Home Improvement

Depends, do you want to get ripped while doing yardwork, or would you like a leisurely stroll?

Do you need self-propelled? No.

Are you going to wish you spent the extra $50 for a lawn mower that had it one day? Absolutely.

I mean, you can still push it if you want, but it's really nice to let it push itself. Especially on hills and shit. I leave mine on the mulch setting and just coast through the yard, only 1/4 acre and it takes me 2 hours.

I sharpen my own lawn mower blades with a bench grinder. Takes a few times to get it just right, but I'm satisfied with the results, now. I'm in the process of getting all that crap out, sharp, gassed, and ready to go.

As far as self propelled, I don't like them as well. I'd rather push.

It's an odd shape and I also do trimming in the 2 hours.

No, that would require another couple hours of trimming.

Here are some pics of before my patio work:

^^^ First time ever uploading pics, they seem OK sized but maybe a bit large? If they are larger then preferred let me know, and then tell me how to adjust that

Heres some *during* pics:

Heres the most current state of the project - mostly done, but as I mentioned a bit ago I still need to do some finishing touches (more dirt around the perimeter, more mulch, and then of course I need patio furniture - closest thing I have right now is two crappy little camping chairs lol)

Shit's fine, son. Nice work!

Nice work man, I'd drink a beer on that patio.

Yeah, that turned out looking real nice.

I was imagining a much larger back yard.

That came out great!

5 hour later and now with a farmers tan, my deck has been cleaned.



Now I have some deck wash to get rid of algae and mildew that might be left.

Sealing it comes next, but I might stain it so some cracks get filled in.

There is a horrible death smell emanating from our crawlspace and filling the house. Just started a day or two ago. I tried to go in there yesterday with a respirator and gloves but the light from my puny flashlight + headlamp left the whole thing too dark and my brain would not let me go past the hatch. I pretty much need the crawlspace to be as bright as the surface of the sun before I'll be able to stomach crawling in. I did a lot of googling and home inspectors seem to recommend Streamlight Stingers and Fenix flaslight models, just curious if anyone else had any suggestions. Also any advice on getting over the fear of going in would help. I will be wearing a respirator, full hooded Tyvek suit, gloves, boots, etc.

Maybe a dead cat. Hope it's a dead cat. That's about the least problem sort of problem that you're gonna have.

Best solution is to find a dude to do it. A husband, a brother, a nephew, a friend. Something like that. Shit's gonna be gnarly. If you're scared of spiders you probably don't want to see what you're probably going to see.

Else make zalere do it!!