Unconventional
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28 hours straight with no precipitation My wingman sent me a pic of his rock farm in the next valley to the south. One of his underground conveyor belt pits has an estimated 7' of water in it
Or sprinkle a little red pepper in the pot??Brandy went through that faze also, liked to eat the potting soil out of the planters. I put some tobasco sauce around the rim, first lick stopped that dead in its tracks
Just needs a job and some order in her life. Favorite job for my dogs is feeding the horses and chasing rabbits away from the hay shed and tach shed.Well we are back from the Vet. Pup now has all shots plus some charcoal for her tummy after eating all the aloe plant. She weighed in at 44 pounds, Vet agrees she is maybe six months old? Hard to tell. With exception of all the ticks she seems to be in good health and a full recovery is anticipated. No real drama at all. Just a tick infested stray at the end of the day! She is a handful!
Yep, so far she likes opening and closing the gates. It is about a mile round trip each event. She is already recognizing her name and I am starting to teach her basic commands with cheese. In conjunction with hand signals. She is a smart one. I am giving her the afternoon off after getting her round of shots today. She does not feel good. So far all training has been off leash. She brightens my day!Just needs a job and some order in her life. Favorite job for my dogs is feeding the horses and chasing rabbits away from the hay shed and tach shed.
Nice work Matt! I don’t get in crawl spaces down here as I do not like going Nose to nose with the inevitable resident snakes. Slab only for this guy!Halfway through with the floor, and just one task left underneath.
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Today wrapped up the electric, insulation (crawl space), and sheathing below the ledger. hurrah!
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Look - no cables hanging down.
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Looking good and looks like an over kill on the flooring but never gonna fall through that.Halfway through with the floor, and just one task left underneath.
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Today wrapped up the electric, insulation (crawl space), and sheathing below the ledger. hurrah!
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Look - no cables hanging down.
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It's overkill. The contractor shouldn't have done a ledger with the tongue and groove flooring. Even without the starter course on the siding their staples caught nothing. But easier to sister onto the ledger than run an independent joist. Bridging probably not needed but it made a good support to attach the outlet box. The outlet box, recepticle and cable they had installed was not wet/damp rated so it all had to go. Lots of little things add up timewise.Looking good and looks like an over kill on the flooring but never gonna fall through that.
Hah. My aunt & uncles place in the panhandle was on slab. I never worried about snakes - except when when out on the water. Water moccasins (sp?) were not a snake I wanted to meet - especially in their home environment.Nice work Matt! I don’t get in crawl spaces down here as I do not like going Nose to nose with the inevitable resident snakes. Slab only for this guy!
Had a friend needing help fixing his plumbing under his house. He did the crawl space under the house I did the stay above ground and throw down the tools.Nice work Matt! I don’t get in crawl spaces down here as I do not like going Nose to nose with the inevitable resident snakes. Slab only for this guy!
Think I like the cold up here even more.Hah. My aunt & uncles place in the panhandle was on slab. I never worried about snakes - except when when out on the water. Water moccasins (sp?) were not a snake I wanted to meet - especially in their home environment.
You know what seems to freak out a lot of people up here? Cave Crickets! Under porches or in root cellars they seem to be their waiting to make a giant jump!
And houses with basements, not crawl spaces!Think I like the cold up here even more.
Nice work Matt! I don’t get in crawl spaces down here as I do not like going Nose to nose with the inevitable resident snakes. Slab only for this guy!
Some of the rodent diseases are pretty bad. I can't recall the name of the one that was a concern at the Del Water Gap.
We had to put everyone going into the buildings that had high rodent populations, past or present, into suits and N95 masks. Masks were smoke tested for fit.
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These buildings were barely 3 seasons, and the crawl spaces underneath IMO should have been open and left open.
That's one way to cut down on the nesting bugs and critters - especially overwinter.
I lost that arguement.
Some of the rodent diseases are pretty bad. I can't recall the name of the one that was a concern at the Del Water Gap.
We had to put everyone going into the buildings that had high rodent populations, past or present, into suits and N95 masks. Masks were smoke tested for fit.
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These buildings were barely 3 seasons, and the crawl spaces underneath IMO should have been open and left open.
That's one way to cut down on the nesting bugs and critters - especially overwinter.
I lost that arguement.
Would have done the same thing.When the back room got redone it got a real foundation down to the frostline. That put an end to critters coming in. Biggest I had to deal with was a possum. Shooed him out with the shopvac hose on the outlet side.
Came back a few days later and was more determined. Used a pellet gun - not happy about doing that for a number of reasons but had to be done.
No fun and itchy I bet.You would have loved the crawl-space clearing and refresh work at my old place. I was swimming in 30 year old insulation with rodents running over the top of me
No fun and itchy I bet.
Yes Sir!It was interesting...
You worked at DWG?
P.S. for those that may wonder. The Delaware Water Gap is NOT in Delaware... it's along the PA / NJ border