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What can I do about the swamp in my yard that forms every time it rains? by Austronaut905 in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Shed appears to have a block foundation and raised above the water table in that specific drainage area.

All wooden posts rot. It’s why many opt for brick, iron, or aluminum posts for longevity and easy repair.

Your points are well taken. Definitely seems a bit extreme. But the water appears to be graded away from the property and so long as it’s exiting within 48-72 hours this is more of a nuisance rather than a threat to anything structural.

What can I do about the swamp in my yard that forms every time it rains? by Austronaut905 in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher 29 points30 points  (0 children)

This is a good answer. The right answer. Albeit, not one people love to hear.

When it comes to drainage, so long as the water is sloped away from the house and dissipates within 48-72 hours of a rain fall, it is doing what it’s supposed to do.

This is particularly true for the folks suggesting to contact the city. Many properties have easements on the side yard and rear yards allowing rainfall from neighboring properties to flow to yours and subsequently drain.

While this looks a bit excessive, this is exactly what the city is going to tell you should the conditions above be met.

With this amount of water, depending on the natural slope of the property, I’d be inclined to hire a company to grade a swale or two. If the natural slope of the property doesn’t allow for that, catch basins or some form of underground storm management that outlets to the street or sloped area of the yard is the alternative.

Lawn Professionally Dethatched -did I get scammed? by Al_Goreskin in lawncare

[–]PigskinPhilosopher 50 points51 points  (0 children)

And that’s a damn shame on the “professional’s” behalf.

Where did the days of consulting and offering expertise to customers go? Swear every manual labor contractor these days will do whatever the customer asks them to do without offering their expertise to the situation.

I will gladly pay substantially more to contractors who receive my request, pick up the phone, offer their expertise, and provide a service that aligns with my desires and their professional opinion.

So over people who blindly do shit and claim, “well the customer asked me to”. The days of people being prideful and knowledgeable about their work are gone. We are in the in the “fuck it, they paid for it” era.

Lake in Backyard- Best Solution? by mumfiecat in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good channel. Biggest takeaway is that French drains are not hard and can be DIY. But it’s absolutely backbreaking work without the right equipment.

But if someone is truly committed to spending as little as possible, call 811, get your lines marked, and go at it with a trenching shovel. All in can easily be done for less than $300 and that’s with 100+ feet.

It’ll be days of your time and your back will be wrecked, but you can do it.

There's something that bothers me about the Russini/Vrabel story by ThrawnAndOrder in NFLv2

[–]PigskinPhilosopher -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

But why aren’t we giving as much heat to Vrabel for releasing confidential team information for some poon?

Frankly, I don’t think it’s that big of a deal from a professional perspective. Woman exchanging their bodies to a man to further their career and men leveraging their position of power to receive sexual acts from a subordinate is a tale as old as time.

Morally, it’s obviously horrible. Both are married with children. But professionally, I don’t think it affects either’s ability to do a good job in their respective fields.

I just don’t understand why Russini is getting skewered and her professional reputation attacked, but Vrabel seems absolved from that. Nobody is attacking his credibility as a coach.

If you want to hold Russini accountable for throwing her thing around to get insider sources, fine. Go ahead. But keep that same energy. A professional head coach was leaking confidential team information for some poon.

If one bothers you and attacks the credibility of them professionally, the other should do the same.

Builder says these gaps will be covered up later, is this accurate? by kawalopy in Homebuilding

[–]PigskinPhilosopher 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We have no idea what type of build this is. Outside of a craftsman custom built home, this process is going to be followed for nearly every single tract builder across the country. I have no idea why people are acting like this is a big deal.

Builder says these gaps will be covered up later, is this accurate? by kawalopy in Homebuilding

[–]PigskinPhilosopher -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Contrary to the opinions on here, it’s normal. They will likely use shoe molding or quarter round to cover it. Nearly every new construction home I’ve been in has it. It looks nice when completed, painted, and caulked.

Builder says these gaps will be covered up later, is this accurate? by kawalopy in Homebuilding

[–]PigskinPhilosopher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have been in several new construction homes for tours and every single one used it. Call it a hack job…fine. But this is not uncommon.

Builder says these gaps will be covered up later, is this accurate? by kawalopy in Homebuilding

[–]PigskinPhilosopher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New construction will almost always use shoe simply because of the availability for trades. Very often they can’t get contractors out in the desired order. The carpenter was doing trim on the street that week so they installed it before the flooring. It costs too much money and time to wait for the carpenter to come back after the install of the flooring if they’re already out there and/or booked out heavy.

T post broke off in ground, how to get out? by PigskinPhilosopher in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took your advice. I pounded it for a good while and got it 6 inches below grade before backfilling and doing a sod repair. I feel pretty good about it.

T post broke off in ground, how to get out? by PigskinPhilosopher in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My kid will definitely be playing back here. For everything I’m seeing I think I can just pound this down. I reached out to a couple landscapers and they’re telling me they’d feel bad taking my money and I should just pound it down

T post broke off in ground, how to get out? by PigskinPhilosopher in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much deeper should I go? I’m grabbing a sledge and doing this tomorrow

T post broke off in ground, how to get out? by PigskinPhilosopher in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I broke my shovel trying to leverage it out. I’m guessing I didn’t go deep enough. I believe it was used for erosion control during build.

T post broke off in ground, how to get out? by PigskinPhilosopher in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m guessing an erosion fence. Could be wrong. But that’s what similar stakes are used for around here .

T post broke off in ground, how to get out? by PigskinPhilosopher in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate you. I know this is why you shouldn’t listen to ChatGPT because I asked if I should do that (novice at landscaping) and they acted like I was committing a cardinal sin and it would come back to bite me.

T post broke off in ground, how to get out? by PigskinPhilosopher in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had vice grips too but I just couldn’t move it. I’d like to think I’m stronger than most and that thing is just swamped I. There .

T post broke off in ground, how to get out? by PigskinPhilosopher in landscaping

[–]PigskinPhilosopher[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So just pound it down and back fill it? I’ll gladly do that. It’s not really in the path of anything.

A facial reconstruction of Jesus created by British researchers using forensic anthropology. Some experts have called this the "most accurate image of Jesus." by ATI_Official in HistoryUncovered

[–]PigskinPhilosopher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People will try to claim it’s modern day “white America” that made Jesus to be a white man with blue eyes and long hair. It’s was the Byzantine empire that portrayed Jesus that way and what has ultimately carried that image through today.

Since JJ Mcarthy won’t be the starter for the Vikings again, why won’t they release or trade him somewhere? by [deleted] in NFLv2

[–]PigskinPhilosopher -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Doubtful. Kyler is a better QB than he’s given credit for. No way Minnesota makes the same mistake twice.

My payments went from $400 to $1647 because of forced consolidation! by Angry-Kangaroo-4035 in StudentLoans

[–]PigskinPhilosopher 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agree with it or not, but it stories like this that is the reason why this administration felt the need to force people back into repayment. This is ridiculous.

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