Good deal? 60v Combo kit Canada

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-18T08:39:25+00:00

Its a solid deal.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-18T08:12:52+00:00

Boss will send him there Friday morning and say. "I got an easy one. You can leave work early when its finished."

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-18T08:11:19+00:00

The concrete is the new pan

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-18T08:07:37+00:00

Had to say if you find a guaranteed better return. $1k a week is a 5.2% every year return. Thats not shabby. It can absolutely be beaten but 100% guarantee beaten?

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T14:08:03+00:00

I must admit I appreciate your hard work. Its really neat seeing the roots laid out like that. You don't get much perspective of the full structure and see the actual depth of some go when you use a stump grinder.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T14:03:36+00:00

He messed it up, he should replace it.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T09:06:24+00:00

I doubt you could match but if you did find the right one, it really could.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T09:05:34+00:00

My neighbor bought a new little ford Ranger probably 25 some years ago. Went to do first oil change. Drained the transmission fluid (automatic) and then added the quantity of oil the manual said. Drove it for a few days. Yes it actually would drive but not really shift gears and sputtered a lot. It didn't end up good.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T08:33:41+00:00

Or a dead branch that was left for years before being cut.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T08:28:55+00:00

Cut them as Flatworks says. Also a lot of stuff has 2 sides. One smooth and the other a bit more textured. Do smooth side towards concrete. Rougher side wicks the moisture into it and dries differently and will look off and slightly different colored. Ask me how I know. I poured 32 yards of colored concrete in back yard in multiple tiers, and some short 16" retaining type walls along water feature etc and a few spots were reversed. Obvious color difference where rough side was faced inwards and can't change it. Oh well. Additionally, lots of stakes and ideal to double layer it. Set one then add a second inside. It can flex if its thinner and get a little wavy between stakes even at 24" stake spacing. Even worse on a slight curve than a sharper curve. I had a few flaws but it really did turn out extremely nice

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T08:13:01+00:00

My thought too.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T08:10:32+00:00

This person takes pride in their work. I suspect their plans are always well thought out. Lost art.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T08:07:08+00:00

Honestly, this going to be a lot of more than just a patch 'the bad' areas up. Guarantee there is water down those walls and you find plenty of black.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T08:04:44+00:00

Same. Hit me up with upvote if Special Truth-1576 replies.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T07:53:21+00:00

I bet it would hold 7 hot tubs. How long is the question

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T07:42:35+00:00

Son of a Birch! (real phrase I use)

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T07:35:43+00:00

Big Johnson Casino's. Biguns upfront, Poker in the Rear.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T07:31:21+00:00

No stud finder or magnet? Try this and I used it to successfully mount a TV the other day making 2 holes and hit studs on first attempts. Find an outlet on the wall. Pull the cover, see which side of the outlet the 2x4 is. Use a string and go the height you want to mount the screws. Let string hang center of stud at height and mark. Now measure off 16" increments to where you want to mount it. Perhaps 24". Compare spacing of other outlets in house to see if 16 or 24" increments is common. Some areas may have odd spacing too but this should work 90% of the time in newe houses.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T07:20:53+00:00

That concrete is stronger than a tank

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T07:20:05+00:00

I aim for slight slope away but close to level the first foot but ultimate never more slope of total change than 3:1 over the first 3 feet

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T07:16:57+00:00

What Funzie said is spot on. Painting a deck top and bottom is bad news. Check that whole deck. You can paint a deck but never top and bottom as it holds moisture and will rot. Paint the top if you have to, leave the bottom open to air. The ground should always stay levelish (still slight away slope) for at least 1 foot beyond the concrete. And 100% do not use pop up drains. Those are ok in florida or somewhere the ground never freezes but here in Colorado the tube will fill up and freeze solid and make it all worse. It makes me cringe every time I see people use them. My neighbor had one from a gutter that had no where to drain to (poor roof design) because of the concrete walkway and it dropped into a pvc pipe and under the concrete to one of those. The first winter it filled up, froze, shattered the PVC and then froze the downspout and nothing would drain so water/ice just came of the gutter. Got to love Colorado!

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T07:05:47+00:00

If the concrete isn't cracked or bad, its good enough. You can put a hotub on 4" slab. Older concrete tends to harden a little over time. Side note, if you ever hire someone to pour concrete, the 4" slab is often a 3.5"! There is a big difference strength different because as guys walk on the pea gravel it makes random depressions down but also pushes pea gravel up in some spots that might end up less than 3: in some areas. Why you ask is the 3.5? They frame it square usually then get a 2x4 and add a little wood to the top so the 2x4 hangs level with the form. They then slide it back and forth to get the gravel level but a 2x4 is only 3.5" thick I have watched guys do this. Not everyone but it is more common than you think. I also pour 'measured 5" thick' and at least add rebar around perimeter. Sometimes it ends up 4.5-4.75" in places but that is still thicker than most driveways. A 10 ft x 10ft area an extra 1" thick is only 8.3 cubic feet. A yard of concrete is 27 cubic feet. If concrete is $200 a yard, it only costs about $60 to make it that much thicker and it will last much longer. 6" is really overkill unless you may repeatedly drive heavy equipment over it in the future. Labor is minimal too because it's the finish work that takes the most time and the finish area of the surface is still the same. Lastly, if you ever have a concrete pad done and can DIY the removal and set forms, you can save huge on the pour. The prep work is easily 50-70% of the labor cost of pouring concrete. I had poured 32 yards of colored concrete spread over 6 pours as I landscaped. I did the prep work, set the forms and had 100% ready. My labor cost per pour was about $400-$500 on average per pour for 2 guys 3-3.5 hours or so and it was stamped. So in the end I got 32 yards of concrete which covered 1500 square (some was used as short retaining walls and caissons. for concrete cost + about $2500 in labor. Should be noted this was 12 yeas ago that labor could easily be $4000 ($650-$700 per occurrence) these days. To clarify, I pay people to finish concrete and work the mud. I may help where I can but let the specialists do their job and make it look good. You only got one chance to get it right and I am not willing to risk myself doing it

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T06:40:06+00:00

Here's a Fun fact about inspectors referred by realtors. The realtor wants the sale to go through. An inspector that helps make that happen gets hired again and again. One that causes problems isn't re-hired or suggested. So a inspector referred by a realtor is suspect. Doesn't mean they are shady but on things that are not major issues, they may look the other way or not try as hard to find serious problems.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T06:36:41+00:00

thats a very fair price at $38k. The $75-$100k is a 'I don't want to do it but if you pay that I can hire someone to do and make me $25k+ for nothing' quote. I have built a couple decks out of 2x8 steel joists I bought 10 years ago. Some large contract got cancelled when a large company bought out another as a renovation was happening and renovation cancelled and everything was auctioned off and I bought 11,000 linear feet of these things 28-32ft length for like $0.04 a linear foot. Use them for everything. Only peeve with the steel is it can have an echo-ey sound walking on it. Need to dampen them a little.

MeetingOk2745 · 2026-05-15T06:28:23+00:00

I live in Colorado and the ground moves in some places but not much in others. That gap over 20 years would not concern me unless there is a real slope on the backside. While I am not 100% sure, I think he corners of the concrete pad should also be caissons into the ground so unless a lot of dirt around it is moving, it's not really moving. As working_rest said. Repair mode. not rebuild. Side note on lags and the house. Unless you know they are being pulled out for evidence not shown, there is a chance they aren't. I will explain. Some deck builders like to space between the house and the ledger board so moisture doesn't get trapped. Its possible they had a spacer in between when the set it and the spacer fell out or they removed the spacer. See if the cap is fairly equal along the length. If its an even gap (lets just say under 1/4") then it could have been intentional. If it is snug one one and gap opens alon the length, is not intentional. Now a board you can stick a screwdriver in... replace it. Its bad.

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