What are you working on today?

[Lubener]

We lost many o shingles yesterday. Thankfully the roof guy was able to come out and fix it first thing this AM. (He installed it last fall, but didn’t get done until Dec 23.)

Porta potties blew over at work. A semi tipped over a few miles from the house. Our Starlink blew over twice. The wind was absolutely terrible yesterday.

That is the number one reason why I would never get a roof replaced in cold weather. The shingles never get warm enough to properly seal down. They then get ripped off in the first strong wind storm. Of course the roofer will disagree because they want business during the slow time of the year.

Was wondering if something like that is warranted?

 

[dlundblad]

That is the number one reason why I would never get a roof replaced in cold weather. The shingles never get warm enough to properly seal down. They then get ripped off in the first strong wind storm. Of course the roofer will disagree because they want business during the slow time of the year.

Was wondering if something like that is warranted?

I can’t remember the specifics, but it’s something like 10 years for workmanship.

He had originally told me it would be done in October. Yeah that didn’t happen. Our roof needed replaced and was leaking here we had added our porch. We had no choice but to go with it.

It’s funny though. I was on a job last summer and asked the general contractor who he recommended for roofs since he was from my area. Ironically, the guy was down at the neighbors a few days later doing their roof. I had originally met him in June. He couldn’t get out until September for a quote. Didn’t officially start until Nov 4 I think? The guy is booked all year. Goofy dude, but he does good work. 10/10 would recommend.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Time to change out the transfer case oil in my 2008 Burb with 287,000 miles. I’ve started prepping the vehicle the night before. It’s on ramps, has the oil pan and wrenches ready, cardboard under the case, and suction gun with extension. I do the transfer case once every two years, or about 20,000 miles.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Got the transfer case case done. A bit messy with the large fluid gun. I had to fill it three times.

 

[Lubener]

I can’t remember the specifics, but it’s something like 10 years for workmanship.

He had originally told me it would be done in October. Yeah that didn’t happen. Our roof needed replaced and was leaking here we had added our porch. We had no choice but to go with it.

It’s funny though. I was on a job last summer and asked the general contractor who he recommended for roofs since he was from my area. Ironically, the guy was down at the neighbors a few days later doing their roof. I had originally met him in June. He couldn’t get out until September for a quote. Didn’t officially start until Nov 4 I think? The guy is booked all year. Goofy dude, but he does good work. 10/10 would recommend.

You can usually tell a good contractor, he is in demand and busy all the time. It's like eating at a restaurant, you don't want to eat at a place with an empty parking lot.

 

[Lubener]

I have a goal to end procrastination and have been doing small jobs lately which I have been putting off for some time. I just replaced the ailing kitchen faucet I have been putting off for three years. I had the faucet which I got a very good deal on but wasn't excited about working under the cramped kitchen sink. No excuse for it.

 

[IndyIan]

I did a rear wheel bearing on the 2018 Outback. I can see why people don't like to do these in the rust belt!
The brute force method did work eventually, along with putting the right profile on the cold chisel.
I learned it is better to just hit the hub as hard as you can with a small sledgehammer, like two hands and swinging for the fences, to break it lose, or just break it in pieces! Once it moved just a bit, then the chisel can get in and separate. I had a plan to use a long bolt and nut to press it off but my random bolt collection didn't have what I needed.
The other side needs to be done and I'm going to do this method,

 

[alarmguy]

Been working outside the house both to regain lost muscle mass last year, continue to lose more weight. But I do these projects every spring.
This year for aesthetic reasons and practical. I wanted the roof water to not run across the north facing side yard. Pretty much everything in this coastal area is built on swamp mud and most times it never really completely dries up on this side.
Also note my lawn looks much better than shown in this area that I am working, Spring just passed and grass just started greening up nice. Another couple weeks and it will look like a golf green except maybe this HVAC area but grass will spread to it. Its the last section of the landscaping to be finished.

So this is for the HVAC condensation drip. Instead of dripping next to the house and creating mud all summer it will now be out at the end of the side yard property line. Seems simple and it is but there is no soil here, no rocks, pure compacted wet HEAVY mud/clay
Not shown in the photo is the PVC pipe I just installed that dumps the condensation drip into the open black pipe.

Next was a roof drain that water exited on the north side of the house, same as the HVAC unit, I took the drain now to the property line using the same pop up system and flex pipe Photo#1

Another view photo 2

There is another drain on this north side and I routed it to the driveway using flex pipe.

The south side of the house is good, steeper slope towards the property line.
Ok, next is to freshen up the mulch, Lowes delivered 70 bags yesterday.

 

[Pablo]

Alarmguy humping 70 bags across swamp land paints such a good picture in my mind.

But then again, no coffee, fasting, blood draw in a couple hours.

 

[alarmguy]

(continued from above) 3 years ago there was nothing but grass installed by the builder.
Anyway, I am almost done, I do have a few patio stones left to level.
I built the small berms and planted everything, also the patio, there was nothing but green grass and two small magnolias when we purchased, both since moved by me. The only thing I didnt plant was the 3 palm trees. I have another 4th planted in front. That took 3 guys and a mini bulldozer. Im told they weight around 1000 lbs each.

These"regen" Sabal Palms. What that means is they have full large root balls and actively growing. These are more costly. The less expensive alternative is the most common by far where they chop the top of the palm tree leaving little green and also a chopped root ball. Plant it at the location and then it takes a couple years to really get going. *LOL* Getting older now I didnt want to wait years. So"regen" palms were already replanted after harvest in Florida and actively growing again then planted in our yard and with a much larger rootball. Also the failure rate of a regen is significantly lower.

Photos dont really show the scale properly, it's more substantial than it looks. (note grass is only coming out of its winter brown)

 

[alarmguy]

Alarmguy humping 70 bags across swamp land paints such a good picture in my mind.

But then again, no coffee, fasting, blood draw in a couple hours.

Ohhhh those blood draws! It's ALWAYS hit or miss with me. I dont mind the little pain really but some of them have a REALLY, REALLY hard time finding a vein in my arm. Its not uncommon they call someone more experienced over. So sometimes its a first time, other times they poke around and even when they get one, they move the needle in and out to get the blood flowing faster and then other times, if I sense real inexperience I tell the lady just get it out of my hand. *LOL*

The everyday lab is pretty good at it. Even sometimes before one tries they will tell me "let me get the other lady for this"
A dentist office one time stuck me 4 or 5 times before getting blood for an implant bone graft.

 

[Pablo]

The phlebotomist at Safeway is awesome. Never a problem. But man can that woman chat.

 

[alarmguy]

The phlebotomist at Safeway is awesome. Never a problem. But man can that woman chat.

Chat is ok! Yeah, I have my favorites too!

 

[IndyIan]

I did a rear wheel bearing on the 2018 Outback. I can see why people don't like to do these in the rust belt!
The brute force method did work eventually, along with putting the right profile on the cold chisel.
I learned it is better to just hit the hub as hard as you can with a small sledgehammer, like two hands and swinging for the fences, to break it lose, or just break it in pieces! Once it moved just a bit, then the chisel can get in and separate. I had a plan to use a long bolt and nut to press it off but my random bolt collection didn't have what I needed.
The other side needs to be done and I'm going to do this method,

Well I did the other rear wheel bearing this weekend using the method above, worked pretty good really. Taping holes in the knuckle through the rear suspension while you are on your back is a bit of challenge, but easier than smashing and chiseling the other side out. I also replaced a seeping rear diff axle seal on that side as its easy to just slide the axle out through the knuckle while bearing is out... My wife got an estimate for $1400 to do both bearings and the seal, but they added quite a few hours to do the seal, I suppose not knowing it is easy to do with the wheel bearing out.

I had to look back in my notes, and I started hearing a bit of extra noise in the back over 40k miles ago.... There was no play and no noticeable noise change with side loading so I figured it must be the winter tires, In the last month the one bearing was getting nosier, but still no play at the tire? Turning the bearing by hand when out of the car, I can just feel a bit of roughness... I don't know how a bearing can fail relatively early and get slightly noisy at 100k miles and then just keep going for 40k more miles, but it did.

Anyways, the new bearings have the back end silent again, and our old Xice2 all season tires are still quite quiet!

 

[wander2039]

Replaced the light switch in my wife's room since I fried the dimmable one. Also replaced one of the 6 inch leds, lucky that Menards still carried them. Bought spares in case. Looked at my boys room led also. Both lights have the same symptoms flashing and dimming at random. So much for lasting forever. Might be the driver but I haven’t researched how to test yet.

 

[DCDG]

Found in the wild at a motel property I maintain. Doing some PM and vacuuming out HVAC closets.

 

[KrisZ]

Trenched, laid down an electrical conduit, run a wire and hooked up a Tesla wall charger. Trenching and conduit work was the hardest, electrical was super easy.

While at it, I check the connection on all of the breakers in the service panel and some were not torqued tight at all!! Some had a good 1/2 turn in them