what did you do around the house today?

[ExtraSlow]

We dind't have that many guys with us when I was there.

[gretz]

I don’t think there’a ever been that many guys here. Now that we are on that page, are we talking yellow bananas or ones from the freezer?

[ZenOps]

Changed light bulbs.

Last of the very infrequently used Halogen light bulbs finally kicked the bucket. Now 100% LED 9 watt round and 6 watt reflector mix for me.

[nismodrifter]

Finished my shed base today. It's a skid base with a few inches of gravel underneath after I dug out all the dirt. Laid down fabric in the middle etc. Built a deck style framed floor on top of it. Finished that part of it today with plywood sheeting. Now will put Keter brand shed on it.

[SkiBum5.0]

Dug a trench by hand. Putting in a barrier to prevent roots from entering garden. It’s about 3 bananas deep

[ThePenIsMightier]

^I hope you're not trying to keep cedar roots out, because it takes a lot of work to manage that.

[SkiBum5.0]

No not cedar, oak. This is my final attempt. If it doesn’t work I’m tearing the garden out and replacing with a parking pad.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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No not cedar, oak. This is my final attempt. If it doesn’t work I’m tearing the garden out and replacing with a parking pad.

Cedar is terrible because its water seeking roots are like hair/fish-line and they get into the flower bed and strangle the flower roots.
My dad tore the whole garden out and put down the industrial landscape fabric about 14" down then started again. I think he also hammered down some vertical plywood or OSB as a "fence" to help hold it back.
That worked for 3-5 years I think.

[SkiBum5.0]

Yeah I’m going metal as a “wall”, landscape fabric as a “floor”

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Yeah I’m going metal as a “wall”, landscape fabric as a “floor”

Yeah, I think that will work really well. It's a lot of work though, eh?!

[mr2mike]

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No not cedar, oak. This is my final attempt. If it doesn’t work I’m tearing the garden out and replacing with a parking pad.

Parking pad is never a losing venture.

[benyl]

set 13 posts. (3 in the front).

Wasn't too bad cause the ground is sandy clay. The two man auger went through it like butter.

I still have to pull 2 posts (the white one on the left). That one is set in gravel. I've dug 1ft and it was hell.

[SJW]

I sealed my exposed aggregate driveway.

[JfuckinC]

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set 13 posts. (3 in the front).

Wasn't too bad cause the ground is sandy clay. The two man auger went through it like butter.

I still have to pull 2 posts (the white one on the left). That one is set in gravel. I've dug 1ft and it was hell.

Do you have a come along or floor jack or something? Just jack it out of the hole to make your life easier. Fuck im trying to remember how we did it at my sisters but my dad came up with a good system so we just pulled them straight up and out and then cleaned the holes.... will report back if i can remember. Broke the bobcat so we had to get creative haha..

[90_Shelby]

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Do you have a come along or floor jack or something? Just jack it out of the hole to make your life easier. Fuck im trying to remember how we did it at my sisters but my dad came up with a good system so we just pulled them straight up and out and then cleaned the holes.... will report back if i can remember. Broke the bobcat so we had to get creative haha..

If the post isn’t cemented in a bumper Jack next to the post with a 2x4 screwed to the 4x4 will pull it out no problem. A similar method could be used if there is cement but you’d have to get a bit creative to work around the diameter of the concrete.

[benyl]

Yup, I have been looking up methods to use my floor jack.

[pheoxs]

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Yup, I have been looking up methods to use my floor jack.

Use a chunk from one of the the 4x4's you took out. Saw it off so it's a few feet long. Put it on the jack beside the post. Ratchet strap them together. Jack er up and readjust when your jack runs out of height.

[mo_money2supe]

Teslas have plenty of torque, right?

[sabad66]

When my neighbour and I replaced our fence, we dug until hitting concrete, then jack hammered in place to break the concrete. Pulled out chunks of concrete as the broke up. Tedious work, but worth it to be able to use the same holes. It helped that my neighbor decided to buy the jack hammer (he had to do the other side of his house too), so we were able to take our time over a week to remove the 10 posts instead of rushing to return a rental.

[TomcoPDR]

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Teslas have plenty of torque, right?

There’s got to be a Beyonder that be willing to lend him their Ridgeline