What home improvement work did you do today?

I miss having a basement.

I’ll help you out and hold on to the ATV. You will get extra garage space for free. Lol

 

Yeah they probably are. That’s just a random photo I pulled from google.

 

Yeah but does he own a Tundra? Haha

 

I think the names of his vehicles are signs of things he wishes he could still do with his Fords.

 

Do it!!!!

 

Looks super clean

 

3 new Kohler Cimarron toilets. Elongated in the master bath and upstairs hall bath, round bowl in the downstairs bathroom. New quarter turn shut off valves and new supply lines too.




Back when I was a young plumber in training, this guy Vince who I learned from had this whole sales pitch about these toilets when we would have dude customers. He said it with such enthusiasm that the customer would get excited and want one in every room.

"It's two inches taller so your legs won't fall asleep. It has an elongated bowl so you can let your boys hang. It has a 2 and 1/8th inch trap and a 3 inch flapper, when you flush it BAAAWOOOOOOSH! If you plug that thing...... you need to see your doctor!"

 

Holy shit!!! I really hope the city steps up and takes care of you Asap. I’m sorry man, but that is just shitty!!!

 

Got one side of the garage shelves built and organized.

 

Finished gutting the backyard.

 

Made an accent wall

 

Blank slate!!

 

I like that.

I extended the kitchen a bit... to the patio.

 

So the game plan is: large patio, gas fire pit, hot tub and bbq kitchen area..... we will see how all THAT goes

 

All in good time!!

 

I read a lot of reviews of other grills struggling to hit 500 degrees. Glad I spent a little extra on this one, passed 500 in under ten minutes during the initial run.

 

Looking good!

 

I have a 15+ year old Weber 3 burner that still gets to 500° on propane. I replaced the burners, flavorizor bars, and grills 5 years ago. Other than that it's all original. And I leave it out on my deck year round in CT, no cover.

 

That's what I like to hear!

 

All you need to do now is visit grillgrates.com

 

Never heard of grillgrates but now I want them, very cool. Thanks alot

 

110ft of trench by pickaxe - for gutter drain. Lame. LOL

 

You and @War Machine get me all the time, glad I could spend some money for you. Lol.

 

Yeah, the grill grates are pretty cool. I’ve got some.

 

Damn do I know that feeling. My lot is 100 feet deep and I trenched from the center of the front diagonally to the back left-hand corner by pick axe on a Friday night after work so that I could lay a corrugated tube on Saturday morning. The lot itself is too small for any actually machinery. Front of the house was no problem but the root network on the side was crazy.

 

Ahh yuck!! Wasn’t the city going to fix your issues!? Man that sucks!

 

They are indeed but I needed to put something in as a stopgap until they get out here. The only specifics they could offer me on the timeframe were "July or August" so I added two drain basins, one at the top of the yard and one in the middle, to catch water that comes rolling off the street as best I can. If I can reduce it by 60% or more at the top of the yard then I think the rest of the yard, as well as the other drain I installed, would handle the rest.

I installed the basin nearly two inches below the soil line so once the city installs theirs and I am sure that it works to collect all the water, I'll just cover this one with dirt and be done with it.

 

Hard to tell what’s going on because of my wife’s great camera work, but the first coat of epoxy has gone down. Looks like water on the floor.
House garage

Detached garage