March 15, 2015 Saturday Projects

Water Softener Removal

Existing Water softener has been leaking. Not sure what is wrong with it but we wanted to eliminate any issues so we just removed it.

Cut out the old.

Used pex to re-route lines

White sleeves for pex side on shark bite.

Ready to push on.

Good as new!

Added brace for support.

New Outside Hose Bib

When we moved in this pipe was never connected.

Not sure what most plumbers use but a grinder made easy work of the pipe.

Pulled pipe back inside.

New one installed on outside. I had to enlarge the hole to 1-1/4" as well as pre drill 2 holes for the screws. 

Here is the inside side of the new hose bib. 

Pex pipe

Crimp ring

Threaded adapter that came with hose bib. 

Crimp tool

Installed.

Water supply that I installed when re-plumbing our toiled with pex.

Connected.

Completed.

Water Softener Disposal

Drilled 2 holes to drain water.

Little slimy beads came out.

Both these containers were very heavy. Several hundred pounds was not fun to heave up the stairs but my Wife helped a lot.

Damage - The Reason For Removal

 

Saturday Yard Work/Winter Prep

Made some good progress on the yard. Had some dead trees and stumps that needed trimmed or removed. Also had some drainage issues.

This corner was a mess and you couldn't even walk to the green house.

Trimmed all the shrubs. 

Created a lot of green waste

Removed several tree stumps

Daddy daughter date while mom and sister went shopping 

Danika wants this truck

Drainage

Garage Attic

I haven't bought a ladder yet and I am having a hard time justifying spending $250 on one. When I first moved in I stacked up a extra set of tires so Tanner and I could peek up there and see what was up there. There is some nice wood that I will leave up there with the potential to use it on some projects. There is also some junk that will need to be removed.

Built a ladder. Easier than expected.

Danika says "It's sturdy"

Insulation from'85

Cooler storage

Conference Weekend

Danika helping change spark plugs in echo. 

Danika helped me install these 3 pieces of concrete that were for some reason located awkwardly 2' away from the driveway.

Temple Square

Danika is under the rug.

Work around the house (yard and garage)

Getting ready to seed areas where I removed bushes.

Danika loves to have a job she can help with.

New desk (we have had this set up for a while but I noticed an old photo of my work space on a recent blog post)

Worked on the garden. Removed blackberry bushes.

Weed wacked garden after spraying lawn weeds. It gets dark quickly this time of year.

Echo in its winter parking spot.

4Runner doesn't have a lot of extra room in the garage. It's a cozy fit.

Garage door clearance is 6'10" and this parking structure buzzed at me for being over 6'8"