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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
PostPosted: Mon April 12, 2021 3:24 am 
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We bought a pergola kit from Overstock. Wife and I are planning to assemble it ourselves. Will it end our marriage? Stay tuned.


Did most of this today. Went surprisingly well. You can't really do it with only 2 people though. A friend stopped by to drop off a hammer drill and ended up helping us with the steps that involved standing up the posts and connecting them to the joists. Not sure how two people would manage that unless they were experienced builders. Anyway, just have to install the bar table and anchor it to the patio tomorrow. The instructions said 8 hours but it'll be closer to 12.

This whole thing ... marriage on the rocks ... handy friend stops by ... it just has the makings of, I dunno ...

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Bammer wrote:
ghost wrote:
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We bought a pergola kit from Overstock. Wife and I are planning to assemble it ourselves. Will it end our marriage? Stay tuned.


Did most of this today. Went surprisingly well. You can't really do it with only 2 people though. A friend stopped by to drop off a hammer drill and ended up helping us with the steps that involved standing up the posts and connecting them to the joists. Not sure how two people would manage that unless they were experienced builders. Anyway, just have to install the bar table and anchor it to the patio tomorrow. The instructions said 8 hours but it'll be closer to 12.

This whole thing ... marriage on the rocks ... handy friend stops by ... it just has the makings of, I dunno ...


A broken lawn mower?
Cuz I got one of those

Know anybody that can fix it?

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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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Bammer wrote:
ghost wrote:
ghost wrote:
We bought a pergola kit from Overstock. Wife and I are planning to assemble it ourselves. Will it end our marriage? Stay tuned.


Did most of this today. Went surprisingly well. You can't really do it with only 2 people though. A friend stopped by to drop off a hammer drill and ended up helping us with the steps that involved standing up the posts and connecting them to the joists. Not sure how two people would manage that unless they were experienced builders. Anyway, just have to install the bar table and anchor it to the patio tomorrow. The instructions said 8 hours but it'll be closer to 12.

This whole thing ... marriage on the rocks ... handy friend stops by ... it just has the makings of, I dunno ...


I mean, when he dropped off the drill I did ask if he could stay to help with the erection...


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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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ghost wrote:
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We bought a pergola kit from Overstock. Wife and I are planning to assemble it ourselves. Will it end our marriage? Stay tuned.


Did most of this today. Went surprisingly well. You can't really do it with only 2 people though. A friend stopped by to drop off a hammer drill and ended up helping us with the steps that involved standing up the posts and connecting them to the joists. Not sure how two people would manage that unless they were experienced builders. Anyway, just have to install the bar table and anchor it to the patio tomorrow. The instructions said 8 hours but it'll be closer to 12.

This whole thing ... marriage on the rocks ... handy friend stops by ... it just has the makings of, I dunno ...


I mean, when he dropped off the drill I did ask if he could stay to help with the erection...

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We’re getting a new patio with a gas fire table in the back of our house. Watching the landscapers do their thing (pulling up our old patio, removing old bushes and tree stumps, etc) is so satisfying. It makes me want to quit my job and do landscape design.


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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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After killing my push mower early in the season last year, I went shopping for a new one yesterday. Hardly any gas powered mowers were to be found. And what I did find were double the price they were last year. Almost everything was battery powered. I’ve already got some lawn equipment that ran on batteries so I took the plunge and got one yesterday. It’s a different brand than my other stuff and I really hope the batteries are interchangeable.

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I too just bought a battery mower and it's changed my life.


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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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Finished the yard on Sunday, it looks great. There's a really nice sense of satisfaction at having done something myself that actually kinda turned out.

That said, I'm sitting in the only room I'm allowed in rn as the floor installers are doing their thing and I'm quite glad that I have nothing to do with this project.

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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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LetMeSleep wrote:
I too just bought a battery mower and it's changed my life.

What voltage?

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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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After killing my push mower early in the season last year, I went shopping for a new one yesterday. Hardly any gas powered mowers were to be found. And what I did find were double the price they were last year. Almost everything was battery powered. I’ve already got some lawn equipment that ran on batteries so I took the plunge and got one yesterday. It’s a different brand than my other stuff and I really hope the batteries are interchangeable.

This won’t end well if the batteries don’t match

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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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wease wrote:
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I too just bought a battery mower and it's changed my life.

What voltage?

Just 18V. Mid range. Fine.


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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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Bammer wrote:
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After killing my push mower early in the season last year, I went shopping for a new one yesterday. Hardly any gas powered mowers were to be found. And what I did find were double the price they were last year. Almost everything was battery powered. I’ve already got some lawn equipment that ran on batteries so I took the plunge and got one yesterday. It’s a different brand than my other stuff and I really hope the batteries are interchangeable.

This won’t end well if the batteries don’t match

It’ll be fine. I’ll just have to buy a back battery for it. If they do work, look out!

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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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LetMeSleep wrote:
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I too just bought a battery mower and it's changed my life.

What voltage?

Just 18V. Mid range. Fine.

Excellent. I got the 40v mainly because that’s what my other stuff is. I’m hoping I can get the full yard done on one charge.

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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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Anybody have a battery powered edger they’re happy with? I like my Ryobi lawnmower very much.


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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Anybody have a battery powered edger they’re happy with? I like my Ryobi lawnmower very much.

I've got the 40v Ryobi trimmer, and I bought an edger attachment, and I love it. One fully charged battery does the trick for both.

I mean, I guess it depends on how much yard you have. Ours isn't that big.

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18v? Wire or blade edge?


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 Post subject: Re: The Home Improvement Thread
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this:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-40-Vo ... /307663070

and this:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-Expan ... /207209914

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Perfect, sold. Thanks dad!


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tragabigzanda wrote:
Perfect, sold. Thanks dad!

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