What home improvement work did you do today?

Love seeing baseboard removed when doing new flooring. What are the plans for that? Looks like you guys already had a good sized board

 

Right now it’s a 1x6 craftsman style board. I’m hoping it goes over existing paint line . If not may have to up it in size . No quarter round

 

Had a guy come over and give me a quote to extend the concrete driveway towards the side gate for trailer parking and remove 1100 sq ft of grass to add large gravel rocks.

 

You guys doing preformed corners? 45s? 22.5s?

I don't see a decoupling membrane/vapor barrier...not an issue in TX? All 3 homes we've re-done tile at here in SoCal we have seen some sort of barrier/membrane under the original tile. Maybe because of our earthquakes or the moisture (We do get rain where we live )

 

4yrs ago in Sept. Blue tape was a hollow tile

 

22.5s for the columns where it’s rounded for sure.

the ditra mat I got mixed reviews on. After everything was removed I looked at the floor. We laser red it and inspected it. Not a single crack or disjoinment. It’s also a 20 year old house so should be pretty well settled. So I opted just to adhere to slab. None of the original tiles were cracked so. I felt okay without it.
Also overnight moisture test checked out

 

Cleaned up some debris in the work area from yesterday and started getting ready for the sub floor area repairs.

Currently on fire watch waiting for work to wrap up so I can finish on the property.

 

Good quote or obnoxious?

 

After talking with the neighbors its a fair quote given the price for concrete and landscape rocks.

I told the guy that we have a deal.

 

crete work went up like crazy in California...specially for higher PSI stuff

 

So much for taking a day off.

Decided to fix the pillars since we didn't like them leaning until later.

Then decided I want to gravel under the deck to deter pests and vagrants... So ended up laying that down.

Then ran another acre with the zero turn. Full toy usage day today.

 

Ripped out my front porch stairs and cut my stringers today, in preparation for the new set I'll be putting on next week. Didn't take any time to work up a sweat that's for sure......

 

Bought me the milwaukee mower...mustve fallen off the truck or something cuz the fella only wanted 500 for it, with the dual 12s and the dual batt rapid charger.

My 15yr old honda is starting to knock a bit and the bag is torn. Figured why spend money on that thing when I can just get a new one.

 

Bet I’ve seen it cctv footage of it being heaved into the back of a rusted pickup with no receipt lol

 

Yeah, I struggled with this when I moved home. Where I grew up, stick homes on foundation and block&beam homes are common. where we moved to, almost all SOCB homes on slabs are norm. then I moved out west and its all slabs. Moved back home, and there are a lot of these. Great for ventilation, water drainage and more... but I hate them as a whole. Accessing things is useful, but I prefer SOCB homes for sure. If anything ever happens to this, we will build a block foundation home behind this one.

TLDR: agree.

 

Got the walls framed for my shed. Erection (settle down @Fotnot ) is tomorrow.

 

Started the demo.of the old shed for the rebuild. What a PITA this is. Thank God this is the hardest part.

 

I approve of your wood being erected and hope you enjoy it once it's up

 

Wow, I had no idea they could be that aggressive! Around here they are awesome, I have a window feeder and watch them all the time. They will buzz around me when it needs to be changed or refilled and I also have had a few fly into the hose water while I am watering the garden, no aggression at all, just really cool!

-T

 

At our house they mostly chase each other off of the feeder. This year they stopped coming to the feeder. I think because another popular bird feeder is only a couple of feet away. Every kind of bird I know of and some I have to look up, come to that feeder. It appears the activity is too much for the hummers. They still do come to the honeysuckle and Jasmine.

 

My lobbying that aluminum folding chairs and used milk crates make excellent outdoor furniture have been overruled.

Now we have a table that lights on fire.

 

I work last night to hot air coming from the HVAC vents. I quickly realized that the condenser unit was humming and the fan was not engaging. After about an hour online I became a YouTube Certified HVAC Technician. I discovered that I could push start the condenser fan motor so I started with replacing the capacitor. Voila, works.

 

I keep a spare capacitor in my toolbox for this exact reason....$35 bucks to have one on hand in case shit hits the fan in the middle of summer, instead of a $400 emergency hvac service
As far as i know its just unplug/plug (making sure to use the same terminals)...only thing that scares me is the discharge.

I had a tech come out a few years ago and was asking him about it (ours was still in spec), he said to avoid any of the Chinese brands and get a AmRad or Titan (cant remember exactly, but i think there's Titan and Titan HD, one is made is USA and one in China). I went with an AmRad.

$36 45 + 5 uf/Mfd Round Dual Universal Capacitor • AmRad USA2236 - Used for 370 or 440 VAC, Made in The U.S.A.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GSU47TQ?ie=UTF8

 

Congrats

 

The one I replace was an amrad and it was dated 2012 so that thing outlived it's expectancy. The titan I just put in says made in USA so should be good!

 

Good to hear the AmRad lasted 12 years!
double check your Titan


I'm sure its fine, but if you buy a cold spare, i'd look for a Murica' one.