Recent content by mimico_polak

Found our first tick on Lucy. Just happened to be playing with her and felt a solid bump. Was able to remove it with some tweezers and the head came out also so that’s good. She shockingly stood very still when rubbing alcohol was placed on the wound, but we can see open meat in the area...

If my wife was cool with adding a container to our front yard or rear yard we’d have on. But in the end it’s a matter of getting rid of junk not adding.

I would def check whether water is getting in from the top or bottom as there may be small penetrations that allow water in. If you have power I’d consider adding a powered vent fan to the exterior. If no power, I’d consider a solar powered fan to ensure there is circulation inside.

Very nice! Congrats!

100% agree that it may be cheaper to just switch houses. Until you see that it costs 100k just to sell your house! We've looked at other options, and even with close to $800k in equity we have in our house...with current rates, we'd have to look at the same price house as ours (1.2-1.3) or...

This is in line with what I'd like to build... But I don't have the space for that at this house. An in-ground pool is in the future...but not right now simply due to costs.

If it's temporary just get one of those car tents or canopies. Hell even those sun shade covers (10x10) would help a lot, especially if they have all 4 sides covered. MUCH cheaper than any other option, and while won't protect you from the cold...it will protect you from the rain/sun/wind. And...

I have grown soft in my old age. Soft and squishy and bald.

Very nice! I always wanted a gym in my garage but it gets so cold I could barely hold the bar in there.

The drainage I installed has been very helpful and we're not seeing any ponding. Unfortunately where I placed the drainage is also where I didn't properly compact the soil and it's where my dips are. But leveling I'm thinking just buying 5-6 yards of topsoil (whatever doesn't need the next...

My biggest issue right now in that area will be leveling it. Any recommendations? My entire yard is up and down so will need to do some considerable leveling over the next season.

Yup! I easy and to the point. None of that fancy schmancy CAD drawing business.

The great thing is the pool is fairly easily movable. Drain water, move pool...done! As for using the trampoline to access the pool...the drawing isn't to scale so there would be a decent amount of space b/w trampoline and fence...if they can jump that...they deserve to cool off from the ass...

Ok...wife is coming around to the idea of the above ground pool so progress is...slow. But it's moving forward. Initial plan...I have 38ft of space b/w the fence and the Kevin concrete pad. I can fit both the 14ft pool, and 12ft trampoline side by side. With a fence around the pool (in the...