what did you do around the house today?

[03ozwhip]

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You need the grading approved by the city between houses. If that hasn't happened, you're playing with fire. Modifying approved grading is also playing with fire.

Hopefully, you already know all this.

I didn't know this, but im not changing the grade from what it was anyways. The neighbors on that side already have their stuff done and they've never talked to the town about it.

[jaylo]

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You need the grading approved by the city between houses. If that hasn't happened, you're playing with fire. Modifying approved grading is also playing with fire.

Hopefully, you already know all this.

What if the slope stays the same, but added new paving stones?

BTW, gravel and sand base works well and easier to align and level the paving stones.

The 4x4 should also be anchored somewhere.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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I didn't know this, but im not changing the grade from what it was anyways. The neighbors on that side already have their stuff done and they've never talked to the town about it.

It looks way less steep, but I can't really tell.
I just know municipalities can be major dicks about grading and having them pass inspection is a crap shoot. My friend bought a house where the previous owners never got theirs finalized/approved and he unknowingly inherited that mistake. It was a big pain in the ass.

[B.Spilner]

Privacy thingy built yesterday. Love working with cedar.

[killramos]

That hot tub is for the fun times

[B.Spilner]

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That hot tub is for the fun times

The funnest of times!

Love that lil thing, they had to rip out our cement so I've been moving it around pretty easily compared to a full size.

[MrFaust]

Had to fix this, caused a leak in the living room

[ExtraSlow]

If those cause leaks I'm fukkd

[ThePenIsMightier]

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If those cause leaks I'm fukkd

No, you're not. You just need to handle some black caulk.
You'll climb a mountain, even run the block,
Just to grab a tube of this big black caulk!
You Sprint on up that ladder for some satisfaction.
Dem nails get coated,
It's a fatal attraction.
Caulk so powerful,
You'll kneel and pray.

[B.Spilner]

Looks like a ducking spaberry commercial. Ill have to post some nighttime pics of the hanging leds.

[spikerS]

Finished off a bass cabinet for a buddy that is a bass guitarist. The top box was built by another person, but unfinished. I built the bottom one, stained them both to match, and installed all the hardware.




Got some more progress of the free little library completed. They don't want to drive the post into the ground, so I had to get creative and find another solution. Built a cage for 2 sidewalk pavers, and it gives me something to brace onto. Just have to build the doors, paint it, water proof it, and then it's done too. Even installed a light inside for night time illumination.

[finboy]

Just about finished the back yard, had to get some stairs for SpikerS to get the fence going (and I hated that stupid fucking ladder)

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Decided to refresh my 10 year old fence.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Decided to refresh my 10 year old fence.

That looks great and good on ya.
Mind sharing how to get stain to soak into older wood? My wife is so fuckin bad, I don't think she could get stain to stick to your hair if you fell in a dunk tank full of it. She gets all fed up with my "you need to prep it first" (and as a result, it never gets done) talks that she just gives up and hurls buckets of stain at wooden products.
It's fuckin embarrassing!
*Kicks garbage can.

[ExtraSlow]

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That looks great and good on ya.
Mind sharing how to get stain to soak into older wood? My wife is so fuckin bad, I don't think she could get stain to stick to your hair if you fell in a dunk tank full of it. She gets all fed up with my "you need to prep it first" (and as a result, it never gets done) talks that she just gives up and hurls buckets of stain at wooden products.
It's fuckin embarrassing!
*Kicks garbage can.

That's as bad as letting your wife order your pizza for you.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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That's as bad as letting your wife order your pizza for you.

I think it's worse. I mean, at least ordering food is a moderately "kitchen related" activity. I'm emasculated sand still have to sit in poorly drained deck chairs...

LoL!!

[Tik-Tok]

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That looks great and good on ya.
Mind sharing how to get stain to soak into older wood?

Like you said, it's all about the prep. I used Penofin brand because it looks awesome at my parents house on Van.Island, but isn't nearly as good here due to the dryness and having much, MUCH more UV year round. So there might be better brands out there, but I just used what I still had left over from when I first built the fence.

There's a stain stripper that you spray on, then scrub the old stain off with a little muscle. Then there's a cleaner which is spray on, rinse off, and then a "brightener" which is the same. It neutrilizes tanins and supposedly restores greying cedar, but I can't attest to that. Then just stain it like normal. I should have probably sanded a bit as the process raised some grain, but I got lazy. Maybe I'll do it later this summer and then give it another coat.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Like you said, it's all about the prep. I used Penofin brand because it looks awesome at my parents house on Van.Island, but isn't nearly as good here due to the dryness and having much, MUCH more UV year round. So there might be better brands out there, but I just used what I still had left over from when I first built the fence.

There's a stain stripper that you spray on, then scrub the old stain off with a little muscle. Then there's a cleaner which is spray on, rinse off, and then a "brightener" which is the same. It neutrilizes tanins and supposedly restores greying cedar, but I can't attest to that. Then just stain it like normal. I should have probably sanded a bit as the process raised some grain, but I got lazy. Maybe I'll do it later this summer and then give it another coat.

Thank you. So my fence has never been stained, (6+years) so I was thinking whatever TSP type of spray and like you said, I was debating sanding. The shit thing is, I'm thinking that the sanding will do a great job of breaking down any grey yet will also plug the "pores" of the wood and it would only make sense to pressure wash or compressed air blow the whole fucking thing again after!
Plus, isn't all this Chemical Ali shit going to rape my lawn near the bottom of the fence before I stain it?

You can see why my wife has such deep seeded regret for her poor life choices.

[88CRX]

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Spent the entire weekend doing a second coat of mud in the garage... and still only got a second coat on maybe 75% of the garage. Also mudding a ceiling 12'-13' up in the air on a ladder is terrible work haha.

The builder did a paper thin first coat so we're doing touch ups before paint. Probable still do a quick third coat before we sand.

Finally finished mudding yesterday so today was sanding day.

Fuck me if mudding and sanding isn’t the least rewarding DIY project I’ve ever completed. It already had the first coat of mud (we did a second and third) then sanded and guess what... it still looks unfinished. So unsatisfying and so much time and hard work.

I will never mud or sand again in my life. But glad it’s done.

[AndyL]

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So unsatisfying and so much time and hard work.

Throw a coat of white primer on it - and your tune will change. Suddenly was worth every minute of labor.