The new stairs are a lot wider now

Update: the new deck is done. I wrote a check and magically it was done while we were in Maine. They replaced the floor and steps with Trex, replaced all the railings and gate with nice plastic and brought it all up to code while they were at it.

I got in process pix from the builder.

Remove all the old rotting floor boards and railings and lay down the new stuff

Great point. I should check ours. I will be checking ours right now.

We had a power flicker during the "bomb cyclone" last Saturday. I didn't think anything of it until today when I went to add chemicals to the hot tub. I opened the lid to find the tub empty. It seems the power flicker tripped the breaker and stopped the pump and heater, not something you want to happen in single digit temperatures. It most likley froze up and cracked the pvc pipes, letting all the water out.

I'll fix it in the spring, it's not a priority.


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AARDVARK

He can lick my balls! I worked hard to paint that thing!

AArdvark wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 2:37 pm Does anyone care if I painted the swing set over the weekend?

He might care if you painted over his image. (There is a singer going by the name, "The Weeknd.")

Does anyone care if I painted the swing set over the weekend?

We've had a swing set since the early 90s. Once our kids got too old for it we gave it to my brother who had three chainsaws with legs....er, I mean nephews. They used it for a number of years until they got too old for it and gave it back, along wirh a second story fort thing. Since there is a grandson now we had to buy all new swings and slide and rope ladder and spend two days painting it. He's not even two yet...

I asked about one of those tankless, on-demand water heaters. At least twice the price and they would have had to reconfigure all the pipes. Ug. Oh well, so much for going green.

It took the plumbers themselves about 6 hours to install mine because they sold me on a larger, commercial grade one.. that wouldn't even fit so they had to take off the crawlspace entrance temporarily and move dirt around to get it to fit!

Hot water heater went while we were on vacation. I didn't know about it until I went downstairs to change the cat box. It had been leaking hot water for a little while. I called our plumbing service and they came right out. We had a new one installed in two hours. This is a huge step up from calling a friend with a truck, buying a tank from a hardware store and spending six hours plumbing it in.

HUGE!

It's too bright outside to get a really good shot of the window trim. Hadda crank the white balance and iso to get this. It looks really nice

Update. Did the remedial drywall and now installing window trim. Going with that rustic pine as it's a laundry room and matches the stuff I put in SEVEN! years ago

The windows are in!



Much better than plywood over a big gaping hole in the wall

I have to reset the pin number now, a process that I'm sure will make it into the Great Moments thread.


Edit! My wife called one of her goombotsos at the bank and she got the pin changed in two minutes. It's all about who ya know...

If you'd like to post the card number and PIN on ebay, they can add it to a SECRET VAULT for you.

Ok, this is a follow-up to the senior moment I had last week with the Die Hard thread.

I needed some minor work done to the shower faucet. I called my contractor guy and he was out the next day. I was at work at the time. I pull into the driveway and my wife comes out and asks me to go right back out to the ATM and get cash to pay the contractor. I go right back out, drive to the bank, walk to the cash machine and stop dead. I cannot remember my pin number. Seriously, I can't remember it at all. I haven't had to use my pin since December and I'm totally stumped.
I get back on my motorcycle, drive home and in some embarrassment tell my wife that she is going to have to get cash out.

If this isn't early dementia I don't know what is....

Ah yeah. Good work avoiding the ahhhhhhh problematic company.

It's still happening. The contractor finished the front today. Still needs one more side and fix the wood rot in the back. We decided to replace the windows while he was there (not Pella!) Going to be three weeks before those get delivered. Meantime the gutter guy has to come and put up the gutters.
Hopefully it'll all wrap up by Memorial Day weekend

Looks really nice, Vark! Was that this weekend then?

New!