what did you do around the house today?

[adam c]

Had to remove a tree from my backyard today, sucks as it was healthy and quite nice with the leaves

[suntan]

Getting 1/4 cord of wood delivered. Bought a Solo Bonfire firepit.

[BavarianBeast]

Any handymen have some free time available in the next couple weeks?

Between my mom and I, I think we’d have a few thousand bucks worth of odds and ends we would like taken care of at our homes. Both in sw Calgary. Odds n ends being small drywall repair, fixing or building a new planter, some landscaping, fence painting and a few other things. Just don’t have the time right now.

Thanks and cheers

[ShermanEF9]

Replaced the accessory belt on the wifes Honda fit, replaced some light bulbs, then had a fire this afternoon and chilled out.

[nismodrifter]

Over seeded some parts of the lawn that needed it.
Rainy weather this week = free watering.

[flipstah]

New floors yay

[killramos]

Seems like a good spot for a handy question.

Thinking of trying to repurpose my currently unused front deck area, by enclosing it with a privacy shade. Basically goal is to wrap around a shade similar to the side on the left.

Left

Right (where I want to extend the shade around)


Nothing about this is rocket science. Except that I need an upright stud on the far right side to secure the shade. I was thinking a couple vertical 4x4’s would do the trick here. But how to actually mount them to the pony wall is my conundrum.

My initial thought is just mount it flush to the exiting wall with a couple of metal braces, I just don’t know if this will really constrain it enough. It’s only about a 3 foot vertical extension to the pony wall but is against prevailing winds. I don’t want this to be some wobbly hack shit but I also don’t want this project to spiral out of control…
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/eve...1pc/1001183195

Another issue is the moron who installed the pony wall top (for lack of a better word) was either drunk or a moron.



Basically this is all twisted/misaligned so I have a feel these boards will need replacing ( not sure if this helps or hinders me installing the vertical studs above.

Am I just overthinking this? It’s just a couple vertical studs and some horizontal boards as privacy shades.

[finboy]

Went to get some electrical tape to seal up my black stone labs oil sample, heard a hissing sound and a wet furnace room



Thankful for a T valve at the hot water heater junction, but no luck finding anyone with the ferrules and compression tools to build me a new line on the weekend. Will be humidifierless until early next week.

[suntan]

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Seems like a good spot for a handy question.

Thinking of trying to repurpose my currently unused front deck area, by enclosing it with a privacy shade. Basically goal is to wrap around a shade similar to the side on the left.

You want something like this:

https://www.homedepot.ca/product/sim...-4x/1000152497

Lag bolt it through the wood and into the wall. It will last forever.

[nismodrifter]

Ordered 3 yards of garden soil. Hauling that shit through the yard and topping up all the beds.

[killramos]

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You want something like this:

https://www.homedepot.ca/product/sim...-4x/1000152497

Lag bolt it through the wood and into the wall. It will last forever.

So one of those on the bottom of each 4x4?

Is that enough to keep things from wobbling?

Should I still put some kind of a gusset/brace in on the far right where I don’t have a vertical to bolt it into?

[suntan]

You can get ones with two holes on the bottom, those are the ones you should get if you can find them.

I think you should be fine with just those. You should put a top cap piece on. That’ll stop any movement.

Oh yeah use a 6x6 post if it fits.

[lamp_shade_2000]

These would work for a privacy wall. Might need to replace it all to match though. We used these for a couple walls on our deck and love them. Super straight forward to install as well

https://www.homedepot.ca/search?q=Hoft#!q=Hoft

[killramos]

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These would work for a privacy wall. Might need to replace it all to match though. We used these for a couple walls on our deck and love them. Super straight forward to install as well

https://www.homedepot.ca/search?q=Hoft#!q=Hoft

That’s a very interesting product… gives me something to think about. Probably stops me from screwing this up too badly lol.

Likely a lot pricier than just using lumber though (even with lumber pricing).

[The_Penguin]

More work on the moneypit AKA Arctic Spa.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Finished putting the Embassy system ceiling up in the basement - pretty easy to do solo, can be done with common power tools but a table saw makes tile cutting a breeze compared to a circular saw. The ceiling packs go on sale at Costco every few months and are a good deal compared to buying all the stuff individually.



Flooring next!

[ExtraSlow]

That's a nice murder/sex dungeon.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Finished putting the Embassy system ceiling up in the basement - pretty easy to do solo, can be done with common power tools but a table saw makes tile cutting a breeze compared to a circular saw. The ceiling packs go on sale at Costco every few months and are a good deal compared to buying all the stuff individually.



Flooring next!

I got da sames. Is excellence. Nice touch on evening out the sides. Adds that certain la plume de ma tante!

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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That's a nice murder/sex dungeon.

Thanks! All the best murder-sex dungeons have surround sound so you can listen to Huey Lewis and the News.

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I got da sames. Is excellence. Nice touch on evening out the sides. Adds that certain la plume de ma tante!

Yeah it was surprisingly easy to make things look good. Pretty solid system.


Forgot to mention, their method of using leftover tile pieces and screws for the outside crossbars is kinda janky. If you have dado blades for your table saw it's waaaay cleaner to re-make the end tabs instead on the bars you have to shorten, even if it takes a bit of measuring.

[ExtraSlow]

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