Basements are a must here. It really doesn't save much money after putting in 4' frost walls anyway and pouring a cap of cement over the excavated ground, you really are only paying for 4' more of wall and a finished floor instead of just floated or screed off. Now some may argue, not trying to start something, but only speaking of my area. It has been found that it is too difficult to keep the chill out of a house if building on a straight slab and if you don't pour a cement cap over the dirt in a crawl space the odor of the ground eventually seeps into the home. Like I said, around my area.
No Firewood in the Basement.
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Basements are a must here. It really doesn't save much money after putting in 4' frost walls anyway and pouring a cap of cement over the excavated ground, you really are only paying for 4' more of wall and a finished floor instead of just floated or screed off. Now some may argue, not trying to start something, but only speaking of my area. It has been found that it is too difficult to keep the chill out of a house if building on a straight slab and if you don't pour a cement cap over the dirt in a crawl space the odor of the ground eventually seeps into the home. Like I said, around my area.
If it ain't cut to length, split and stacked on some sort of moisture barrier it won't last here either... and some species won't last more than a couple years period.
But, 'round here anyway, for the most part, "firewood" is the dense hardwoods such as oak, hickory, maple, elm and whatnot... the softer "soaks up water like a sponge" stuff is passed by or used as bonfire fodder. That's not to say some of that "other" wood don't end up in the stacks... sometimes it's necessary to cut some sacrificials to clear a fall/work zone. Regardless... anything left in logs, especially with the bark attached or in contact with the ground will have a limited shelf life.
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brenndatomu
Hey you woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
actually has a little wisconsin gas in it ,i use the crap out of that old machine ,have a bucket ,and a set of forks i modded to fit it ,2 pins and they swap bucket to forks real quick ,had no where to put the saw so made a scabbard out of wood and bolted it back there ,was just given a mini cat has the same engine on it ,guy kept the dozer blade though ,engine got water in it from sitting , but i got it broke loose with atf /acetone solution ,clear water came out after it broke free ,need to get a carb on it now see if it will run again .Hows that Stihl engine work in that skid steer?! Never seen that done before!
"Spiders is good. They eats the cockroaches".
Name the movie.
Name the movie.
USMC615
Wood's Tougher Than Woodpecker Lips...
No kiddin'??
I ain't heard that one... pretty cool if that's a fact... I'm gonna' check it out.
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brenndatomu
Hey you woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!
Hmm, if that's true then it must not be very reliable.
My inlaws had radon so bad they had to have two blower systems put in and they occasionally would see HUGE wolf spiders (before the radon system)
Well... sadly... the "basement spiders = no radon" thing appears to be a myth.
A quick internet search... spiders and insects have short life spans, they don't live long enough to be affected by radon. Basically, if there ain't no spiders in your basement it likely means there ain't nothin' in your basement for them to eat.
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A quick internet search... spiders and insects have short life spans, they don't live long enough to be affected by radon. Basically, if there ain't no spiders in your basement it likely means there ain't nothin' in your basement for them to eat.
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brenndatomu
Hey you woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!
What do y'all eat?
mainewoods
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Damn, and here I was goin' out to buy a "gaggle" of spiders instead of a radon detector. Thanks Spidey, you probably just saved my life.
Yep. It was Calculus Entropy (Cleavon Little) who said it.
FOR SURE ON THE SAVE CLINT! NO ONE SHOULD SAY THAT SPIDY DONT EARN IS KEEP AROUND HERE!! you are the testimonial to his best work saving you the way he did!! now you will have to give "spidy 100+ likes" for his input!! lol
sorry about that next time i will check before i type.
Oh man... don't apologize.
I said "appears" from a quick internet search... the internet don't make it fact by a long shot.
I ain't debunking or confirming anything... just reporting, and what I found can't be attributed to "expert" testimony neither.
Heck, I'm hopin' ya' are right... I've got spiders in my basement (OK now, no jokes about me
), I just ain't found any conformation.Ya' know?? Trust, but verify??
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