The Home Improvement Thread

[doug rr]

having a window guy come tomorrow for some estimates..need to probably have one replaced and want to see about putting in one of those accordion type sliding doors in where the normal slider is to open it up more...

[Mickey]

Are there any commercial ant products that actually work, or should we just get an Orkin guy?

[Bammer]

Are there any commercial ant products that actually work, or should we just get an Orkin guy?

Vacuum up all the disgusting crumbs in your pantry and they’ll go away

[96583UP]

for ants, i've used the Max Force gel

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BS ... UTF8&psc=1

and the Advion

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TX ... UTF8&psc=1

both were used outdoors and knocked out the colony by like 90%

they came back

but it was outdoors, so a little ambitious to think it could take them down forever

they were living under my pavers and then coming up between the cracks (eventually i just sealed the pavers... they are probably living it up underneath now)

there were shitloads of them though, and it really did level them for a while

if you are doing indoors, will prob finish the job

some people suggest using both bc some ants respond to one more over the other

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Mickey]

Are there any commercial ant products that actually work, or should we just get an Orkin guy?

Vacuum up all the disgusting crumbs in your pantry and they’ll go away

I'll have you know I keep an immaculate house, but at the end of the day it's a rowhome.

[Ello Sailor]

Mickey wears shoes indoors and has nasty pantry crumbs, pass it on.

[Mickey]

Mickey wears shoes indoors and has nasty pantry crumbs, pass it on.

Honestly one of the most vile slanders I've ever been subject to.

[Mickey]

for ants, i've used the Max Force gel

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BS ... UTF8&psc=1

and the Advion

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TX ... UTF8&psc=1

both were used outdoors and knocked out the colony by like 90%

they came back

but it was outdoors, so a little ambitious to think it could take them down forever

they were living under my pavers and then coming up between the cracks (eventually i just sealed the pavers... they are probably living it up underneath now)

there were shitloads of them though, and it really did level them for a while

if you are doing indoors, will prob finish the job

some people suggest using both bc some ants respond to one more over the other

Cool, I'll try them both. We did Raid traps (totally ignored) and Terro baits (feasting on them for a week now but to no effect). I think they're coming from both out back and the house next door so I'm a little limited in where I can place bait but hopefully this helps.

[dad]

We're getting a dog late this year/early next year, and will be getting quotes for fencing.

Does anyone know the difference in cost/durability of pine vs. cedar? Does one last longer than the other?

I know lumber prices are pretty high right now, but we don't require much fencing as our neighbors on either side of us have fences, so we'll just be adding gates essentially. Still, I'd like to get a good deal.

[spike]

speaking of electric mowers, going to pull the trigger on this guy soon

[doug rr]

is it street legal to take to the store?

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[spike]

geez guys, it's only a 30 inch deck and an hour charge. base model; they make em much bigger.

[spike]

is it street legal to take to the store?

i was thinking i could take it to the pub. can you get a DUI on a riding mower?

[doug rr]

is it street legal to take to the store?

i was thinking i could take it to the pub. can you get a DUI on a riding mower?

[dad]

that image should tell you all you need to know, spike.

[doug rr]

god damnit...

[spike]

GREASE ME UP DOUGRAY

[wease]

is it street legal to take to the store?

i was thinking i could take it to the pub. can you get a DUI on a riding mower?

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