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My wife and I built our house and did everything ourselves except the footers, slab, and roofing shingles. Drywall is a job that I would farm out if I had it to do over again. You get satisfaction from doing it yourself but it is so cheap to hire out.
Downstairs was a piece of cake but upstairs was a pain in the ass. Ours is a 1 1/2 so upstairs had kneewalls, sloped ceilings and other oddities. :(
I planned ahead on the upstairs sheetrock and bought it before closing in the end of the house. I didn't foresee the tub enclosure that my wife would want.
What pitch is that roof? 12-12
Is that really a French drain? It looks like just 3" pvc pipe with some openings for runoff to flow into it. A french drain usually consists of perforated piping. They don't typically require an outlet but your's looks like it would definitely need one.Here's my honey-do flower bed with a french drain
That addition looks very nice CD. What are your cedar post going to look like?
It's a drain that gravity flows out to a ditch that runs into a retention pondIs that really a French drain? It looks like just 3" pvc pipe with some openings for runoff to flow into it. A french drain usually consists of perforated piping. They don't typically require an outlet but your's looks like it would definitely need one.
Yeah, a french drain doesn't typically run out into anything. They just let the water soak down into the soil. No harm in calling your's one though...It's a drain that gravity flows out to a ditch that runs into a retention pond
I call it a french drain not sure if that's really what it is
Thanks. I had a guy use his Woodmizer sawmill to mill about 6000 board feet of Yellow Poplar and about 1000 feet of red cedar. He suggested that we let him saw the post in octagon shaped posts. We love it too. I had wanted to eventually finish the whole railing with cedar but I ran out of cedar, money, and time...I love your porch, Nalt! Our columns will look similar but will have an 8" tall board at the base and a 4" tall board at the top. We aren't going to do a rail around the porch since it's not that high off the ground.
I stand correctedYeah, a french drain doesn't typically run out into anything. They just let the water soak down into the soil. No harm in calling your's one though...
I stand corrected twice, anyone else?A French drain is a trench filled with gravel or rock or containing a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area.
I didn't mean to quote you but Nalt. A french drain usually channels the water away from a touchy area.I stand corrected twice, anyone else?