[Lups]

It sure as fuck ain't raining men here!

+9C, mildly miserable, and my dog ditched me. Fucking traitor.

Happy Tuesday everybody! I'm going to go blow up a wall or two!

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by Lups

It sure as fuck ain't raining men here!

Because #scaryblondelady will show us up in ditch digging, even if we can use the thingy to dig with. AND, we don't want to end up in the hole for borrowing the tape to see if deep enough yet.

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Because #scaryblondelady will show us up in ditch digging, even if we can use the thingy to dig with. AND, we don't want to end up in the hole for borrowing the tape to see if deep enough yet.

In fairness, you could say that she has a great deal of experience in digging herself into a hole by her words / actions.

She's just applying this skill to actual ground. Should be a pro star.

[Sea-Tac]

Originally Posted by Lups

No, I was enjoying this.

My God...I've completely lost track. What on Earth (if, in fact, you are on Earth) are you trying to do exactly?

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by Sea-Tac

My God...I've completely lost track. What on Earth (if, in fact, you are on Earth) are you trying to do exactly?

Recreating the San Andreas fault?

[UncleWede]

I figured she was pouring red concrete in there to simulate a big chile across her floor

Don't hate the STRUGGLIN artisté

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Sea-Tac

My God...I've completely lost track. What on Earth (if, in fact, you are on Earth) are you trying to do exactly?

I'm doing new sewer lines! The dig is just a hobby, and one day I'll be drunk enough to paste here what I told the big boys about that digging project. That one is so erased from my history I haven't taken one photo of it.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Because #scaryblondelady will show us up in ditch digging, even if we can use the thingy to dig with. AND, we don't want to end up in the hole for borrowing the tape to see if deep enough yet.

I got that done yesterday. That was a tiny one, and not even that deep, only abt 180 cm deep. That's for the new sewer line, which is the reason I need to blow up the floors in the basement.

[Lups]

I'm beginning to think you guys think I'm taking this project seriously.

This thread will be filled with everything I fuck up. We have enough serious shit going on around here and too many serious house projects too. This is my third home renovation from the grounds up, I've build from scratch some too and since I'm emotionally invested in this one (and I got a metric ton of money riding on this thanks to bets) let's have a laugh!

[Sea-Tac]

Originally Posted by Lups

I'm doing new sewer lines! The dig is just a hobby, and one day I'll be drunk enough to paste here what I told the big boys about that digging project. That one is so erased from my history I haven't taken one photo of it.

Lups...

Serious question...do you own this property or have some arrangement with the owner (I believe it was your Aunt) to do these 'renovations'?

[Sea-Tac]

Originally Posted by Lups

I'm beginning to think you guys think I'm taking this project seriously.

This thread will be filled with everything I fuck up. We have enough serious shit going on around here and too many serious house projects too. This is my third home renovation from the grounds up, I've build from scratch some too and since I'm emotionally invested in this one (and I got a metric ton of money riding on this thanks to bets) let's have a laugh!

I am awestruck !

[Sea-Tac]

Originally Posted by Real Dodger

Recreating the San Andreas fault?

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Sea-Tac

Lups...

Serious question...do you own this property or have some arrangement with the owner (I believe it was your Aunt) to do these 'renovations'?

Lol, thanks to Finnish banks shutting down apparently for months in a hot summer, I will own it next week. Global warming stopped working for my wallet a month ago, that's how long the real ditch project has been going on.

[Lucky John]

Lups, run this by me again. You are digging an eight foot deep trench 250 feet long to connect to the city sewer line. I had some thoughts...

First and foremost you do know that the ground can collapse while you are in the trench and people get crushed every year while doing this work. That said, why eight feet? Is it because the main line is already that low in the house? Can you just install a septic system?

I don't know what they call them over there but the tool you need is called a ditchwitch. It is like a giant chain saw for the ground and will leave enough space for running pipe/line etc. The depth is the issue. Even my backhoe here at the farm only goes to six feet. Most trenching is only three feet. For a sewer line that starts at basement level I would determine if the line can be rerouted and exit higher up, then you would only have to dig say two feet most of the way. The line has to have a code level of slope so the refuse washes down. When you get near the trees I can't imagine even with power tools trying to get through those roots let alone with hand tools.


Another option but I doubt anyone rents this is a boring tool. They dig a hole like the one you have started and then they use water to bore/blast a hole under everything without actually doing the trenching. They can run the new line under it all. The problem with this method is cost and large rocks in the way.

Good Luck with it, John

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Lucky John

Lups, run this by me again. You are digging an eight foot deep trench 250 feet long to connect to the city sewer line. I had some thoughts...

First and foremost you do know that the ground can collapse while you are in the trench and people get crushed every year while doing this work. That said, why eight feet? Is it because the main line is already that low in the house? Can you just install a septic system?

I don't know what they call them over there but the tool you need is called a ditchwitch. It is like a giant chain saw for the ground and will leave enough space for running pipe/line etc. The depth is the issue. Even my backhoe here at the farm only goes to six feet. Most trenching is only three feet. For a sewer line that starts at basement level I would determine if the line can be rerouted and exit higher up, then you would only have to dig say two feet most of the way. The line has to have a code level of slope so the refuse washes down. When you get near the trees I can't imagine even with power tools trying to get through those roots let alone with hand tools.


Another option but I doubt anyone rents this is a boring tool. They dig a hole like the one you have started and then they use water to bore/blast a hole under everything without actually doing the trenching. They can run the new line under it all. The problem with this method is cost and large rocks in the way.

Good Luck with it, John

Good God, men!

Look. I'm mildly stubborn. By mildly I mean when I go in to my fuck you all mode, it takes a ton of fuck ups and an absolute failure to get me to quit.

The excavator contractors pissed me off royally, and for the old side of the house it's mostly clay and rocks and there is no way to make it collapse. I fucking know because digging it was hell and the unbelievable amount of whining I've done on the topic since July has ensured that I won't be doing that from start to finish.

The new plan is never to talk about that failure. And excavator will show up next spring and handle it and I'll just finish the shitty bit I've started. The key point about that plan is the part where we all spare my bruised ego, and we do not discuss it!

As for that, tiny and not even deep ditch, it's on sand which is easy to dig up, and I've already filled it since the place I needed to connect the pipe to was merely two meters from the garage.that was like 2 hours of labor if I hadn't needed any five to cough up my lungs in between shoveling.

Stop worrying! The most likely cause of death for me won't be a ditch it'll be something far more stupid. That's why I've been banned from cutting down logs since 2016 and my chainsaw even was condiscated by a very mean hubby.

I even got most of the old pipes surrounding the house, the draining pipes in working order which has mildly pissed me off more because that made the first fucking drench project a bit ... Extra spicy for my ego.

You're a doll for worrying, but I've actually dug one house surroundings ones by hand and I jus forgot that 17 years has made my physical stamina a joke and my ego has swollen massively to take its place. As mentioned, my family is getting their kicks out of this, hubby brings me water with tiny umbrellas when it's raining, the kids love sunbathing next to my site and they've taught our stupid dog to sing on command to make the site unbearable.

This thread is about the joy and fun of an insane project. It's not meant to be a guide book for anyone sane.

[UncleWede]

Sara had shoes/boyfriends. Lups has construction sites

[Lups]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Sara had shoes/boyfriends. Lups has construction sites

And heavy tools, I got those too!

Tomorrow at 4.30 am I shall blow up the former kitchen, the future laundry room/ family entrance/ dog washing pit room. One teeny problem.

It's full of dishes. And shit. And fuck this family why does each of us have this epically much stuff!!!!!!!!!!! FUUUUUUUUCK.

Well, my plan is solid as always. I will make the kid carry out all the dishes, pots and pans and the right coffee machines and they can wash them and Pack them up to boxes while I tear out the cabins, stoves and we'll, everything else. With any luck after this weekend I'll have a working sewer and perhaps also water in one room and next week we'll aim for a toilet.

I also made my hubby the happiest man alive today. I lost my voice.

[UncleWede]

But can still type

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by Lups

And heavy tools, I got those too!

Tomorrow at 4.30 am I shall blow up the former kitchen, the future laundry room/ family entrance/ dog washing pit room. One teeny problem.

It's full of dishes. And shit. And fuck this family why does each of us have this epically much stuff!!!!!!!!!!! FUUUUUUUUCK.

Well, my plan is solid as always. I will make the kid carry out all the dishes, pots and pans and the right coffee machines and they can wash them and Pack them up to boxes while I tear out the cabins, stoves and we'll, everything else. With any luck after this weekend I'll have a working sewer and perhaps also water in one room and next week we'll aim for a toilet.

I also made my hubby the happiest man alive today. I lost my voice.

Shouldn't the kids be at school? Or are they learning at the school of hard knocks? (Hopefully without the broken ribs!)

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Real Dodger

Shouldn't the kids be at school? Or are they learning at the school of hard knocks? (Hopefully without the broken ribs!)

They're at school though their teachers would probably give them the month off no questions asked.

Dude, at the latest they're off at 3. That means six more hours awake!

I have a mild itch that they're also loving this project since they always show up to help and to make fun of me.i love them for it even more than I did before this and I thought that was impossible.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Chappers 71

I've had a lot of bad days lately (edited )

Hi.

I'll pm you tomorrow and let's chat. I'd love to be there for you. I won't bring this all up for a discussion in this thread since I honestly think I can be there for you and i in this was just trying to make people to have a laugh.

The serious times you're referring are familiar to me in so many ways. Let's talk, but let's have one just for laughs thread here that's completely insane.

As always and for all my friends here, I can be contacted via my email.

hidingbehindanick@hotmail.com but that's for more serious shit than boobs can do on a forum.

Anna

[Chappers 71]

Cheers Anna I didn't mean to bring your thread down, however just posting that has made me feel better, so thank you.
Roy