The Home Improvement Thread

[AlienXtx]

Really, that's crazy. Impress your neighbors and burn it in a 55 gal drum

 

[Oswego]

I need to get one of them for this winter's remodeling refuse. Getting ready to go burn some punk wood from the bottom of my pile as soon as it gets dark. Stuffs so old and rotten Ill prob need to shovel it


Hopefully I'm done with leaves for the season. This is my third time raking/blowing out the yard. First two times I bagged it. This time I tarped it to the curb & will call the town Monday. Our scheduled leaf pick up was Oct 16th this year and none of mine had fallen yet.

Also mowed for what better be the last time cause I'm winterizing all my lawn gear tomorrow. Ran out of 2stroke gas just in time so no waste this season. Still got about 3 gallons of my "covid" gas buy of 10 gallons Ill need to dispose of. Heck I still have the gas in my shed from the Tacoma. Good thing that sheds as far from my house as possible. Full of paint/charcoal/gas/propane/butane/used oil/fertilizer/liquid paraffin/bunch of misc truck & car chemicals

 

[Silverback]

I’m really enjoying this tv on the patio. A little dirt everyday.

 

[Silverback]

Got lights out around the pool. Need to add another bag of concrete to the barrels. Although I did drill 2 holes into the concrete already in each barrel and hammered 2 24” rebar stakes I made for them. The added concrete will help keep them in place.

 

[Taco Loco]

Got lights out around the pool. Need to add another bag of concrete to the barrels. Although I did drill 2 holes into the concrete already in each barrel and hammered 2 24” rebar stakes I made for them. The added concrete will help keep them in place.

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[Taco Loco]

4 led front porch lights installed.

 

[Silverback]

Nice!

 

[Taco Loco]

Built 2 downspouts for the 3 car garage and installed them, I’m done fo ta day.

 

[Taco Loco]

Drilled holes for the 4 brackets as well.

 

[tex]

Speaking of house work, I got a few bags of leafs together today.

 

[tx_shooter]

Drilled holes for the 4 brackets as well.
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Nice work, the fine details make the whole thing look better.

 

[Silverback]

I've got a downspout I need to replace the very bottom of, someone hit it with the lawnmower and smooshed it pretty good.

 

[Taco Loco]

I've got a downspout I need to replace the very bottom of, someone hit it with the lawnmower and smooshed it pretty good.

drill out rivets and attach new one, easy peasy.

 

[Silverback]

Yeah, I just need to do it. Story of my life. LOL

 

[Taco Loco]

Yeah, I just need to do it. Story of my life. LOL

Completely understand.

That mile long ‘To Do list’, is not really a mile, it just never ends...

 

[Silverback]

I did make the wife happy and got all the lights and crap done in the backyard. TV's are all done (with the exception of the guest room which is not a priority). Next is to clean the garage (which I started on today) and then work on the Tacoma. Someone wants me to re-home my JD2 bender, so I need to knock out the one project I have in line for it. Oh and I need to work on the wife's garden area (no not that one.. I tend to that one a lot ) But she wants some lights put around her garden area, I have them, I just need to get some cable to string them on. Not a big project, just means another trip to HD.

 

[tx_shooter]

My offer stands to come down and help with the bender or garden area.

 

[Silverback]

I need to go buy some steel and some welding gas... and then get the garage ready for another project. But I need to do some wrenching on it before then, brakes are on the top of the to-do list for it. I have all the parts, just need to do it.

 

[Silverback]

I have some .095 x 1.75 tube but I want to make it out of of .120 and then tie it into the frame.

 

[Silverback]

Figure I'll use the .095 stuff as a template.