The Home Improvement Thread
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Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Man its gorgeous outside right now. I thought I wrote this out yesterday but I guess I didn't hit send. But I have picked up 19 plants/trees.. 12 palms(6 tall 6 short), 7 other... all designed to give some privacy. 300' of heavy duty landscape edging (eventually I will replace all of it with 1/8" x 5" flat plate), 1600 sq ft of weed block, 35 bags of mulch, ordered 6 yards of medium river rock to be delivered on Wednesday. Mulch goes in front yard in all the beds. River rock goes all around the backyard trees and pool area. I didn't want mulch blowing in the pool. Its looking really good. The landscapers are killing it. Almost done, a few more palms to plant around the spa area. Then they will come back Thursday to put down the weed block and river rock in back yard.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Looks like I'll need to pick up another 60' of landscape edging. Fucking money pit.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
How many times have I said the same thing.... on a house I had BUILT.. like I wanted to.
That being said.. mine is close to done.
balakay
BabyMax
How many times have I said the same thing.... on a house I had BUILT.. like I wanted to.
That being said.. mine is close to done.
Oh I'm not saying there won't be things I do. Just saying it's completely functioning and livable as is. But the front yard is mostly dirt so I need to take care of that ASAP. Several things I know I'll change but they're not pressing and I'll get to them when I do.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I guess one thing I learn from each time I build one.. is that there are always things I'll do differently. I guess kinda how at one point in my life I didn't like cheese.. or broccoli.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Speaking of building... wife and I looked at a new neighborhood development with a floor plan we like not too far over what our target price is going to be. 3 car garage is only $10k add on...done.
Got a lot done around the house today to prep for selling. Several boxes packed to declutter closets and cabinets, got a donation pile going with some trash bags of cloths and some other things.
Goal is to list towards the end of May and be out by end of June. Going to get into a rent house in the same neighborhood to either build or take our time searching for a house and probably doing a remodel.
Got a lot done around the house today to prep for selling. Several boxes packed to declutter closets and cabinets, got a donation pile going with some trash bags of cloths and some other things.
Goal is to list towards the end of May and be out by end of June. Going to get into a rent house in the same neighborhood to either build or take our time searching for a house and probably doing a remodel.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
STRETCH the garage.. add 5' (or more) to the front and get the .5 side addon. DO IT! Go big. I stretched mine a ton. Push it to the limit of the lot.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
The one thing I fucked up on our new place, they dropped the garage at the last minute 2' (gave me 11' ceilings) but I did not make the garage doors taller. Fail on my part.
Still not too late to change that. Only takes money.
balakay
BabyMax
That's what my dad regrets about his shop. He only put in 8' tall doors. Everyone told him to go with 12-14' tall doors and he refused. Learned his lesson the hard way. His boat only clears by 1".
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
The floor plan was slightly larger than I want so I was looking at space in the house that can be turned into garage. LOL
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
We don't need a formal dining room or a 3rd bedroom... make that garage space.
achirdo
2WD FTW
Think I've come up with a new plan for my metal front door idea. I could either make the steel part a kind of like a storm door and have a double pane all glass door behind it, or will a double pane storm door with the metal as the main door be better? Either way I'm trying to keep the steel door from radiating heat into the house.
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
Ran Cat5e cable to 3 bedrooms over the weekend. Got the keystones and everything installed in 2 of the rooms. I just need to do the actual drop and keystone in the third bedroom and I'm that much closer to saying the entire house is networked. The kitchen and Master bedroom are the only two remaining rooms, and the Master is going to be impossible for where I think the drop should go. I'll either have to drop somewhere else, or not network it.
Got my Axis Euro mount secured to the new base that I made it. Now just gotta figure out where to hang it.
Made a chair for the front porch. It's......functional. Never made that kind of chair before. It's sturdy, but kind of ugly. Many lessons learned.
I can't decide if I want to put one more piece for support and make it look like an Adirondack chair. It doesn't need the support, but might not be bad to have it.
Got my Axis Euro mount secured to the new base that I made it. Now just gotta figure out where to hang it.
Made a chair for the front porch. It's......functional. Never made that kind of chair before. It's sturdy, but kind of ugly. Many lessons learned.
I can't decide if I want to put one more piece for support and make it look like an Adirondack chair. It doesn't need the support, but might not be bad to have it.
Oswego
n00b
I did all my beds in river rock (11 tons worth). At the time my thinking was that mulch was a waste of time and money because it needs to be refreshed every season. What I did not anticipate is that the river rocks make it much harder to grow certain plants. They get super hot and don;t do a good job of keeping moisture in the soil. Just something to consider as your planting. Looking back I'd still do the river rock, but I would of bought plants that were more drought tolerant.