Yep, that was my house project today pulling nails (and pins, staples, thumbtacks) out of the wall and filling them back in with spackle. It went quick. I even used some mesh tape to patch over a big spot in the boy's room, turned out pretty well.
Then there was the leak in the sprinklers out front. FIL dug a hole around one sprinkler that wasn't working in the middle of the yard, next to a tree. As soon as you would turn them one, the hole would fill with water within a few seconds. So he left that for us to figure out where the leak was. Keith dug one way, realizing that there were too many roots to dig around. So he busted out the saws-all and just started cutting his path instead. This made pretty quick work of things until we came to a large, 6 inch or so root. We found the other side and started digging a little there, then tunneled under it. And poof! The mystery broken pipe was found! It was leaking water very fast, then the water would travel down all the roots in the area, saturating the lawn from beneath. Fun!
On the left is the hole that filled quickly with water. On top right is where we lost the pipe under the root, and found the leak underneath.
To think that you all missed out on this digging, muddy, fun!The only other housing excitement happened yesterday, supposed to be a none house day, but whatever. FIL gave me the task of finding a working fridge for $200 (or so) on Craigslist. He forgets that I'm quick and have mad shopping skills, so I found a deal.
Our new fridge, perfect size, a little off on color, but it was only $225!
So we plugged it in, and now I can quit toting my cooler back and forth! Tomorrow we are project listing. YAY, Finally! So hopefully I'll end the weekend much less frustrated.
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YAY!
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