Category Archives: Outdoor Building Projects

Building a Retaining Wall

I hope you learned your lesson, Lisa. Never help anyone. – Homer Simpson At the front of our house was a grassy slope. It was difficult to mow, and the grass was always trying to grow out onto the sidewalk. … Continue reading

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Dry Wells: Everything You Ever Wanted in a Well, And Less

If you’re going to get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I’ll just have to stop doing stupid things! – Homer Simpson One of the solutions to window well drainage problems that I mentioned … Continue reading

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Window Well Drainage: The Options

Following on from my thoughts about installing window wells around basement windows, I just wanted to add a few items about drainage. Putting in window wells was part of a larger project to prevent water infiltrating our basement. With that in mind, … Continue reading

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Basement Windows Update

So much violence on the surface world, I’m going back. – Homer Simpson We have an unfinished basement, which is brilliant. Houses in England don’t have basements, so this is a new experience for me. Now, all my English relatives … Continue reading

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Post Mortem

You can’t keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on. – Homer Simpson One thing you don’t have to think about in England is frost heave. So, when we built our privacy fence, I didn’t! I sunk the … Continue reading

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Replacing Garage Siding, Part 4: Hang Loose

Stupid sexy Flanders! – Homer Simpson I received advice about vinyl siding from lots of people, including my neighbor’s dad. Once you get started off level, installation comes down to is one overarching directive: let it hang loose. Installing vinyl siding … Continue reading

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Replacing Garage Siding, Part 3: The Thin Blue Chalk Line

You know, Moe, my mom once said something that really stuck with me. She said, “Homer, you’re a big disappointment,” and God bless her soul, she was really onto something. -Homer Simpson It turns out that if you want to … Continue reading

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Replacing Garage Siding, Part 2: Less is More

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that’s even remotely true! – Homer Simpson In part one of this post, I talked about wanting to replace the rotten siding on our garage. We wanted to use low-maintenance … Continue reading

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Tie Me Gazebo Down, Sport

Beer. Now there’s a temporary solution. – Homer Simpson A few years ago, I built a floating deck in the back yard. We wanted to put a gazebo on it to provide shade. One day, I intend to build a … Continue reading

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He’s So Phi-ne

I can’t believe it! Reading and writing actually paid off! – Homer Simpson Stacey (regarding tweaks to the arbor design): “That looks nice.” Kevin: “I used the Golden Ratio.” Stacey: “Of course you did.” The guy could not be more … Continue reading

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