Continuing Thread: What Are You Fix-It'ing Today?

[rsrguy]

It's never going to end for bugs.... he's in an awesome place to build a bunker... which he's going to need soon enough, unless he moves out here to the rockies.... bunker, coming right up!

[oldE]

Not really today, but last week. No matter how nice October was, we will get winter eventually. With that in mind, I had a look online for some used winter wheels and tires for the Jetta I bought last Spring. Turns out the place I got the car had a set of snow tires on steel rims which came off a Golf GTi. My only complaint with the set was the scabby condition of the made in China rims, but that was only paint. Some wire brush and abrasive wheel work later, I primed them and pondered my next step. (Never a good idea. ) Instead of black, I did the rims in silver, then grabbed some "denim blue" in a rattle can and shot the centers. The car's paint color is "silk blue ". I guess it's close enough. With the salt used on the roads around here, they won't look like this for long, but for now, it'll do.

Best
Les

[Scott Douglas]

We've had an ant problem in the kitchen now for a couple of weeks. Last night my wife noticed we had a drip from a hose bib out in the front planter box. I made the mistake of investigating it this morning.
As I went to tighten the hose that was connected to my quick shut-off valves I put a small amount of side pressure on the pipe so I wouldn't fall over. It sprayed down at ground level like it'd been partially cut open. I started to dig it all out but with the water turned off to the whole house we thought it better to call in a pro. That and the fact my back is killing me convinced me that was the wise thing to do.



I put the sprinkler system in a long time ago but I can't remember how all the galvanized pipes hook up to each under there. One gate valve shuts off everything, the other I think just shuts off the run of pipe to the backyard. But, I could be wrong.
Plumber will be here between 1-4pm today. In the mean time I'm waiting as my wife doesn't want me to cut up my arm more on the bushes and wall. Turns out I've reached the age where I just bump something and I'm bleeding it seems.

[Scott Douglas]

Talk about mission creep, I knew this would happen, but really?
Our plumbing adventure has now gone BIG time.
They'll be replacing the line from the meter to the house, new ball valve to replace the old gate valves, new hose bib, and reconnect the sprinkler system too. Then they'll be replacing the hot water heater because, well, it's easily 20+ yrs old so it's gotta go too.
All that for an estimated $11k.
My wife thinks it's a deal as she has a friend who said it's going to cost them $10k just to run a new line from their kitchen to the street.
I'll just be glad when it's all done.
Oh, and we'll lose that bush which I'm not that upset about, but I have put a lot of work into growing it nice so it'd hide all the plumbing stuff. Oh well.

This is a shot of the 'bandaid' they put in so we'd have water in the house until all this other stuff is ready to go.

[rsrguy]

Managed to get the back end of this birdie properly protected from corrosion. The first pic shows pig's corrosion resistant epoxy primer... this is the tintable version. Once that was on I shot on a couple coats of aerothane urethane paint. It's flexible tough stuff. We stripped the front half down yesterday, I'll be back to blasting monday wx permitting. There are a few other areas to do welding repair on and I'm sure more will show once the media work is finalized. That's the beauty of not powder coating, I can touch up any repairs with ease... I don't have to blast, repair then haul to a coater which can sometimes be weeks of a naked steel frame exposed while waiting for a blaster.

[rsrguy]

Funny when you realize this plane flew in....

[herr_oberst]

My hat is off to you for doing all your blasting right out under the Utah skies.

Being a "Mountain Man" isn't always so fun and easy in the winter!

As always, thanks for showing us the progress.

[rsrguy]

It's in the genes... viking-scott and german ancestry... I do better with cold than hot.

[harvardma]

[rsrguy]

The hoa... they don't like fencing. Anyway I've had a very successful couple of years with this 50 foot row of ever bearing razzies, 30+ gallons this season, they were starts from my good friends garden.
Anyway I figured I'd pull starts off of mine last season and make a green barrier. They did ok but the plants don't really thrive unless you tie them up to get them through the snow months. Anyway the last several weeks I've been putting in post and wire to get them to take off next year. I almost finished mulching today. The one picture shows the common area walking path behind the yard.... no privacy, which isn't so bad unless I let the garden go (an embarrassment) the other factor are the deer, once I get the top wire on and the canes tied up they won't bother the garden as much mainly because they can eat off the outside of the trellising.... them and the neighbors, I'm going to put out a sign inviting them to pick as they wish... there will be plenty for us on the inside.

[mthomas58]

Delivered another chair order this weekend. These went to my SIL and BIL in Knoxville.



Since picking up this scooter lift for the purpose of transporting my FIL's power chair I've used for everything but transporting his chair - its be quite handy! 500lb weight capacity

[A930Rocket]

Yesterday, I worked on my SIL’s Ford Exploder. Radiator fan clutch was bad, so I replace that and then cleaned the engine bay. After starting it, it felt like it was stumbling, so I use the air compressor to blow out water from the coils. Also, I had a code for the TPS. Took a look at it, and the wires going to TBS were bare and crumbling. I taped each wire individually and then wrapped it with some more electrical tape, to get it working. Ran great but still had the TPS code. I’ll order a new pigtail and throttlebody, to see if that fixes it.

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by rsrguy

Man you're killing it. Congrats!

Thank you sir!!!!


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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

^^^^^ No Kidding. The good thing about all that work is they will have many years to enjoy it without having to do more work. Great additions to your house.

Thanks man, appreciate it. We sure hope so…


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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by rsrguy

It's never going to end for bugs.... he's in an awesome place to build a bunker... which he's going to need soon enough, unless he moves out here to the rockies.... bunker, coming right up!

Truer words have never been spoken..

Actually thought about that. We are on a hill so a couple of shipping containers buried would be an option. I want to GTFO in such a bad way it’s nauseating. The clown has made such a mockery of this state it’s infuriating. The Rockies are SOOOOOOOOO alluring I can taste the clean snow.

My last run of days off were spent doing more pre-errosion control to the shaping of the culvert I posted about earlier. Picked up and installed some wattles and got them staked down just as the rain began and picked up two 5-gallon buckets full of buckeye pods so they don’t start growing into more buckeye bushes.






Found out where the local bears are scampering up our hill.




I was also able to get all of the AC lines removed and replaced with GM factory lines in the 95 GMC K1500 as well. In all, a productive run of days off. Now it’s back to the grind through the Thanksgiving holiday.

Cheers everyone!


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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

Talk about mission creep, I knew this would happen, but really?
Our plumbing adventure has now gone BIG time.
They'll be replacing the line from the meter to the house, new ball valve to replace the old gate valves, new hose bib, and reconnect the sprinkler system too. Then they'll be replacing the hot water heater because, well, it's easily 20+ yrs old so it's gotta go too.
All that for an estimated $11k.
My wife thinks it's a deal as she has a friend who said it's going to cost them $10k just to run a new line from their kitchen to the street.
I'll just be glad when it's all done.
Oh, and we'll lose that bush which I'm not that upset about, but I have put a lot of work into growing it nice so it'd hide all the plumbing stuff. Oh well.

This is a shot of the 'bandaid' they put in so we'd have water in the house until all this other stuff is ready to go.

Wow! And I thought only our projects went from zero to 60 in the blink of an eye….

Regarding your water heater, have you looked at a tankless? I know that tankless don’t work for everyone’s application, but for us, it was one of the best decisions we have ever made. Yes, we are in city water and it is not hard water either so build up isn’t an issue. We are going into our third season on the same propane fill with the new system, where our old water heater would eat up the tank in one.

Bugs


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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by rsrguy

Managed to get the back end of this birdie properly protected from corrosion. The first pic shows pig's corrosion resistant epoxy primer... this is the tintable version. Once that was on I shot on a couple coats of aerothane urethane paint. It's flexible tough stuff. We stripped the front half down yesterday, I'll be back to blasting monday wx permitting. There are a few other areas to do welding repair on and I'm sure more will show once the media work is finalized. That's the beauty of not powder coating, I can touch up any repairs with ease... I don't have to blast, repair then haul to a coater which can sometimes be weeks of a naked steel frame exposed while waiting for a blaster.

Absolutely amazing work!!!!! I learn something new every time you post about your work. I am still amazed I never knew anything about how porous epoxy primer was and how simple the solution is.

Who wuda thunk


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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by rsrguy

The hoa... they don't like fencing. Anyway I've had a very successful couple of years with this 50 foot row of ever bearing razzies, 30+ gallons this season, they were starts from my good friends garden.
Anyway I figured I'd pull starts off of mine last season and make a green barrier. They did ok but the plants don't really thrive unless you tie them up to get them through the snow months. Anyway the last several weeks I've been putting in post and wire to get them to take off next year. I almost finished mulching today. The one picture shows the common area walking path behind the yard.... no privacy, which isn't so bad unless I let the garden go (an embarrassment) the other factor are the deer, once I get the top wire on and the canes tied up they won't bother the garden as much mainly because they can eat off the outside of the trellising.... them and the neighbors, I'm going to put out a sign inviting them to pick as they wish... there will be plenty for us on the inside.

Nice way to establish a good looking hedgerow. Functional and beneficial to all too. Well played Sir, that’s great.

Beautiful looking views too


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[Baz]

Finally was able to squeeze this small project in today. Just adding on to the existing deck on the south side a few feet. It will be for more plant materials in production here so no need for anything super glamorous.

I left a small specimen Croton tree in place to add some cover.

I'll pick up a few more 5 quarter deck boards to get her finished.





At one end there's a young twin trunk Illawarra King Palm I planted a couple years ago that's starting to develop nicely. It is a native to Australia and is also known as the Bangalow or Piccabean Palm.....

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Baz

Finally was able to squeeze this small project in today. Just adding on to the existing deck on the south side a few feet. It will be for more plant materials in production here so no need for anything super glamorous.

I left a small specimen Croton tree in place to add some cover.

I'll pick up a few more 5 quarter deck boards to get her finished.





At one end there's a young twin trunk Illawarra King Palm I planted a couple years ago that's starting to develop nicely. It is a native to Australia and is also known as the Bangalow or Piccabean Palm.....

Such a tropical scene, love it Baz!!!!


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