Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

I am pretty sore today, because of all the Trex decking that I loaded into my truck at HD yesterday!

It’s sitting in the DW now destined for Vt ! It was just shy of $1300 for materials just for the 10’ by 18’ deck in front of the family room !

Enhanced basic with the groove on the bottoms? I was looking at the Select, $72 a piece, ouch...

 

[Happy in NC]

Why I did not think of using that sooner, escapes me.

Exactly. Thought completely eluded me!!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just had a thought on my deck, since existing joists are 16" oc, if going trex or similar, it really should have 12" oc. Thinking about putting 2x4 sleepers across the joinsts at 12" oc, and running the deck boards the other direction, 12 ft instead of 16 ft long. I have 3" from top of deck to my door bottom, it just means I have to adjust the bottom row of siding a little higher, but I kind of want to take it off anyways and flash the deck header better with zip tape anyways. Just a lot more work.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Dennis,
That’s an idea but a lot more work ! These 12 footers were $30.96 each, that’s about as rich as I’m planning to go on this job ! I still have all of the deck under the porch to do after this, but that might wait for the fall !

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 45F @ 9:00AM. Overcast with showers. Becoming windy for the afternoon. High 52F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Higher wind gusts possible.
Yesterday's predicted rain held off until evening, but we got a full inch in just an hour. I didn't think to check the back porch for flooding, but it looks OK now. Looks like I'll get plenty more rain to check it today. The two dozen cinder blocks I hauled down from up north are doing a good job of keeping the tarp over the firewood stack in place, but today's threatened 45 MPH gusts will be a real test.

A sawzall with a good blade works as fast as a torch for cutting up tanks in my experience. Also much less chance of a fire or explosion caused by the previous contents.

+1. I really like the Lenox bi-metal blades. They start off sharp and stay that way longer.

The higher than it should be oil level in the Camry bothered me enough that I put the car up on ramps and drained a couple cups to bring the level back down between the dots on the dipstick. Since the dealer also rotated the tires, I retorqued all the lug nuts and every one of them was over torqued. The car came with two years or twenty-five thousand miles of free maintenance, and it will time out on April 1 of this year. I'll never go back to that service department, even if Toyota was to offer free lifetime maintenance.

Installed a keyboard-video-mouse switch so I can use the big monitor in the office with two different laptops. It created a real rat's nest of wires behind the monitor, but it does the job. Then I installed web building tools on the laptop that also runs the weather station software, and that will get no further operating system updates. That will let me update the OS on the main laptop, which has been getting warnings that it will no longer be supported. Talk about being dragged kicking and screaming into the future.

Don't know what I'll get into today, but it's an opportunity rich environment...

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,
I just found a picture, not a good one of both the covered deck and the open deck !

 

[daugen]

yummy lunch with brother and wife, veal pizziola with calamata olives and lots of garlic.
and extra crunchy fries. hey, it's my birthday...
veal was the real stuff, not some frozen hockey puck
now into jeans and headed outside.

going to make up two small planters with bush beans in them, presents for friends.
I'll have plenty of my own, going big on string beans this year

 

[Buppies]

Great you are having a nice birthday Drew

 

[newbury]

Good Evening Dennis ,

Dennis, nothing but hard work, if I don’t say so myself ! The Vermont deck is screwed down, it will be a bear ! I have a couple flat bars and a 3ft wrecking/crowbar ! A back belt should help a lot !

For tearing up decks a sawzall may also work. My back deck in Virginia was originally put in with ring-shank nails. To rip off the deck I cut the nails between the deck board and joist with a sawzall with the best blade I could find. Don't know if it would work as well on deck screws but I was able to repurpose a lot of wood.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good Afternoon Dennis,
That’s an idea but a lot more work ! These 12 footers were $30.96 each, that’s about as rich as I’m planning to go on this job ! I still have all of the deck under the porch to do after this, but that might wait for the fall !

maybe less work, I only need to remove existing deck boards where the sleepers go, the others could stay, but might make some nice wasp nest areas if left, so probably not a good idea to leave them. I wouldn't have to put in the 2 new joists needed to window frame the deck. Looked at Lowes, they don't carry much trex, and the ones there were crazy bent. Did get zip tape. did not pick up a 4x4 as there were no carts to be seen, and they all looked like archer bows anyways....
did get hair cut, not motivated to do much else.

 

[daugen]

pot of beans made as a gift for friend's porch
a few beans and a little lettuce planted in garden
likely to freeze, like last year.
anything before April 15 is taking a chance.
lettuce should be fine and I'm planting radishes in two weeks.

 

[Looking4new]

When I went out to pay the township, the snow was still too hard to do anything with. So that job is on hold until maybe tomorrow. Saturday and Sunday the powers that be are saying anywhere from .75" to 1.5" of rain. Could be some flooding. The ground is still froze.

Drew, I kinda thought you were a youngster, by three and a half years.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 16.9C and it's presently 25.1C, lightly overcast & calm.

Well, the plumber phone call didn't happen so I'll 'remind him' later on today.

What with yesterday's rain, I was able to switch the horse troughs over to the 'tin shed' tank from the 'house' tank. Even though I was wearing ankle length work boots and jeans, I still managed to 'pick up' a bloody leech on my calf!

A very happy BD to you Drew.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Looking4new]

wagtail, do you smoke? The heater of a cigarette will get them off. Salt will work too to get them leaches to let go.

 

[Wagtail]

wagtail, do you smoke? The heater of a cigarette will get them off. Salt will work too to get them leaches to let go.

Strangely enough, I quit smoking about 4 weeks ago... but I smoked a pipe.

The problem with the leeches is that they're painless. I only notice them when they drop-off and I start bleeding profusely. If I were to find one I'd go with the salt treatment.

It's been so dry here that they were simply waiting for a decent rainfall to 'feed'.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 51ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, variable cloudiness, and high temp was 83ºF. High winds in forecast, gusts to 65 MPH. Made coffee to start day, made oatmeal for breakfast, bike ride, started checking taxes against last year. Worked on bills. Did get nap in.
NHBX hope you had a good energy conservation day and the mud starts drying.
Ron good to hear garage roof coming along. Hope vents didn't slow you down too much and were able to get the other side done. Neat woodpecker pic.
Thomas hope part store time ok and you got your burn permit.
Drew hope good lunch with brother and SIL. Happy birthday!!
Drew thanks for sharing pic and description.
Billy hope you enjoyed working outside today. Good to hear blooms are popping.
Bill hope plowing, scraping, and paying all went well.
Drew sorry no popping yet.
Mike sorry about the city run. Glad you got a get together with all the daughters. Big tree at 223 circumference.
Happy(NC) hope you were able to get cart done. Glad you can see again. That tank should flow a lot of water with the ends cut out.
Frits glad no wind. Hope you and Cody enjoyed the walk.
Scott(VT) Glad work went ok and some cleanup in yard after work.
Don warm down there! hope they can get your bot to work. Hope the door refurbish went well. Good luck with pool cover.
Scott(vt) new decking and tool of destruction what a pic.
Buppies sorry about sleeping on wrong side. I get the alone part. Hope you got an update on Holly.
Ken looks like a lot of splitting to do. Really sorry to hear about trouble with you dad's GF last night. Bet it was harder with the big saw.
Dennis good to hear some deck boards are reusable.
Dennis glad you have blooms. Sorry haircut will mess with day. Hope you make progress with deck.
Dennis sounds like a plan, sorry about the extra work.
Scott(vt) good idea to pace yourself.
RNG hope your tarp stays put. I need to bring in my wood tarp, we have guts going to 65 mph in forecast tomorrow . Again sorry about the poor service you got on the Camry. I hear you an getting dragged into the current. Hope you were able to find some low hanging fruit.
Scott(VT) thanks for sharing pic.
Drew glad you are having a fun birthday
Newbury good idea on using sawzall on deck demolition.
Have to get up early tomorrow to beat the wind.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Anyone looking at the moon?

 

[NHBX]

To cloudy here, seems every time something cool happens in the sky we’re in crappy weather!

 

[NHBX]

Good morning,
24° now and cloudy, clearing as the morning goes on, highs in the low 50’s, winds light and variable.

Nothing accomplished yesterday other than having the truck break down. After a quick run to the store engine light came on and would barely run. Did make it home and parked it, was to aggravated to deal with it then. The last time it did something similar it was the MAF sensor, hopefully something similar this time. Will see what codes it’s throwing when daylight gets here and it warms up a bit. Would love to replace it but even the used market around here is outrageously expensive.
Not sure what else today will bring just take it as it comes.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy
Prayers

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of hot coffee. 29° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 69° with mix of sun and clouds. Got all the roofing up yesterday. Still need to put up 2 pieces of trim and ridge cap. Then a bunch of screw.
Was out this morning to view worm full moon and eclipse. Got a good view of eclipse but not as good a photo as I wanted. This is about 80%.

Buckeye, I was out there.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.