handyman-ness

[ben ji]

LOL. The towel was given to my wife by her BFF. We have a few signs with our last name and/or the initial of our last name but that’s it.


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By a few do you mean more or less than 8?

[OB_Won]

The real question, fellow DFW suburbanite, is do you have a “cross wall”? LOL  If so, the O/U is also at 8. We have the same floors and countertops, but you have a MUCH nicer accent wall. Nice job, sir!

[Institutional Control]

LOL. The towel was given to my wife by her BFF. We have a few signs with our last name and/or the initial of our last name but that’s it.


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By a few do you mean more or less than 8?

Less. 4, to be exact.


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[Institutional Control]

The real question, fellow DFW suburbanite, is do you have a “cross wall”? LOL  If so, the O/U is also at 8. We have the same floors and countertops, but you have a MUCH nicer accent wall. Nice job, sir!

No cross wall.


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[Sandstone Outcropping]

Landscapers reseeded the lawn after a brutal summer. Several of the sprinkler heads on our irrigation system were broken an functioning like fountains instead of sprinklers. Swapped out several broken sprinklers. Felt good. Hopefully we can keep the baby grass from drying out until it gets established.

[Stupid Fitz]

Landscapers reseeded the lawn after a brutal summer. Several of the sprinkler heads on our irrigation system were broken an functioning like fountains instead of sprinklers. Swapped out several broken sprinklers. Felt good. Hopefully we can keep the baby grass from drying out until it gets established.

Man, i'm fighting this battle myself. back yard got fried this year. After working my ass off reseeding I finally convinced myself to run the sprinkler system every day to get the new seed established. This started 3 days ago and I got my water bill yesterday and it was already $400 for the previous 2 months from me watering every other day. The next bill is going to be brutal. I seriously want to have turf installed, but my yard is pretty big and it would cost a crap ton.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Landscapers reseeded the lawn after a brutal summer. Several of the sprinkler heads on our irrigation system were broken an functioning like fountains instead of sprinklers. Swapped out several broken sprinklers. Felt good. Hopefully we can keep the baby grass from drying out until it gets established.

Man, i'm fighting this battle myself. back yard got fried this year. After working my ass off reseeding I finally convinced myself to run the sprinkler system every day to get the new seed established. This started 3 days ago and I got my water bill yesterday and it was already $400 for the previous 2 months from me watering every other day. The next bill is going to be brutal. I seriously want to have turf installed, but my yard is pretty big and it would cost a crap ton.

The sprinkler system feels like whack-a-mole. I didn't think there were any broken heads but after the landscapers ran their equipment thru the yard there are broken heads that need to be dug up to repair. The water bills are going to be high but the yard will look like crap if I don't run the irrigation.

[farming_cat fan]

Built this workbench with left over supplies from my shop build. Plywood left over from the wall used as the top. Structural lumber from the concrete framing.

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[star seed 7]

That sonuvabitch will take a pounding, I'll tell you that right now

[KST8FAN]

Pretty sure you could set the combine header on that bench, farming_


Tom

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[Katpappy]

Very impressive bench.  I have seen some that Amish built in their portable sheds and they are stout but not as strong as what you built.

[ben ji]

Built this workbench with left over supplies from my shop build. Plywood left over from the wall used as the top. Structural lumber from the concrete framing.

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Very nice, borderline farm thread type material here.

[KST8FAN]

Built this workbench with left over supplies from my shop build. Plywood left over from the wall used as the top. Structural lumber from the concrete framing.

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Very nice, borderline farm thread type material here.

He'll post in the farm thread after he has crap piled above the outlets on that sucker.


Tom

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[Sandstone Outcropping]

Built this workbench with left over supplies from my shop build. Plywood left over from the wall used as the top. Structural lumber from the concrete framing.

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Very nice, borderline farm thread type material here.

He'll post in the farm thread after he has crap piled above the outlets on that sucker.


Tom

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Looks awesome. Love all the outlets and batteries at the ready.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Anyone have an electronic front lock for an exterior door lock that they would recommend? I'm thinking about replacing one of ours so the kids can access the house without needing a key.

[WillieWatanabe]

Anyone have an electronic front lock for an exterior door lock that they would recommend? I'm thinking about replacing one of ours so the kids can access the house without needing a key.

at our old house, we had a very basic kwikset that worked great (linked below). Made sure it was their "smartkey" version so I could keep using our existing key. Seems like they make fancier ones now

https://www.kwikset.com/products/detail/909-smartcode-traditional-electronic-deadbolt?variant=909-15

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Anyone have an electronic front lock for an exterior door lock that they would recommend? I'm thinking about replacing one of ours so the kids can access the house without needing a key.

at our old house, we had a very basic kwikset that worked great (linked below). Made sure it was their "smartkey" version so I could keep using our existing key. Seems like they make fancier ones now

https://www.kwikset.com/products/detail/909-smartcode-traditional-electronic-deadbolt?variant=909-15

I'm going to check this out. Thanks.

[IPA4Me]

Installed my own septic tank and lateral field today. AMA.

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[cfbandyman]

Built this workbench with left over supplies from my shop build. Plywood left over from the wall used as the top. Structural lumber from the concrete framing.

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Well done, I am also impressed with the clear need of support that bench has

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Anyone have recommendations for a small vacuum that could be used to clean out the pellet grill, vacuum the car, and clean up small projects in the house? I've got some battery packs for the Dewalt 20V system and dewalt makes a vacuum that would run off of those. Don't need a full-sized shopvac

[star seed 7]

I would absolutely just grab the cordless Dewalt

[yoga-like_abana]

Buddy just got one of those.. It sucks but in a good vacuuming way

[Sandstone Outcropping]

okay. I may check out the Dewalt. I've been dragging the household Dyson out to patio to clean out the grill and I need to stop. (We have had the Dyson for 13+ years. It is an absolute beast).

[cfbandyman]

Besides being the dewault system (Milwaukee guy here), yeah, go with their cordless option.

We have cordless M12 and M18 vacuums onsite, work well

[KST8FAN]

So can we talk about the T Mobile Center handy man who "fixed" the protruding floor nail in game one today?


Tom

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