biggerboat's building boondoggle blog

biggerboat's building boondoggle blog

I started this in H&F but this seems a better place for it. These are my H&F posts. A bit long-winded but hopefully en

02 August 2013 at 11:26 PM
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by biggerboat

I think it's just considered a utility and they have the right to do it.

if not an easement then they have to restore it back to they way they found it as well. sod back the grass, etc.


by REDeYeS00

if not an easement then they have to restore it back to they way they found it as well. sod back the grass, etc.

Florida, though.


Don't overwork and hurt yourself. If the sifting and dirt move takes a while, it takes a while. Slow and steady.

On the easement thing. I wonder if you called a towing company and reported a "vehicle I don't own parked on my property," if they would cart it away.

"Gee, I don't know what happened to your backhoe."


by Didace

Florida, though.

ten commandments mandated to be hung on classroom walls after certain politicians experience systemic guilt from ignoring them in their own workplace house or home


by REDeYeS00

if not an easement then they have to restore it back to they way they found it as well. sod back the grass, etc.

They do an OK job of putting it back together. The biggest problem is there have been at least 3, maybe 4 companies putting lines in and each one decides on a different spot to dig up so everyone's yards are a patchwork of sod pieces.


Dolly once sung a heartfelt tune about the value from coats of many colors
one approach could be to apply the same overall attitude toward your front yard horticultural experiment until some random strain of bermuda ultimately takes over


Finished the rocks on one side of the yard. I'm tired.




awesome stuff right there bb efforts looks more than worth your two days of expected afterpain


Looks great, but I think one is out of place. Not that one, but close.


by golddog

Looks great, but I think one is out of place. Not that one, but close.

😃

Seriously though, why is there a sprinkler head in the middle of a rock garden?


by CowboyCold

Seriously though, why is there a sprinkler head in the middle of a rock garden?

Gotta keep the rocks clean.


Yeah, most inspectors want to see proper window flashing with the housewrap layered correctly (bottom, sides, then top) so water sheds properly. For the decking, the usual thing they check is the nail pattern and edge support, so following the typical spacing and adding H-clips if needed should keep them happy.


by Didace

Gotta keep the rocks clean.

This


Ran out of fill dirt. Project is on hold for a bit. "They", whoever they is, decided we need a new street in front of my house. Deliveries in hold.



Got some more, too much really, fill dirt and finished up. The rock portion of the project is complete! We had just enough rocks to finish. Now I gotta figure out what to do with the leftover dirt.



by biggerboat

Now I gotta figure out what to do with the leftover dirt.

go toss it in the street


fill in that big muddy hole under your boat?


Bury it in an unused corner.


Dump it over in the lot across the street where they're tearing down that house. Nobody will ever notice.


by golddog

Dump it over in the lot across the street where they're tearing down that house. Nobody will ever notice.

Hehe. We decided that exact thing last night.


never bury a body under a fresh pile of dirt


Yep, bring a rake and mix it around.


did you not just witness a deft landscape rock technique?


by marknfw

fill in that big muddy hole under your boat?

I literally laughed out loud with this one.

by REDeYeS00

never bury a body under a fresh pile of dirt

We have the voice of experience here.

by golddog

Yep, bring a rake and mix it around.

The great suggestions keep piling in.

by REDeYeS00

did you not just witness a deft landscape rock technique?

Yeah! What's wrong with these people?!


by biggerboat

Hehe. We decided that exact thing last night.

You've been reading your own forum. You're done for.

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