Author Topic: handyman-ness (Read 143147 times)

Spracne · « **Reply #1475 on:** June 19, 2023, 04:25:31 PM »

Quote from: DaBigTrain on June 19, 2023, 04:21:43 PM

Cleaners just left, idk why I didn't hire a cleaning service earlier. We don't have an anti-handyman-ness thread so it goes here I guess

Seems like a brag about some stud thing thread thing, to me.

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #1476 on:** June 19, 2023, 04:28:17 PM »

Quote from: Spracne on June 19, 2023, 04:25:31 PM

Quote from: DaBigTrain on June 19, 2023, 04:21:43 PM
Cleaners just left, idk why I didn't hire a cleaning service earlier. We don't have an anti-handyman-ness thread so it goes here I guess

Seems like a brag about some stud thing thread thing, to me.

I thought about it but figured almost everyone here has a cleaning service because

Spracne · « **Reply #1477 on:** June 19, 2023, 05:12:39 PM »

Good point. Could go in the Shame Yourself thread that you're only now getting a housekeeper.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #1478 on:** June 20, 2023, 06:51:45 PM »

Smoke box rusted out where it bolts to the frame. I don't have a half dozen smokers like our resident pit mASTer nor does my skill set or smoking frequency justify a new one.

Looked for a replacement box then decided to farm engineer the crap out of it. A few rivets and bolts should be good to go for the fourth.

Tom

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XocolateThundarr · « **Reply #1479 on:** June 21, 2023, 12:19:44 PM »

That is way to fancy for farm engineering. I expected a large amount of JB Weld.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #1480 on:** June 23, 2023, 08:34:47 PM »

Installed. A little splash of high temp paint and good to go.

Tom

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #1481 on:** June 24, 2023, 05:15:59 PM »

Finally knocked out the last planter on the 2 year new patio project. Had a gabion basket left from a farm project so modified it into a planter.

Tom

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pissclams · « **Reply #1482 on:** June 25, 2023, 01:06:23 AM »

planted a hydrangea out front of the crib

catastrophe · « **Reply #1483 on:** June 25, 2023, 06:22:50 PM »

Replaced a sprinkler head. Only took me 3 trips to Lowe’s and a grand total of like 3 hours!

pissclams · « **Reply #1484 on:** June 25, 2023, 07:20:57 PM »

Quote from: catastrophe on June 25, 2023, 06:22:50 PM

Replaced a sprinkler head. Only took me 3 trips to Lowe’s and a grand total of like 3 hours!

i didn’t winterize my system and was worried that I was going be doing the same thing but got lucky and no busted heads or lines

KST8FAN · « **Reply #1485 on:** June 26, 2023, 08:46:52 AM »

Quote from: TheHamburglar on June 10, 2023, 07:57:46 PM

Mrs.Hamburg just bought herself this lathe for the garage. She’s getting 220 installed in the garage for it soon.

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Intrigued to see what Mrs. Ham turns on that beast.

Tom

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Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #1486 on:** June 26, 2023, 10:41:11 AM »

Quote from: pissclams on June 25, 2023, 01:06:23 AM

planted a hydrangea out front of the crib

They are cool plants but also huge drama queens. On hot days their leaves wilt like "Oh my goodness, I'm about to die, you must water me now!!!" About 15 minutes after they get watered, their leaves are suddenly perked back up and happy looking again.

pissclams · « **Reply #1487 on:** August 11, 2023, 04:10:34 PM »

i installed a new rachio series 3 sprinkler controller this afternoon and it only took me about an hour, any questions?

if you don’t have one, it’s pretty good

steve dave · « **Reply #1488 on:** August 11, 2023, 05:27:45 PM »

Homeowner clams is a good addition to this blog

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sys · « **Reply #1489 on:** January 09, 2024, 04:30:30 PM »

cleaned out my sewer line with a rented rooter. very easy and quite satisfying. would do again.

ben ji · « **Reply #1490 on:** January 09, 2024, 08:38:22 PM »

Quote from: sys on January 09, 2024, 04:30:30 PM

cleaned out my sewer line with a rented rooter. very easy and quite satisfying. would do again.

Did it come with a little camera to it so you could see what kind of gunk was down there?

sys · « **Reply #1491 on:** January 09, 2024, 09:35:20 PM »

no, just some little metal blades that didn't seem like would work but did.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #1492 on:** May 01, 2024, 09:01:21 PM »

Who has pro tips on vinyl flooring for a basement family room?

Tom

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ben ji · « **Reply #1493 on:** May 01, 2024, 10:50:04 PM »

Built this shitty metal shed in my parents backyard with my dad when I was in college and now I get to tear it down because it was rusted as crap.

ben ji · « **Reply #1494 on:** May 01, 2024, 10:55:20 PM »

They ordered a dumpster that was way too large and now I'm filling it with random junk from their house. Their basement got flooded like 10 years ago and the deep freezer stopped working and had just sat down there since...added it to the dumpster today by myself as my dad is still out at the cat ranch for a few more days...felt like a real manly man pushing this upstairs and using a ratchet to take off the lid then using a dolly to haul it out to the dumpster.

ben ji · « **Reply #1495 on:** May 01, 2024, 11:01:14 PM »

The actual hardest thing I moved was this concrete fountain that my dad acquired 10 years ago but never got around to setting up/fixing. Had to powerlift it into its side and roll it on the edges to get into the dumpster, was not fun.

ben ji · « **Reply #1496 on:** May 01, 2024, 11:04:02 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on May 01, 2024, 10:50:04 PM

Built this shitty metal shed in my parents backyard with my dad when I was in college and now I get to tear it down because it was rusted as crap.

This was actually pretty easy to disassemble because it was basically like 1000 screws that held everything together, couple of hours with a drill and it was all in the easily movable pieces it got shipped to us in.