what did you do around the house today?

[88CRX]

Looks good! Now the easy part

[Tik-Tok]

Had to cut down some more greenery this weekend. Makes me sad to think of all the trees that I've had to cut down on our property over years.

These lilacs were gorgeous for the first decade we were here, then the past 5 they got worse and worse. I just can't afford the water that they need to thrive.

[ExtraSlow]

Lilacs can be cut back to the ground and they'll grow back if you want. In these older neighborhoods, that's required ever few decades. I did mine a couple of years ago and it's very vigorous now.

[KPHMPH]

Soffit and Hardie shingle install yesterday.

Seriously, fuck my life - soffit is the worst thing ever...I’m probably doing it wrong but still.

[phubu]

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Odds of someone saying ‘this is incorrect’ are high. But my give a fuck is low

What's incorrect about this?

[Brent.ff]

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What's incorrect about this?

Haha hopefully nothing, i work with building engineers so have been picking their brains on it so far, and seem to be doing ok.

[Tik-Tok]

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Haha hopefully nothing, i work with building engineers so have been picking their brains on it so far, and seem to be doing ok.

That rock in the left lower quadrant of the pic is way too big, the entire thing will be unstable now because of it.

[Brent.ff]

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That rock in the left lower quadrant of the pic is way too big, the entire thing will be unstable now because of it.

That rock was hell on earth with the auger, i gotta tell ya. Laying flat like a dish, half into the wall..

[dj_rice]

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Soffit and Hardie shingle install yesterday.

Seriously, fuck my life - soffit is the worst thing ever...I’m probably doing it wrong but still.

Your lil shack, is probably nicer than my house hahahha

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Not around the house but certainly nearby, helped my wife get this year's farmers' market open for the first time this season (the market's 28th continuous season). 13 years she's been managing the market, how time flies.

[Sugarphreak]

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[88CRX]

Deck skirting nearly completed. Going to plant some shrubs and grasses in front of it, then spread more gravel.

[Tik-Tok]

Stupid aging house.

Bathroom sink started draining really really slowly, and my drain snake wouldn't go past a certain point. So I had to take apart all the plumbing to find the blockage. Turned out to be a small copper connectingpipe had degraded over the last 50 years and broke up, combining with my wife's hair to become a nice blockage.

Oh, and for some reason it was 1-3/8"... a size that no longer exists in hardware stores.

[Brent.ff]

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Deck skirting nearly completed. Going to plant some shrubs and grasses in front of it, then spread more gravel.

Looks good, no stairs?

[88CRX]

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Looks good, no stairs?

Stairs in the center (which we haven't done yet). We need to build a landing for them to come down to first. This fucking weather is making it tough to get everything done on weekend.

[blitz]

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Stairs in the center (which we haven't done yet). We need to build a landing for them to come down to first. This fucking weather is making it tough to get everything done on weekend.

You might want to replace the skirting on the sides with a lattice of some sort. Fully enclosing it on a low level deck can make it too humid underneath and cause the deck boards to cup.

[88CRX]

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You might want to replace the skirting on the sides with a lattice of some sort. Fully enclosing it on a low level deck can make it too humid underneath and cause the deck boards to cup.

Yea we'll see how much the fence boards along the skirting shrink when they dry. If it's like the fence we built they will shrink big time and ventilation shoudln't be a huge concern.

That lattice shit suck for longevity and for rodents getting in and under the deck, hoping to avoid that.

[Darell_n]

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Stupid aging house.

Bathroom sink started draining really really slowly, and my drain snake wouldn't go past a certain point. So I had to take apart all the plumbing to find the blockage. Turned out to be a small copper connectingpipe had degraded over the last 50 years and broke up, combining with my wife's hair to become a nice blockage.

Oh, and for some reason it was 1-3/8"... a size that no longer exists in hardware stores.

Just a piece of regular 1-3/8” copper pipe, or is it threaded or have a formed end on it? 1-3/8” OD copper is common in refrigeration and is the same as 1-1/4” plumbing copper (ID)

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Just a piece of regular 1-3/8” copper pipe, or is it threaded or have a formed end on it? 1-3/8” OD copper is common in refrigeration and is the same as 1-1/4” plumbing copper (ID)

It was just a regular piece so far as I know. I ended up using a hacksawed 1-1/4" pvc tailpiece. I cut 3/4 of the threads off and the diameter was just a hair larger than 1-3/8", tight enough to make it work.

Good to know about the refrigeration piping though. Who knows what else in lurking behind the walls in this house.

[Darell_n]

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It was just a regular piece so far as I know. I ended up using a hacksawed 1-1/4" pvc tailpiece. I cut 3/4 of the threads off and the diameter was just a hair larger than 1-3/8", tight enough to make it work.

Good to know about the refrigeration piping though. Who knows what else in lurking behind the walls in this house.

The issue is refrigeration measures the outside diameter of the pipe, plumbing you measure the inside diameter. Same pipe, different names.