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Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 10:14 pm
by 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...
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 10:30 pm
by Mickey
Are there any commercial ant products that actually work, or should we just get an Orkin guy?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 1:09 am
by Bammer
Mickey wrote: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
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 1:59 am
by 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
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 2:05 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote: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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 2:08 am
by Mickey
Bammer wrote:Mickey wrote: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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 2:19 am
by Ello Sailor
Mickey wears shoes indoors and has nasty pantry crumbs, pass it on.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 3:02 am
by Mickey
Ello Sailor wrote: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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 4:25 am
by Mickey
96583UP wrote: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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 6:18 pm
by 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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 6:38 pm
by spike
speaking of electric mowers, going to pull the trigger on this guy soon
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 6:42 pm
by doug rr
is it street legal to take to the store?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 6:42 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote: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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 6:45 pm
by spike
geez guys, it's only a 30 inch deck and an hour charge. base model; they make em much bigger.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 6:46 pm
by spike
doug rr wrote: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?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 6:49 pm
by doug rr
spike wrote:doug rr wrote: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?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 6:50 pm
by dad
that image should tell you all you need to know, spike.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 6:51 pm
by doug rr
god damnit...
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 6:52 pm
by spike
GREASE ME UP DOUGRAY
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 10, 2021 8:58 pm
by wease
spike wrote:doug rr wrote: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?
George Jones never did