Draker's House - Build thread edition

[draker]

I plan to have mine face out.. maintly for curb appeal since it's towards a park. It will probably get spray painted.. but IDGAF.. I don't see it.

Good tips though!

[Taterhead]

Yeah my neighbor will never move (family land) so the curb appeal for me is in my yard. Not looking at his unkempt property.

[draker]

Got started on the fence today. Got everything measured cemented two posts.. I'm letting that dry over night and I'll be back at it in the morning. I forgot to take pictures.. but I'll grab some tomorrow.

After getting the new poles in the ground I busted out the pressure washer and got bust with spring cleaning.

[draker]

Tomorrow I'll do the driveway. The cement is really dirty.. Been two years since I've cleaned it.

Pics of that also.

[wayno]

Takes a long time with a dinky pressure washer, don't it.

[draker]

Takes a long time with a dinky pressure washer, don't it.

It does. I've got a decent pressure washer(Landa gas powered) but i'm just using a wand. I thought about buying a small rotating sprayer attachment.. but I don't know how well it would work and it's like $60. I might buy one eventually. It should would save a lot of time and help keep the dirt from flying everywhere.. lol

[wayno]

Takes a long time with a dinky pressure washer, don't it.

It does. I've got a decent pressure washer(Landa gas powered) but i'm just using a wand. I thought about buying a small rotating sprayer attachment.. but I don't know how well it would work and it's like $60. I might buy one eventually. It should would save a lot of time and help keep the dirt from flying everywhere.. lol

Are you talking about a concrete cleaner that looks like a small electric lawn mower, or a head that a stream spins very fast and kinda looks like a cone of steam?

[draker]

One of these:

[wayno]

Yea, that's a concrete cleaner, I have two 24 inch versions, one fixed one, and another adjustable one that used to be a 30 inch one, but I didn't have the water flow coming out of my pressure washer to make it work like it was supposed to, so I made it into a smaller one.
Here is the adjustable one, mine have wheels.

They work great and all, but they don't really make a job go much faster unless you a doing a LOT of concrete, and they don't clean as good either, as there are 2 tips spinning with half the water flow coming out of each of them, whenever one cuts the flow in half, it takes longer to clean the same area.

[draker]

Yea, that's a concrete cleaner, I have two 24 inch versions, one fixed one, and another adjustable one that used to be a 30 inch one, but I didn't have the water flow coming out of my pressure washer to make it work like it was supposed to, so I made it into a smaller one.
Here is the adjustable one, mine have wheels.

They work great and all, but they don't really make a job go much faster unless you a doing a LOT of concrete, and they don't clean as good either, as there are 2 tips spinning with half the water flow coming out of each of them, whenever one cuts the flow in half, it takes longer to clean the same area.

That's kinda what I was thinking too. That's why I haven't bought one yet. lol

[draker]

More weekend work:

[draker]

Current fence:




This is what I got done over the weekend:

[draker]

I have to do the fence in sections because my dog is out in the yard during the week. So it means the fence must be functional before Monday. It'd definitely not the fast way of doing it.. but it works. Next weekend I'll probably try tackling about 3-4 8ft sections. Also, I'm planning on extending the fence a bit which will make it a bit more functional. More to come..

[Taterhead]

That looks so much better than the old fence.

At least your yard is flat and you can use the panels. Mine isn't so I have to do each board separately.

[DRIVEN]

Huge improvement. Nice job.

[Ni10]

the new fence is going to look very nice when your done.


not sure if in your area but don't throw the old fencing away - yet. Their's people out there that will buy it for making rustic picture frames. Maybe off set the cost of that new fence.

[draker]

That looks so much better than the old fence.

At least your yard is flat and you can use the panels. Mine isn't so I have to do each board separately.

No panels here either. All those are set individually. But it certainly looks like a panel.. lol

[draker]

Dog vs fence.

Dog 1
fence 0

I lol'd.. but not good. Pics tomorrow.

[Taterhead]

That looks so much better than the old fence.

At least your yard is flat and you can use the panels. Mine isn't so I have to do each board separately.

No panels here either. All those are set individually. But it certainly looks like a panel.. lol

Wow I would not have guessed. Nice job indeed.

[draker]

Doggy doing work. I lulled... but it could have been bad.