The Home Improvement Thread
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balakay
BabyMax
Cleaned up the backyard this weekend and did a blanket spray of Bifen. Fuck whatever these little bugs are that have infested the yard. Afterward we were relocating the firewood stack. Came across a mouse nest and the coonhound make quick work of taking care of them when they took off running. She was quickly reprimanded by my wife for hurting “poor, innocent mice” and then praised by me for actually doing her job for the first time in her life. All she’s done so far in her 6 years is bark at squirrels and possums.
New lights in the garage came in very useful this evening.
I got this IKEA cabinet put together and installed. My wife measured and bought it herself. I wasn't involved at all since this is her closet. But this particular shelving system from IKEA is the biggest piece of trash I have ever assembled from them. Cheapest materials, terrible design, terrible assembly instructions, exposed fasteners and time consuming to put together.
And I put another new cabinet in the master bathroom (the one on the right). I swapped out the hinges for soft close hinges on both cabinets as well (they aren't the best soft close hinges I've used to date). These IKEA cabinets are the total opposite of the one above. It's feels much stronger, easiest cabinet I've ever assembled, great instructions and no exposed fasteners. I had this put together and hung on the wall in ~15 minutes. My wife still needs to pick out the pulls she wants for the doors.
And I put another new cabinet in the master bathroom (the one on the right). I swapped out the hinges for soft close hinges on both cabinets as well (they aren't the best soft close hinges I've used to date). These IKEA cabinets are the total opposite of the one above. It's feels much stronger, easiest cabinet I've ever assembled, great instructions and no exposed fasteners. I had this put together and hung on the wall in ~15 minutes. My wife still needs to pick out the pulls she wants for the doors.
Yep, not my closet. She didn't want to spend the money on the real plywood and paint to build my own cabinet for the space.
I told her the space on the side is wide enough to stash her broom collection
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
Yep, not my closet. She didn't want to spend the money on the real plywood and paint to build my own cabinet for the space.
I told her the space on the side is wide enough to stash her broom collection
I was thinking to put a gun case.
That will probably be put downstairs.
balakay
BabyMax
Planting my wife’s cactuses in a small flowerbed by the front porch that has just been growing weeds for the last year and a half we’ve been here. I wanted to put down artificial turf and make it a putting green but lost that battle. So I picked up a yard of brick sand this morning to mix in with the soil to offset some of the clay. I’ll use the rest of it to level out low spots in the backyard. The material yard didn’t want to put it in the bed of the truck since it’s about 2400lbs but did it anyway. Was a smoooooth ride for the 6.5 miles back home.
I have been in the dog house lately for my early morning work meetings. The meetings are okay; but getting dressed before the meeting meant the closet door was squeaking and waking up the sammich maker in a bad mood. So today I installed quiet hinges in the four most commonly used interior doors and a self closing hinge on the closet door as well to keep the damn cats out.
The Milwaukee rolling boxes were a great mobile platform for this! It was great having all the parts, tools, and trash right there going door to door.
The Milwaukee rolling boxes were a great mobile platform for this! It was great having all the parts, tools, and trash right there going door to door.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
What kind of Cactuses? I have several varieties fo free, to include barrel, but the barrel prefer some shade.
Helped my neighbor sheath his mother-in-law suite he made out of an old palappa. It was interesting to say the least because that palappa was nowhere close to square. Didn't take any pics of it because it's not my property.
I also put in his hurricane straps as well so hopefully that structure won't end up in my yard one day
I also put in his hurricane straps as well so hopefully that structure won't end up in my yard one day
balakay
BabyMax
No clue what they are. Something she got from her mom. I wouldn’t consider them cactuses but apparently they are. We have a few more on the back porch in pots that she’s had for a couple years that we’re going to transplant to the front at some point.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Good deal, glad you didn't waste money on them.
balakay
BabyMax
More yard work yesterday getting ready for family to come over this weekend. Couldn’t get the rock for the cactus bed because the material yard is closed on Sunday, will have to do it another weekend. But got a quick mow in before the rain and got the rest of the front flowerbeds cleaned up. Relocated some bird feeders and baths. Spread about 3/4 yd of sand on my side yard to start filling in the low spot that just holds water. Trying to build it up for proper drainage before I resort to a French drain. Though I’ll probably end up doing a drainage system at some point anyway. Filled in all the holes my dogs have dug looking for grubs and threw down 14lbs of GrubEx in the backyard. Threw out some fert in the front as well. Need to get a couple sprinkler valves and heads replaced before we stop getting weekly rain.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
If you have an older house, better pray you don't have any cpvc in the walls, holy chit this crap is brittle!! I'm working on the Redneck singlewide trailer trash house. Was going to change out the shower valve, something that should have taken 3 hours is now gonna take much longer. I replaced the main water lines with 1/2in Pex A. This shower hasn't worked since the Great Freeze of Feb 21.
Gotta fix it now in case we're not able to buy adjacent farm, and we haven't found a barndo builder just yet. Anyways at a stand still till I find more parts.
I'm thinking of using 1/2 pvc for the tub spout, instead of pex,?? IDK either way, I'm gonna have silicone a few holes behind that spout. And it's a really goofy shower head, guaranteed a leak if I try put that shower head pipe downwards.
Gonna pick a couple of these, so I'm gonna use 1/2 pvc on tub spout.
Gotta fix it now in case we're not able to buy adjacent farm, and we haven't found a barndo builder just yet. Anyways at a stand still till I find more parts.
I'm thinking of using 1/2 pvc for the tub spout, instead of pex,?? IDK either way, I'm gonna have silicone a few holes behind that spout. And it's a really goofy shower head, guaranteed a leak if I try put that shower head pipe downwards.
Gonna pick a couple of these, so I'm gonna use 1/2 pvc on tub spout.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Removed goofy shower head.
Drilled holes on both side of the shower head pipe, so I could unscrew the cpvc drop ear fitting. Gonna drop string into hole tomorrow to pull up the new drop ear fitting with pex already attached. That should be fun trying to align that crap up.
Drilled holes on both side of the shower head pipe, so I could unscrew the cpvc drop ear fitting. Gonna drop string into hole tomorrow to pull up the new drop ear fitting with pex already attached. That should be fun trying to align that crap up.
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PSU Taco85
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I’d be nervous tightening up that tub spout with PVC, it just use an adapter and run copper for the stub out.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Ok. Most likely I will use the pvc and fittings that I already have. Keeping things cheap here at the Redneck singlewide trailer trash house,
. Probably rent this out for 2 years and then demolish it. Its under a 40 x80' cover, that I have future plans for.