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Big project and a learning experience.; Taking on new things, learing alnong the way.
Topic Started: Sep 1 2015, 11:43 AM (13,106 Views)
ZXTjato
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so at my work we got a penny crush stamp machine. it had a pallet under it that was just over 6 feet wide and each plank was the same width as the planks on my fence. so i decided to dismantle this and bring it home so i can cut some new planks. each plank i saved from this saved me around $3 per pice. so it was worth it, i also grabbed some other things while i was at it, lots of wood.

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i used a cut off wheel to just cut the nails off and i think i got my money worth from this one :)

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i found what i think is a termite, the termite sprayers are here right now actually. so i am going to keep saturating posts that touch the ground with oil so hope it keeps them preserved and keeps bugs from eating them.
Edited by ZXTjato, Sep 5 2015, 09:50 AM.
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Metromightymouse
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That would be a termite.
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Otey13
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Looking good :thumb
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94RHDRollerskate
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:thumb Congrats on the house guys! Can't wait to see it in person!

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MR Bill
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Use a mixture of water and boric acid, that will take care of bugs and termites for good.
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ZXTjato
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MR Bill
Sep 6 2015, 11:20 PM
Use a mixture of water and boric acid, that will take care of bugs and termites for good.
cool i can use this around the rocks and stuff in the yard.

so orkin is coming out saturday to do a full termite extermination, its a larger thing than i realized. they drill into the foundation into the roof and through the floors (fine any way because im ripping up the tile) the orkin inspector quoted 1,300 for the job, takes 2 men about 4 hours to do it :O some things i need to take care of tho and i kinda knew it but didnt realize the issue - i need to take the deck up and get it off the soil because thats where termites come from and the posts for the make shift hoopety over hang are in the dirt with no cement :banghead so i got 6 bags of 80 pounds cement and as i continue down the line of the fence repairing it as i go ill get to the deck section in about 16 feet. as im ripping up the fence i have come to the conclusion the termites are from the fence then got into the house that way, many boards and posts are just skeletons and as i take them off for staining they just turn to dust :( so far i have been digging my post holes as deep as i can get them filling it to the -3 foot mark with crushed stone setting my oiled treated post then filling 1 foot with more crushed stone and topping it with 2 feet of cement. when i do my cross sections i am pre treating all the wood before assembly on the back sides so all the spots i cant get to are treated. i am so sore and tired from doing this every day and i have no idea what im doing so it takes me 3 times longer to do it
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Some thing that many people miss when cementing posts;

Once you are 'finished' setting and cementing each post make sure you have enough cement to extend above ground, then taper the wet cement away from the post at least 15 degrees to make any water run off instead of soaking down between the cement and post.

I put my garden fence in 35 years ago using pressure treated 4 X 4s and cementing them in in this fashion. All are still as good as new even on this wet Washington Coast.
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Sep 7 2015, 12:20 AM
Some thing that many people miss when cementing posts;

Once you are 'finished' setting and cementing each post make sure you have enough cement to extend above ground, then taper the wet cement away from the post at least 15 degrees to make any water run off instead of soaking down between the cement and post.

I put my garden fence in 35 years ago using pressure treated 4 X 4s and cementing them in in this fashion. All are still as good as new even on this wet Washington Coast.
ohh crap i have not done that my cement is around 60 mm below the dirt so i filled the remanding space with drainage gravel. wonder if i need to go back and pour more cement on them.
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ohh crap i have not done that my cement is around 60 mm below the dirt so i filled the remanding space with drainage gravel. wonder if i need to go back and pour more cement on them. [/quote]

How many days of rain/heavy dew/watering grass do you get? How many years do you plan on staying in that abode.
And not considering the wood rotting, remember that wood in contact with the ground is what the termite guy said your house problem is now.
Edited by Old Man, Sep 7 2015, 10:10 AM.
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ZXTjato
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it never rains here :rofl and whe it rains it dumps for 10 mins then gone, ima ask my termite guy saturday if the repelant with gravel is enough, it would be easy fix at this point. thanks for the tips OM ima ask about that
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on the side of the house where i made the large 8foot gate there are 2 large stumps, so i set out in the heat to dig the one out. dug a hole under it hacked at it and put a car jack under it then cranked away till it popped loose. this was a ton of work and boy was it hot out.

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so we bought a new rheem tankless water heater to replace the leaking one, i would have shut off the leaky heater but the valves are corroded stuck. so it leaked for about 9 days. this is in the laundary room, i did peel back the nasty peel and stick tile and heres what that looked like.

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so i moved the dryer out and saw the wall was wet from the leak, i poked a hole in the wall the paint peeled off like skin. i grabbed the hammer and started poking around the wet sheet rock, mold is bad so i want to get all the wet out. the thing that confused me is the dirt, why is there dirt in the wall? is there supposed to be dirt behind the sheet rock???? im kinda confused about this one. :news
Edited by ZXTjato, Sep 9 2015, 01:34 PM.
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When we bought our property there was 3 big stumps I wanted to remove. Worked 2 weeks with a shovel and chain saw. Cut the stumps into small enough pieces to load into my pickup and threw them into a ravine in the woods about 1/4 mile from the house. --- that got 2 of the 3 stumps out.---
Got tired of that work so on the third one I cut a set of steps leading up to where I cut a couch and table and left the stump.---that was 30 years ago. Couch and chair has now rotted away and 9 trees are growing out of the stump

BTW the smallest stump was 4 feet high out of the ground and 5 1/2 feet across........
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Show the "dirt" inside the wall to your termite man. That could be the 'leavings' from termite living.

BTW; Home depot sells a water catcher that goes under the water heater--good for future use.
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after tearing in a little more i see the bath tub is "set" in dirt? i am not sure how this works but it could have been previous doings. i am going to leave this like this for now and get a professional opinion here soon.

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after some demolition i did some cleaning, i brought the entire garbage bin in the house :rofl i used a large flat horse poop shovel to quickly pick up all the chunks and dirt. i pulled all the nails out of the wall studs as well.

when the termite man gets here saturday i will for sure have him look at this and see what he say about the dirt.
stumps can be tough to dig out and i have removed some huge stumps in my life but this stump was one of the easy ones, palm trees have hallow roots so it was only down like 2 feet.

the heater is set right on the floor, dont know why some one didnt install a drip pan for it i thought that was code to have one. any way the new water heater being tankless wont need any of that :evillol
Edited by ZXTjato, Sep 9 2015, 02:19 PM.
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I found a solution! I read all the text, and shirink my page to aprox. 50% size. It makes for a much more pleasurable viewing experience. :lol

Might have to chop the bottoms of those studs out, if they soaked enough water. They look pretty dark. Best to do it right the first time, rather than do double work later on.
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