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To fully understand how to protect the biggest investment in your portfolio’s, the curb appeal that will allow all viewers to smile upon approaching, is the front elevation of the house. Damage caused to the fascia board, often is coming from the top of the roof and not dripping free to the ground or into the rain gutter. 
The illustration here shows how moisture from the roof line is able to fall from above and drip clear and free from the roofs eave, this will absolutely give your home a much longer life span, lower maintenance up keep per a better built fascia board / roof edge metal assemblage.
When the water falls free and does not soak into your hard work on a daily basis, keeping termites farther away and giving you more time to spend doing the things you love.
When there is a will there is always a way for the DIY’er. Concrete mix [redi-mix] bags are sold in 90 lb bags, and there are like move your sleeping 13 year old, but with no handles. If you have a few bags to mix for that patio slab for instance, there is a great technique to facilitate this chore. Diy home improvements for your real estate portfolios. The object to save your back and ease the dumping process. All these types of jobs needs you to get the mix into your choice of mixing bin. IE, wheelbarrow/ electric mixer / bucket or whatever?
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The first step is to set and lay the bag of mix flat over a short piece of rebar, where the center of the bag will fold as you lift upwards on the rebar.[B] take a utility knife and cut the bag across the width [C] Now as you lift the rebar or halfing tool, the cement, ceramic tile grout or bag of mix, will split into half with the sides standing. The open tops set upright waiting for you to grab and dump into your mixing apparatus. The beauty lies in the fact that for an extra minute of work you’ll be able to continue this fun chore the whole entire day.
Chances are slim to none that you get into a situation that you cannot export concrete from a truck through a pump and into the area needing the cement. But in this case the job at hand proved to be just this challenge. Rental yards have mixers for lease, and the best price i found was $30 u.s. per day, generally the type to be towed to any location, but the wheel span was larger than the 2 side gates we had to pass. So where there’s a will there’s a way proved correct.
Along comes the Home Depot savior again, in that for $300 u.s. a quite electric tool [110v] 1/2 horse bulldog, this 5 cubic feet beauty paid for itself on the 3rd day of performing [no gas]. It’s capacity to keep up with 2 concrete finishers is uncanny, with a 1700 rpm 3 / 90-lb bag / combination of portable and powerful finesse it’s akin to having 2 more guys on the project. Patio work or a block retaining wall, we love this tool. Also this concrete DIY electric tool can break down and easily fit inside the trunk of your car. After watching this baby working, i would have never believed it. We give this tool a 8.5 out of 10, for sure.
It’s been 24 hrs since i have reached out to Mr Scott Kraft, a Los Angeles times media reporter. My message was very clear and to the point, in that i wish to donate 100% of the commission proceeds for 1 month, starting yesterday. I expect for him to publish our story and return my phone call and e-message tonight, we want to put a little pressure on all of our E-store affiliates IE., Sears.com/ Amazon.com and Home Depot.com, when they meet our challenge of charitable contributions and building supplies as well as energy efficient lighting fixtures and plumbing supplies.
The building codes are questionable at best but that will not stop the masses from any further advancements. We will build a better tomorrow for the people of Haiti and their families, that have suffered long enough. Our vision here at My-DIY.net is for a brighter future in all the world, pull soldiers from the middle east and put soldiers to work on an island that right now is far worse off than any war zone Mr Obama, let us help each other in this world and end the chaos today.
Stand tall you masses and understand how critical a place these Haitians are in at this very moment, tell a friend/coworker/family member about this action that requires all of us to rise above and shout ” WE CAN DO THIS”. Climb on board with that donation and help make a difference today.
When 1×6 ship-lap pine starter board has been used for the exposed end of your roofs overhang eave’s, often these get water damaged over time and require removing and replacing, along with the fascia board section. Termites are lazy by nature and will go after the moist, wet [weathered] areas first. In often cases the 2x fascia boards take the worst of this because of the bogus or lack of proper metal drip edge flashing, or applied incorrectly. If the drip edge roof metal flashing is tight against the fascia board, then the moisture from rain and damp nights cannot drip free to the ground or into the rain gutter. This causes the wooden eave to absorb the moisture and start the water damage process of ill effects and termite nesting.
Tools needed to begin the repairs include an electric reciprocating saw, prybar, hammer and a good exterior paint primer. Cut back to the next roof tail rafter on either end and remove fascia board. Raise any roofing materials for access to the exposed eave starter sheathing. The Sawzall with a 12″ blade can aide your reach here for the other required cuts needed. When and if the drip edge metal is in your way, take a pair of sheet metal snips and cut this flashing back. A thorough inspection of the 30lb felt roofing paper is very important and any nail holes need to be patched in the felt paper before this has been completed. Once you have matched the cuts for any replacement fascia board, starter board etc., back primer all new and old cuts and parts you will be installing. Give Amazon a few days on your orders or purchase and print your receipt for your quicker trip to any home improvements depots in your area. Don’t forget those safety goggle’s!
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The termites are a group of eusocial insects usually classified at the taxonomic rank of order Isoptera . Along with ants and some bees and wasps which are all placed in the separate order Hymenoptera , termites divide labor among gender lines, produce overlapping generations and take care of young collectively. Termites mostly feed on dead plant material, generally in the form of wood,leaf litter, soil, or animal dung, and about 10% of the estimated 4,000 species (about 2,600 taxonomically known) are economically significant as pests that can cause serious structural damage to buildings, crops or plantation forests. Termites are major detritivores, particularly in the subtropical and tropical regions, and their recycling of wood and other plant matter is of considerable ecological importance.
TERMITE WOOD REMOVING AND REPLACING: Minimize the destruction and prime, paint or stain all raw exterior woods on a regular systematic basis. Treat with Orange Oil in infested areas, cut out and replace all infested sections of fencing, eaves and fascia boards, siding, wood patio covers etc. Properly flash any structure that is getting damaged by water exposure. Adjust yard irrigation heads, lower watering times and be aware of the situation before it progresses to an expensive rebuilding project.
As eusocial insects, termites live in colonies that, at maturity, number from several hundred to several million individuals. Colonies use a decentralised, self organised systems of activity guided by swarm intelect to exploit food sources and environments that could not be available to any single insect acting alone. A typical colony contains nymphs (semi-mature young), workers, soldiers, and reproductive individuals of both genders, sometimes containing several egg-laying queens.
Water damaged wood is called DRY ROT , but what is this really, well this only happens when a porous piece of wood IE., lumber, timber, posts , siding or fascia board, all of these typically are an exterior specific wooden used product or term. The word DRY comes from the constant wetness or moisture has taken its toll on the wood and often as the moisture exposed wood dries out in between wetting it ROTS, and proceeds to further rotting as it takes on wetness repeatedly. The aspect of home improvements for all of us is, allowing the wetting to stop (sprinklers) or build and or fabricate for potential uncontrolled wet atmospheres (RAIN).
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exterior posts water damage: easily avoidable by not cleaning porch with a garden hose
** exterior siding water damage: hose bib is too short and problem of dripping but did not drip past the face of the wood siding , therefor causing water damage.
*** wooden deck: potential slope problem or often a poor deck material that has fail over time from constant standing water.
An overall quick visual inspection will help you determine the reasons for some of these problems, then of coarse a direction to further travel for the solutions to correcting and saving you money.
It’s an age old symptom of many of our homes to get dryrot water damage, IE, when anything in your home is getting excessively water or wet during inclimate weather over any period of time you will end up with dryrot water damage. A quick and simple inspection during watering times via your sprinklers or when it is raining, take a walk through and watch how the water is running and getting into rain gutters and off you roofs for example. If your grass watering is actually watering the house more than necessary, just about all species of wood will end up looking like this dryrot water damage image here.
The DIY exterior repair at your homes as of today is to alter and or tone down those watering habits! Getting only wet, what should be growing and not getting wet everything else. To avoid dryrot water damage, start at your yards and patios and when building that next outdoor project take in mind that every square inch of space requires some kind of slope as to push moisture off and down into the drains!