Not my pic, the roots in question started pushing up pavers in the middle of my driveway, without affecting the outer edges. For now, I've pulled up the affected pavers, cut the roots out enough to not have to pull up the whole driveway, poured some glyphosate on the end of the root, and put the pavers back down. Ultimately because I'm not using a plate compactor, I can only lift my pavers X amount of times before they will be noticeably wonky.I know some people will lightly spray their pavers with glyphosate to stop weeds, but does anyone ever use a heavy dose to try and soak into the earth below? I'm thinking of drowning the middle of the driveway in glyphosate, hosing it in, let it dry, hose it in again the next day, then just don't park or walk on it for a week. It only seems to be an issue since we had an AC unit installed that drains on the driveway, which I'm assuming is attracting the roots to be surface. I will address the drainage issue.How would you approach this issue?
>>3002758Pouring round up into the ground hoping it removes roots is much closer to afrixa in spirit than you might think.
>>3002782joke's on him modern USA is 3rd world anyways
>>3002497> Implying roots wouldn't fuck a concrete slab to hell>Laughing_women_eating_salad.exe
>>3002465>I'm going to dose my entire property and all of my soil with cancer causing chemicals because some of my home depot chink pavers aren't aligned right Do use a favor and just pour it into your eyeballs while you're at it
Install a concrete block wall below grade at the edge of the driveway where the trees are, maybe 4-5 feet down.
So in have an unfinished room in my basement and I am struggling determining how to layout the space. It’s a 19x15 foot room with 3 additional 5x9 rooms attached on the south end, utilities, bathroom and electrical. Currently it is concrete slab and the wall parallel to the doorframe coming off the steps is used as a storage wall with Adam’s racking. Any ideas on how to finish this space? The drawing is crude and not entirely to scale but the measurements are accurate. I would greatly appreciate any ideas!
>>2998195Homegym/Headquarters for planning the rise of The Fourth Reich
>>2998195Unless you can figure out how to deal with bathroom traffic at all hours, that space is worthless.
>>3001018That isn't a mall bro calm down
I would probably just finish the right half as a guest bedroom and leave the left half semi-finished like a garage with a painted floor. Maybe put a home gym and general storage there and leave the door to the bathroom in the common area.
Larger bedroomLarger living roomBathroom can be used by living room people, but can also be used privately by bedroomElectrical room can be accessed through bathroom whenever you need to go in there
Is ICF really worth it? I've talked with a few contractors about it and they say everyone who went with it says they could never go back to a stick framed home afterwards, the soundproofing, energy efficiency and structural stability are just too good.
>>3000303How well does that burn?
>>3000533cope more. your tears wont stop more of your people from dying next summer.
>>3000303We sell this at one of the largest building suppliers in my region. It's not used for walls, just for foundations. And the construction guys were a bit leery of it at first but quickly adopted it. Very fast and foolproof. One contractor told us he's had to employ fewer guys and is able to take on more contracts. We just had to watch for shipping damage. Dumb-ass paki's driving forklifts at the trucking companies handle this stuff like a mechanic handles a muffler.
>>3000303can go very bad on pour day. also, even in the best case, your concrete is full of "pre-cracked" areas where the plastic is instead of solid pieces. i would rather just have formed concrete walls then add the foam after. at least you can inspect the concrete work and you know it isn't a shitshow hiding behind the foam.
>>3000303this is a fake thread
Do you know any useful knots?
>>3000310I learned this one as a kid with no more explanation than seeing nooses in movies
>>3000310why not wrap it 6 more times, instead of 2 times 3 more times
>>3000057Best knots in my opinionfor joining ropes: zeppelin bend or ashley bendtying the corner of a tarp: sheet bendshoelaces: "ian's secure shoelace knot"fishing: palomar knot is as strong and secure as it gets, i don't use anything elsefor binding: constrictor hitchfor a loop: alpine butterfly or double bowlinehonorable mentions: buntline hitch, adjustable grip hitch, trucker hitchknots that suck ass:carrick bend: complicated and ineffectivebowline: easy to tie but very weak. double bowline is way way strongerstandard shoelace knot: unties way too easilygranny knot: use a reef knot instead
>>3000057縛り
>>3003991>for joining ropes: zeppelin bend or ashley bendjust as fussy and complicated as the carrick bend, just use a sheet bend for anything non-life threatening and tie a reef knot/lock on top or use your typical double fisherman's/EDK knots otherwse.>for binding: constrictor hitchgood luck untying it again, lmao. clove hitch is quick, easy, versatile and holds very well around soft objects, round turn and 2 half hitches is super secure around posts and is basically a clove hitch around the rope.>bowline: easy to tie but very weak.there's nothing weak about bowline unless you're a climber fucking with dyneema ropes and your life depends on it. double bowline is not meaningfully more secure than regular one for those applications either. you want either a tieoff overhand for the loose tail or any of the locked bowline variants like scott's locked bowline, EBSB or yosemite finish(if you tie it cleanly).you shouldn't learn 50 different knots poorly, learn 4 or 5 well and learn to apply or modify them depending on the task. bowline, sheet bend(bowline), clove hitch, alpine butterfly/bowline on a bight, figure 8, overhand, reef knot.
Welding is the easiest thing in the world. Why do tiktokers make it seem like rocket science?
>>3003822>perfect weldsCodes don't want perfect welds. They want acceptable welds. That's what inspection tolerances are for.
>>3003822roast awayt. just a hobbiest
>>3003839Looks good, mang, but I'd reject it for incomplete cleaning/slag removal.
>>3003839It'll hold! What are you working on?
>>3003455robots weld in factories
I miss this lil nigga like you would not believe.
>>3003017>>3003016By the time the CoCo 2 came out in 1983 it was already too late. The Commodore 64 was the last 8-bit machine anyone cared about and it quickly took over the US market. Even if the CoCo Deluxe had hit in 1984 it would have been 2 years too late. 1984 was the last year 8-bits would control the majority of the computer market and the Commodore 64 owned it with a 40% market share (something like 70% if you only count 8-bit machines). It was down hill from there and the pitch was steep. In 1985 the IBM passed the C64 in market share. While the C64 fell off the ST and Amiga never actually surpassed it in sales. Even in the early 90s the C64 sold more units than the Amiga. Even compared to the Mac's tiny market share other machines sold poorly. Basically, by 1985, if it wasn't a Commodore 64 or an IBM its sales were basically a rounding error with aspirations of mediocrity. The Apple II & Mac, Atari 8-bits & ST, TRS-80s & CoCos, and Amiga & Commodore 128 combined had 20% of the market in 1985. No matter how nice of a machine the CoCo Deluxe was or when its original launch date was it was too little too late. By 1990 the IBM had an 84% market share.
>>2988916my town still has one
>>2995834theres a kino one in a small town across the mountains from me
>>2988916Radio Shack: You have questions, we have blank stares.
>>2988916I don't at all. Fuck the pre-internet era. When I want small electronic parts they show up at my house and I don't waste hours driving to poke through a pile of bottom tier junk.
Has anyone ever replaced a fixed window on their car before? Specifically back window glass. I had picrel painted and I took the window out because I didn't want it to look like shit with masking linesI've tried calling multiple glass shops and nobody wants to touch it as the glass is used. I have the glass and new molding so I'm unsure how to proceed. The urethane looks incredibly messy.
>>3002218I wouldn't recommend anyone doing a singular piece of glass get a specialized unitasker tool like these suction cup handles. It simply will not make the 1 job easier, and you can't really use it anywhere else in your life. If you happen to find a pair for a trivial amount of cash, sure. But buying them for more than say, $10 would be a monumental waste of money and just end up being thrown out without any tangible benefit.
>>300288710-20 bucks to avoid a pinch point between steel and glass. Depends how much you think your fingers are worth or time off work with severed tendonsThey also work really well for moving whitefoods, fridges, freezers and dishwashers. I mean you can bodge up something equivalent with wood and gaff tape if you have to but I'm just suggesting the proper way first
>>3002120Tape is THE way and the time is trivial compared to cleaning up mistakes. I tape 'em all.
>>3003003Wisdom. I never cried myself to sleep over buying a tool for one job since they find uses later even if it's years, and I gain an option I lacked before.
>>3002887I got a single-cup one for 4 eurodollars, I bought it for supporting tomatoes on my glazed balcony. to be fair I don't even know if it works cause I don't really trust it to stick on the window for weeks/months, just got plastic spring clamps and used those instead
I have a feeling in the future houses "decorated" with solar panels like this with complete disregard towards looks will be a mark of an impoverished area
>>2989366A house a few miles away from me has a sagging mossy roof and they decided to put solar panels on it.
>>3003485there may be heat due to solar gain during the day, but only a retard would refer to glass panels spaced above a roof structure as "insulation"what the fuck you people
>>3003837They didn't say it was insulation, just that it helped in both seasons with the temperature of the house. I've seen it in several places so thought I'd see if any anons had any experience.
>>3003712eat shit loser, this all depends on latitude I dont care about you and dont understand why you responded to me, please chokemine is on hinges. i can put it at any fucking angle I want, and as a proud american who will murder the fuck out of anyone who sets foot on this land you think I care about the space this takes up??? fuck off
>>3003871you are a pedantic fuckwhat you have read is wrong as well. if its hot, the black things make it hotter
TL;DR What are some cool old vintage home features that you don't see much anymore that would be good to add to a renovation?One of my grandmothers is moving to Florida and I'm getting the house. The bones of the place is a late 1940s 2/1 bungalow. It was basically gutted and rebuilt on the inside back in the early 80s after a bad kitchen fire. Out went the hardwood floors, plaster, and solid wood built-ins. In came lots of melamine, fake wood veneers, and vinyl flooring. To be fair, based on old photos taken for insurance, the interior was wrecked by smoke and water damage. Well, 45 years hasn't been kind and most of it needs to go. Luckily they insulated and replaced the old plumbing and wiring so all I really have to do the easier stuff.What are some cool features I can add while I am at it? I'm going to be taking the kitchen and bathroom down to the walls and putting hardwood floors/tile back in the place. I don't have the inclination to tear out the drywall and go back to plaster though.Picture from google but is similar vintage. More posts to follow with some ideas I already have.
>>3001403Have this in my hose from 1929 use it far less than you'd think. Also have an original built in phone niche with seat. I'd think about adding some crown molding to your place.
Look into fireplace inserts. They burn and heat much more efferently than a standard fireplace. Modern wood stoves are also very good. They both can make heating your home with wood, a renewable resource, a cost effective method. Depending on how cold it gets and what heating system you currently use.
>>3001910>sugar binThat'd end up full of caked sugar in no time.
>>3001402charming af
>>3003487most people don't live in humid placesthey also used lots of sugar and went through it quickly
I might be a /diy/ retard, but if I carry this, i get shit done, unexpectedly.
>>3001161im so jealous of you lul
>>3001260You ought to see the lockers I scored when they were downsizing
>>3000624Those look pretty nice. I've just got the Klein ones plus a torx thing from HF and they've been fine for me though. I'm having a hard time with weight in my EDC box so I'm not sure about all-metal but the Elkinds do look like they'd take up less space, which would be nice.
>>3000264Industrial engineer here. Whenever we can't use regular hex head bolts, we use Allen. I have yet to see an industrial line using anything other than these two.
>>3000242>carrying a tool around lets me tighten hex bolts!yes, very observant... EVERY FUCKING BOARD IS FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH THE DUMBEST MOTHERFUCKERS ON THE PLANET.
No gold panning thread. AZ / Cali / NV / Alaska get in here. Drop your wisdom.
>>3002228Usually you can look at a map and see rivers and streams, then you get a vehicle and drive it on the roads that lead to the stream. If there aren't any streams on the map, you should try a different map.Joking aside, look up placer mining claims in your state. It costs money to maintain a claim, so their existence implies paydirt exists.
>>3002228Anywhere near these areas?
anyone remember the gold fever tv show? used to watch it with my pops all time, those were the days.>gold gold gold gold..........>feva feva feva feva........
>>3002228there is lots of information online, you just need to know how to find it. It may be there is no guld in your area worth mentioning, or the state is keeping the info in paper form at their office and you need to dig it up, but if there is gold there is some info about it. check USGS reports. I always suspected USGS geologist kept the good stuff out of the reports for themselves and put in the small finds for the public. People have scowered the area 150 years ago, so there is probably only a little easy to find left.
>>3002112What are you complaining about, there's shit ton of "prospected" gold on your grandfather's swiss bank account from the 40s
Need advice for making a leather "cinch" on a large scale, (like an old fashioned coin pouch and shi) I have a large deer pelt and some ~footlong strips of other leather I can use. I can sew.
copy the crown royal bag (top style), it's easy to pull and also pretty secure. Middle style is like your pic, it's easy but falls open easy, bottom is most secure but binds pretty bad when closing and worse when opening, not enjoyable.>t. made a lot of goatskin bags over the years
>>3003697I like this design.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JspxW9wWcTk
I'm building a detached garage. I plan to trench a water line from an irrigation pump so I can have a utility sink and a couple spigots.My question is, the garage won't be heated in the winter. How should I run this so it is easy to drain in the winter? Just put a spigot at the lowest point of the plumbing? Plumb in some kind of air hose attachment I can hook a compressor to? Something else?
>>3003640just leave the valve open after its drained
put shutoff at start of runshutoffopen valvewa-la
>>3003642>>3003653it's really that easy? I figured the water left in the pipes due to gravity would freeze and fuck my shit up
as water freezes it will push out excess water through the valvealsoyou can also use pex, which expands and tolerates freezing decentlyinsulate the linesbury 2' deep to be out of freeze range
thanks anons i will do that
don't they got some chemical that kills cement they can add, along with some water, that will keep concrete truck drums perfectly clean?I know the trucks carry some water. Don't they just add enough water and maybe do an extra rinse, so its just clean metal and maybe some clean rocks?https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EA4xpii-fio
>>3002018>>3002492The dump site for concrete is a lot of work and bullshit and your first guess for “why is this a thing” is most likely right:Environmental regulatory bullshit.75 yards of concrete dumped on the ground, to be buried or left exposed: with a painted line next to the hole: perfectly fineHalf a yard of concrete dumped on the ground, to be buried or picked up later and trucked off to recycle: redditor ringing front door bell.gif, fbi open up.gifAnd the people ask why it costs so damn much to do anything.
>>3003159what state is that in? I'm in probably the second worst state for environmental bullshit and no one has ever said anything about dumping the concrete rinse at the tree line.
>>3001725What's everyone's take on the 1L stuff? I just learned that Type 1/2 isn't made in the us anymore so all concrete has some variable of 15% uncooked lime in the mix instead of 2% or 5%. I'm starting to see report after report of lamination in footers poured by guys that I'd trust to pour my mother's tomb. One finisher said the government changed the formula we had for a hundred years recently and didn't tell anyone.
>>3003159blue collar wagie cucks can do their job it's NMP
>>3003645So you're telling me even concrete is getting shittier? Great...
I'm interested in building a solar forge from a ~0.5m Fresnel lens I found at a silent auction in Milwaukee. I think I know how I'll set up the forge, but what sort of eye protection do I need?
>>3003460Here u go tranime babby:https://web.archive.org/web/20120314103442/http://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-of-coal/coal-steel/https://www.fao.org/4/x5328e/x5328e05.htm#TopOfPageI suppose you'll prove yourself even more retarded with the next post. Go ahead.
>>3003462you are the retard claiming charcoal cant melt bronce by virtue of having a combustion temperature between 600 and 900°c, something bush people pulled off thousands of years before your first larp.>Charcoal is incapable of producing coke, which is necessary for traditional forgeworkIt just keeps getting better and better, industrial age forge coal is not refined coke, they explicitly choose unpure sticky coal because the resin content is desierable for shaping the fire and controlling the atmosphere
>>3003463>tranny gets proved wrong with undeniable facts about reality>backtracks and invents more obviously false realities that now have to be proven wrongColor me shocked
>>3003464>undeniable facts>ai>links he didnt even read before posting
>>3003465AI is retarded, it's true; but it's demonstrably smarter than you, tranny. Sure says a lot.
