The dog fence at the Arizona property is nearly finished, amid a lot of teeth clenching and tongue biting by both participants.
Will anyone but me notice the front gate is off six inches to one side? I measured and I marked, but I didn't stay around while Mr. H dug the holes and cemented the posts with utter disregard to my measurements and markings.
Will anyone but me notice that Mr. H set one end post with the inside edge on the mark I'd made for the outside edge, which will result in the fencing being installed inside the posts on one end rather than outside the posts as on the other two sides?
Just another week in the life of Mr. Dumb and Mrs. Dumber. But we can rest now, assured that the doxies will be safe and sound in their new play yard. Until they figure out how to dig under the fence, that is. If that happens, we'll have to head up the mountain for big rocks to lay along the bottom of the fencing.
Now we have to install posts, railings, pickets and a gate on the south end of the porch to secure that area. I'm sure it will look much nicer then the 1/2 sheet of OSB that is tied to the barbecue on one side and the heat pump on the other to keep the pups on the porch! This means another 3 or 4 days of bickering over how to do it (I usually get my way *grin*) and then, hopefully, that will be our last big project for the year.
Hey, you guys out there. If you ever have to dig holes for fence posts, or if you need to dig a trench and you have rock hard ground like we have here in the desert, build yourself a water pick! This thing is a real back saver. Hook it up to a garden hose and it blasts a stream of water down through that dirt in nothing flat. It makes quick work of burying fence posts or laying underground cable or irrigation lines.
I fully understand, Granny. When my wife and I were building the house, it was nothing but bickering the whole time! Sheesh! I'll have to try that water pick sometime, looks like it will help alot! Nice hand, Mr. H!
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I can relate to this (projects with the DH can be a dream or a nightmare). I've never heard of a water pick - will have to look around for one.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to this (projects with the DH can be a dream or a nightmare). I've never heard of a water pick - will have to look around for one.
ReplyDeleteGranny, that’s why when I start a project my wife goes shopping all day. When she starts a project, I go to the mountains for the week. It’s cheaper than shopping all day.
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No, no, EG. The hand belongs to my neighbor Mel, the guy that was on the mountain with the ladies. He owns the water pick, we just borrow it.
ReplyDeleteJGH, I don't know if you can buy them or not. This one is home made, but really simple to make. Just remember to slightly crimp the bottom of the long pipe, which gives greater force to the water.
ReplyDeleteJohn, you are a smart man ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour husband sounds like my grandfather. My grandmother called him the That'll Do Man because no matter how screwed up - I mean no matter how less than perfect something was, as long as it worked he'd say, "That'll do."
ReplyDeleteYep, Cheryl, that's Mr. H!
ReplyDeletehaha that's funny, Just call the post rustic.
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea with the water pick, we are half a block from the grand river so our soil is river bed. That would have come in handy when I was digging 18" of soil out of my raised beds.
My husband and I are terrible at working on projects together too! It's really better for our marriage if we avoid that as much as possible. lol
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