Fuck messing with that shit, man. Unless it's leaking.Yeah manholes and gasses are no joke. Couple utility workers died here last year when they went into one.
And here are the vents on the roof of my house;
I have two of each type up there, you bros think a turbine would just fit in place of them or would it require some cutting? Also the attic is a mess, would it be worth it to tidy it up and put some plywood over the insulation in between the joists?
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You may just talk to the city about putting a different frame and rim on that and bringing it down 5 inches easilyYeah that is exactly what it is. Here is another picture of it, now all uncovered. He took the lid off for me to look down, and it is clearly just a storm drain. It's probably 10-15 feet deep
I think from all of that you can infer it was a big deal,and yes i call you bzak for short.
lurker
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The city has an easement on your property. Look through your docs and see if it's mentioned. If it is and you didn't notice it, shame on you. If you can't find any mention of it and you want the manhole lowered and the city says "...sure for $5000 we'll lower it.", get an attorney to write a letter to the title company. Although I think they're probably not on the hook for anything even though it was their job to find and notify you of the easement, a real attorney might think otherwise.Yeah that is exactly what it is. Here is another picture of it, now all uncovered. He took the lid off for me to look down, and it is clearly just a storm drain. It's probably 10-15 feet deep
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Yeah I have 2 storm drains on my property, one in the front yard and one in the back. And my easement was clearly laid out in my paperwork when I bought the house. I have 6ft running on one side of my property and 6ft in the very back. They actually worked on one like a few years ago. My wife told me they had some machine and they were either cleaning it out or whatever.
even my home inspector told me the concrete path on the side of my house going from the garage to the back yard was like a foot or two over my easement on the side. But not to worry about it.
even my home inspector told me the concrete path on the side of my house going from the garage to the back yard was like a foot or two over my easement on the side. But not to worry about it.
Palum
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So quick update now from my original list below. Green is done. Blue/Italicized is amended/changed plan since then. Yellow/Underlined is new. Red is pushed back/delayed for a bit (probably winter project).
1) clean up grass/weeds (doing this this weekend)
2) regrade several areas that seem to have excess landscaping/construction material just deposited from years ago (hopefully done this weekend)
3) remove a cactus and a shrub (hopefully done this weekend)
4) redoing entire pool decking (begins next week)
5) running conduit underground to far side of yard for circuit that goes to 6 (probably start to trench this weekend)
6) installing 8x8 or 10x10 paver patio area on far side of the pool where I will (have to wait to match new pool surface to pick these out)
7) construct tiki style pergola/hut with bar surface
8) build brick housing for built-in grill and mini-fridge
9) run drainage from inside corner that will connect future downspout and AC run-off piping out to new areainstalled rain chain and used existing slab drainage (where the rain water was going anyway)
10) turning 15x7 area into mini-french drain area for storm water and pool filter backwash.turned out to be unnecessary
11) take up and redo 200 sq feet paver patio with new pavershalf done, mostly taken up now
12) put in new paver walkways (1 to garage, 1 to new firepit area below, 1 to tiki hut/pergola bar/grill, 1 to side of house with patio going to master bedroom)
13) install pool shower on master bedroom patio around side of house
14) install new built-in firepit or fireplace and benches
15) add border stone and about 100 sq feet of fake grass for dog to play on and color accents against the xeriscaping
16) put in 12 palm trees
17) build shed
18) redo planter areas and put in tropical plants
1) clean up grass/weeds (doing this this weekend)
2) regrade several areas that seem to have excess landscaping/construction material just deposited from years ago (hopefully done this weekend)
3) remove a cactus and a shrub (hopefully done this weekend)
4) redoing entire pool decking (begins next week)
5) running conduit underground to far side of yard for circuit that goes to 6 (probably start to trench this weekend)
6) installing 8x8 or 10x10 paver patio area on far side of the pool where I will (have to wait to match new pool surface to pick these out)
7) construct tiki style pergola/hut with bar surface
8) build brick housing for built-in grill and mini-fridge
9) run drainage from inside corner that will connect future downspout and AC run-off piping out to new areainstalled rain chain and used existing slab drainage (where the rain water was going anyway)
10) turning 15x7 area into mini-french drain area for storm water and pool filter backwash.turned out to be unnecessary
11) take up and redo 200 sq feet paver patio with new pavershalf done, mostly taken up now
12) put in new paver walkways (1 to garage, 1 to new firepit area below, 1 to tiki hut/pergola bar/grill, 1 to side of house with patio going to master bedroom)
13) install pool shower on master bedroom patio around side of house
14) install new built-in firepit or fireplace and benches
15) add border stone and about 100 sq feet of fake grass for dog to play on and color accents against the xeriscaping
16) put in 12 palm trees
17) build shed
18) redo planter areas and put in tropical plants
Palum
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OK I need some guidance.
As of right now my back yard is a pretty good canvas. All the rocks are gone, the excavation company did amazing work and it is all dirt. I spent the weekend cleaning out the Bermuda roots from all over the retaining wall - sprayed everything down a bit more and all of it should now be dead dead dead. This weekend I am going to remove the last few chutes of it (wanted to wait until it could soak in the glyphosate spray). The planters are done, the pygmy palms and the gardenias are doing just fine after some transplant shock. Besides that the back yard is refinished pool deck with graded dirt so ready to go.
Since I've acquired some new gardening tools I'm starting to realize I need a shed to move some stuff from the garage outside and a place to put some random pool shit. I have an area to place a lean-to behind the garage. I'm thinking of just a 4'x8' one just to make everything easy but I'm considering building it myself. I generally know how to do everything but I'd need a lot of woodworking tools that I used to borrow from my father back in New England (or that I used to own and left there/discarded). Since I want to build a tiki bar hut thing eventually and who knows what else, I figure it can't hurt but I'm just trying to weigh the pros/cons at this point of investing in all this stuff vs buying a premade. It seems a lot simpler to just pay $900 to buy one prebuilt and as I think in my head the cost of 2x4s, osb and paneling these days I wonder how much I'd really save doing it myself?
I figure I'd need at least:
I think I'd be able to knock it out in a few weekends but meh.
As of right now my back yard is a pretty good canvas. All the rocks are gone, the excavation company did amazing work and it is all dirt. I spent the weekend cleaning out the Bermuda roots from all over the retaining wall - sprayed everything down a bit more and all of it should now be dead dead dead. This weekend I am going to remove the last few chutes of it (wanted to wait until it could soak in the glyphosate spray). The planters are done, the pygmy palms and the gardenias are doing just fine after some transplant shock. Besides that the back yard is refinished pool deck with graded dirt so ready to go.
Since I've acquired some new gardening tools I'm starting to realize I need a shed to move some stuff from the garage outside and a place to put some random pool shit. I have an area to place a lean-to behind the garage. I'm thinking of just a 4'x8' one just to make everything easy but I'm considering building it myself. I generally know how to do everything but I'd need a lot of woodworking tools that I used to borrow from my father back in New England (or that I used to own and left there/discarded). Since I want to build a tiki bar hut thing eventually and who knows what else, I figure it can't hurt but I'm just trying to weigh the pros/cons at this point of investing in all this stuff vs buying a premade. It seems a lot simpler to just pay $900 to buy one prebuilt and as I think in my head the cost of 2x4s, osb and paneling these days I wonder how much I'd really save doing it myself?
I figure I'd need at least:
- miter/drop saw
- circ saw
- recip saw (maybe?)
- pancake tank compressor
- nailer
- better saw horses
- quick/rafter square
I think I'd be able to knock it out in a few weekends but meh.
Joeboo
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I was in the same boat as you last summer. Needed a new shed, had virtually no tools in which to build one. I ended up buying a 8x10 pre-fab plastic snap together thing off of Amazon for $1000. The lumber & materials/paint alone was going to run me about $500 to build it myself, not to mention the fact that I owned nothing besides a circular saw and various drills and hammers. I would have needed to buy a nail gun, saw horses, possibly a miter saw, etc. It was getting to the point that I'm into the thing for like $700-800 before I even start. At that point I just decided to buy pre-fab, it was just getting too close to the same cost. Sure, the home built one would have been wood and probably would last longer but we won't be in this house for more than another 5 years or so, I'm sure the plastic will last at least that long.
Xarpolis
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So the auditor came to my house last week for the buyer's mortgage company. We sold for $230k, but he walks through my immaculate property and says there have been no changes in 15 years and that house was only worth $210k. Fucking disgusting. While the guy was there, I told him everything that we have done to the place. I hate that cocksucker. I've invested $50k into it alone to make it like new again. New siding, windows, roof, kitchen, appliances, carpet... That shit adds up. To think it's only worth $10k in his eyes is a real kick in the face.
Palum
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I dunno, force him to substantiate his claims against your proof of updates?
Borzak
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If you are wanting something small just buy it. You don't need all that stuff however. I built my parents a 12x16' building using nothing but a circular saw, a level, and two squares. Regular framing square and one those that you hold ontol the board that allows you to make a 90 degree cut with a circular saw. I hammered with a regular hammer lol. Made a few saw horses out of 2x4's. Went fairly quickly.
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I have friends whose only tape-measures are those little tiny ones that you use for tabletop gaming. Meanwhile, I probably still have 3-4 that are still usable but are broken in one way or the other...things like a clip being broken off, or the lock button being shattered.
Heylel
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So I got a second quote today on a new furnace. A bit under $3400 for a new unit + bringing everything up to modern code for duct work, flue piping, etc.
If we do the outside AC unit also, it's $6k. It's newer, so I think we might just do the furnace for now.
Really unhappy with this, but it is what it is.
If we do the outside AC unit also, it's $6k. It's newer, so I think we might just do the furnace for now.
Really unhappy with this, but it is what it is.
With a high efficiency furnace you'll have pvc vent out the side of your house opposed to the metal vent to a chimney. I would not pay for them to redo an old vent with metal and reinstall an 80% furnace. If they are doing that ask why and see if they have very good reasons.
Updating ductwork to modern code is most likely bullshit.
Updating ductwork to modern code is most likely bullshit.
Heylel
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It's an 80% furnace. He asked how long we planned to be here (3-5 years, which is true), and claimed we wouldn't realize a savings in that short of a time from going with a high efficiency.
Waiting on a call back from a family connection to get one more estimate. Turns out my sister's old softball coach is a HVAC guy. It ain't much, but any kind of reference is better than nothing.
Waiting on a call back from a family connection to get one more estimate. Turns out my sister's old softball coach is a HVAC guy. It ain't much, but any kind of reference is better than nothing.