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Category Archives: Yard & Garden
The Wall, Part 2
Last week I wrote about starting to build a retaining wall. Building up the rest of the wall with concrete blocks was easy. The concrete blocks we used have a lip at the bottom on the back side. This lip … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoor Building Projects, Walls & Floors, Yard & Garden
Tagged retaining wall
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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
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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Tagged catch basin, drain tile, drainage, dry well
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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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Tagged basement, drainage, window well
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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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Tagged basement, drainage, grading, window, window well
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A Merry Power Tool Christmas
Lisa, stop that racket! I’m trying to fix your mother’s camera. Easy, easy. I think I’ll need a bigger drill. – Homer Simpson Last week, Stacey wrote about tools that make good Christmas presents. I suggested she include a cordless … Continue reading
A Very Merry DIY Christmas
Look at me, Marge, I’m making people happy! I’m the magical man from Happy Land, who lives in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! – Homer Simpson With the holiday shopping season in full swing, we’re making our lists and … Continue reading
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
Japanese Knotweed: My Part in its Downfall, Part 3
So far, using a combination of weedkiller and excavation, I felt I was getting the upper hand over our Japanese Knotweed and wannabe Audrey III. But this was no time to ease up. As they say, The best defense is a … Continue reading
