I've already had the pick axe to it as well as a hatchet and chisel. Going to try to expose most of the root and get the chainsaw out

I had a similar project but no sprinkler involved, just needed to cut enough away to put a fence in. Fkn brutal work and I was using a sawzall (saws-all?) in addition to hand tools.

hope you relaxed with a sweet bourbon after the labor....

I'm just going to dig around and try to find a spot where I can cut the pipe and divert around the root. It is hugh and the sprinkler head is stuck inside of it.

JFC, I finally chipped away at the root enough to unscrew the sprinkler head today

My dad told me a story the other night about digging out a root ball where he first dug a ditch around it so he could stand next to it and saw it away, and also dug a tunnel under it basically so he could lay down and saw up from the bottom.

Then he got it up to ground level for removal by backfilling with dirt on one side, tilting it up the other direction, filling dirt on the other side, back and forth til the root ball was sitting on top of the hole backfilled with dirt.

Did you actually wake up this morning thinking "I'm going to make some real shit posts today, just completely worthless and unfunny stuff contributing exactly nothing, let's GO"

That I did.

Harsh.

i was just taking jorge's side!

So last week we woke up to find our dishwasher had leaked while it ran during the night. The looped drain hose on the side had a split in it where it hangs on the side of the dishwasher. Water got under the tray that the dishwasher sits on, and leaked out onto the floor in front, damaging the wood floor. I called my insurance agent and they sent someone out to take a look. No water damage to the walls or cabinets, but yeah, that section of wood floor is toast.

So the guy explains to me that to repair that properly, they are required to sand and refinish the floor for as long as it is continuous...which for us means our entire upstairs. So, looks like for our $800 deductible, Allstate will put us up in a hotel for a couple weeks and we'll get our wood floors refinished. Best of all, because it's our first claim with them, it won't affect our premium. Thanks, cheap dishwasher drain hose!

We're just hammering out details of our homeowners insurance with State Farm. Under which coverage part does this fall?

I'll have to check my policy. I would assume the damage to the floor is covered under typical water damage, and my agent says the Loss of Use portion of our policy covers the temporary accommodations.

the hotel room comes with a hidden camera, gratis!

Pretty sure the ambient temp in my house shouldn't be 86 degrees when I have the thermostat set to 74. What I'm not sure about it how to troubleshoot it before calling my home warranty company. The AC unit seems to be running fine (no weird sounds, no physical damage), I change my filters regularly, and air seems to be blowing (weakly in some areas...) out of my vents.

Is the air cold or it is just air?

Sometimes cold air. Sometimes just air.

Jorge's side of the root ball

If it's 86, it's probably just air. I know what the problem is. ...hold on let me go find the file. Brb