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Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
CleverNickname replied to hornbri's topic in Daily Texan
will it be a total loss? Old Mr Johnsons house is a total loss. -
Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
CleverNickname replied to hornbri's topic in Daily Texan
were are we in the propane theory? Could it have been the dreaded sneeze + fart? -
The boy likes hanging out with me at the ranch. As long as I don't spend too much on the hole, she is okay with it. Not so much as a fan of me going alone all day, if the kids are keeping her busy, which is fair. But all in all it may he cheaper than golf, and less time consuming too.
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Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
CleverNickname replied to hornbri's topic in Daily Texan
your old house was rifht over there, right? -
Not much and probably not enough. Generally the threaded rod wants to hang down. But if it does wander, not that much. I'll clean up maybe later when (if) I dod concrete.
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Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
CleverNickname replied to hornbri's topic in Daily Texan
the house was new construction, so it might not be on satellite or streetview -
Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
CleverNickname replied to hornbri's topic in Daily Texan
I'm about a quarter mile away. Had to reset a breaker. I was at the bottom on the hole when it happened (seriously). So doubters, suck it! (of course home is 100 miles away from hole, but hey, 183A toll to 29 now open). -
Yeah, in retrospect I should not have taunted the subsurface. I know better now. But I won't let it stop me. Not yet. I tacked in some meauring tape, sort of a semi permanent fixture. Ten ft segments, starting below the top 4x6, since that rests on the surface. Bottom is 120" + 83". Dropped in the next 4x of 5/8 rods. Needed to be embiggened, as usual. Narrow side needs embiggening still. That will have to he another day. Widening is easy, but the bottom is some hard rock. I'll have to get the two spreaders in, see about at least partially putting in the lagging (I like to block up the corners), and then the emergency ladder. But at least I can add a step that makes it easier to haul up buckets. Without that I'm lifting a 40 lb buckets of rocks up to my shoulder or head, and that's a real workout. Four foot lifts are better. But it's like Jeff Williams says, don't need to join an gym, be a miner. I would have worked more, but we had to save time to race our rc toys. A little hole dirt to make a jump. You'll have to trust it was a good one. Meanwhile a quarter mile from my house a house exploded. But I was 100 miles away and 16 ft underground. I did have to reset a breaker, so must have been a good shake. Final shot: Weather getting warmer and have a fairly busy summer. I'd like to have the next 4-5 ft below this 4th set out by the end of the year. Twenty foot something sounds good. Hopefully this hard layer of limestone/dolemite is only 8 inches thick, and it's easier going. If not will reassess. Technically deep enough at 17 ft to go sideways. A 4 or 5 ft side passage would have a good 12 ft above. Should be safe. But it would be cool if I could get below this layer and then have that sort of be the roof, like a natural lintel. We shall see.
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yeah, I think I'm gonna buy an electric mixer and do it on like 8 or 12" lifts. Fiberglass rebat, because I want it to last centuries. Lowering each bucket down manually with a rope. I mean, how hard can that be?
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All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
CleverNickname replied to UTPhil2006's topic in Business and Markets
well spreads are spiking up to and maybe past 163 basis points on top of a 10-year treasury hitting 4.43%. So might stick above 7%. So... not good. Oh, and steel, lumber, copper, and aluminum are tariffed fubar'd so builders are gonna be pinched. At least oil might hit $40 and tens of thousands of unemployed can learn how to hang cheap Chinese drywall.... oh wait. But my selling mom's house and closes 4/30 (under contract) so maybe it's all good. -
I got the 4x6s drilled and cut for the 12 to 16 ft level. I thought I had left the washers and nnuts at the ranch, but I guess I had run out or misplaced them. Gotta buy another 8 of each. Worked a little on the hole. looking up: at a hard layer. Breaks in sheets. down in the hole: 20250406_115007.mp4 Somehow I'm pretty good at jackhammering away with one hand and holding my phone in another: 20250406_115041.mp4 I will have to put in the lumber set next time I go up. Inevitably the sides need to be widened a bit. The bottom is pretty damned hard. My plan is to go 4.5 ft or so under the last set, down to 20'. On the one hand its good I'm in hard limestone - the risk of collapse is low. But it does make chipping away a real chore. At that point I think I'm going to see about going horizontal. But I also plan to use concrete forms in lifts and maybe slowly replacing the wood sets with concrete. I'm looking for a electric concrete mixed on FB marketplace.
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The Austin / Rainey St / Lake Serial Killer
CleverNickname replied to tx 3 putt's topic in Daily Texan
you know the environment is fucked when you can't even dispose of a body in a bayou anymore -
More hole. Needed to get the last bit to be basically flat at 17ft. Here's the topside set up: 14" " 21" x 36" shelf remained: Something like 20 buckets removed.
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I've been thinking about borrowing or buying a cheap pressure washer and seeing how useful it would be. Maybe when I start going horizontal?
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Did my first trip. Did a day float on the Buffalo. Devils Den State Park for a day. But Indian Rockhouse trail was cool as he'll. The rock shelter has indoor plumbing - an underground stream constantly running. And Lost Valley was rad. The end cave is bananas - you crawl through 75ft or whatever of cave and pop up in a room with a 35 ft waterfall. I cant believe they let morons do that with no warning. We will likely do another spring break there. I'm a canoeing buff, and it has so many day trip options (my wife and daughter don't like to canoe camp). Maybe stay in Harrison instead. We stayed in Fayetteville (in part as pseudo college tour as my kids are about that age). But being a little closer would have made more hiking doable.
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