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I do pull the BFp from my first rental because it is above ground. The 2nd rental, it is set in a sprinkler box below ground. Knock on wood it survives this year. My hous e doesn't have one , but I did add a new shutoff with a drain valve that is inside the house ...so I plan on opening...

None of my systems have had drains(that I have known about) and I have never blown them out..in fact I wouldn't even know how to without something like you have I usually just shut off the water to them and open the valves in mid October and call it good. Knock in wood I haven't ever had an...

Edited first post with a link to the photo album that will grow as I add more photos.

I am no longer confident that everything I wanted done was included in the bid...nor was I confident that if I asked for things to be done, they would be done in a timely manner....so I, being a DIY'er started doing some myself. I pulled all the staples and nails, and the wife demo'd the...

we also built a fence the dirt in my area is so rocky and crappy. As I leveled it, I had to remove probably 1-2 tons of rock Once the foundation was poured, I noticed an error in my measurements. They had to move the west wall (to the left in the upper pic) in by 1' to avoid...

The dirt getting removed was an ordeal, as was the foundation. The footings were poured, but the foundation didn't get poured until the end of July....and at that time, the dirt was still there. It took the contractor until right before Labor Day weekend to get the dirt moved and that was...

Figured I may as well make a thread to document this process. Last January, we signed a contract to have an 12x20 addition added to our house. The addition is to extend and relocate our kitchen, as well as open up the main level, as well as add a basement room. Due to the heavy winter and...

Just curious but why no form work to put concrete right outside the man door? Not planning on it there?

12' back and 19' wide. New kitchen and opening the main level of the tri-level to be one big 23' x 32' or so. I have debated doing a thread but the progress has been so slow I figured it would be too long between posts. :rofl:

I am in the process of an addition. They came and demo'd the kitchen and living room wall on Wed. Not knowing if hey planned on ripping out the crappy partial board subfloor in the kitchen so I took it in myself to start in that....plus pull all the nails from the old hardwood so we aren't...

The single axle thing is slightly incorrect. Most single axles trailers aren't heavy so they don't need it but technically it's the weight of the trailer that determines it. 750lbs being the threshold. I am sure single axles are mostly under (or around that) so thyme likely won't get...

Saw this gem. Hard to get a good pic. A dump bed with I believe a Tacoma in it towing what looks like an Isuzu box truck with a Rav4 in the box, hanging out the back with a homemade wood platform with praypaint "In town painted on it.

Your contractor sounds much better then mine. My house addition is 3 -4 months in and still jo exterior framing....but hey they just demo'd our kitchen and living room on Wed.

Man, that is beautiful. Your attention to detail is outstanding. I love your posts and highly admire your "do it right" mentality. It is a dying mindset but I love seeing it still in practice.

I agree...I think the radius looks better as well. It's obviously too late now, but I do wonder if the same change would've looked better at the bottom of the handle, instead of the squared off bracket.

My view of the eclipse from my daughter's soccer game

With the train being long in the youth... would you recommend it? I did 12-13 hours in Alaskaa non-stop to Fairbanks...... that wasn't too bad but we had breaks for 3 meals in the dining car

Purely an estimate but I would guess the water main is somewhere in the 4-6' depth below grade. Like @jeeper said, it is probably fairly level...so measure down from the ground to where it comes into the house and you probably have a good overall depth. I have only ground out a few stumps but...

the commenters are just a bunch of boobs They must suckle at the teet of the .gov I'd say give those babies a bottle, because they obviously don't like the breast.

I was up in Bear Lake last weekend. The colors were awesome but Friday was rainy and dreary.