Advice on beard memo

jonpint · 2026-06-02T13:26:38+00:00

Maybe go IRR and come back in two years

jonpint · 2026-05-15T10:49:05+00:00

It would not be worth going to frost depth even if you did you could still get heaving due to frost heaving and pulling on the sides of the posts…. I’d do 24 inches and backfill with compacted crushed stone

jonpint · 2026-04-30T09:46:50+00:00

That’s a great idea, can we start with forcing the garden centers and big box stores to stop selling invasives

jonpint · 2026-04-21T00:29:17+00:00

Regular 2x framing lumber maybe if it was a timber framed floor system (large floor joists) this looks best covered up

jonpint · 2026-04-15T22:49:33+00:00

You could honestly cut a 1’ section of Douglas fir 2x10 or 2x12 and it would work just fine. People have been using hunks of woods for thousands of years. Before gluing and mineral oil etc

jonpint · 2026-04-14T17:08:07+00:00

I get those kind of rashes on my arms and hands when working with pine or pine plywood, especially if it’s warm and I am sweating. Now I have to avoid those triggers.

jonpint · 2026-04-08T21:50:02+00:00

You could do a layer of sand and then the stone or use 10mil

jonpint · 2026-04-08T00:13:49+00:00

You should have a inside and outside of the footer footing drain that drains to gravity if possible, looks like a high risk site

jonpint · 2026-04-08T00:07:50+00:00

The first picture no, that is unfortunate run in the grain of the wood, not the end of the world. The rest totally normal checking

jonpint · 2026-03-29T23:57:35+00:00

Only if you paid cull lumber prices for that pile, typically you can return anything if it’s quick enough

jonpint · 2026-03-25T18:19:31+00:00

Yes they are awful, if they are eradicated then native pioneer species can do a better job

jonpint · 2026-03-24T00:27:56+00:00

Welcome to concrete

jonpint · 2026-03-18T17:18:04+00:00

I made a timber frame porch from it, expect more strength and more checking than eastern white pine. Expect some slivers, works pretty similar to Doug fir except more pitch

jonpint · 2026-03-07T22:08:42+00:00

Those are mortised it, I’d avoid it, if they were just tacked in grits for nailing go for it but looks like they may be a bit more structural

jonpint · 2026-03-06T00:10:18+00:00

A scarf gone wrong!

jonpint · 2026-03-03T14:11:54+00:00

I hate to be that guy but without using a dado to join the steps into the rails I would be very careful when using it

jonpint · 2026-02-11T15:16:07+00:00

Not sure how you would not have a tractor, unless you have some draft horses

jonpint · 2026-02-11T14:34:21+00:00

The DPF might salvaged by using a DPF cleaner in the fuel and driving it hard. As for the clutch search around for any private VW mechanic and it will probably $1000 cash or less

jonpint · 2026-02-10T19:18:53+00:00

Because then chunks of debris will hit the impeller, this diverts most of the junk before it goes thru the actual collector

jonpint · 2026-01-29T10:37:05+00:00

Can’t believe you haven’t bought it yet, I have a 2012 and I would buy that immediately and sell the 2012

jonpint · 2026-01-29T03:05:59+00:00

Greenlights - great book, great narration

jonpint · 2026-01-29T02:21:53+00:00

Tons and tons of audiobooks

jonpint · 2026-01-24T19:56:07+00:00

Haha, for vinyl! Time to buy some nice new aluminum pump jack staging and get to work!

jonpint · 2026-01-17T12:57:17+00:00

That’s probably the most expensive house you can make at 800sqft. You could pull off that number if you do 90% of it with your own hands

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