Recent content by Firemanbuck

The best option as mentioned above, is to cut back into the hill and make sure the footprint of the building is all on native soil, then compact the native soil before building your pole barn. Having half the building on native and the other on poorly compacted fill will result in differential...

Carbon filter for chlorine, disinfection byproducts, and other organic compounds (petroleum, pesticides). Reverse osmosis for most other inorganic compounds.

Do you have a tile probe? If you can push the probe and it goes more than a couple of inches into the soil, it's not compacted. you want "firm and unyeilding" before you build. Some of the "clay" soils in the PNW are moderately expansive and can damage a poorly reinforced concrete slab. Best...

She digs a good trench

A little project running water and electric lines and a couple of new yard hydrants on my property. The little Yanmar done good.

When I bought my property last year, the seller had the septic system repaired (a crushed line) and inspected as a part of the sale. The inspection report went to the County and said my septic tank drained to a "seepage pit" with no drainfield and was therefore a "non-conforming" system. I...

I have a double wide mobile home on my property that I use as a rental. The mobile is in pretty good shape inside but is rough looking outside where the skin is dented. I'd like to reside with T-111 or Hardie board to spiff it up and maybe get a few extra bucks for rent. Does anyone have any...

Saw this in Kenya last fall. The video is much better (he/we were doing about 45 mph) but I can't get it to upload.