The Home Improvement Thread

[xJuice]

One burned wire eventually snowballed into all new appliances. I replaced the temperature sensor in the oven about 8 yrs ago. I guess when I shoved the connection back into the hole, this connection was sitting on top of the probe itself on the back side of the oven. It's been melting and cooking itself since then, and finally recently decided to start giving me an error code. This wire runs all the way back up into the main wire harness for the oven and since the connector is ruined I didn't want to bother with trying to splice in a new probe or anything like that. Been wanting to replace the microwave soon anyway so we decide to get an oven and microwave. I get those idelivered and after looking over the install it seems my current cooktop won't work with the new oven. Hangs down too low. Ugh! Guess we're getting a new cooktop as well!

The beautiful install of the original oven/cooktop.

Final answer

 

[Taco Loco]

Mowed my tiny yard with the zero turn,
I actually brought it home from the farm to help my neighbor out. He is a young military Veteran and a 1st year cop in SA. He broke his foot/leg bone last week, and surgery is not till next week. Anyways, the boys and I mowed, weed trimmed his yard this morning and he is on a much bigger lot and I also mowed the other lot between us and our other neighbors.

I had to reorganize the garage for the zero turn and I thought today would be great to service the ginny since it's hurricane season and the potential for black outs from the overload grid. I need to bring home a couple fuel cans from the farm and we're better prepared.

 

[balakay]

Yeah I got all the parts for my generator. I need to get it going before the inevitable blackouts hit.

 

[Taco Loco]

Yeah I got all the parts for my generator. I need to get it going before the inevitable blackouts hit.

Yes sir!


I bought spare parts too, carb and tune up kit etc. The only extra I need is probably another pull start recoil assembly for a spare. The Yamakato recoils on Amazon are only like $17

 

[Taco Loco]

Actually I gonna pick up the Dalom recoil, has better/more reviews

 

[balakay]

Yes sir!


I bought spare parts too, carb and tune up kit etc. The only extra I need is probably another pull start recoil assembly for a spare. The Yamakato recoils on Amazon are only like $17

Yeah I got new carb, fuel filter, fuel line, and recoil assembly. Probably bring it up to work this weekend and mess with it.

 

[balakay]

Found this a couple weeks ago when we were cleaning out my dads shop. Bought it 10 years ago or so for something and didn’t end up using it. It was on the top shelf never opened. Wife wanted to use it on the back patio for some shade. Not a long term solution but it will work until we build an actual roof over the patio or until it gets ripped apart in a hail/windstorm. Ignore my patio weeds, I can’t get rid of them. I’ve sprayed round up in them 3 times and they always come back stronger. Gonna try to torch them next and see if that works.

 

[Anathollo]

Found this a couple weeks ago when we were cleaning out my dads shop. Bought it 10 years ago or so for something and didn’t end up using it. It was on the top shelf never opened. Wife wanted to use it on the back patio for some shade. Not a long term solution but it will work until we build an actual roof over the patio or until it gets ripped apart in a hail/windstorm. Ignore my patio weeds, I can’t get rid of them. I’ve sprayed round up in them 3 times and they always come back stronger. Gonna try to torch them next and see if that works.
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I'm having the same issue with my weeds in the driveway. I just haven't had time to address it yet. Some people were saying to pour boiling water in the cracks?

 

[PSU Taco85]

I’ve had good luck with roundup 365, I buy the concentrate and make a 2 gallon batch. I’ll probably have a nice law suit after getting some kind of life ending disease for using it but at least the weeds are dead too.

 

[tx_shooter]

I'm having the same issue with my weeds in the driveway. I just haven't had time to address it yet. Some people were saying to pour boiling water in the cracks?

I tried that before; the results were not impressive. I have had better results with pulling out as much of the grass and root as I can; then hitting it with a torch.

 

[Anathollo]

I’ve had good luck with roundup 365, I buy the concentrate and make a 2 gallon batch. I’ll probably have a nice law suit after getting some kind of life ending disease for using it but at least the weeds are dead too.

The spray roundup killed them and then they came back with a vengeance. I wonder if the 365 is a better formula?

 

[Anathollo]

I worked the past five days on the house. We have internet and natural gas now at the house now.
I've done a thousand little jobs, really too much to type out. But the big stuff was the following

Plumber finally got everything trimmed out so all the sinks work. The pot filler is in.

I got the girls closet cabinets built. Still need to screw them to the wall.

I got all three of the towel heater racks installed in the bathrooms.

And trying out this Nest door lock.

 

[Taco Loco]

Triclopyr 4 Herbicide @ 2 cups per gallon water

TSC Farmworks Surfactant Plant Insecticide

https://texnat.tamu.edu/about/brush-busters/

 

[tx_shooter]

I worked the past five days on the house. We have internet and natural gas now at the house now.
I've done a thousand little jobs, really too much to type out. But the big stuff was the following

Plumber finally got everything trimmed out so all the sinks work. The pot filler is in.
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I got the girls closet cabinets built. Still need to screw them to the wall.
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I got all three of the towel heater racks installed in the bathrooms.
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And trying out this Nest door lock.
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Towel heater racks... booshie.

 

[Anathollo]

Towel heater racks... booshie.

It's much needed in the devils gootch

 

[PSU Taco85]

The spray roundup killed them and then they came back with a vengeance. I wonder if the 365 is a better formula?

yea I’m not 100% sure but I’ve only ever used the concentrate 365 and it’s worked for me, it’s not cheap I think $45 for a bottle of it but it saves me from having to pick any weeds it’s worth it for me.

 

[Taco Loco]

Replaced the 43 year old water heater at the bay house yesterday.

Easy to discard over the railing . I was joking but my son thought I was serious, I said the next really high tide will take care of our trash, it will float off.

New one installed...
I couldn't find appropriate size pan, but we always shut the water/breaker off when we're not using the house.

 

[Anathollo]

Replaced the 43 year old water heater at the bay house yesterday.

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Easy to discard over the railing . I was joking but my son thought I was serious, I said the next really high tide will take care of our trash, it will float off.
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New one installed...
I couldn't find appropriate size pan, but we always shut the water/breaker off when we're not using the house.
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I would put in some stainless steel supply flex lines on that water heater. That way it can move or be bumped and not run the risk of breaking the CPVC lines. You got really lucky two times with that last water heater, one- that the water heater lasted that long and two- that the cpvc lines didn't break

 

[Taco Loco]

I would put in some stainless steel supply flex lines on that water heater. That way it can move or be bumped and not run the risk of breaking the CPVC lines. You got really lucky two times with that last water heater, one- that the water heater lasted that long and two- that the cpvc lines didn't break

Yeah that cpvc needs to go!!!
Told my dad the hot water line going out into the house is brittle, took 3 cuts to get a clean cut to add in a coupler.

 

[tx_shooter]

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