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How's your day going?
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I’ve got the day off work so doing some stuff around the house. Still organizing after moving in a year ago lol. Later going to my wife’s parents for her dad’s birthday assuming the baby isn’t throwing a tantrum if so I’ll probably stay home with him while she goes.
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icehog3
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Dinner with 4 other couples at a steakhouse last night, then back to one of their homes for a party. Had a small cigar with a nightcap before bed.
Today it's steak and eggs for brunch. After that, who cares!
Today it's steak and eggs for brunch. After that, who cares!
I've had my son with me so we were pretty low key - dinner here at home with smoked tri tip and stuff... then my buddy came over to smoke our way into the new year.
Relaxing day planned today - gum, get a few things done around the house, then we are heading over to my dad's for dinner.
Happy New Year!
Relaxing day planned today - gum, get a few things done around the house, then we are heading over to my dad's for dinner.
Happy New Year!
mitetak
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Our county seat got smoked last night pretty good. It's about 10-15 minutes south. The confirmed tornado hits stayed south and moved east. So we are OK thankfully.
No actual tornado alarms went off in my area directly - just meaning they didn't get too close.
LOTS of rain though - which doesn't go well with a backyard full of dirt (I'll share my renovation pics at some point)
mitetak
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Time for another update!
So where have I been?
mostly home renovations. We've had flooring done (partially) - hired that out - need to fix some of it - good thing he was cheap.
planning a fencing replacement outside, have two exterior doors getting replaced (we've done two on our own, these two are bigger, no thanks)
Our pool is getting the full renovation it needs. started first week of April - 3-4 week estimate. Here we are about to finish up month 2. Main (aka entire) culprit has been weather.
The renovation covers the pool deck and the pool itself. The deck is ~2200 sq ft of concrete. The pool is 50x20 - 45000 gallon gunite/plaster.
Demolition of the deck was to take 1 day. It took four (broke their jackhammer and their jackhammer skidsteer attachment) - they found 12+ inch voids underneath AND 16+ inch thick sections of concrete. At that point my yard is now a lot of dirt and nothing else.
So pool guy got in to work three days later than anticipated (which isn't great because our contractor has a few jobs going at once and slots the various trades in based on schedule).
And then as the pool guy gets going the rain starts. And it hasn't stopped. We'll get 2-3 days of dry in a row at most.
So pool guy finally got through all of his demolition/removal - got tile re-installed, plumbing re-installed, coping re-installed.
As that point the concrete needs to go down - because he's not going to plaster when that much mess will end up in the pool.
Welp - rain, rain and more rain. We've had a literal mud pit. Can't walk in it, etc. Guys kept trying to get out to start laying drainage out (one of the big previous problems is the drainage was either non-existent or pure ass (or a combination of both). They finally got drainage laid out - more rain - which then raised all of the drainage piping out of the dirt.
Today was another attempt at progress! Re-buried the piping, worked on more concrete forms, got some rebar mesh down (there will be full rebar too).
Shortly after they finished for the day we got two hours of straight thunderstorms. FUN TIMES!
Also - I just got back from the old stomping grounds (western NY) - we were up there for the last week for a nephew's wedding.
So where have I been?
mostly home renovations. We've had flooring done (partially) - hired that out - need to fix some of it - good thing he was cheap.
planning a fencing replacement outside, have two exterior doors getting replaced (we've done two on our own, these two are bigger, no thanks)
Our pool is getting the full renovation it needs. started first week of April - 3-4 week estimate. Here we are about to finish up month 2. Main (aka entire) culprit has been weather.
The renovation covers the pool deck and the pool itself. The deck is ~2200 sq ft of concrete. The pool is 50x20 - 45000 gallon gunite/plaster.
Demolition of the deck was to take 1 day. It took four (broke their jackhammer and their jackhammer skidsteer attachment) - they found 12+ inch voids underneath AND 16+ inch thick sections of concrete. At that point my yard is now a lot of dirt and nothing else.
So pool guy got in to work three days later than anticipated (which isn't great because our contractor has a few jobs going at once and slots the various trades in based on schedule).
And then as the pool guy gets going the rain starts. And it hasn't stopped. We'll get 2-3 days of dry in a row at most.
So pool guy finally got through all of his demolition/removal - got tile re-installed, plumbing re-installed, coping re-installed.
As that point the concrete needs to go down - because he's not going to plaster when that much mess will end up in the pool.
Welp - rain, rain and more rain. We've had a literal mud pit. Can't walk in it, etc. Guys kept trying to get out to start laying drainage out (one of the big previous problems is the drainage was either non-existent or pure ass (or a combination of both). They finally got drainage laid out - more rain - which then raised all of the drainage piping out of the dirt.
Today was another attempt at progress! Re-buried the piping, worked on more concrete forms, got some rebar mesh down (there will be full rebar too).
Shortly after they finished for the day we got two hours of straight thunderstorms. FUN TIMES!
Also - I just got back from the old stomping grounds (western NY) - we were up there for the last week for a nephew's wedding.
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I’ve spent the last few months taking bits of time here and there to refinish this vintage spinet desk and i finally finished it up over the weekend. A couple before and after shots of it for anyone curious of how it looked before I got my hands on it. I’m super happy with how it turned out all that’s left is swapping the hardware with solid brass at some point.
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mitetak
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looks fantastic!
I’ve spent the last few months taking bits of time here and there to refinish this vintage spinet desk and i finally finished it up over the weekend. A couple before and after shots of it for anyone curious of how it looked before I got my hands on it. I’m super happy with how it turned out all that’s left is swapping the hardware with solid brass at some point.
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I hope everyone is okay.
Absolutely devastating to see. Prayers for all involved this time of year is so bad for severe weather.
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mitetak
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they were handing out sandbags here on Wednesday for flooding yesterday. Luckily my house is on the side of a hill so i just get lots of run off (which is killing a brand new retaining wall we had built for the incoming fence)
but weather has been fairly crazy this spring
but weather has been fairly crazy this spring
mitetak
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Welp pool got finished, fence got finished, shed got built (we tore down the old one and put a proper concrete pad in and then rebuilt so I can have an office / shed out there), been working on running conduit and drainage pipes so that I can then finish the drainage swale and get sod in the areas that need it. At that point the backyard will be in decent shape.
Had one of my exterior doors replaced (all four needed it, wife and I did two of them, I'm paying to have to others done), the final exterior door gets done this upcoming monday (biggest one, its my front double door)
Some pics:
Fence work + you'll see the pool and concrete that was done
Shed itself
Pool reno
Had one of my exterior doors replaced (all four needed it, wife and I did two of them, I'm paying to have to others done), the final exterior door gets done this upcoming monday (biggest one, its my front double door)
Some pics:
Fence work + you'll see the pool and concrete that was done
Shed itself
Pool reno