The Home Improvement Thread
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Look all around the handle for little caps that will pop off to show an allen head screw. Also around the big cap on the wall, they might have siliconed it to keep water out so you'll need to trace the perimeter with a knife blade to cut the silicone.
balakay
BabyMax
Cant wait to cut this stupid ass tree down this weekend. Waa going to wait unti I do the rest of the landscaping in spring but I'm tired of looking at it and the city has limb/bulk pickup on Monday so it seemed like a good time. Thing is way too close to the sidewalk for my liking and is close to 28 ft tall. Yes, I know my yard is a mess. I'm working on pulling up bricks that are buried in the yard, picking up all the rocks they put right against the house, and killing all the crab grass and clovers. Going to do a complete landscape overhaul in spring including bringing in dirt to level the yard out and putting in new grass. Just gotta be ugly until then.
balakay
BabyMax
Also, I've now mowed and weedeater twice with the Ego equipment. It's perfect for my needs. I have a 5.0AH battery for the mower and a 2.5AH battery for the weedeater (though they're interchangeable). I could probably mow my front and back yards on one charge of the 5.0AH. But I mow the front and then let the battery top off while I weedeat the front yard and then mow the back yard. I can weedeat both on one charge of the 2.5AH battery. I believe their claim of the mower having the same torque as a gas mower is true. I've only managed to bog it down a couple of times and those were in spots that even a gas mower would have had trouble. So far I'm extremely happy with them for my current needs any bigger of a yard and I'd have wished I sprung for the self propelled and bigger battery I think.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I have two of those fuckers in front of the house... they looked awesome at first. Now they are too tall and have some sort of "shit" that is killing them. Shitty part is that I liked the look of them and it will cost $$ to replace them.
balakay
BabyMax
My neighbor across the street has a few of them. They look good but he keeps them trimmed and in hood shape. This one was neglected before I got here and now it looks like it has something killing it. I dont like how close it is to the house so I'm just going to cut it down and this spring I'll plant something more in the middle of the yard that will cast some shade on the front of the house eventually.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
I vote for a magnolia tree
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
I like magnolia trees, but they need a lot of water to really grow. I would look for a good shade tree that is relatively draught tolerant, as well as excessive heat and freezing temps.
I think the Shumard Oak is what I was looking at for a few bare spots in our yard. It's been a while since I looked it up though.
I think the Shumard Oak is what I was looking at for a few bare spots in our yard. It's been a while since I looked it up though.
achirdo
2WD FTW
I vote for a red oak.
achirdo
2WD FTW
This stuff right here is the tits. If it's not a turf grass it dies. Crabgrass, dallisgrass, stickers, all broad leaf weeds, the neighbors dog, everything. I warn you though this shit is potent. Follow the instructions to a T. Do NOT spray it hotter than 2oz per gallon of water you will kill everything. What ever you spray only needs a very light spray, no need to drench it, misting it will work just fine. Crabgrass and dallisgrass will take around 2 weeks to show results. Mature plants may need to be hit twice. 2.5 gallons is enough to last you the rest of your life, which is a good thing because this stuff is pretty much illegal already. Epa outlawed it a couple years ago expect for specific uses because it has arsenic in it.
There is nothing at homedepot that will kill crab/dallis grass effectively
MSMA Target 6 Plus Herbicide 2.5 Gallon
For best results spray the day after it rains while everything is growing
balakay
BabyMax
Good, because the neighbors cat is already on my fucking nerves.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Just wait till it starts pissing on your front porch and leaving dead mice in your driveway.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
That fucking thing would go "missing"!
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Magnolia trees kill off grass underneath the umbrella of the tree, dense foliage, less light, common to have numerous root exposure near base.
Plant a minimum 20ft from foundation. Specifically a Shumard Oak Tree, Quercus shumardii, very fast growing, adapts to many different soil types.
Recommendation: For the first time of application of that product, use 1.5oz per gallon.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
This. Old house had a cat problem. Fucking neighbors had 3 running around the neighborhood.
1 dissappeared right after we moved in, another went "missing", and then they started keeping the last cat inside after that. My front porch smelled so rank of cat piss I about threw up one morning leaving for work. I fixed that real quick.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
MISSING!!!
Exactly don't even say a word to the neighbors, because they will know how you feel and they will suspect you.
Why punish the cat? The neighbors should go missing first/ too.
achirdo
2WD FTW
Nice. Ive got a ton here. Was that hole already there? They have no openings in my yard just a ton of tunnels
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Pretty sure you have moles like me. That is a gopher.
I have tried several things for the damn moles and nothing has seemed to be worth my time or money.