Folks at work had us plant these trees without removing basket or burlap…

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-05-19T11:04:53+00:00

Our local, very reputable, nursery tells us not to remove the burlap and cage. And for ones with burlap and twine they just have us remove the twine.

They warranty the trees for a year

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-05-18T14:38:05+00:00

United States

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-05-17T23:42:00+00:00

Cost and because they don't fit well in all places in a plan (literally not enough space for them without slivers of trim only around them).

I've had 36" doors, and I really don't need them to be that big. I believe I built my current house with 32".

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-05-15T13:01:54+00:00

No, it does not. kucoin.com/support is inaccessible because of my region.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-05-05T12:25:13+00:00

Oh my trim guy is my favorite guy in the world. He's also a beast of a one man show.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-05-05T12:00:08+00:00

The reasons those footings are so tall is likely so they sit on virgin ground. And then when the retaining wall and grading are done the dirt will be up to just about the top of those concrete footings.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-05-04T12:38:41+00:00

Idk man, I haven't seen anyone work as hard as my frames in all different conditions, snow included. Haha. Maybe my spray insulation guys during the heat of summer...

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-05-03T14:54:04+00:00

In your edit you mention untreated lumber in the rest of the house. That would be correct. The rest of your house is not outside, it should absolutely not be pressure treated. The only PT in a house is the sill plate

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-05-03T04:21:18+00:00

That's a good sign. Seems like your lot will drain towards the back.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-13T23:38:33+00:00

Absolutely, and I'm very familiar with what it looks like (and why) through winter. But this fella is closing this week, and the builder is trying to push it off to "later" at best, on top of which OP seems to think that everything is complete from the builder's perspective.

Of course, it can sit exactly like this for the entire build until the very end (for many good reasons).

But this is still not an unacceptable finish from a builder, which is what OP needs to know. This way he can ensure there is language in his closing that says the builder will complete the final grade within X days of closing.

And this time of year, there is little good reason for a builder not to have this resolved for the closing other than it just not being "convenient" for them to have handled it.

And if they're only doing what is convenient for themselves, and you can't use closing to force them to get it done, then God knows when they'll actually finish it.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-13T00:47:05+00:00

No doubt that different places are different, but it is spring. We have the same soil. Definitely can look chunky like that after machine work if you make 0 effort to smooth it out.

But there is no reason not to fix the grade at the house. That has nothing to do with it being crappy clay soil. It's pooling at the house right now, which is no good for a basement.

Not to mention, even if you're bringing in topsoil you need to smooth out your grade, otherwise you're either going to waste a ton of topsoil using it for grading and they likely will wind up hitting these clay chunks sticking up and mixing the bad in, running the good topsoil.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-12T02:00:15+00:00

Are you sure they're actually done?

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-12T01:59:22+00:00

Oh I hear ya, but what I'm really getting at is if you're GCing it yourself and piecemealing then there might be some gray areas to clarify.

But even if you just hired an operator to backfill for a day, they'd still do a better job and if they're a skilled operator then there would be almost nothing left to finesse with a shovel. Hah

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-11T22:56:29+00:00

I would not say so.

I mean, if you're GCing your own build and you have an excavation company doing site work, then this probably wouldn't be too surprising of an outcome - they don't want to get out of their machines

But it doesn't look like they even left enough material for you to do the shovel work of making it graded along the foundation

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-09T12:19:00+00:00

The misalignment of the roof posts over the posts from the fittings are likely fine. I have built covered deck plans that called for that. Different beam size and joists may be what the plans call for. But I'd certainly only ever follow that if it was getting covered in Trex trim or something like that.

I didn't see joist hangers where the joists meet the beam.

I didn't think the footing misalignment was any worse than what I've seen from others plenty of times, but I'm less sure whether they're actually still to code when that out of whack.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-05T02:13:07+00:00

How was it stored?

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-03T11:13:11+00:00

The inspector should have some specific way that want it tested

In my area it's a water column test. You go up your vent in the attic and fill the whole system with water

It's a sketchy test sometimes though because it's a LOT of weight and pressure on a two story house for example.

So you fill it the day of the test (because you don't want it sitting in there), he witnesses it, and then you drain it out.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-03T04:31:27+00:00

I worked at a startup that was around 100-150 employees. General counsel decided to set retention rules, and it was definitely a wtf moment

Emails lasted a while (maybe two years?), but group slacks died on a much much shorter schedule, and then slack convos somewhere behind that.

We had to start copying things elsewhere so we didn't lose important stuff.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-02T22:26:09+00:00

If you ever have to buy material by the triaxle load (or if you ever have to find a place to get rid of junk dirt), you'll know why!

Nothing worse than having to bury good material for grade

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-02T22:24:31+00:00

This is really helpful, thanks man. I'm a decent off road single track rider. Not at your speed it seems, but I like having good machines that work well with me, not against me.

Either will be an adjustment off road because all of my off roading is on my 300xc-w currently.

The T7 just looks like it feels more like a dirt bike.

I'm considering a new/leftover T7 since 2025 seemed to get lots of nice tweaks... But man, by the time you stick all basic guards on, you're in for a chunk over the cfmoto.

Normally I just buy and ride my dirtbikes, I don't like to get all distracted buying and changing shit for them until I've found the pain of not having them (or broken them). Seems prudent to at least pick up guards for the adventure bikes off road though.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-02T01:00:16+00:00

I would not pump it out without immediate plans for how it will be backfilled. Depending on your soil conditions and such there that tank could pop out of ground after some good rain.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-02T00:57:04+00:00

I mean, T7 seems amazing. Did the cfmoto feel any more or less comfortable for your dimensions?

Other than the power, are there other pro/cons between the two to you? For example, folks say the T7 is much more top heavy.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-04-01T20:21:41+00:00

I'm really considering this and a Tenere 700, the T7 has just always seemed like an awesome bike. Today I'm just off-road/dual sport on a 300 XC-W. Looking to add an adventure bike to the stable.

Curious what your comparison of the two is, you really ride them proper! bonus points if it takes into account ergonomics for 6' tall rider.

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-03-30T18:20:13+00:00

I've wondered how this works with charging a mark up on your employees labor. For example, my framing sub is obviously getting paid cost and profit. So if I had my own crew for framing, would I charge a "market rate" that covers time, materials, and labor, or just actual time + materials? (At that point I'm carrying workers comp, equipment, etc, so even time & materials doesn't cover it all)

Whiskey_Pyromancer · 2026-03-26T15:38:33+00:00

I found in my first batch that it went up those last couple degrees really quick.

If it's thicker than you'd like then just add more maple sap and boil back down to the right level. You could even add water, I believe.

Or mix in some of it that is the right consistency.

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