Restoring my childhood home

#27
#27
Coug said:
I can only imagine how much sod would cost for a 2 acre yard. With very little knowledge on sod I'd guess probably around 24 grand.
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I puckered at that number. No flippin' way. I'm still a full time student, and even after I graduate I'll only be making about $20/hr, so even then that's a definite no-go.

So, I was able to lay seed and everything today and cover it with straw. My age really showed, because my back is flippin' killing me.

I'll post an update about the fence when I'm able to get a realistic quote. A local contractor quoted me at 9k for the posts, so I'll not be calling him back. I'll get a post hole digger and spend the whole summer digging before I'll pay that much.
 
#28
#28
YorkVol said:
Mix a cup of cheap dish soap, ammonia, a beer, and some liquid fertilizer in a hose end sprayer and soak the bare spots before you put seed down.
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Whoa ... slow down a bit. Hang onto to the beer until all the work is completed and then pop the top and enjoy.
Geeze... poor guy gon waste a good thing.
 
#29
#29
NEVolFan said:
Whoa ... slow down a bit. Hang onto to the beer until all the work is completed and then pop the top and enjoy.
Geeze... poor guy gon waste a good thing.
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I made a similar concoction after reading a book I found at Home Depot on how to grow grass some 25 years ago. I distinctly remember my neighbor asking me what I was doing. After telling him he proceeded to say, "you should have drank the beer instead of pouring it on the lawn".
 
#30
#30
DevilDoc said:
I puckered at that number. No flippin' way. I'm still a full time student, and even after I graduate I'll only be making about $20/hr, so even then that's a definite no-go.

So, I was able to lay seed and everything today and cover it with straw. My age really showed, because my back is flippin' killing me.

I'll post an update about the fence when I'm able to get a realistic quote. A local contractor quoted me at 9k for the posts, so I'll not be calling him back. I'll get a post hole digger and spend the whole summer digging before I'll pay that much.
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If I was you I would rent a bobcat with an 8inch auger on a Friday. You pay a one day rental and they don't pick it up until Monday morning. Gives you two days to get the holes in. Then just buy the posts and some quickcrete and set them yourself as time allows.

Not sure where you live but if you go the Bobcat route make sure you call your local utilities company and have them come out and mark anything and everything in the ground for you. Keep in mind this would need to coincide with the Bobcat rental/weekend you were planning to do it as the utilities being marked are only considered "good" for 72 hours. After that your liable if you hit something, not the utility company.
 
#31
#31
Orange_Vol1321 said:
If I was you I would rent a bobcat with an 8inch auger on a Friday. You pay a one day rental and they don't pick it up until Monday morning. Gives you two days to get the holes in. Then just buy the posts and some quickcrete and set them yourself as time allows.

Not sure where you live but if you go the Bobcat route make sure you call your local utilities company and have them come out and mark anything and everything in the ground for you. Keep in mind this would need to coincide with the Bobcat rental/weekend you were planning to do it as the utilities being marked are only considered "good" for 72 hours. After that your liable if you hit something, not the utility company.
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Just in case your electrical, gas, sewage, or water pipes move on their own in 3 days. :)
 
#35
#35
Orange_Vol1321 said:
In Tennessee? Always been told 72 hours or we had to call again.
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Everywhere I've worked on the eastern seaboard has been 30 days. Could be different. Just makes no sense to have a guy coming to remark every 3 days on a big job if you're maintaining the marks.
 
#36
#36
Toujours Pret said:
Everywhere I've worked on the eastern seaboard has been 30 days. Could be different. Just makes no sense to have a guy coming to remark every 3 days on a big job if you're maintaining the marks.
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I see what your saying now. We were told we had to start the job in 72 hours or have it remarked. This was the constant message for 14 years as we worked in Morristown for a state college.
 
#37
#37
Luckily the only thing here is a power line that goes overhead. We live so far out we don't have cable lines, water (except what we run in from the wells and our septic tank), or anything else. I'll still call as a CYA, but it should be pretty straight forward.

Thanks for all of the responses. You all are great.
 
#38
#38
Coug said:
Cedar is the best wood for fences. You don't have to treat it or coat it with anything.

What type of lawn is it? Fescue, Bermuda?
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If it is Bermuda, whatever was sitting on top of it all these years probably killed it. But don't worry, Bermuda is hard to kill. It will come back in no time.
 
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