not really any snow in the forecast on my weather app, but lots of rain.
Above 1200 Sq/FT Garage build in South West B.C
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
frojoe
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The first half of this week was brilliant! Now not so much... it's incredibly rainy here in North Vancouver. Too bad, I was hoping to do a door swap on my OBS Chevy dually this long weekend
yes tuesday-Thursday was great, sorry about the door swap on your truck having to wait for better weather!The first half of this week was brilliant! Now not so much... it's incredibly rainy here in North Vancouver. Too bad, I was hoping to do a door swap on my OBS Chevy dually this long weekend
I wish the roofers could have done the roof earlier this week but I think they were held up by getting the materials delivered and are hoping to avoid any hold ups the next time the sun comes out for a few days. My fingers are crossed that the forcast stays for rain and doesn't change to snow before they come to do the roof.
Well friends a few things have happened since I last posted.
The roof on the house was finished.
So that should be good for 20 years or so. I also had roof vents added to the garage attic (backside) in case we decide to insulate it in the future. Additionally, I had the front gutter replaced because I bumped it with my tractor causing a dent years ago when I first got my tractor and didn't realize the ROPS was taller than the lower roof. So that's all fixed now too.
Noticed a little intermittent water fountain in the yard the other day when I was looking out the window while washing dishes...Of course there wasn't suppose to be a fountain there.
Figured it was happening when the septic pump was activating.
Got a shovel and dug it up. About 4ft down I found that tree roots had wrapped around the septic line between the tank and the D-box and split it open. A trip to home depot and $30 later and I got the line repaired. Although this has made me think I really should have a mini-excavtor on hand for this type of thing. haha
Also did some work on the truck.
Changed the u-joints in the main driveshaft
I also changed the trans filter and drained plus refilled the trans fluid three times...with about 1 week between each 'service'. Should be about 90% new fluid in it now.
Stellantis says this is lifetime/no service needed fluid but the manufaturer of the trans (ZF) states fluid life is 70-80K miles. This is the second time I've refreshed the fluid since buying the truck. Hopefully with continued maintance the transmission will last the lifetime of the truck.
Having the car hoist sure does make it easy to stay ontop of all the maintance items on our vehicles!
Finally, i don't have much left on my list for the corvette but I did give it a wash and let it run for 30min so to keep it ready for summer driving.
The roof on the house was finished.
So that should be good for 20 years or so. I also had roof vents added to the garage attic (backside) in case we decide to insulate it in the future. Additionally, I had the front gutter replaced because I bumped it with my tractor causing a dent years ago when I first got my tractor and didn't realize the ROPS was taller than the lower roof. So that's all fixed now too.
Noticed a little intermittent water fountain in the yard the other day when I was looking out the window while washing dishes...Of course there wasn't suppose to be a fountain there.
Figured it was happening when the septic pump was activating.
Got a shovel and dug it up. About 4ft down I found that tree roots had wrapped around the septic line between the tank and the D-box and split it open. A trip to home depot and $30 later and I got the line repaired. Although this has made me think I really should have a mini-excavtor on hand for this type of thing. haha
Also did some work on the truck.
Changed the u-joints in the main driveshaft
I also changed the trans filter and drained plus refilled the trans fluid three times...with about 1 week between each 'service'. Should be about 90% new fluid in it now.
Stellantis says this is lifetime/no service needed fluid but the manufaturer of the trans (ZF) states fluid life is 70-80K miles. This is the second time I've refreshed the fluid since buying the truck. Hopefully with continued maintance the transmission will last the lifetime of the truck.
Having the car hoist sure does make it easy to stay ontop of all the maintance items on our vehicles!
Finally, i don't have much left on my list for the corvette but I did give it a wash and let it run for 30min so to keep it ready for summer driving.
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cccoltsicehockey
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New roof hurts but at the same time the piece of mind of it not being an issue for a long time is a good feeling. So neat to be able to build that bushing yourself.
jollygreengiant
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Sounds like someone needs to head down to the John Deere store and get a backhoe attachment for his tractor lol.
so I told my wife this demonstrated the reason why we really should buy a excavator so that we would have it on hand for this kind of stuff.
She told me that the excavator is a great idea and as soon as I buy it the first project will be building her a dream backyard pool.
She definietly out maneuvered me that one.
jollygreengiant
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That's when you say to her "I'd love to put in a pool for you honey, with my tractor it will be like I'm a kid again playing in a sandbox! Although if I'm going to build you a really nice pool I'll need a few more things...."
Ya gotta out maneuver the out maneuvering lol.