The house I bought last summer has a pond & waterfall that was previously built. It wasn't operational when I bought the house but I think i'm just now getting ready to tackle this project. Has anyone here had much experience with a pond & waterfall? Right now I can tell it's concrete made, no liner. It was at one point water tight, or as close to that as you can get and keep a steady volume. The waterfall runs down a hill, so the pump is slightly larger than I thought it would be. The pump they had hooked up is broken. It was a Beckett 3900A, so 3900 GPH. I have zero interest in keeping fish or plants in it. I just think it'd be nice to turn on at night or on the weekend. Is this feasible, or am I going to just create the worlds largest mosquito farm.
Just my opinion here, but if your talking about a garden pond I’d just get rid of it. My parents had one at one point and it was always leaking, and kind of a hassle.
been here two weeks and happy so far we bought it as is. but it has a ton of upgrades that I wouldn't have paid them to do. (I guess I did actually pay for them in the end) I got it for about 15% off what they were asking but I had a little inside info on what they would take and I made the offer on the last day that they could get it off their books before Q2.
It should be a pretty easy fix to make it water tight again. Assuming it is just a crack somewhere in the tub, it should be fixed with some sealant. As for the water being a mosquito farm, chlorinate the water and you should be fine.
Went on a four day vacation. Came home to a leak in the water line to the house, a fridge/freezer that stopped cooling, and some kind of wonky error code on the AC unit. The neighbors say there was no power outage/electrical problem so I’m just the unluckiest fucker on the street.
Decluttering the house for the realtor to have her photographer take pics Friday. It's amazing how much stuff piles up. Especially with kids. Hoping we can move this house quickly.
Wasn't there discussion back in the day about best bug/mosquito repellent methods for your yard? Moving into a house with a yard finally and want to keep those fuckers away so we can enjoy it.
on this note, I was looking at the sprays our bug company could apply but my wife wasn't comfortable adding that many spray chemicals to the backyard while she is pregnant (can't say I blame her) we've looked at planting some of the small plans recommended to help with bugs, but curious of other methods people find helpful
Best way to prevent termites? Don’t have them, but have been looking at the bait stations and sprays, and am wondering what others chose to do.
We chose the spray/chemical treatment as a preventative measure and it cost the same as the bait station. It's under a lifetime warranty as long as we pay ~$100 a year. It's also a lot easier on the eye without having all of those bait stations set up around the house.
Just put an offer in on a studio in valley walk, for our second residence (overall) but first in clemson. Will use it for weekend trips and ease of use as it’s walking distance to Death Valley. Just over 100k
i have this retired guy who sprays my yard for 50 bucks every 3 weeks. yards heavily wooded and it kills all the mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, etc. totally worth it.
I have somebody spray every 2 weeks with a garlic based spray that is supposed to be good for kids/pets. It smells for about an hour and then you wouldn't know it is there. I think it is $30 per treatment. Last year was our first year of it and I was very happy with the result.
Yeah mine is supposed to be some sort of all natural stuff that also is a termite deterrent. I don't really know besides the fact that it kills all the bugs and shit in my back yard and we have no mosquitos and the dogs don't have fleas in what was a previously flea infested woods if you went back towards the back of the property line/creek. He's some old yard savant who just takes cash payments in retirement from his 40 year career of doing the same thing. Got lucky
Going through this now and we don't even have kids. Out of town for work roughly 3 weeks a month for work so the wife is bearing the brunt of this. I guess it's her punishment, though, for insisting on moving out of the condo. Went under contract mid April on a house, but they insisted on an end of June closing. Works out for me because it gives me time to fix up, clean out, and list my place. Hoping I can get it under contract quickly so I don't need to take out a bridge loan for the house down payment.
Typically the labor costs much more than the material. If you’ve ever roofed a home, you’ll be able to answer your question.
Gonna need to be calling the A/C man this year to finally get the damn thing replaced, I believe. Been getting it refilled every summer for the past couple. Nothing sucks more than fixing the foundation in the fall, and then replacing A/C in spring, when you are wanting to sell yoru house in the next year. On the bright side, I guess having a new A/C unit on the house will be a plus to a potential buyer. I know there is one guy in here that is in HVAC, can't remember but is it Russellin4885? What are a couple key things to look for when you are shopping for a company to install a new unit? The one I am looking at mostly uses Bryant (authorized dealer).
Only ever roofed my 8x12 shed when I built it. It took me seven or eight hours to do it alone. I was pretty amazed at the time it took. I would starve as a roofer.
Had wood-look tile installed over the weekend, gray color, really makes the house fell bigger than the dark-ish wood laminate we replaced. I've always been a dark-colored floor guy for whatever reason, but its amazing the difference in feel with a light color.
Having different floors in the kitchen that is the least bit open concept to the rest of the living area will make the face feel smaller and choppy. Luxury Vinyl is in, and it or a product like it, should be ran throughout the main living areas, IMHO.
WE went with greyish wood tile, cant wait to see it done. We went ahead and just put in in all areas except bedrooms
I feel like everyone is doing grey wood tile these days. Before we made the decision to look at houses, we saw quite a few apartments with grey wood
that’s what I’m dealing with. previous owners had carpet in the living area and tile in the kitchen, but there was nice oak under the carpet so I refinished it. It’s different than the kitchen obviously, but it’s also lower and that’s the most annoying thing
I wanted to do the whole house at once, wife wanted to do half. For once, she was right, the whole house at once would have sucked, living out of one side for three days was bad enough. Settled on great room, office and kitchen. Will eventually do in the three bedrooms, bathrooms got it done last year.
These are the floors we went with. They are a luxury vinyl product that look and feel like hardwoods, without trying to act like its not fake. We love them. Extra long/wide planks that fit our coastal/beach vibe. They also are great for imperfect flooring conditions or potential wet conditions (like in FL) https://coretecfloors.com/waddington-oak-vv035-00915/
Buddy had a similar issue that in a smaller older house had old hardwoods in the dining room that were a different level than the same hardwoods in the kitchen that was a different level than the carpet in the living room. Pulled it all up, re layered plywood and installed a new floating product across the space.
That looks really close to the porcelain plank we had installed throughout the house about 18 months ago. Love it.
i think ours ended up being porcelain, the wife wanted ceramic but this was too good to pass up at 94 cents per piece or sf or whatever it ended up being.
if it is that's a hell of a price. Porcelain tile is a type of ceramic tile but is usually pricier than other options