What home improvement work did you do today?

I moved some chimes we had over to our deck swing supports so they catch a little more wind.



I also started cleaning out my shed. When we moved in 6 years ago, things just got tossed in there. Last winter, rats moved in and they made a mess out the insulation. Bastards.


The weather is nice and I've had a little energy so I've started tackling cleaning it up and organizing.

That brings me to my next question for you all. The rats were coming in through holes in the siding. At some point, the original building was torn down and somebody built what I have now but didn't utilize the entire foundation. They also put the siding all the way down to the ground so it's rotted. At some point, they've replaced it before because the bottom three boards of siding had been replaced with hardiplank, I think. I would like to fix this but not sure how. Any advice would be much appreciated. I know it'll need some kind of flashing, but I don't want it to look bad. Oh, and cheap. I have to be able to do it myself.

I also am hoping to replace the door with a full sized one, the windows with ones that actually open, re-insulate the walls after I pull out the rat infested shit and line the walls and ceiling with cedar, then tile the floor. Ideally, I'd like to split it into a workout room and tool shed. Right now my workout room is on the screened-in side porch and Mrs. Bandito would like it back.

 

Nice, I have the same rat problem, as well as squirrels, mice, the occasional Racoon,
DEATH TO 'EM ALL I SAY!!!
So tired of turds everywhere, now the remodel is underway, the Vermin Hotel is CLOSED for the winter, and every other season for that matter!!
Glad you got the screw thing figured out, your place is really starting to look great!
It's just Soooooo nice when a plan comes together!!!

 

Thank you - it's just starting to get cold at night so we'll see if I was able to close up all of the rat entrances in the main house. Damn roof rats.

 

turned an old empty pond / eyesore into a fire-pit area. did realize how large this pond actually was until it took 6 ton of stone and barely looks like anything. next phase is to get some more trees planted along the road or do a straight run of fencing

 

We’ve got people coming over and this towel holder hole needed to be patched……..

 

Nailed it

 

The Woman wanted a blanket ladder for the living room. I got to play with tools. Win win.

 

Just add blankets, nice!
Does it have a base, or attach to the wall?

 

It just leans against the wall. Where we're putting it, it'll be between the couch and a wall, so it won't slide anywhere. If I was going to put it more in the open, I'd probably glue rubber to the feet or something to prevent it sliding.

 

Such a nice barn to never get to use again.

 

Worked on making a goofy Yakk Skellington project for Halloween.

A stray/feral cat wandered up to tell me I was ignoring her. Fed her lunch and kept going.

Just need to get some highlighters to break open and create a luminescent fluid to really pop with a black light.

 

Finally got some tile and base cabinets in our second house, and wife decided butcher block countertops (teak).

 

More shed work. I pulled out about 70% of the rat infested roof insulation and started organizing the shed a little. I also climbed on the roof and put some roof sealant over holes the previous owners tried to patch.

 

Those cabinets are sweet!

 

Thanks - one of the benefits of living near an Army base. I think they came from Fort Hood, got them from an active duty guy living in Austin. Suckers are heavy. One of them has an "Infantry" tag on it.

 

where did you purchase ?

 

I had a Pulte house built and I agree ! Wouldn't buy another one !

 

This material is sold at Home Depot and Lowe’s. I recommend you use the larger caulking tubes. It’s cheaper and saves you from having to start and stop your joints as much.

 

Pretty much wrapped up the basement!!!

 

Very nice looking basement! I bet your excited to have it all done.

 

Holy smokes, that looks freaking great! I'm

 

Got the back patio tile finished and finally had my trim show up.

 

Thanks! Yes very exciting, this took about a year happy to be done with it

 

Makes me miss owning a home.

 

Started replacing electrical receptacles around the house as some have expanded their size and are unusable and cables hang and fail to charge... some work half the time or only 1 works when that one is in use.

 

After weeks of waiting for our range hood, today I was able to frame it and hang it up..