What home improvement work did you do today?

close nough I figure (maybe not, but i like the song and it was only 3 off.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1980WfKC0o

 

Next to where I park my work truck are some big bushes, and every time it rains, or previously rained, I have to walk by them and I get soaked. This morning was the last straw, so this afternoon when I got home, I got out the hedge trimmer and chainsaw and rage-trimmed them. Eventually I want to rip them all out and just replace them with a small strip of fence.

 

New to us place, fixing a landscaping fail.
For some reason they stacked up the topsoil over the rat guard trim against the building.
During a heavy rain we would have some water creeping into the garage.
About 125' run of tile (perf/socked under the drip line) to the back yard where the grade drops off will fix this.
Just got the sod and some dirt removed yesterday. Decent rain last night and it remained dry even with no tile.

 

That looks like a termite's wet dream. Hopefully that's PT lumber I'm seeing there? Even if PT, water will rot that shit out.

 

Yeah, it's ground contact PT lumber thankfully. UH, I don't think and inspector would let anything else fly, but who knows up here/small town/county.
It was absolutely a termites wet dream, I saw a few spots with tiny ants, not bad. But we bought some insect magic dust to take care of that.
Just got back from picking up the 100' of 4" perf/socked and 50' of solid 4", and a pop up termination for the end.
Still a little too wet from last nights rain to go digging and making a muddy ass mess.
*First long trip for her since the move/over heating rear brakes/and re-adjustment. 60 miles of freeway, and cool as a cucumber.
Everything else was perfect, she needed some drive time like that bad. I love my truck

Oh sorry, this is home improvement stuff.

 

(2) months
(160) 33 lb concrete blocks
(800) lbs of leveling sand
(8) tubes of Loctite Construction Adhesive
(9) yards of high quality garden soil
(12) 10' T-Posts
(12) Cattle Panels Cut to size
(200) feet of PVC pipe
Various PVC fittings

Countless hours of digging trenches for irrigation and leveling/rock removal

All done by myself after work and on the weekends.
There is still some fine tuning and trimming needed on the fencing, but it's functional for now.

Happy wife.

I'm tired and ready for some me time.

 

HOLY SMOKES Dude!
Wow, looks great and the bounties will be 10 fold for sure.

 

95% completed the 125ft drain line in the last two days (it started to rain just as I was packing up for the day). It's raining steady now so timing was perfect.

The dig. Line levels and a lot of measuring.

Some Dilwaukee action. Minimal roots and blessed with mostly easy dig sandy construction/site fill


Stapled the geotextile to the band board. Tied off the sock so it doesn't slip back


3/4" to 1" stone arrived at 7:30 this morning, approx 1.5 yards.



I think I am going to widen this another 4" to 20" wide, the drip line is a little closer to the edge than I like (16" of stone/12" overhang)


Completing the final 50-60ft to the woodline. It got deep and I'm glad I made the trenching shovel, angle grinder+shovel=trench shovel





We'll see how this termination/drain setup works out. Didn't have any big rocks on hand.


Water it in and get some of the settling done.


Pleased with the outcome. A couple days of good exercise for me, and it didn't get tore up by equipment.
$190 tile/fittings/fabric
$200 for the stone delivered
I would guess I saved $1000-1500 by doing it myself?
(Camo structure is what I call the "chicken hanger")

 

Been a busy month so far...

Repainted my room a really pretty color that I love, hung new blinds, new curtain rods and of course new curtains and quilt.



There is (or should I say was) a rhododendron in my front garden that I have disliked since I bought the house almost 9 years ago, and a few days ago I finally had the energy to get rid of it!! After spending like 30 minutes cutting individual thick roots, and the thing not even loosening or budging (found out later that it was because it weighed like 100 lbs ), I got fed up and decided to hook a tow rope to my ATV trailer hitch and tie the other end around the plant. Couple pushes of the throttle and it was ripped clear out of the ground without issue! I was totally kicking myself for not doing it that way sooner! It doesn't look that big in the picture, but believe me I had to use the ATV to drag it down into the woods and I couldn't even move it it was so freaking heavy.



Redid the front gardens with some bark mulch and some new shrubs, as the old ones were on their last years of life. At least most of the other shrubs were easy to get out. Made great use of the truck bed, which is why I keep it, even if I only use it a few times a year it's still worth it!!





I am admitently a dork, and I could not stop laughing at this flag when I saw it at Lowes..... Now, it's in the yard!

 

Stained oak or is that black walnut?
Either way it looks nice and rich.

 

After only 3.66(repeating) years, I finally crossed off 100% of my to-do list on this house! But... only because it's officially SOLD.

Bittersweet to look back on everything we've done here thinking this was our "forever home" but work has forced me to relocate so we're on to the next adventure, and a whole new to-do list, in Northwest Arkansas!

 

Nice looking home. I've liked Arkansas when visiting and could see it being nice to live there. Good luck with your new job, home, and life there bud.

 

All the best of joy and happiness in your new adventures NW Arkansas has a lot of outdoor rec. and fun things to do.

 

Just look at your check book that'll tell the difference.lol.
The grain "from here" looks to broad to be black walnut,but what do I know.

It looks great nice looking treads.

 

Finally got the time to service our filter system... I am going to add a softener this year even though I have been fighting it...





Then I went and played with wood until the rain started.

 

Is that lvt? It looks really good.

 

We did a lot of our house in that stuff. Looks great and holds up well with the pets and snow we bring in.

 

I am installing about 5-600 sqft of the stuff this weekend. Seems relatively easy and I have a thermal/water barrier since its going in the basement. Did you do the install or hire it out?

I also have to do a engineered wood floor, probably in two weeks or less, which I am a lot more leery about and trying to find someone to hold my hand for the first few rows.

 

I put in almost 600 ft² of LVP myself and knocked it out in an evening. Not difficult at all IMO

 

encouraging! I have 15 pre-cast piers coming within an hour, and then I am going to start tackling it. I hope that I have even half the success you did.

 

It can be easy if you buy the right stuff. I would not recommend the smartcore brand from Lowes. It requires too much force on both the long ends and short ends to get it properly engaged. Sometimes damaging the fragile locking mechanism, or not engaging completely and you find it when you're 10 rows away. Whatever brand Home Depot sells looks way easier. Unsure if there's a waterproof or durability penalty for easy of install but it took me 3 weeks to do 1,200 sq ft (nights and weekends) of the smartcore xl, including tearout, and re-trimming/painting the shoe mold.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/wha...-did-you-do-today.25160/page-436#post-3658556

 

My back hurts just looking at this.

I spent one summer in my late teens working with a crew that did HVAC and sprinklers as a 2nd job to get extra skrilla. That was enough ditch digging for me for a lifetime. My half-century-old back would be bitching at me for a day or two after all that. Just climbing around between joists in a vaulted attic doing cable runs at my friend's new coffee shop left it hollering at me the other day.

 

I did install it myself. It's pretty easy if you get all the right tools. I can't remember the brand but I did buy it at lowes. Used a cork board layer below it to help with comfort when walking around the house barefoot. Definitely get yourself some knee pads if you already don't have a set.