The Home Improvement Thread

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by jwslam

My Tesla Model Y is all skylight for that 45mins.

Don't find the Sieg Heil generates some shadows?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by jwslam

My Tesla Model Y is all skylight for that 45mins.

Invalid. Cancelled out by the rest of the vehicle below it.

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Or you could just buy these, I have a couple:

https://www.costco.ca/artika-skyshad...000177566.html

I was looking at these from my garage, because I can't be arsed to put up ballasts.

But half the Artka lights I've bought have crapped out after a few years.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by jwslam

My Tesla Model Y is all skylight for that 45mins.

Ignoring Elon being a twat, I'm sorry, I just can't for the life of me figure out how someone looks out their window to the driveway at this thing and thinks "Yeah... I'm going to brag about driving this on the internet today!":

Spoiler!

It may be a fine car for what you need, there's lots of totally practical vehicles out there that do their job well. But damn, I've also got a car with horrendous wheel gap, nonsensical body lines, poor fit and finish, and a horribly awkward snout, but it hauls my crap around and is cheap to fix so it's fine by me (a Subaru Outback if you were curious)... but I'm not out there bragging about it.

[Hemi-Cuda]

For a new house build we're doing a rock bed with flower gardens for the landscaping. I know we need some kind of plastic or fabric underneath the rocks to prevent weeds, but I have no idea what to buy. Anyone have any suggestions?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

For a new house build we're doing a rock bed with flower gardens for the landscaping. I know we need some kind of plastic or fabric underneath the rocks to prevent weeds, but I have no idea what to buy. Anyone have any suggestions?

To prevent weeds from a rock bed in Calgary I recommend a slab of concrete and then a natural gas fire burner grid under the rocks.

[puffnstuff]

Theres landscape fabric that says it will keep weeds from growing...it will not. All that stuff is a lie from Big No Weed.
Consider the cracks in driveways, theres no dirt or nutrients and yet, weeds will grow there.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

For a new house build we're doing a rock bed with flower gardens for the landscaping. I know we need some kind of plastic or fabric underneath the rocks to prevent weeds, but I have no idea what to buy. Anyone have any suggestions?

Landscaping fabric, but it's not fool proof. I think what you truly need for a rock garden is a weed torch.

https://a.co/d/6xqrO3Y

[photon]

What's on top of the fabric seems to have a much bigger impact.. my parents started putting cedar chips down over the fabric and between their plants and while it doesn't prevent weeds, it sure seems to discourage them more than anything else I've seen.

[Brendone]

Originally Posted by photon

What's on top of the fabric seems to have a much bigger impact.. my parents started putting cedar chips down over the fabric and between their plants and while it doesn't prevent weeds, it sure seems to discourage them more than anything else I've seen.

In my experience, fabrics buy you a year or two of reasonably weed free landscaping. The cedar chips break down over time and weeds will grow on top of the fabric with the roots growing down through, making them tougher to pull. I end up spraying the fabric areas as much as the non fabric to kill everything but the plants and shrubs.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

There are differences in "landscaping fabric" grades. The wimpy Kleenex like thin stuff from Home Depot lasts for a couple of years as others have said. The heavy duty woven geotextiles (polypropelene I think) the professional landscapers are good for about 12 or so years (at least that's my experience with an aggregate cover (not mulch)

[Fuzz]

Landscape fabric is basically for holding stuff in place, not for weed prevention. And it essentially breaks down into microplastics over time. I rarely use it now. A good solid border between the lawn and features works better, because you should have it dug deep enough to prevent anything from below coming up. You will then just have to remove weeds that come from above(seeds) and settle.

[Scroopy Noopers]

There is no such thing as preventing weeds. The fabric is dumb, as it just holds them off for a bit, while ####ing up drainage, until it’s just useless garbage under the ground…

[Nufy]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

I was looking at these from my garage, because I can't be arsed to put up ballasts.

But half the Artka lights I've bought have crapped out after a few years.

I converted all of the Fluorescents in my garage to direct powered LED tubes...

No ballast issues any more...Light up every time regardless of temperature.