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First question: Is there a general lawn care thread I should actually be posting in? I didn't see one but I could've just missed it while scrolling too fast. Second question: I have a patch of ground by my fence that once had grass but is now plain dirt/mud. The fact that my dogs obsessively run up and down the fence line trying to catch a glimpse of the dog next door means the grass probably won't grow back any time soon without extensive work on my part. With winter coming up, is it a good or bad idea to lay down some plywood (or other more suitable material) to cover up the dirt patch for now so my dogs aren't tracking a ton of mud into the house? Will this actually help, or just make everything worse? I fully admit to being clueless about anything lawn care related beyond mowing and edging every other week so it doesn't look terrible. Also, it's a rental property, so I'm not really inclined to put in a ton of work fixing a yard I probably won't be using in another year or two. Any thoughts or redirects are appreciated. Thanks.
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Nov 8, 2016 18:56
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kid sinister posted:You know, I swear we had one here in DIY ages ago... I'm in the south, so it hasn't dropped below freezing yet, but keeping them off the area long enough for seeds to get started will be a really big challenge. The door to our backyard opens up right next to the part of fence line in question, and you have to walk down a narrow space between houses to get to what I think of as the actual back yard. So as soon as I open the door the dogs are right at the fence, running and sniffing and trying to see if the other dog is there. The smaller one is very determined to get close to the dog and chicken wire would not stand a chance. He could probably jump over it. I'm so lucky digging hasn't occurred to him yet. The mulch is a good idea, though. The dirt patch is an irregular wedge shape so the ply wood would've had to overlap some grass to get full coverage. Bad Munki posted:Tear up the grass there, put down some landscaping cloth, put down some coarse (like 1.5") gravel as a foundation, put down some pea gravel as a top layer. Grass will not survive a pacing dog. This is really helpful, thanks! I had no idea how to put gravel in properly, but I was pretty sure there was more to it than just dumping a bunch of rocks on the ground. EDIT: If we wind up going with mulch for cost reasons, should we also lay down landscaping cloth? Or does that defeat the purpose of mulch? DaChurl fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Nov 8, 2016 |
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Nov 8, 2016 22:16
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Ok, so my kitchen faucet is loose. I watched this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56-f9UI1Zsw I went to inspect the handle to see what the screw head looks like, and the handle came off completely. There is no screw inside the handle. I can't even find broken pieces of an old screw. So how do I go about finding the correct size of replacement screw? No idea on the brand or model of the faucet.
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Nov 15, 2016 18:28
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kid sinister posted:You take the handle to the hardware store and find a set screw that fits those threads. Start with longer screws with heads on them, they're easier to work with just your hands. Find one that fits, look up its threading (probably #6-32 or #4-40), then find a set screw in that same threading that is long enough to completely fill the threaded portion of the handle yet doesn't poke through the handle surface. Keep in mind that the faucet stem will be filling that hole in center of the handle. Thank you!
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Nov 15, 2016 21:22
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