Home Improvement

Dandai said:

It’s not *that* bad. Just pace yourself and set achievable goals. Don’t plan on doing the whole length in one day.

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oh yea, i'm sure i could knock this out in a day with a shovel and hoe, just wanted options and tips

lurker said:

You did call 811 first, right?

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i'm digging on the bald area where a tree used to be, i doubt theres anything there, also, only going 6in trench, and only 20ft

Jesus, some roots are as huge as tree limbs



recipe saw didn't make it on amazon shipping so i took my impact driver with a 1in spade, that ate through the wood real quick. i'm filling in the horizontal and digging out the veritical now, my pipe in is the blue flag.

there goes my hoe, guess i'll only be getting fiberglass tools now

done, another downed fellow is my phone, whipping it out to turn on the sprinklers to check for stuff, i guess the charging port is all gunked up, tried to clean it, just ordered a new charging ribbon, should be an easy fix.

mkopec said:

Sheeeet bro, that thing is nothing. You should see the fucking roots I had to slice through putting in my pool and patio. Ther is like a 100 yr old maple in my yard thatss about 6 ft dia and it had roots that were 8-10" dia. I went through so many sawzall blades it was nuts. I fianlly got out my chain saw and still went through like 3 sets of chains, because you know, chainsaw and dirt=dull in 5 seconds.

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if i had to do anything like that again, i'd use the spade bit again, i'd probably get the largest they got (looks like 1 3/8) and have a drilling point so it'd catch the wood easier. oh and i'd use my impact wrench w/ this adapter

(that i just bought, just in case)

i mean the impact drill did wonders, every time i hit a clang, i'd just whip the drill out and drill out the roots in seconds.

lurker said:

Smart Watering is based on things like soil type, sun exposure, vegetation, slope, etc. These are parameters you input. I couldn't/didn't want to answer the questions so I just set the thing up like any other timer. I might revisit this feature.

Weather Sense just receives local weather info from the internet to adjust the watering. I don't know if it will use the Hunter sensor but I suspect it would. I would think using a rain sensor would be more accurate than the local weather report. I don't do either. I set delays manually if it rains or has rained.

I do get notifications.

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update on b-hyve

so far it's pretty awesome, it's amazing in raising my sprinkler heads, no need to go back and forth, just initiate from app(yes i have used the flags to designate where my sprinklers are, but after you raise em, you have to recalibrate the spray pattern again, so way easier to do it from there)

also, i had 2 pits come running up my street and barking at me, i stared at em, if it was one, i woulda probably club'd it with the shovel i had, but it was two, so i turned on the sprinklers and they bitched out. (didn't think it'd actually work)

smart watering is pretty baller, just had to calibrate it once, you basically wait for a big rain and set the soil to 100% saturation, then along w/ local weather it'll calculate how much water you got left and water as necessary. my sprinklers haven't turned on in two weeks, cuz it's been raining for that long.

Still haven't reconnected the rain sensor, don't think i'll bother.