Young man
There are leaves all around
I said, young man
Eat a leaf off the ground
I said young man
Won’t they make a cool sound?
When you stuff! them! in! your! leaf hole...
It’s fun to chew on the
Leaves On The Ground!
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ShadowfireVermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered Userregular
Old panel, forgot to take a picture of it before it came out. Probably 1950s-ish Cutler-Hammer. There were several double-taps. It's been a long time since they made the style of breakers that go in that panel, so even though there are spaces in the panel, I couldn't put in more.
Someone kill me
New panel installed
Thankfully whoever originally wired this house put a disconnect between the pole and the panel, so I didn't have to get the power company to kill power at the pole. Whoever built the little room around the panel can burn in hell though. The doorway is 18 inches wide, the room is 20 inches deep, and there's that great drain pipe right there too.
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AbsoluteZeroThe new film by Quentin KoopantinoRegistered Userregular
I am not remotely brave enough to try swapping out my own breaker panel. Needs to be done though.
Once the power's off, it's honestly not that difficult, just tedious. The hardest part for me was that the old panel was a bottom entry, bottom connection for the 3 main lines and the new panel is top entry, top connection, so I had to come up with that double elbow thing you can sort of see between the boxes, then pull 3 new very thick copper cables through those bends. Besides that it's just a matter of buying the same amperage breakers, and labeling each wire when you remove it from the old so you know what goes to 15 amp, 20 amp etc, what's 240 volts, then just reversing the process with the new panel.
Once the power's off, it's honestly not that difficult, just tedious. The hardest part for me was that the old panel was a bottom entry, bottom connection for the 3 main lines and the new panel is top entry, top connection, so I had to come up with that double elbow thing you can sort of see between the boxes, then pull 3 new very thick copper cables through those bends. Besides that it's just a matter of buying the same amperage breakers, and labeling each wire when you remove it from the old so you know what goes to 15 amp, 20 amp etc, what's 240 volts, then just reversing the process with the new panel.
Oh America, land of laws where you can actually get clear guidance and are allowed to work on your own house. Australia's rules for working on your own property can best be summarized "please pay your local guild member".
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Oh America, land of laws where you can actually get clear guidance and are allowed to work on your own house. Australia's rules for working on your own property can best be summarized "please pay your local guild member".
Meh it's not that difficult. Anything under the scope of a licensed tradesman (water, electrical, gas, plumbing) that you do yourself, you have to get inspected and signed off by a licensed tradesman before your insurance company will accept it and continue to insure your house.
Oh America, land of laws where you can actually get clear guidance and are allowed to work on your own house. Australia's rules for working on your own property can best be summarized "please pay your local guild member".
Meh it's not that difficult. Anything under the scope of a licensed tradesman (water, electrical, gas, plumbing) that you do yourself, you have to get inspected and signed off by a licensed tradesman before your insurance company will accept it and continue to insure your house.
Which of you've seen some of the US DIY work in this thread and elsewhere sounds downright reasonable :P
Edit: I’ve paid a dude the past 2 falls to clear it, but:
•Instead of hauling them away, he blows the leaves past the fence, which chokes out growth, leading to faster erosion of the ravine bank
•He chops up all my native plants which naturally look like weeds
•It costs $3000
My wife OK’d me buying a niiiiice leaf blower so I just need a dry weekend to get my ass out there
AbsoluteZeroThe new film by Quentin KoopantinoRegistered Userregular
Paying a crew to take care of my lawn was one of the easiest decisions of my life. You know, after I tried doing it myself for a while. They keep running over my tip-ups though. Fucking a, tip them up don't run them over with your goddamn tractor. Might have to get a new company next spring.
Huh, my gut reaction would have been to assume the leaves just eventually decompose into mulch for the grass. Didn't know it'll just kill the lawn outright.
Leaves are assholes.
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
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ShadowfireVermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered Userregular
Huh, my gut reaction would have been to assume the leaves just eventually decompose into mulch for the grass. Didn't know it'll just kill the lawn outright.
Leaves are assholes.
Ever walked through heavy woods paired with nice green grass underneath?
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webguy20I spend too much time on the InternetRegistered Userregular
I have a big yard, country living and all that. Every year more and more of the grass gets covered by gravel or mulch. Fuck Grass. We are looking at topping one of our trees too, that drops a mountain of leaves, maybe take the top 2/3 off the tree. It would greatly improve the leaf situation and limit the amount of damage to the house it would cause if it fell over.
Huh, my gut reaction would have been to assume the leaves just eventually decompose into mulch for the grass. Didn't know it'll just kill the lawn outright.
Leaves are assholes.
Ever walked through heavy woods paired with nice green grass underneath?
That's just due to the lack of light though
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
Huh, my gut reaction would have been to assume the leaves just eventually decompose into mulch for the grass. Didn't know it'll just kill the lawn outright.
Leaves are assholes.
Ever walked through heavy woods paired with nice green grass underneath?
That's just due to the lack of light though
That’s what a layer of leaves will provide whether they are sixty feet in the air as the canopy or in contact on the ground.
Huh, my gut reaction would have been to assume the leaves just eventually decompose into mulch for the grass. Didn't know it'll just kill the lawn outright.
Leaves are assholes.
Ever walked through heavy woods paired with nice green grass underneath?
This is why you plant clover and mulch the leaves with your lawnmower.
It likes low light and higher moisture.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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Mojo_JojoWe are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourseRegistered Userregular
Huh, my gut reaction would have been to assume the leaves just eventually decompose into mulch for the grass. Didn't know it'll just kill the lawn outright.
Leaves are assholes.
Ever walked through heavy woods paired with nice green grass underneath?
That's just due to the lack of light though
That’s what a layer of leaves will provide whether they are sixty feet in the air as the canopy or in contact on the ground.
Given the fallen leaves arrive in autumn the lack of light doesn't matter though
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
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Or just be lazy and cover your lawn and porch with nets on poles.
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embrace the leafiness
There are leaves all around
I said, young man
Eat a leaf off the ground
I said young man
Won’t they make a cool sound?
When you stuff! them! in! your! leaf hole...
It’s fun to chew on the
Leaves On The Ground!
Like your neighbor's lawn!
Old panel, forgot to take a picture of it before it came out. Probably 1950s-ish Cutler-Hammer. There were several double-taps. It's been a long time since they made the style of breakers that go in that panel, so even though there are spaces in the panel, I couldn't put in more.
Someone kill me
New panel installed
Thankfully whoever originally wired this house put a disconnect between the pole and the panel, so I didn't have to get the power company to kill power at the pole. Whoever built the little room around the panel can burn in hell though. The doorway is 18 inches wide, the room is 20 inches deep, and there's that great drain pipe right there too.
Is this a passage from the Necronomicon?
Meh it's not that difficult. Anything under the scope of a licensed tradesman (water, electrical, gas, plumbing) that you do yourself, you have to get inspected and signed off by a licensed tradesman before your insurance company will accept it and continue to insure your house.
Which of you've seen some of the US DIY work in this thread and elsewhere sounds downright reasonable :P
Well I mean matt did it is so technically it was done by a professional :P
Just 1 day later than the previous pic
That thicc oak has been alive since before Abe Lincoln split any rails, but I might need to get it cut down cause it’s killing me
As an Australian that looks terrifying...
It'll be a wet shitty mess to walk through from now until they're eventually cleared.
Will probably kill any grass underneath eventually as well
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As @RedTide says it kills the lawn
Still trying to recover back there
Edit: I’ve paid a dude the past 2 falls to clear it, but:
•Instead of hauling them away, he blows the leaves past the fence, which chokes out growth, leading to faster erosion of the ravine bank
•He chops up all my native plants which naturally look like weeds
•It costs $3000
My wife OK’d me buying a niiiiice leaf blower so I just need a dry weekend to get my ass out there
Come Overwatch with meeeee
Yeah that photo is like 1/10th of my yard...
This is both the reason my wife and I wanted this house 7 years ago and the reason we want to move away to a place with no yard now
Edit: my wife informs me I’m being an idiot again and it was $1000 for leaves and $2000 for mulch in the spring (same guy)
Leaves are assholes.
That's what I always say about hot tubs.
Ever walked through heavy woods paired with nice green grass underneath?
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I moved to the city, but every year I tell my parents to just bury it all in a rock garden.
i want no part of grass in any fashion. lawns are the devil.
That's just due to the lack of light though
That’s what a layer of leaves will provide whether they are sixty feet in the air as the canopy or in contact on the ground.
This is why you plant clover and mulch the leaves with your lawnmower.
It likes low light and higher moisture.
Given the fallen leaves arrive in autumn the lack of light doesn't matter though