what did you do around the house today?

[suntan]

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Speaking of privacy walls, any advice for what I can add to one length of fence for privacy? There's one chunk of fence that likes up with my neighbors window I'd like to hide. The rest of the fence is fine as the garage is just to the right and blocks the rest.

With the height of the deck dropping off I really only need 12-18" of something on top to be plenty. Any suggestions? Preferably doesn't look like shit or is going to blow away in the wind.

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Lots of people put up lattice sections, they come premade.

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Nolan, that spot looks perfect for some medium sized bushes, or small trees, that just stick over the fence. I'm no garden planner, but I was just looking at some Moonglow Junipers today actually, which are dirt cheap (like $30 each for 5' tall). They keep their foliage through the winter and seem pretty resilient for the Calgary winter (better than cedars which have similar leaves). You could try a few along that spot and worst case, you're only out like a hundred bucks.

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These do fine here but they take forever to get large. Like decades. Cedars grow like mad which is why they’re so popular elsewhere.

[vengie]

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Nolan, that spot looks perfect for some medium sized bushes, or small trees, that just stick over the fence. I'm no garden planner, but I was just looking at some Moonglow Junipers today actually, which are dirt cheap (like $30 each for 5' tall). They keep their foliage through the winter and seem pretty resilient for the Calgary winter (better than cedars which have similar leaves). You could try a few along that spot and worst case, you're only out like a hundred bucks.

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I just planted 6 of these in my yard for exactly this purpose

[pheoxs]

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Lots of people put up lattice sections, they come premade.

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These do fine here but they take forever to get large. Like decades. Cedars grow like mad which is why they’re so popular elsewhere.

Thanks I'll see if I can find some lattice sections. The previous owners did plant some things along the fence to eventually grow for privacy but I'd rather not wait however many years.

[finboy]

Front yard update, finished off the fence today (good fences, good neighbours, etc.) which pretty much wraps the front yard. Overgrown bushes are gone, weed infested grass gone, plants, greenhouse and fence installed.

Nov.2019


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[Masked Bandit]

I'm not a handy guy by nature but with YouTube tutorials I'm trying more and more stuff on my own. This weekend I replaced two busted windows in our overhead garage door (thanks to @AndyL for pointing me in the right direction) and I swapped out a faulty internal cartridge on a Moen single lever shower faucet. Bought a puller for the job, used it for about 10 seconds, best $30 I ever spent.

Fuck you broken shit!!!

[03ozwhip]

Possession day! Took these pics today of the man cave before it gets painted on Sunday. Its pretty beat up in here.

Plus a quick pic of the RV parking. 26' and 24' with another 5' front and back to go.

[firebane]

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Possession day! Took these pics today of the man cave before it gets painted on Sunday. Its pretty beat up in here.

Plus a quick pic of the RV parking. 26' and 24' with another 5' front and back to go.

Nice job! Some new lights and paint and it will brighten up that place.

[ExtraSlow]

Hung one of these. Best wasp traps out there.

[sabad66]

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Hung one of these. Best wasp traps out there.

Where did you get that?

[firebane]

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Where did you get that?

Newfie Speed and Skate

[ExtraSlow]

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Newfie Speed and Skate

Yes, canandian tire, Wal mart, most hardware stores. They are more expensive than most people consider reasonable, but they work better than alternatives, so I consider it an investment. Usually set one up near any campsite if I'm spending 4 or more days there.

[03ozwhip]

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Nice job! Some new lights and paint and it will brighten up that place.

Ya man thats the plan, got a bunch of 4' LEDs for it. Overall kind of a disappointing day, the people left everything dirty as fuck, so there is a ton of cleaning ahead of us, the shed is clean and ready at least.

[firebane]

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Ya man thats the plan, got a bunch of 4' LEDs for it. Overall kind of a disappointing day, the people left everything dirty as fuck, so there is a ton of cleaning ahead of us, the shed is clean and ready at least.

Yeah I am still dealing with a mess in my shop from previous owners but slowly chipping away.

[03ozwhip]

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Yeah I am still dealing with a mess in my shop from previous owners but slowly chipping away.

My wife and I are kinda clean freaks, not crazy, but very clean, so when we sold our last house, it looked brand new. You would think it would be standard to clean the house before you leave. This was a 60 day possession too.

[suntan]

Replaced the fan/light control in one of the kids rooms with a led compatible one.

[03ozwhip]

Well its freshly painted(brother in law and his partner), took 4/5 fluorescent lights off and put up 4 LED's and painted the garage floor(thanks to my father in law)

[roopi]

Looks good. What did you use for the floor?

[03ozwhip]

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Looks good. What did you use for the floor?

Thanks, it's a big project actually, just getting started. Just grey floor paint.

[littledan]

I put up the same lights from princess auto!

Looks good. Like that grey floor paint. Making me rethink my epoxy plan...

[brucebanner]

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I put up the same lights from princess auto!

Looks good. Like that grey floor paint. Making me rethink my epoxy plan...

Staying in the house long term? Epoxy would be great but I bet you could paint your floor many times over for the cost.