What home improvement work did you do today?

Ohhhhh.....I see what you are saying.

Here (maybe a West coast kinda thing?) we usually have springs that go over a bar that spans the width of the door.
I've heard it's kinda scary to tension the springs. Either use 2 pegs and twist it, or I've seen commercials of some companies have a drill powered thing that spins the springs.

Edit: I see I'm late to the party and you guys already talked through it.

 

If you split the post lengthwise and then router the center of it hollow and then glue it back together with good urethane glue and lots of clamps, that would prevent the issue of a wandering drill bit. The transition from the underground conduit could still be tricky and I’m not sure how you are anchoring the post itself though…

when we run underground commercially, like Beau mentioned, we have a splice/junction box on either end and run the conduit to the box. At a light post, that conduit will come up through a concrete base and the light post is set over the box and anchored down to the concrete. Or the conduit will come up alongside the post and be surface routed up the face.

 

Installed an

$89 EZ GENERATOR SWITCH - The Original, Patented, UL/CSA Approved Manual Transfer Switch

EZ Generator Switch so I can run my furnace with my generator in case I lose power for nearly 7 days and it's in the 20s. Again.

 

Hung up some stained glass that my wife and daughter have made recently

 

Wrapping up this master bath on Tuesday when the shower glass gets installed.

Old bath had a 36” single vanity with toilet next to it, followed by a large tub.
Tub got trashed, toilet moved to old shower location. Double bowl 72” vanity added, 60”x42” shower pan plus bench.

Big 24”x 48” tiles were used. Niche is all mitered and grain matched where possible. Niche pic was in progress when grooves were cut for floating mitered tile shelf, 4 25 cent biscuits and silicone hold shelf in place.

 

That's beautiful! I love those colors. I'd recommend changing those plugs and switches to gray. Might add to the fung shoeey.

 

Leaves, and more leaves! Then went on the roof to run the drill powered brush through my dryer vent tube as the wife has been complaining that the dryer is taking longer than usual. Bit of a pita as the washer/dryer are on the second floor.

 

Looks fantastic, wish I had that kind of skill.

 

I'm glad you posted the examples with the explanation because I'm pretty sure @Fotnot has no concept of what "flaccid" means.

 

Leaves today & hopefully the last time,it has been the weekend ritual for the last 4 weeks

Mow the lawn for the last time put down winter fertilizer, retire the mower and put the snowblower in que.

 

I didn’t give them the option. Their only request was a dimmer for the shower light. White outlets and switches are probably at least half the cost if we found a gray that wasn’t too light or too dark, and a husband and wife can agree on.

 

Scooter butt prison

Lil sumn for me from the wifey <3

 

Today, we re-homed the last of the 16 peafowl that were voluntarily living on our property. This means this coming weekend I can pressure wash my deck, take down temporary fencing around most of my flowers and plants in the yard, and get my wife’s car detailed…

 

Small project, made a frame for the tv. I saw this style were selling for 400-500$ or more and thought it was crazy. Used two pieces of 16$ picture frame trim and I think it really makes it look like a picture haha.

 

Those Frame tv's are super impressive. I setup my parents with one for the kitchen. Unfortunately the wall we mounted it on has a pocket door to it, so we couldn't do a recessed box for the controller unit.

I actually really like the non-glare coating on them. I was thinking of getting one for our outdoor tv (under a patio cover)....watching tv outside can be a pain for glares.

 

whay year is your dump trailer ? imm looking for one just like that !

 

I've been sidelined with an injury for several months and the garage was driving me insane. We basically moved into the house and then a few weeks later I got hurt. Last weekend I put my daughters boyfriend to work helping me move stuff around so I can at least walk around in it. Now I just need to start putting things away and getting my cabinets mounted. Also need to figure out what I'm going to do to store all the bikes.

 

the BF's face when he saw the mess....poor Reggie

 

I hang all my mtn bikes from the ceiling using a pulley system mounted to a beam. Your ceiling looks kinda low though? I've also seen racks that swing out from the wall so you can have them organized there as well. https://storeyourboard.com/products...b_rH_bavPuu1IelJKFku23SLKqhtfT5saAlwjEALw_wcB

 

The picture might be deceiving. The ceilings are pretty high at 14-15'. Look at the freezer on the right side for reference.
I had the hanging pulley systems for my bikes at the house I had before my last one. That might be the correct way to store them here as I have the height.

 

Does replacing burnt Christmas tree lights count?

Last year I had to replace about 100 and I can only assume we got some power surge or something. Down side is a few things, I hate the look of LEDs on a tree so these are incandescent (I think?) so one dead light sometimes takes out a few lights and not always sure which one is actually dead. The other downside is I can’t find the correct bases to just plug and play so the ones I ordered I ended up having to pull the bulbs outta both bad base and new base and but the bulb back into the old base. Just more time but for now all lights work!

Some of the bad bulbs

This is all that’s left of the 250qty of new bulbs.
new vs old base

 

I thought that was a mini fridge.

I guess I could've paid more attention to the shelving above the garage door for reference.

 

Is it really 14’-15’? That’s wild. I was guessing it is 11-12’ high.

 

I had originally been using the Racor B-1R for vertical hanging, started with one row of 5 spaced ~18" apart, then started a second row 12" lower on the wall. It doesn't look like Racor is making this product anymore, but this Leonardo rack is $7.92/ea on sale, with a 15% off coupon dropping it to around $7 and is nearly identical to the Racor in its form/function:

$16 Leonardo Bike Rack Wall Mount with Tire Tray by Delta Cycle – Elegant Vertical Hanger Hook Design Provides Easy Bicycle Storage Access – Hassle-Free Installation – Vertical Mount Holds Up to 40 lbs

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FGTTEW/

Maybe it's just a Black Friday deal, MSRP is $20. So may not stay at that 3-for-1 pricing for long.