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Loungers GITT with your ongoing home project
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Loungers GITT with your ongoing home project


Dec 5, 2018, 11:10 AM

What are yall working on currently?

I have to fix the water line in the freezer door for the fridge. Pretty sure I'm just going to end up getting a new fridge and put this one in the garage as a beer fridge. Got a couple of other little projects but that's about it.

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I like your funny words magic man


Re: Loungers GITT with your ongoing home project


Dec 5, 2018, 11:14 AM

Just finished built in shelves in the foyer closet. Increased storage 3 fold. I was going to add recessed lights to all of the bedrooms and wire a separate switch for it so I don't have to go through the UDP Bullshid of pulling the ceiling fan string to turn the light on/fan off every time but I gave up on that project since we are probably moving in <1 year. Next project will be to re landscape my rockscape (thanks jounge) and patch the hole above my electrical panel from all of the wiring work i've done over the past several years.

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Forgot I'm going to have to do some electrical work too


Dec 5, 2018, 11:19 AM

flood lights on the corners of the house. Going to rewire instead of running the existing wires.

Drop the wire down to the switch that controls the lights on the front porch.

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I like your funny words magic man


You live in the country.


Dec 5, 2018, 11:21 AM

The proper way to do this is buy some UF wire and just staple it along the soffit on the outside of your house to the switch. No need to run through the wall/attic.

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Did that for the window AC***


Dec 5, 2018, 12:01 PM



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I like your funny words magic man


old 2x4 holding it up?***


Dec 5, 2018, 12:01 PM



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1x6 with a cinder block halfway in the ground***


Dec 5, 2018, 12:03 PM



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I like your funny words magic man


Solar motion sensor floods is the way to go


Dec 5, 2018, 2:04 PM [ in reply to Forgot I'm going to have to do some electrical work too ]

3 screws and you’re done.

Added bonus when that student you failed comes sneaking in your yard to rock your windows the light will come on automatically

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Who fails gym?***


Dec 5, 2018, 2:52 PM



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About to install the treads on a custom made spiral


Dec 5, 2018, 11:20 AM

staircase. That will finish my 9 year long basement project. I will be glad when it is done.

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custom made spiral?


Dec 5, 2018, 11:39 AM

got pigs?

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Just wrapped up new carpet in the bedrooms, and painting


Dec 5, 2018, 11:22 AM

the entire inside of the house. Next is building a fence, think I'm going with wooden posts and black chain link. Got two massive stumps to pull up, and I'll probably till the entire yard and re-seed this spring.

Over Cripmas I plan to put new boards down on the deck, and re screen the porch.

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Re: Just wrapped up new carpet in the bedrooms, and painting


Dec 5, 2018, 11:25 AM

Buy 12' 4x4s

cut them into 3 4' sections. Put them 1' in the ground. and there you have a nice 3' tall fence


Just ask Fence builder

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Just tall enough for the dogs to jump over


Dec 5, 2018, 11:31 AM

and maul a 5 year old riding by on his bicycle.















Thats probably what my dogs would do, anyway.

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Planting grass seed in the spring


Dec 5, 2018, 11:49 AM [ in reply to Just wrapped up new carpet in the bedrooms, and painting ]

Learned that lesson this past spring




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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


hang on


Dec 5, 2018, 11:56 AM

*checks Google Maps satellite view

yep, your yard is totally browned out.

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You should see it now big papa


Dec 5, 2018, 11:57 AM

Lush and green af. Had a couple neighbors say they are totes jelly.

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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


Warm season grasses bruh, not that fescue nonsense


Dec 5, 2018, 12:19 PM [ in reply to Planting grass seed in the spring ]

Probably plant late April, maybe into may. I've got some grading to do first though, it'll be a long term project. Fence is #1 priority.

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You've got a pretty big yard, but I gave up on seeding


Dec 5, 2018, 12:00 PM [ in reply to Just wrapped up new carpet in the bedrooms, and painting ]

and all that stuff. I finally just re-sodded my rocky yard desert with St Augustine. If that doesn't take, I'm putting down plastic turf.


Not even joking.

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Think I'm going with Princess 77 bermuda


Dec 5, 2018, 12:13 PM

It'll take hold in a couple of years. My neighbor has zoysia, not sure if I want to fool with that.

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I sodded with a Empire Zoysia a few years ago


Dec 5, 2018, 12:15 PM

I wasn't going back to that. Stuff is pretty slow growing and was a lot of maintenance.

I do love me some bermuda grass.

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I think I've got enough sun to pull off bermuda


Dec 5, 2018, 12:23 PM

I loved it at my old house, even though it did grow fast AF. The Princess 77 is supposed to be a little more shade resistant, so we'll see. I don't think the zoysia would hold up to the dog traffic with how slow it grows. And ain't no way I can afford to sod right now.

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Re: Loungers GITT with your ongoing home project


Dec 5, 2018, 11:26 AM

My list is too long. Restoring a house built in 1928. I’m 56. Hope to be done before I die! ?????? ??

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thots and prayers my friend***


Dec 5, 2018, 11:26 AM



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You won't be***


Dec 5, 2018, 11:27 AM [ in reply to Re: Loungers GITT with your ongoing home project ]



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I like your funny words magic man


Just finished master bath reno, and my manhood


Dec 5, 2018, 11:29 AM
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grilling cabana/bar and new deck should be done soon. Gotta get the TV up and the bar top made and installed and it's giddy up time.

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the monthly payment


Dec 5, 2018, 11:33 AM

Won;t be finished while I'm alive

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Might be quicker to list the things that i'm NOT working on


Dec 5, 2018, 11:38 AM

1)




yeah.
that's about it

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The biggest project I have going right now is


Dec 5, 2018, 11:51 AM

camouflaging my Claymore M18 antipersonnel mine array. I really DON'T need the enemy to see "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY".

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Sistering


Dec 5, 2018, 11:54 AM

Ceiling joists over 16'x30' living room so I can convert attic into a playroom for kids

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The road goes on forever and the party never ends...


going from what size to what size?***


Dec 5, 2018, 11:55 AM



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Re: going from what size to what size?***


Dec 5, 2018, 12:03 PM

doubling up on existing 2x8 spaced 16" apart.

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The road goes on forever and the party never ends...


you MAY want to consult w/ a structural engineer


Dec 5, 2018, 2:41 PM

should be quick & easy for them (aka, relatively cheap?)

You've got different live loads to take into account, going from attic (10-20psf) to playroom (30-40psf), and therefore span req's

You've got existing 2x8's @ 16" oc (for a bedroom live load of 30psf, that's a span of ~10' to ~15', depending on lumber grade).

Sistering one more 2x8's (assuming a good nail/bolt pattern) basically gets you (less than) a nominal 4x8 (you'd have a 3" x 7.25" joist), also @ 16" oc.

Now, high grade 2x8s will get you a 15ft to 16'-6" span, for 40 & 30 psf liveloads respectively if spaced @ 12" oc...


TLDR, consult an structural engineer. Might even be able to ask a guy at the lumber yard

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I'd take his word for it... his people built the Sistine


Dec 5, 2018, 2:47 PM

Chapel.

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Re: I'd take his word for it... his people built the Sistine


Dec 5, 2018, 2:53 PM











































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How heavy are your kids?***


Dec 5, 2018, 11:56 AM [ in reply to Sistering ]



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I like your funny words magic man


Just had new AC/Furnace installed


Dec 5, 2018, 11:56 AM

Next on the list:

1. Master bath reno
2. Back deck
3. Kitchen reno

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Study for the PE***


Dec 5, 2018, 11:57 AM



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Definitely not on the list of things to do around the house***


Dec 5, 2018, 12:02 PM



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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


I had a pretty decent win streak going in CoD this morning


Dec 5, 2018, 11:59 AM

but had to turn it off and come into work.

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did you get a nuke?***


Dec 5, 2018, 12:03 PM



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10th year of installing hardwood floors


Dec 5, 2018, 12:16 PM

1.5 rooms to go

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One of the builder-installed wire racks in the wife's walkin


Dec 5, 2018, 12:39 PM

closet downstairs collapsed under the sheer weight of 184 outfits that she never wears. And since she's always complained about those stupid wire racks (and she's right, they're uberstupid), this seems like an opportune time to rip everything in that closet out and start over.

Of course, this is dependent on her getting the rest of her shit out of the closet, so I'm guesstimating a Feb. 2019 start date.

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Not a real man though this weekend I’m going to clean


Dec 5, 2018, 1:12 PM

the lanai with a hose.

For everything else, if my wife can’t fix it, I’ll call the man.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=oa1ez7yL_T4

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That must get pricey after a while***


Dec 5, 2018, 1:13 PM



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"lanai"


Dec 5, 2018, 1:59 PM [ in reply to Not a real man though this weekend I’m going to clean ]

A term adopted by Florida real estate developers to give Long Islanders the impression they are moving to Hawaii.

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Little ###### started pulling up so I'm lowering the crib


Dec 5, 2018, 1:21 PM

mattress.

That's about it. Ts and Ps to all you overachievers.

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Congarts on baby


Dec 5, 2018, 1:25 PM

ask google about "sleep training"

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No need. Little guy has been sleeping through the night


Dec 5, 2018, 1:28 PM

since 6 weeks or so. He averages 10-12 hrs/night.

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Benadryl is a hell of a drug***


Dec 5, 2018, 1:52 PM



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I like your funny words magic man


Looks like biggest will be replacing main water line from


Dec 5, 2018, 1:25 PM

the meter to the house. Eff ewe Essex Homes SE. Really thinking about doing it myself. Just need to rent a trencher, maybe 150 feet of QUALITY PVC, some glue, saw, and more free time than I'll have in a year. Will also bury the thing more than 6" deep so my cold tap water doesn't feel like the water in a half melted Yeti cooler in the winter.

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What's that add, $15-20 per sq ft to resale?***


Dec 5, 2018, 2:05 PM



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Dec 5, 2018, 2:10 PM



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Been staring at the roof on the deck thinking about


Dec 5, 2018, 2:08 PM

replacing and expanding it to include an outdoor kitchen.

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Oh Lort yes


Dec 5, 2018, 2:44 PM

1. Finishing my multi-year mud-room renovation. Mudroom is about 12x20, converted car-port. I am nearly finished with a 20' wall-0-shelving with sliding doors. I'm doing the drywall now. Recessed lighting is complete. I may pour some concrete to level up the floor some, since it was a carport and is sloped AF. Two of the walls and ceiling are old hart pine with distressed paint from an old abandoned house on the property.

2. I ordered a new Kraftmaid vanity today for the hall bath. I'm going to gut that room and totally rearrange and re-do it. New tile and electrical, all plumbing is being relocated, closet is going away, new tile going down, new shower stall with tile going up. The toilet gets a new seat. That's the big one.

3. I ordered plantation shutters to cover all of the bedroom windows and other front-facing windows. They should be here in early January. That'll cut down on those pesky school kids who area always interrupting my mid-day wank sessions.

4. I currently have 32 4x6x12' treated timbers, four 16"x 16' I beams, and a ton of other steel in my yard. I'm working on pre-fabbing a bridge for our hunting land. I'm cutting gussets now and pre-drilling all holes. I'm also pouring concrete footings that we can set with the excavator. The more work I can do at the house will make it easier to do down in the Edisto swamps.

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Oh, and I'm working on sound-proofing and adding


Dec 5, 2018, 2:48 PM

cedar bedding to my old pump-house that I am converting in to a She-Shed.

There's already an old pipe that I can secure her to and the door has a lock hasp. Perfect.

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Is this a pic of your yard?


Dec 5, 2018, 2:58 PM [ in reply to Oh Lort yes ]

Tractor is around back



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Re: Is this a pic of your yard?


Dec 6, 2018, 10:38 AM

Close.

I don't have any of those $$$ green tarps. All I can afford is the blue ones.

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The blue tarps are UNDER the green tarps.


Dec 6, 2018, 10:41 AM

They just rot away after a few years in the sun, then the roof starts leaking again.

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