Thread: Least Favorite Home DIY projects

Originally Posted by Martin103

I personally cant think of anything more disgusting then plumbing, i wont go into the details but i will only say that my house was built in the early 60's with a septic system..................... and i just cant justify paying somebody $50 an hour to work on my pipes.

I don't mind plumbing but HATE septic work.
If Sh goes through it... This guy DON'T do it!

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

That why they invented Roundup.

Yes, I am a big fan of roundup and brushcutters. Unfortunately our sub-tropical climate and highly fertile soil means it is almost a weekly necessity and if you don't get on it for a few weeks (for example if it has been raining non-stop, which it is want to do) things get rapidly out of control.

It used to be an easier job, before I managed to kill several apparently important plants dear to my wife. Since then certain areas have become rather painstaking with the sprayer and easier to do by hand.

I shifted 75 cubic meters of pine chip mulch with a wheelbarrow last year to the various garden beds - that helped for a while.

Besides that we have an acre of gardens to control - even with roundup it's a tedious and time-consuming job. I'm thinking of rigging a mount on my lawn tractor and buying a 50 litre spray pack for it - at least that way I wouldn't have to keep refilling my backpack sprayer.

One of the prices of living in paradise I guess, but I sincerely wish we could get a reliable gardener - I'd drop the money in a flash on a good one.

James.

Originally Posted by Martin103

I personally cant think of anything more disgusting then plumbing, i wont go into the details but i will only say that my house was built in the early 60's with a septic system..................... and i just cant justify paying somebody $50 an hour to work on my pipes.

My own house doesn't bother me a bit as I mostly know what goes down it.

I am a Maintenance Engineer at a hospital and they tried an April fools joke one me. They used chocolate cake and frosting, coffee grounds and who knows what else to "decorate" the staff restroom on 3W. It didn't phase me and I didn't care. I flushed it 3 times and told them it wasn't plugged and they should call housekeeping to clean up the mess. The housekeeper was mad!

I could type pages of what i have found in the drains. What i have found and can see doesn't scare me, it is what i can't see that does.

My crew doesn't understand why plungers, drain snakes, etc. are not considered hazardous waste.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

One of the prices of living in paradise I guess, but I sincerely wish we could get a reliable gardener - I'd drop the money in a flash on a good one.

James.

How much are we talking, here? Cause I need a new job.

You'd need a 457 visa, and in our current political climate (foreigners tekkin err jerbs are bad, m'kay?) I doubt you'd get one.

But I am not a stingy payer - our last gardener in effect earned $200 an hour for actual work done...

James.

I'm ok with you paying off the books. Put me down for 20 hrs per week.