for a long time and it rotted out the floor, subfloor and framing. So we helped him out to sister in some new floor joists, put in a new subfloor framing, new plywood, new sheetrock and then installing some leftover oak floor boards he had. I had the painter go this morning to tape, float & paint the walls. Tomorrow he's going to stain the floor and seal it. Worst part of this job was the three hours it took me to find 1/4" sheetrock that was in stock in Suckston.
I took off Friday to run around town getting material. I went ahead and ordered the rest of the siding I needed for the house and all of the sheetrock I'll need. Dropped $12k in a day for everything. As of May 2nd, USG pricing is going up on all their products from 20-50%, so that forced me to order ahead of time. If I waited, I would've paid ~$650+ for the same order after May 2nd.
A couple of my carpenters wanted to come learn how to do residential framing so they came out to work with me this weekend (I'm paying them). We got the downstairs framed out and sheathed. I'm going to tape it, tyvek and install the doors tomorrow.
Got the downstairs room door reframed to a better location (where a column from the deck wasn't blocking most of the view).
A couple of my carpenters wanted to come learn how to do residential framing so they came out to work with me this weekend (I'm paying them). We got the downstairs framed out and sheathed. I'm going to tape it, tyvek and install the doors tomorrow.
Got the downstairs room door reframed to a better location (where a column from the deck wasn't blocking most of the view).
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Looks like some good progress. The many hands probably made the work move quicker.
Yes it does! Next weekend I'll have an additional two guys so I'm hoping it moves even quicker.
