What home improvement work did you do today?

It will have a vented cover plate over it like the link below when finished.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Studor-Air-Admittance-Valve-Recess-Box-with-Faceplate/1000679311

 

Good call. They can make a little noise, that will mitigate it.

 

Yup, alcohol does for me what a Studor vent does for TRex266 waste pipe.

 

that looks like our apartment a few times in college...

 

Minus the empty Absolut bottles and the passed out naked girls with puke in their hair. Nowadays I have to take the dogs for an hour walk at night so I can have a cigar. The wife and 4 daughters (2 sets of twins) in their twenties never miss an oppurtunity to tell me its a disgusting habit. God most definitely has a good sense of humor.

 

Oof
College cured me off any urges to smoke - cigar, cigarettes, pipe - anything
Can’t be within 100 feet of a lit cigar without gagging

 

Funny, I live in Chippewa Falls and the 45th Pure Water Days is today and tomorrow.

 

Only gets 3 blades since they're the youngest?

 

3 blade? Not sure I have seen many lately. Irregular?

 

@T-Rex266
Except appliances IMO, I buy middle of the road stuff without bells and whistles. Usually lasts a lot longer than the latest and greatest.

 

Does anyone have tips for painting block walls? Because of how rough it is, it's taking forever. I even bought rollers made for textured walls and concrete.




The finished sections look great though.

 

The heavy texture rollers and a THICK primer.

 

Paint sprayer is the only way to make it go faster, much faster.

 

Are the harbor freight paint sprayers worth a try?

 

They are solid. I have one that I use and abuse and it keeps on ticking. Just be sure to clean it really well after each use.

 

I think I'm going to pick one up. I have never used a sprayer of any kind. Do I have to use paint thinner?

 

Finished Momma's "New Planter"

The dangers of being married 40+ years shows up when she says YES to buying new TOOLS She has a "plan to recycle/upfit" the Old ... I upgraded to a new aluminum step ladder !!!

Her Corlloa is "hiding" across the way and don't mind the Riva' views , they get dam distracting at times

And NO, do not ask about the other finish boards; "Honey-doo" for this week.... Water system tanks are going into "hiding"

And yes, those are fishing poles hiding in my shed but at 100 plus degrees ain't no way I'm saying here fishy-fishy

Riva' Life being married to an Artist

 

Painted the entire interior of my house (including ceilings) with an airless HF sprayer. Took literally days to tape/mask/cover everything, but only a few hours to do the painting. Intake tube goes straight into the 5 gallon bucket and I bought extra hose and extension tips on eBay. I just placed it in a central location and pulled the hose through the house.
Just note, you will go through a ton of paint, you will get covered, you will go through many face masks, use fans and open windows. Make sure that it's an old fan you don't care about, cause it'll get coated up good.

 

No thinner.

 

Do a scrap wall or something first...first room I did, didn't move fast enough, runs everywhere. Second room, looked like a pro did it.

 

This. When I did my sheds I set up a piece of scrap plywood and figured out the settings.

 

Free weekend from our two oldest kids meant a honey do list project. Floor bed frames for the girls with mini attached night stands. Need to pop some wood plugs over the recessed hardware and flush em. Going to burn the wood and stain/poly tomorrow. Mattresses fit like a glove! Ignore the stain...my oldest decided to pour a bottle of syrup all over the mattress a few months ago (smells great though lol)....

 

Sealed, stained, and first coat of urethane on materials for the wall bed. Here's the large cherry panels.