Below 265 SQ/FT DRIVESITFAR IS GETTING ORGANIZED in his 9x15 portion of 2 car garage. DIY’s & COOL VI

[drivesitfar]

Woody: thank you!!

Steve: welcome back cause we missed you. I know you haven’t had much time to enjoy your 6 Saturdays and a Sunday each week yet but maybe at least you’re spending more time on your own stuff and your bride’s honey do list which will make you both smile.

Seriously I’m pretty sure I’m getting some of my hair back just doing the onion thing and if you might want to try the rosemary recipe or one of several others in case you’re missing a few hairs give it a go. Or not but I quit wearing hats as much and maybe the vitamin D from all our summer sunshine is the key. If we ever cross paths in our travels you can call my onion head!!

P: since we are busy doing stuff all the time accidents can and maybe will happen but by keeping on the move I’m sure we are living longer and happier lives. Bee careful and keep thinking about your health and safety.

I was in my portion of our garage that is a complete mess btw so I’ll deal with that soon and a beeping was going on. Well the backup battery on my 13 year old liftmaster garage opener needed replacing. After some research I found out it was $60 to $120 just for the battery but easy to replace. Since it’s supposed to open the garage if power is out I decided to just disconnect the battery to stop the beeping. If power ever does go out which is rare I normally wouldn’t need to go out my side of the garage and I can open fairly easy manually so I opted to save the $100 and it works fine if there is power.

We spent our Monday night finishing this 1000 piece puzzle which ended up being a good challenge.

 

[rharman]

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I was in my portion of our garage that is a complete mess btw so I’ll deal with that soon and a beeping was going on. Well the backup battery on my 13 year old liftmaster garage opener needed replacing. After some research I found out it was $60 to $120 just for the battery but easy to replace. Since it’s supposed to open the garage if power is out I decided to just disconnect the battery to stop the beeping. If power ever does go out which is rare I normally wouldn’t need to go out my side of the garage and I can open fairly easy manually so I opted to save the $100 and it works fine if there is power.

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Just be sure your wife knows what to do and is capable of doing so. A dry run would be a good idea.

 

[drivesitfar]

RH: I hear you and there are a lot of things I should and will write down about the house and my stuff cause at 70 it still seems like we are 40 but like are furry friends that have come and go we won’t live forever.

As far as the garage door openers we have two single doors with individual openers and her side mounted one is working great. Mine is an older style one with track above door that was bought at same time in 2013. I will cut power and do a test but thinking I can manually open it pretty easily.

Anybody love caulking or want to share tips and or gun they like to use please do?

It’s been a pretty decent summer so far weather wise and next couple weeks it’s going to be 70’s with some of very little rain so I need to get a few other projects finished and started and completed before the next round of drizzle season.

We opened up a 2000 piece puzzle that should take us more than a day or two but it’s great way to spend a few hours with my bride (and when friends stop by they like to help too).

 

[M.Brane]

I got the M12 caulk gun shortly after we bought the 30' toy hauler. It's been a hand saver for sure as the rubber roof requires regular re-sealing.

 

[drivesitfar]

MB: I’d never thought of using a battery powered caulk gun. Which reminded me that at some point when I picked up some older Ryobi 18v tools there was a caulk gun in the group I might give a try. Maybe up on the roof next to the chimney where nobody can see results while I test it and my skills.

Thanks for the tip

 

[drivesitfar]

I found a rotating head caulk gun in my supplies that was a bit nicer than the two cheapie ones and it worked much better today. I used Vulkem 116 for the hardie plank and dynaflex 230 for the pvc trim.

I’m far from decent at caulking but I got it done and my bride helped a bit cause she’s the painter between the two of us.

I tend to get caulk all over everything so she’s there to keep me from making a mess on new timber tech and quality control.

Hope you all had a great weekend

 

[Prospecter]

RH: I hear you and there are a lot of things I should and will write down about the house and my stuff cause at 70 it still seems like we are 40 but like are furry friends that have come and go we won’t live forever.

As far as the garage door openers we have two single doors with individual openers and her side mounted one is working great. Mine is an older style one with track above door that was bought at same time in 2013. I will cut power and do a test but thinking I can manually open it pretty easily.

Anybody love caulking or want to share tips and or gun they like to use please do?

It’s been a pretty decent summer so far weather wise and next couple weeks it’s going to be 70’s with some of very little rain so I need to get a few other projects finished and started and completed before the next round of drizzle season.

We opened up a 2000 piece puzzle that should take us more than a day or two but it’s great way to spend a few hours with my bride (and when friends stop by they like to help too).

I use a Bauer battery caulking gun. Love it. Push, not pull, the bead of caulk. Wet finger is the best tool for smoothing latex caulk.

 

[drivesitfar]

P: I’ve seen vids of caulking going forward but it just seems so wrong to me. I need to caulk our little skylight soon with 100% silicone caulk so I’ll try your method then.

It was somewhere in the mid 80’s today but because it’s supposed to rain or drizzle in a few days my bride put on a coat of house color on the horizontal pieces of trim and hardie plank and its looking pretty decent now.

I didn’t know about the hidden fastener system for Azek until after I installed it and since I only had 3/4 inch wood glued to my concrete block behind most of the trim the 2 inch screws would have been too long except under the one slider where there is wood. Anyway we both don’t like screw holes showing thru the paint so I’ll replace that piece and put in hidden cortex fasteners with plugs soon so she can get it painted too.

We finished the 2000 piece puzzle too and thinking of tackling another.

Hope you all had a grand day!!

 

[jon72vega]

I can tell that was a challenging puzzle.
My wife enjoys puzzles, me not so much.

 

[drivesitfar]

Jon: thanks and I bet after you get the hang of 6 Saturdays and a Sunday each week you might have time to actually do a puzzle. For now you tearing apart your fleet of cars and putting them back together is probably all the puzzling time you have. Eric dowdle makes colorful puzzles of states or cool stuff that aren’t particularly hard to do that I got the bug of puzzling again cause it has been years (maybe 60) for each of us since we had time for puzzles and enjoyed them.

I’ve got more than a few outdoor projects on my to do list before the drizzle season begins again like installing more fencing and adding a couple new gates, cleaning up my brides (and mine) new sort of patio area that I’ve used while rebuilding our deck, caulking the skylight, chimney repair and general maintenance and cleaning up but puzzling during downtime seems to make us both smile.

Drizzly cloudy morning that should be sunny and 80 this afternoon.

Enjoy your day everyone

 

[drivesitfar]

My diet is pretty healthy for the most part but I do like a big breakfast. The golden raspberries are picked from my little 7 foot by 2 foot patch that we’ve been getting a bowl full about every other day now. Tomatoes in the eggs are out of our garden and blueberries in sourdough pancakes are my bride’s concoction.

Here’s an example of an Eric Dowdle puzzle and I usually buy new or slightly used ones but I think you can find them at Costco or on eric’s website.

Off to the trenches now.

 

[Jayman17]

Damn! Have some pancakes with your raspberries why don't ya! I like your type of breakfast Drives!

 

[drivesitfar]

Jay: thanks for noticing that I do like my fruit especially ones grown here on my little piece of paradise. They were tasty and had blueberry sourdough pancakes and poached eggs today with about a cup of golden raspberries and syrup.

Since we are spending more time on the deck now and my bride is almost finished painting the trim I decided to sell a big 15 foot wide pallet rack and buy a couple of these suncrest pvc sheds. Since I have maybe more nuts bolts nails and screws and what nots than most hardware stores I am going to make one shed a dedicated one til I build my shop.

These sheds were pretty easy to set up but took a few hours. I watched a few YouTube vids first and still had a few questions so if you buy one and want some tips just ask. We’ve had a few downpours and inside each shed is perfectly dry. I am hoping to put down a 3/4 inch plywood floor on top of the PVC one to help with the weight I’m putting in them.

It’s been drizzly so summer is about over but I still get a few nice days to finish up some outdoor projects. And we started another 2000 piece puzzle

Have a grand day above dirt!

 

[drivesitfar]

Summer warmer weather has probably passed for another year so putting our redneck AC away til next July. Two of the fans bases have 4 Phillips head screws and the other has a hand screw so easy peasy.

These 3 5 foot tall fans fit nicely in two Costco ($9 each) storage boxes and on an upper shelf in my garage. Still looking for options for inexpensive AC to cool down at least one or two rooms if anyone has suggestions.

 

[M.Brane]

I have a plastic shed that's basically like both of those joined together. It was gifted to us by a friend who bought it, and never put it together. It houses the yard/garden tools, the house genny, and all the flammable containers. Took me an afternoon to assemble it. It's way better than the horrible shed the PO left us. That one needs to be rebuilt at some point.

 

[drivesitfar]

MB: I have bought more than a few Rubbermaid sheds off Craigslist the last 20+ years that either were given away or sold or taken to recycling and I still own a 7x7 version that one of the new ones is replacing. Since these are a little upgrade and timing was perfect for this sale discount I thought buying a couple new ones might be easier for my bride to look over my stuff.

What brands are yours and how do you like them? For the price I paid I could have built one twice as big but I’m running out of good weather.

Avocado season has arrived so freshly made guacamole (my 50 year old recipe still works) and a taco salad made by my bride will be tasty.

 

[M.Brane]

We have a Bacon tree that bears fruit in the fall so coming up soon. The Hass has a ways to go as it nearly died from last September's heat wave.

The plastic shed is a Rubbermaid as well. It does the job. The existing shed was clearly built by someone who was construction challenged. They meant well. Maybe the same who were responsible for all the horrible masonry work.

 

[drivesitfar]

Bacon tree?? (Hee hee)

Rubbermaid makes good stuff. I wish pvc sheds would do run thru nuts snd bolts or set in nuts so we could move them and put them back together better. Or maybe there is a company that does?

Suncast is a nice shed but the tiny screws barely hold and maybe why there is about 300 of them per shed.

 

[jon72vega]

That looks tasty.