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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Lanx
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The closet rods were fucking gas pipes
Like just buy regular heavy duty closet rods, guy
Atm i am just gonna put up 2 96in closet rods in here just so i canshove all the clothes somewhere, then i ll start demo and patching
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BrutulTM
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I think I'm on board with the black pipe closet rods. Especially if you had them on hand. Probably better than an actual closet rod in every way and it's not like you spend a lot of time looking at them once there are clothes hanging on them.
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Only downside is that the black can rub off on the hangers, and then rub off on your white shirts.
moonarchia
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Intrinsic
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Looks like you’ve got about $23,000 in wood right there. I’d hold on to it. Also keep that pipe to make you some pipe clamps down the road.
Cukernaut
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I got a 25k budget I just saved up and wife wants me to get going on big yard improvements.
we need everything.
Trees down
Gutters
Drainage in the back
Then landscaping
Architectural improvements
any thoughts on pieces that are reasonable to diy to save good money? Some of this I have zero interest in doing myself (low incremental value to work ratio —— or too dangerous like trees)
we need everything.
Trees down
Gutters
Drainage in the back
Then landscaping
Architectural improvements
any thoughts on pieces that are reasonable to diy to save good money? Some of this I have zero interest in doing myself (low incremental value to work ratio —— or too dangerous like trees)
Lanx
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i researched 2 of these subjects since my inspector said they might be issues
gutters you probably want a pro to do, while you can goto HD and buy gutters, you'll have to seam them together and it doesn't look nice
pros have a truck and a roll of metal and just roll out the length of seamless gutter you need.
if youre gonna do drainage, you'll have to figure out slope and you'll need to tie rope to a stake, old man pro has a good video on knots for it
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BrutulTM
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I'll second seamless gutters. Some guys will even come to your house and roll them out and just leave them if you want to put them out yourself. I did the jointed ones on the front of my house last summer because I didn't want to beg someone to come out to the sticks but every joint leaks even though I caulked them. I sprayed the worst one with flex seal and don't ask me how it's possible but I swear it made the leak worse.
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Lanx
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i started using spectracide a week ago, that didn't do shit, just made the weeds look wimpy,
got an order of this on sale at woot for 30bucks
yea thats doing the trick, broadleaf, creaping charlie, all this weird looking shit i never seen before that doesn't look like grass, i spray and it dies.
already mixed up 6 gallons, christ
the funny thing is the previous owner came around to pick up a swing and i talked to him...
he likes to fucking mow lawns, wtf!!! he even mowed the adjoining neighbors yard (cuz it's fenced in) and the other neighbors yard when it was a rental for a few months.
i'm glad he took away his swing set, he gave me some sad sob story about it being the last thing he and his dad built together... that a-frame swing was rickety and fucking scary, i sat and swung in that thing and felt like it was gonna fall over, he also took down a tire swing, thank god! the neighborhood kids played on that thing for the 4th and the straps on it were like half gone, i don't need a kid flying off on my property.
BUT i did go around and made it known that the previous guy took back his swing set, and i didn't take it down, so he looks like the asshole for taking back his stuff and i don't look like the child hating dude, i know how to look like a good neighbor!
anyway onto gallon 7, jesus
remember wheni was anti- chemicals, haha those were the good days
got an order of this on sale at woot for 30bucks
yea thats doing the trick, broadleaf, creaping charlie, all this weird looking shit i never seen before that doesn't look like grass, i spray and it dies.
already mixed up 6 gallons, christ
the funny thing is the previous owner came around to pick up a swing and i talked to him...
he likes to fucking mow lawns, wtf!!! he even mowed the adjoining neighbors yard (cuz it's fenced in) and the other neighbors yard when it was a rental for a few months.
i'm glad he took away his swing set, he gave me some sad sob story about it being the last thing he and his dad built together... that a-frame swing was rickety and fucking scary, i sat and swung in that thing and felt like it was gonna fall over, he also took down a tire swing, thank god! the neighborhood kids played on that thing for the 4th and the straps on it were like half gone, i don't need a kid flying off on my property.
BUT i did go around and made it known that the previous guy took back his swing set, and i didn't take it down, so he looks like the asshole for taking back his stuff and i don't look like the child hating dude, i know how to look like a good neighbor!
anyway onto gallon 7, jesus
remember wheni was anti- chemicals, haha those were the good days
Lanx
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i'll tell you in a week, this one tree i have is like a smurf moss village, but to be honest i easily killed moss in my expansion joints with table salt and vinegar
don't even have to drench it, just a quick spray is enough
i keep a bottle full of vinegar for cleaning house and mold
use a real spray bottle, not the wimpy ones you get when you buy windex for full leafy coverage.
Hateyou
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Hrm. Anywhere in humid Midwest area is all insect infested. Mosquitos, spiders, ants.
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I was in the interior of Alaska. Mosquitos were so thick I had to cover my mouth so I wouldn't breathe them in.
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Oh im not saying there is no insects in the north, lol. Any standing water wil breed mosquitos like a mo-fo. And im sure the melt in Alaska has a ton of standing water. Im just saying shit like spiders, flies, termites, wasps centipedes all grow way fucking larger and live longer because of the climate.
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Log Wizard
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Yeah, I know what you where saying. It reminded me of when I was there. I was in Taiwan during monsoon season, and many bugs were so big they had landing lights.
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Borzak
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Yeah I'm from Louisiana and lived 20+ years in Texas. Had nothing on the time I was in Alaska as far as mosquitos.
The entire southeast is way ahead of average for rainfall this year, in many areas on track to break all time rainfall amounts.
Lanx
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got time to get into wiring
christ they literally give me 1inch of wire to work with, they were being cheap.
also, this crimping ground is ok?
i don't think theres an issue, of course i'll just slap a wago on it, but i can't even get in there (i'll redo the other 2wire wago)
i literally couldn't fit my smart switch in there tho w/o wagos
christ they literally give me 1inch of wire to work with, they were being cheap.
also, this crimping ground is ok?
i don't think theres an issue, of course i'll just slap a wago on it, but i can't even get in there (i'll redo the other 2wire wago)
i literally couldn't fit my smart switch in there tho w/o wagos