Re: What I did at my house today...
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:07 am
That's often the wise choice. You know that old saying about permission versus forgiveness.
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That's often the wise choice. You know that old saying about permission versus forgiveness.
You're smart to get this work done while the weather is still cool and plants can get established. In a couple of weeks you can do the fine tuning and just watch it grow. I'm jealous of that to strip driveway. Does that style of driveway have a name?
Thanks--frankly, I think it has more to do with my eagerness than intelligence or planning savvyManalto wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:07 pm You're smart to get this work done while the weather is still cool and plants can get established. In a couple of weeks you can do the fine tuning and just watch it grow. I'm jealous of that to strip driveway. Does that style of driveway have a name?
The trick to laying sod is to get fresh sod to begin with And it looks like that's what you got.
Thanks, Ron--that's a really nice thing to say. I've always been an old-house enthusiast, not just a historic-house enthusiast. I wish more people appreciated how nice their houses could be with a little planning and investment. Granted, I'm a younger single guy with some disposable income, but nothing I've done has been crazy money--with the exception of the boiler workGothichome wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 7:06 pm Matt, what wonderful work you have done over the years, you have turned a drab but functional old home into the best dressed lady on the block. Well done. I bet your neighbours are happy with the transformation. Has it inspired other along the street? If not, it should have.
Ron
I see.Gothichome wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:59 amLily, I haven’t told them I’m doing it.Lily left the valley wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 6:52 amYou may have mentioned this, but how difficult has it been to work with your local government that deal with the riverbank issues? Were you eligible for any grants for that? (Referring to the caged rocks, if I recall right, as part of the retention work.)Gothichome wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:50 pmWhat I did this past weekend. Slugged enough stones to fill five more cages down the river bank, just a little more protection for Gothichome. Still have another forty or so feet to make cages for and fill with rocks. Each cage takes about half a ton of rocks, got a good work out. Also got the veggie garden straightened out and almost ready for seeding. And got some of cement board on the walls of the upstairs bathroom.
Glad it’s a Monday, I got to go to work, I needed the rest.
That's the same term I've known for that style. It's also one method we've been debating between that and a permeable when we finally get to working on our driveway.
Heavier snowfall, just shovel off the topmost snow, then use a push broom for the last bits. I have seen folks use a snow scoop instead of shovel (some have wheels, some do not) as well.
Plow with bumper, wait for spring, end of pain in a$$.Lily left the valley wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:37 amThat's the same term I've known for that style. It's also one method we've been debating between that and a permeable when we finally get to working on our driveway.
Heavier snowfall, just shovel off the topmost snow, then use a push broom for the last bits. I have seen folks use a snow scoop instead of shovel (some have wheels, some do not) as well.
I am quite envious of you, as you are much farther along in less time than we are. Everything looks fantastic.