What home improvement work did you do today?

Spike strips will fix that shit

 

or a gate to keep people out of the driveway entirely.

 

Gate keeps 'em out; spike strips prevent them from doing that shit again, at least until they get their tires fixed.

Plus... disrespectful, stupid behavior should either hurt or cost you money

BTW....

 

pay attention to back right on top of your lawn...

 

I did do that. Between the grass and the pavers there is a series of sharpened bolts. The green Ranger was the first victim. He drove away with a spike in the tire. Other vehicles after that one showed flaws in my defense system forcing my to remedy that issue. The spikes were being pushed into the dirt. Some strips of stainless steel under the pavers acted as a backing for the spikes.

The bucket truck is the only one to thwart me designs by the shear weight of the vehicle. It pushed everything down and compressed the dirt by at least 4 inches.

Had there been a fence or gate there I’m sure the asshole would have just driven through it. If you can see across the street where the green fencing ends there are three steel poles filled with concrete. They have all been tagged by people making too sharp a turn.

I have no problem with people using my driveway for a three point turn. I have all the problems when they use my lawn to do it.

 

not if you have 4" I beam 3' deep for fence post and 4x8 for fence board.

 

Concrete is dried. Pole is in. Didn’t even have to mess around with the pavers. The red one slid right into place.

 

So I replaced two steps on my deck a few days ago and realized the rest look bad enough to replace too. How would you all deal with some of these cracks in the stringer? I tried wood putty on a few and it worked on one but already split on another. I may not have let it dry long enough before driving in new deck screws.

Also, how long should I wait before staining pressure treated wood? Seeing conflicting info online.



This crack is the worst.

 

Looks good!
Throw a towel on it and keep it wet for a week or more, it'll get a lot stronger that way.

 

take it down and cut new stringers, nothing worth a trip to IR

 

What does this help do? Slow the cure? Which makes it stronger?

 

Concrete takes should take 30 days to fully cure, if it dry too fast it just crack.
Or just water it every day for a few weeks

 

Yep.
I've worked on DOT jobs in the past and they actually lay down burlap and keep sprinklers running 24/7

 

Done and done. Sprinkler head is right there. I’ll run the sprinklers twice a day to soak them. Thanks.

 

On the smaller cracks, I would run a 2" or 3" screw through the crack to hold it together. On the larger posts/larger cracks, I would run a lag bolt/washer/nut through them.

 

Cleaned it out big time. In the last 2 weeks, I've

- applied for a job 1K miles away
- offered the job 1K miles away O_O
- accepted said job
- scheduled a PODS moving thingamabob
- cleaned out 1/2 the stuff in our house
- had the next door neighbors' kids tell us they want our house at asking price

So yeah, been a tad bit busy.

 

Whoa. Where ya moving to?


Also, for Father’s Day my father in law and brother in law wanted to help me with the treehouse. We decided to tackle the front railing…only took us about 4 hours, 3 guys, 8ft of railing lol. So sad.

 

congrats on the new job

 

Somewhere near Dahlgren, VA.

Thanks man! Looking forward to it, but holy crap there's a lot to do.

 

keep us updated on the first moron that runs into it.

 

Yup. Definitely needs a security cam on it to catch the carnage.

 

Will do.



Unless it's me, which it most likely will be.

 

Goodbye pampas grass, introducing black diamond crepe myrtle.

gonna get another and some more dirt...

supposed to grow into this.

 

Roof demo'd today. Nail strip, underlayment, and 2 inch polyiso is down.

 

Florida's "Summer Rains" have helped bring my Hibiscus back too LIFE

Poor thing has not had a bloom or buds since our 'Lil storm last year but the move from Ft.Myers to the new Home has now shown great results...

The little things in Life

Don't mind the sleeping Tundra in the background...it is liking Retired life just like me..

 

Got a great deal on 3 pallets of zoysia sod. Yes I pushed the limit but it was only 4 miles down the street.



Dad stopped by (with his Tundra) so we made two more trips and just split the loads to be safe

 

Pulled weeds and fertilized all the palms. Summer is here