Sure, buy some paint and a passel of beer and get all the crap out of the way. Electrical work requires additional beer. ;-)
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A Rainbow Plant!
The Rainbow Plant is a great deal like the sundew, only much less versatile. It makes up for this with a truly seductive display of glittering foliage. It gains its scientific name, byblis, from the goddess of the rainbow. Native to Australia and New Guinea, different varieties do well in different climates. Some prefer hot dry summers while others enjoy hot wet ones. Either way, this plant focuses more of its attention on getting its prey than on digesting it. In fact, scientist have been unable to isolate any particular digestive enzyme on this plant. It is speculated that the Assassin Bug plays a vital role in helping the digestive process, along with several types of fungi.
Interesting... Shell is a sundew. Better watch my step around her! Course I knew that already
A Rainbow Plant!
The Rainbow Plant is a great deal like the sundew, only much less versatile. It makes up for this with a truly seductive display of glittering foliage. It gains its scientific name, byblis, from the goddess of the rainbow. Native to Australia and New Guinea, different varieties do well in different climates. Some prefer hot dry summers while others enjoy hot wet ones. Either way, this plant focuses more of its attention on getting its prey than on digesting it. In fact, scientist have been unable to isolate any particular digestive enzyme on this plant. It is speculated that the Assassin Bug plays a vital role in helping the digestive process, along with several types of fungi.
Interesting... Shell is a sundew. Better watch my step around her! Course I knew that already
Actually, the office can wait...
I found with the spring thaw, that the mudroom on the back of my house has sunk about 4 inches on ten feet...my back door won't close anymore because the damn frame is so out of square...
I've had a couple contractors look at it, and give me an estimate for digging down to pour a couple piles, and put a beam in so they can jack it back up...that an insulate the crawlspace...
$6300 bucks was by far the cheapest quote I could get...
I'd like to say, to hell with them, I don't need a mudroom...it's just that the mudroom is now my kitchen...and on the floor, where it attaches to the main house, it's raised up, and pinches my feet when I go to pour my coffee... 8O
I found with the spring thaw, that the mudroom on the back of my house has sunk about 4 inches on ten feet...my back door won't close anymore because the damn frame is so out of square...
I've had a couple contractors look at it, and give me an estimate for digging down to pour a couple piles, and put a beam in so they can jack it back up...that an insulate the crawlspace...
$6300 bucks was by far the cheapest quote I could get...
I'd like to say, to hell with them, I don't need a mudroom...it's just that the mudroom is now my kitchen...and on the floor, where it attaches to the main house, it's raised up, and pinches my feet when I go to pour my coffee... 8O
Yeah...that was the first quote I got...the next two were over 6 grand just to get the piles poured...everything else would have brought the price closer to 8 grand... 8O
If you're getting piles poured, don't take the cheap quote. $6K is suspiciously cheap for that kind of thing. The $8K ones are more in line. $10K is about average to get it all done. Ho ho...there's some news you didn't want to hear.
As a temporary fix, you may be able to just jack the porch up even and put in a beam resting on deck pads. It isn't a permanent solution, but it can generally be done for the price of materials, beer and seeing your friends get muddy. There are a lot of people in this city who have been living with "temporary fixes" for a very long time. That's what happens when you build a city in a swamp.
Let me know if you need a hand...I have many shovels, saws and hammers. If you have a way of drilling an eight foot pile under your kitchen, and a strong back, I even have a cement mixer.
As a temporary fix, you may be able to just jack the porch up even and put in a beam resting on deck pads. It isn't a permanent solution, but it can generally be done for the price of materials, beer and seeing your friends get muddy. There are a lot of people in this city who have been living with "temporary fixes" for a very long time. That's what happens when you build a city in a swamp.
Let me know if you need a hand...I have many shovels, saws and hammers. If you have a way of drilling an eight foot pile under your kitchen, and a strong back, I even have a cement mixer.
Hey Vanni my uncle has been doing flood restoration in Winnipeg for 30 years I could give him a call and get him to come by and give you another quote or some other ideas.He was doing it on the side but he's retired now from school teaching :wink:
mrmom2 said:
Sorry mom...no I didn't see it...
I've got another contractor coming over tomorrow...once I get that quote, I'll let you know, Ok?
Sure Vanni :wink: My uncle is a very good builder hes built many a house and done a lot of flood repair in your fair city .He was born and raised there 8)
mrmom2 said:
Hey cool...I've done those things too...
Pouring piles is a little beyond my ken though... 8O
The important thing about pouring piles is knowing how to tie the steel together. If Mom's uncle has been doing flood restoration in this city for 30 years, he probably knows all about that.
What company name does your uncle work under, Mom? I may have run across him in my travels.
What company name does your uncle work under, Mom? I may have run across him in my travels.
I'm not sure what name he goes under I'd have to give him a call.I think he got most of his work from the schools he worked in He was a principle of a elementary school when he retired 2 years ago :wink: I haven't talked to him for about 6 months
Man, I would have killed to get something like school work when I was doing renos. That would have cut down massively on running around doing quotes for people who didn't know what they wanted and expected prices from ten year old Bob Vila reruns.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I'll tell you what Rev the reno biz got him into early retirement .Not as early as my dad though :wink:
It got me into early arthritis. Actually that would have happened anyway. It made it kind of hard to continue though...you can't really swing a hammer if you can't hang on to the damned thing. On the other hand, now that I can only do it occasionally, it's a hell of a lot more fun.
It is a cool way to make a living, at least if you like building stuff. I always recommend the trades to young people looking for something to do with their lives.
It is a cool way to make a living, at least if you like building stuff. I always recommend the trades to young people looking for something to do with their lives.
Thatts a good call I'm pushing my son to be a millwright good pay and not very many of them left :wink: That or a machinist
John, the old dead guy across the street, was a machinist. It's a hell of a good trade and you learn a lot about other trades because you are always doing work for them.