To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!

Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Basement Bike Cave and 3D Printing Workspace

Workspaces sized between 265 and 485 squarefeet.
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!
OP
K

kppolich

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 7, 2020
Messages
351
Location
Eastern Iowa
Wired ethernet to the garage. A few drops of sweat were spilled this afternoon but overall a pretty simple job.

1.) find the wall chaise to the basement.
tempImagefKOrmw.jpg

2.) Stick a 15 ft fish stick down there where you see light
tempImage4MWVCm.jpg

3.) Pull it back up and cut the end leaving some slack in case you need to re-do anything.


tempImage4vVKK3.jpg
tempImagePAWDnA.jpg

4.) Re-do something
tempImageuUd14N.jpg

5.) Fix it -- yep I guessed right that I messed up the first RJ45 near the switch.
tempImageuaPdMB.jpg

6.) Tidy Up things
tempImagejvpCsx.jpg


7.) Voila
tempImagedokgvR.jpg
tempImageO3SiZM.jpg
 
OP
K

kppolich

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 7, 2020
Messages
351
Location
Eastern Iowa
June house update, time for some tree's in the backyard. 7 Mountbatten Juniper's are what the wife liked, and we were in and out of the nursery in less than 30 minutes a week ago with an appointment to have them planted this week. Previously, we had some small dogwoods that didn't grow well at all in the area, hoping these more mature evergreens flourish for years to come.

2 young lads came and took care of business, planting the 7 trees in just under 90 minutes. Well worth the extra coin to not be out there myself arguing with the wife. Plus, if they install them the warranty on the tree is much better. 7 tree's 9.5ft apart as they will eventually be 12/15ft tall and 6/8ft wide.

All I had to do was put some flags in the ground where we wanted them to be planted and they took care of the rest. I helped them out by snapping a line with mason's string as well.

tempImageHllHRi.jpg
tempImagegKvZHT.jpg



Installed
tempImageg5poUV.jpg
tempImageACZEaM.jpg
tempImageimxJYb.jpg

Then I put the Timemaster to work and cleaned the lawn up before firing up the Recteq and making a little Old Fashioned with some Blue Run Rye to ease the pain dropping 2 grand on some trees. Is this what getting old feels like?
tempImagekw0gLn.jpg
 

Attachments

  • tempImage8LJOM3.jpg
    tempImage8LJOM3.jpg
    2.1 MB · Views: 3
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!
OP
K

kppolich

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 7, 2020
Messages
351
Location
Eastern Iowa
Tree's are in and doing good, but I want more control over watering them. Slower watering mostly and being able to water them all at once.

Irrigation Project queue'ing up!
-Had to get 100ft of main line, but I'll only use ~65 ft.
-Had to get 10 of the 2 gallon per hour flags, but I'll only use 7 of them.

I think I'll dig a shallow trench and bury the main line ~3 or 4 inches under the ground and have it run 4 to 5 inches away from the trunk while coming up out of the mulch then going back down between trees.

I'll probably do something to hide where the hose will connect, so I can just hook it up 3 days a week and set a 2 to 3 hour timer.

YGQLEh9.jpeg

tAHfsWj.jpeg
 

Xti04

Well-known member
Joined
Nov 11, 2016
Messages
2,366
I did drip irrigation for my trees when they were all new. Helped get them established. I had bought distressed trees and between watering, holly tone and mulch they came out pretty well.
 
OP
K

kppolich

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 7, 2020
Messages
351
Location
Eastern Iowa
Well it finally rained here which helped soften the ground a bit. I then soaked the area a bit to help myself out digging the small trench for the 5/8 poly pipe. I still think I need a regulator, but its in and working great as far as I can tell.

Hose female end
tempImagedrxVxI.jpg



Laying the pipe out over the fresh trench. I then used the small hand shovel to widen things out as needed.
tempImageCPDJbQ.jpg


Poly in trench, then I stitched the two sides back to gather to cover things up and gave it a good soak too. I expect some damage here short term, but I'm OK with that.
tempImageOKO9Zs.jpg

Poly pipe coming up to the surface, I parted the mulch and got it running by the tree stem/trunk then packed down the mulch/dirt around it.
tempImagedfhcte.jpg


Voila - 2 gallons per hour right where I want it.
tempImageGVukb9.jpg
 
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!
Top Bottom