What home improvement work did you do today?

I had 5 cu yards of 5/8 washed rock delivered to the front of the house. 4 yards went to the garden shed area, to bring up the level so I could build a 6 ft wide x 4 ft long ramp without a severe angle. I used all pressure treated wood. Photo does not reflect the hill effect on the shed. Also, keeping the new grass from getting toasted during out 6 days of 90+ weather has been a task. I think I’ll have to give it its first cut this next weekend.

 

I really like the wall colors and flooring details... Very nice!!!!

 

Thanks, appreciate it!

 

Took my StarLink RV dish off the roof and stuck the StarLink Residential dish up in its place. It’s the same piece of hardware, but I couldn’t “swap” from RV to Home without buying the “Home Kit” - seriously… I didn’t bother to change the modem/router out.

Boxed up the old one and hit the “Cancel and Return” option since I am within the 30-day window in the RV service. Looks like I’ll end up paying for around 2 weeks of unused service but it’ll work out in the long run. I’m basically paying 2x my DSL price for 10x (+) the service I was getting.

And I refuse to call that thing “dishy”

 

Over 4 kilowatts from solar?! I never thought they produce that much!!

 

Ripped out some rotted quarter round on our front porch and found more rot. Tore it all out, put some wood hardener (couldn't find @Fotnot brand) on what needed it, filled, patched, and caulked. It was 105 out which sucked butt. On the plus side, everything was drying quickly.

I'll try to sand and paint it this weekend if the weather cooperates (supposed to only be in the upper 90's).

 

That's a beautiful duct! However, anytime I see duct, I'd like to see appropriate use of duct tape!!!

 

Dug out the trenches for my greenhouse footer, and finished framing the sidewalls, as well as the first end wall. Hope I can get some warm days this week to pour the footers and posts. Morimotos made for good worklights...

 

Pookie works so much better though

 

Not at my house, but at the kids school, it’s a hippie parent Co-op so I do lots of work down there; replaced 80+ feet of 4” clay sewer drain last year(I didn’t dig any of it)
At the end of school last year they freaked out because they thought they smelled gas(ended up being the AC unit drain is in a vent stack, so It sucked in stinky sewer smell) but the gas Co came out and tagged out the water heater, so I replaced that today. I forgot/need to go back for a 1/2” close nipple to tie in the gas and foil tape the flue, it all went in pretty well and before I was done the local crack heads already took the old one I left on the street(I’m saying I hauled it away, oh the agony!)
Then changed filters in the ACs, and found one not coming on, the dual cap literally shit the bed…..
I’ll go back tomorrow and finish the water heater, and replace the OD fan motor and cap.

 

Funny, in my mind I pictured you as taller than @Outbound ...

 

Hahah
He’s a grower for sure, people say he’s beefy/muscly, I’m just used to it I guess.
One day we will have to meet for a Canadian/AZ kid meetup

 

Nice job, but do Hippies actually use hot water?

 

Hahah Apparently not, it’s been down for so long, I had to finally ask if they wanted to replace it, for the 3rd time. We’re busy AF at work right now with move in circling over our heads; I didn’t want this to pop up “oh by the way……”

also I just took a cold shower……..

 

That little dude is gonna be a lady charmer

 

Hopefully, sure didn’t get it from me hahah

 

Still strange for me to see. Just as when I watch home remodel shows from Canada I still can't get over duct work not wrapped with insulation, every joint taped, and sealed with mastic. Ours would be sweating 9 months of the year.
Stolen internet pic for example.

 

Tons of issues at work right now from high humidity and dew point being at 70…..
yesterday we had a call for condensation near oneof the elevator rooms, that room was almost 50 degrees inside. The fire door was dripping sweat on the outside. The fan coil is in the next room over that they always leave the door open and the return has zero insulation, it was dripping like a rain forest

 

Old timey plumpers have to stay grumpy with those crimpers making everything so much easier. Soft solder is like magic, I would always solder every thing with 15% just to avoid the shame for overheating the joint.

 

Hahah the one guy at work who doesn’t trust them, would go the extra mile and silver solder everything!!! Hahah what are you doing?!

 

So apparently my window trim is angled…which really makes it hard to mount mini blinds so I’m wondering if there is a trick to this or if I just use some small wood shims?

 

Shims.
Or a stack of washers under the back side to act as a shim.
Either way, use a longer screw so you still get good anchorage into the actual wood

 

Small washers. Brilliant! Thank you

 

The fountain my wife ordered arrived. I didn’t like it at first. But, after it was all set up and the pebble rocks put back….. it looks pretty awesome. It will be even better once the palms are larger.

 

I like it!

I bet that wasn't cheap!

 

Nope…. Definitely not cheap

 

Not much going onhere. I moved my Smoker to my other side deck. I used to roll it off my side porch onto my massive side deck but since I had to tear it out, it made it quite a bit steeper. My wife almost found me laying under my smoker when I got it down yesterday. I have a cover coming for it today. My Weber was having an issue igniting the third burner but it turns out the igniter thing wasn't sitting right on the burner. Moved it and all is good now. I needed a cheap win. Upcoming projects include cleaning and painting this deck and the front porch.