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« on: June 15, 2019, 11:45:34 AM »
So, yea, even with bringing in the Suburban to a finish, albeit, not a complete win, I have had my two pre-Rangers out of school. And we all know that idle hands with loads of time is not fertile ground for good things to grow.
Therefore I decided to keep them busy.

Our home was a custom built thing that she moved into in March of 2007. It is a bit large and was pretty expensive and boasts lots of custom features, but it also served as a place to finish out three girls and raise two boys from some tender pre-school days. What that means is that it has suffered a bunch of abuse! Add to that, a tornado went right through my front lawn and hit my house taking out a good third of my landscaping and a bunch of trim on the exterior. It was not a big one or the damage would have been much worse.

I didn't even get to live in the thing for the initial few years. My "Work" kept me abroad for many years where I only got to visit the family and home a few weeks a year. Most of the folks who are regulars here know all about that, sort of.

Well the bottom line, considering with the ravages of time constantly at work, My working on our farm (Not here), building SquareD, the suburban, my truck, constantly fixing broken John Deere tractors, the place needs some TLC. So the boys and I got together and began what we call the "Zero to Hero" project. We are giving ourselves from March when we started until Christmas to take the place from, "in need of repair, somewhat faded and run down, and wanting for a makeover," to something besting its original glory.

Our advantages are we now have grown up a little and can actually work. The trees that survived the twister are now mature and 25-30 feet tall. The back lot is all cleared, in grass and looking nice. We have beaucoup equipment to use and we have a rough idea of what to do.

I wasn't taking pics like I do with car projects, but I can list what we have done so far.
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« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2019, 12:03:07 PM »
So starting at ground zero, we:

raked the flower/shrub beds
pulled weeds, did some trimming and hauled off clutter
Cut in the flower beds
Cut in the driveway
Cut in the sidewalk (Its long)
Mulched with 10 yards of black triple shredded mulch. (lost a John deere tractor in that)
Cleared out mom's garage
Burned a huge amount of debris from shrubs and splitting wood for the stove
Sealed the water boiler fluid transfer lines thermal cover with foam
Pressure washed the deck
Pressure washed the screened porch/deck thing
Sealed the deck with Olympic water proofing (The deck is trex composite decking)
Painted the garage and ornamental outdoor lighting
Repaired the electric (useless) dog fence
Cleaned off the concrete pad below the deck
Pressure washed the concrete pad
Pressure washed the concrete pad where the boiler is located
Sealed the concrete water boiler pad
Consolidated the scrap metal (BIG PILE! YIKES!!)
Trimmed some larger trees
Painted the shutters hunter green
Painted the french doors from the screened porch to the kitchen
Pressure washed both outside heat pump units
Planted grass into bald spots
Spent a lot of time chasing after our dog which gets out of the yard daily
Painted some large flower pots
Built and installed a privacy water hose and stuff 4 X 6 enclosure for the driveway area near the garages
Sealed and brightened the floor in the screened in deck
Cleaned out the storage/workout room
Installed pine bark nuggets around conifers in year
Planted an area with Hostas
Divided and planted some bulb perennials
Dropped several large dead/dying trees
trimmed dead thatch out of trees/shrubs

There is more, but I think you get the idea. This is a little like eating an elephant one bite at a time, but on it goes.

Updates and pics as we move forward

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Re: Zero to Hero: My home project
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2019, 03:38:39 PM »
I'm going to have to take a nap after reading that.
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« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2019, 06:29:49 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2019, 12:13:28 PM »
Great to have assistants of that age group - keep 'em busy and outta trouble!
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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2019, 06:38:21 PM »
Great to have assistants of that age group - keep 'em busy and outta trouble!
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« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2019, 07:36:08 PM »
Painted shutters
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« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2019, 07:37:10 PM »
But this Jap Maple is getting a bit too big for its britches. I am thinking I take about the top five feet out of it and round it up some.
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« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2019, 07:38:29 PM »
All the various exterior lights got a fresh coat of semi gloss black. I seem to have gotten some overspray happening, but a quick blast from the pressure washer and that business will be A-OK
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« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2019, 07:40:49 PM »
Had a bunch of Cedar dried which I was going to turn into several Adirondack chairs, but I did this instead. Simple privacy wall with door to hide the water hose and other things.

Wife did not like it. Said it does not go with the house and looks hillbilly. I disagree and that is the end of that discussion, Next?
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« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2019, 07:43:25 PM »
Working under the deck now. Have loaded a good 2 tons of scrap steel to haul off to the scrapper. Deal is thirds for each of us. Following that. I plan to restack up the retaining wall that the Kat knocked over with the zero turn (Last time she ever drove it) and wall up the area beneath the porch for a storage area for the mower and a place to stackin a bunch of timber to dry and later use in the shop to build things
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« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2019, 12:07:07 PM »
Added to the list in (green):

raked the flower/shrub beds
pulled weeds, did some trimming and hauled off clutter
Cut in the flower beds
Cut in the driveway
Cut in the sidewalk (Its long)
Mulched with 10 yards of black triple shredded mulch. (lost a John deere tractor in that)
Cleared out mom's garage
Burned a huge amount of debris from shrubs and splitting wood for the stove
Sealed the water boiler fluid transfer lines thermal cover with foam
Pressure washed the deck
Pressure washed the screened porch/deck thing
Sealed the deck with Olympic water proofing (The deck is trex composite decking)
Painted the garage and ornamental outdoor lighting
Repaired the electric (useless) dog fence
Cleaned off the concrete pad below the deck
Pressure washed the concrete pad
Pressure washed the concrete pad where the boiler is located
Sealed the concrete water boiler pad
Consolidated the scrap metal (BIG PILE! YIKES!!)
Trimmed some larger trees
Painted the shutters hunter green
Painted the french doors from the screened porch to the kitchen
Pressure washed both outside heat pump units
Planted grass into bald spots
Spent a lot of time chasing after our dog which gets out of the yard daily
Painted some large flower pots
Built and installed a privacy water hose and stuff 4 X 6 enclosure for the driveway area near the garages
Sealed and brightened the floor in the screened in deck
Cleaned out the storage/workout room
Installed pine bark nuggets around conifers in year
Planted an area with Hostas
Divided and planted some bulb perennials
Dropped several large dead/dying trees
trimmed dead thatch out of trees/shrubs
Trimmed out front shrubbery
Repaired deck/patio furniture (Webbing had failed)
Gathered all scrap metal and loaded to remove
Planted about 100 flower bulbs
More painting on patio
Cleaned all gutters, like as in lots and lots in high and scary places
Built some climbing flower things from cedar
Potted and planted three Clamantis flowers
Pressure washed outdoors furniture a second time
Cleaned out woodshop
Replaced burned out light bulbs...Some bad ones still remain
Pressure-washed a big, "Trump Pence 2020" sign into the driveway ;-))))
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« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2019, 03:45:22 PM »
Pics of the last one or it didnt happen....lol
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« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2019, 11:08:51 PM »
Pics of the last one or it didn't happen....lol
It happened!
Love it that ma boyz have this in their spirit
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« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2019, 11:10:45 PM »
Fear of heights resistance training and gutter cleaning. Now about 75% complete
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« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2019, 11:11:24 PM »
Flowers growing like someone put a turbo on the root systems
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« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2019, 11:13:10 PM »
Today tree and shrub trimming, again.
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« Reply #17 on: June 26, 2019, 11:15:32 PM »
Well over a hundred bulbs planted in this bed alone. The area immediately adjacent to this will be where I plan to drop in a Gazebo, and a hammock and a fire pit for summer/autumn family gatherings

The sticks indicate COM of different species clumps
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« Reply #18 on: June 26, 2019, 11:17:01 PM »
Still has the rest of the driveway to wash, then I'll seal it. Most beds are now mulched, and dead stuff pulled out. I'm a bit short on shrubbery thanks to the tornado
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« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2019, 11:20:34 PM »
Scrap steel ready to take a little trip
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« Reply #20 on: June 26, 2019, 11:21:22 PM »
These boxwoods grow pretty fast. Gave them a serious haircut
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« Reply #21 on: June 26, 2019, 11:23:22 PM »
More around the front along with the birch trees, weeping cherry, barberry and who knows what
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« Reply #22 on: June 26, 2019, 11:24:02 PM »
Did you get you a new side by side to replace the tac-gator?
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« Reply #23 on: June 26, 2019, 11:24:54 PM »
Thinking I spy some sq d and tac topper remnants on that load.....  :popcorn:
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« Reply #24 on: June 26, 2019, 11:25:03 PM »
Pre-Ranger number small finally got the doors painted. Then he pulled most of the paint off the silicone while pulling off the tape
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« Reply #25 on: June 26, 2019, 11:25:58 PM »
Thinking I spy some sq d and tac topper remnants on that load.....  :popcorn:
Stay with Ken, I'll drive out and dump this stuff on your yard! ;-))
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« Reply #26 on: June 26, 2019, 11:27:41 PM »
We cleaned all the patio furniture again, and I placed some OSB beneath the cushions to shore up the cushions because the webbing had failed
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« Reply #27 on: June 26, 2019, 11:28:55 PM »
Got the Clamantis in on the cedar things
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« Reply #28 on: June 26, 2019, 11:30:41 PM »
This bed is next, but I think I'll just let the volunteer climbing Ivy, climb away. I planned to put some on the front of my office and on the stone around the entrance. Over the years should make for a very interesting entrance
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« Reply #29 on: June 26, 2019, 11:33:53 PM »
Actually, this bed is next. We decluttered it enough to figure out which plant was which. Plan it to take the failed retaining wall bawn to nothing and start over with a two tiered wall and after digging the slope out of the earth beneath the porch so I can backfill with gravel and create a shed/storage space by walling off the open area.
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« Reply #30 on: June 26, 2019, 11:36:56 PM »
All of the underground heat transfer piping is now completely sealed and encased by insulation. When the dirt comes up to near full height, a lot of this will be buried
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« Reply #31 on: June 26, 2019, 11:39:15 PM »
This area is going to become a small mountain of split firewood sitting on a bed of cedar chips I have created from planning the rough cut cedar into planks in the shop. I can only imagine I'll have 10-50 cords of wood in there before October.
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« Reply #32 on: June 26, 2019, 11:55:38 PM »
So you still planning on putting this place up for sale or staying for a bit yet?
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« Reply #33 on: June 27, 2019, 12:16:46 AM »
So you still planning on putting this place up for sale or staying for a bit yet?

He’s got to be planning on staying for A while. Ain’t no sane person that goes to this length in order to help sell the house in a year. Plus, the two rangers still have some years until graduate high school, no?

Edit: right this is Don, so he’s probably aiming for next year sell and move? Keeps a man spry moving every few years, no?
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« Reply #34 on: June 27, 2019, 09:32:29 AM »
Did you get you a new side by side to replace the tac-gator?

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« Reply #36 on: June 27, 2019, 06:01:05 PM »
Did you get you a new side by side to replace the tac-gator?

 :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
Son in laws. They are leaving it here so senior pre-ranger can practice driving. He isn't gettin' any lessons in C-Max or Ravin8!
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« Reply #37 on: June 27, 2019, 06:02:32 PM »
Probably Duane's, mr eagle eye.

edit: guess I should've waited to read the above post^^^ oops
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« Reply #38 on: June 27, 2019, 06:15:53 PM »
Sell? Its a great question, and tell you why.

OK, so I can pay off the place and live here until I assume a lower fighting position, but what then.

Assuming we keep it nice and live here, well it would be a great gather ing place for our largish family, and that's good. But the taxes are over $6K annually. The insurance approaches 3K annually. So 9K/12=$750 a month. On top of that the electric bill and water easily goes another $300. So the question is could any of the three girls who live locally afford $1000 a month to keep it, after having bought their siblings shares off?

Clearly, no. They are plumbers, teachers, fire fighters, cooks, property managers and house moms. None of that suggests any kind of income anywhere in the future, so I would think they would have to sell it shortly after the last of us passes.

But should I sell this, perhaps add a coming windfall to it and possibly even sell my farm. we could move one county or two south, buy 100 acres and build a reasonable cap cod around 2200 sq/ft on a full basement, put up a 60 X 60 barn/shop and have no mortgage.

The taxes down there on that place would hardly be $2K a year, and probably half that. The whole farm would be paid for the first day I laid my head to rest there, so that plan is doable and one that I am considering.

Another plan has me giving the pre-rangers the farm, equal parts, then the girls get the house here. They could sell it and pocket a couple hundred grand each and use that wisely (I hope) to benefit their own families.

In the meantime, we have a certain social position that makes ownership of this house, fitting. So I don't know what the heck I'll do, but know this, I will never live in a big or small house in a neighborhood again. This Equestrian development is big, as in all big lots ranging from 2.5 acres to over 20 on the back side. All the homes I see you folks building would look a lot better if not sitting 20 feet away from the next castle. Here at least they have to be 200 feet apart so you aren't all squished into a sardine can. But just being able to see my neighbor is a bit too close. I'd say neighbors need to be just outside of 7.62 max range to remain friendly.
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« Reply #39 on: June 27, 2019, 06:19:22 PM »
Today, we hauled off all the scrap steel, right at a ton. That netted the boys $75 which they divided. They put one leather loveseat into my office and a leather couch in the basement. We had the whole house measured for replacement carpet which will come in short of $9,000 I think and had the first of our custom built furniture delivered...Pics coming of that, but have a couple hours of paint brush time remaining, so back at it for now
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« Reply #40 on: June 27, 2019, 10:33:49 PM »
Did you get you a new side by side to replace the tac-gator?

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Son in laws. They are leaving it here so senior pre-ranger can practice driving. He isn't gettin' any lessons in C-Max or Ravin8!

what make, model, etc is it?

do some of need to come east and give that young man proper instruction on how to safely operate a motor vehicle?
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« Reply #41 on: June 28, 2019, 09:26:46 AM »
Did you get you a new side by side to replace the tac-gator?

 :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
Son in laws. They are leaving it here so senior pre-ranger can practice driving. He isn't gettin' any lessons in C-Max or Ravin8!

what make, model, etc is it?

do some of need to come east and give that young man proper instruction on how to safely operate a motor vehicle?
His sisters have this, Nate...Or so I am told.
I thought I'd give it to them to build into their relationships and all that. You could never dismiss the fact that they were the ones who taught him this all important how to drive thing.

Some day I will be gone and all they will have is each other. Therefore I constantly fertilize that ground to make their roots strong.

As for the sXs...chinese junk, who knows who made it...who cares!
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« Reply #42 on: June 28, 2019, 09:31:14 AM »
Piece of custom furniture we had built for us. The factory will cover the piece in whatever color leather you want. Kat's pick is this.

Its a Bernhardt piece. Really upscale. Since we are moving out of the little kid livin' here phase and into one of celebrating upcoming empty nestin' and follow on invasion of the next crop of kiddies, we are remodeling and upgrading to what this house should have in it.
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Re: Zero to Hero: My home project
« Reply #43 on: June 28, 2019, 09:32:46 AM »
Assembly complete
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Re: Zero to Hero: My home project
« Reply #44 on: June 28, 2019, 09:35:23 AM »
Two coats of a warmer brown color, gel stain, on the front door. Trim is not painted yet...

Thinking about leaving the door looking like this. I like the bleed through of the darker earlier color and wear marks on the high points. Adds some timelessness and depth to it
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Re: Zero to Hero: My home project
« Reply #45 on: June 28, 2019, 09:37:55 AM »
And working on this area. Pressure washed and about to paint the furniture. I am thinking of using the same brown as the door and perhaps trimming some details in the hunter green on the shutters. I'll likely seal the crete, maybe even add a splash of color so that all youse girly men will feel more at home should you visit ;-)
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Re: Zero to Hero: My home project
« Reply #46 on: June 28, 2019, 01:36:09 PM »
Door looks really good as it is I’d agree.
Carry it like you said into the furniture.

One giant cleanup going on at the casa.

You’re neighbors will be thinking you’re leaving.  :evil:
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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« Reply #47 on: June 28, 2019, 04:36:40 PM »
I’d stay away from more of that green color. Yuck
As for the interior color floor.  I like that!!


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Re: Zero to Hero: My home project
« Reply #48 on: June 28, 2019, 05:31:52 PM »
I’d stay away from more of that green color. Yuck
As for the interior color floor.  I like that!!


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« Reply #49 on: June 28, 2019, 06:04:06 PM »
I’d stay away from more of that green color. Yuck
As for the interior color floor.  I like that!!


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Black Walnut harvested locally. A company restored the Taft theater, the local Broadway place. I picked up the pile of remnants and had them drop it in here. The floor would have been $18K+ but they did it for us for something over $3K
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