Overheating on this deck!
Michele Steele
last year
Featured Answer
Sort by:Oldest
Comments (30)
Related Discussions
old (80's) Toro & Lawnboy 2 cycle mowers
Comments (9)Hmmm...thought this was a lawn mower forum, not a Miss Manners forum. Well "Dad", perhaps you should spend more time w/your children & less time here making insipid remarks. Fyi, the kid who heled me move was also reimbursed w/a pretty nice 27spd Cannondale mtn bike, needing a bit of work, but not so much so as to prevent him from riding it 15 mi to my house & back for a week...I also bought him lunch every day. The mowers were his idea. Why don't I bring them to your place...might get your kids out from in front of the TV?...See MoreRight amount of light outside?
Comments (8)Howard, I'm going to have to part company with you this time. IMO, you are generalizing the light thing too far here by implying that catts won't scorch without cover if they are acclimated. As the Bishop said to the Actress, it depends. Today it's about 95 here, but the winds have been maybe 50 mph, and have been high all day. Even the phal leaves stay cool with that much wind. It's the heat generated in the leaves that causes the burning. And wind has a cooling effect, reducing the likelihood of a scorch. I can *see* the wind very clearly in the tops of some tall trees in a woods behind my house. Those tree tops are almost always in motion in the morning and late afternoon. However, I've noticed repeatedly that on most hot summer days, any wind dies down a lot around midday and it's perfectly still on my deck during the hottest part of the day. That's when the burning happens, when there's blazing sun and no wind. But that's most of the hottest days at noon. From what I've seen, usually the hotter it is, the less likely there is to be any wind. I've had plenty of scorch on well-aclimated plants that had a leaf tip or two sticking out from the shadecloth on one of those windless days in July or August. And I mean mush-level of scorch. These are plants that went thru all of June in full sun. But those hot windless days... About your rooftop, I read somewhere that the wind doubles every 10 (or 20, I forget) feet off the ground. So my second story deck gets more wind than the ground level, and the tree tops still more than my deck. And your rooftop-- I assume it gets more than the tree-tops. So that accounts for your burn-free rooftop summer. As far as lattice goes, it does cut the average light to 50%, but what actually happens is that there's a darkness/ intense light pattern, with very hot light getting thru the holes. I have seen the checkerboard of red and green on a tall plant like a big hoya that was against the lattice. It might be possible to burn an orchid that way. I was trying to not give total assurance to whitecat that the lattice was enough, tho it does give a lot of protection. About acclimating-- of course we do that. We learned all about that the hard way :P...See MoreJD x500, 2009. Looking for advice
Comments (2)I have an X500 and Tom is right about the trans staying clean and that K72 is pretty heavy duty. You can look at the color of the trans oil in the overflow tank but I'll venture it's that nice honey color. You can easily change the trans fluid for peace of mind if you like and I'd replace the fan. Some of the JD 345/325425/445 series could have the plastic cam gear and IIRC they went to a steel cam gear around 1999....See Morecomposite deck improperly installed
Comments (1)Did you try using an impact driver to remove the screws? That tool might provide sufficient torque to break the screws loose. Most circular saw blades today are what are call "thin kerf" and are designed to remove a bit less material making it easier on the saw. That's not an advantage in what you're trying to do, although I don't know who make "full kerf" blades these days. The solution may be multiple passes, with an increasing depth of cut. You'll probably need to try a couple of different blade/tooth designs as well, although my gut reaction is to start with a rip blade - one with as few a teeth as possible. A Teflon coated blade might make some sense as well. As for the ends of the boards, use a router with a straight cutting bit. You'll need to take multiple passes and a jig of some sort might be useful to keep you from hitting the adjacent boards....See MoreDenise Marchand
last yearla_la Girl
last yearratherbeatthebeach
last yearUser
last yearfraker
last yearci_lantro
last yearDenise Marchand
last yearocotillaks
last yearPatricia Colwell Consulting
last yearVicki Magee
last yearJean McRae
last yearlast modified: last yearmrshanson1
last yearcorriewisco
last yearEva
last yearKari Lindsay
last yearlast modified: last yearDonna Collins
last yearMaureen
last yearlast modified: last yearlisedv
last yearLinda Ross
last yearGwendolyn Hayes
last yearsignatuur
last yearkaltbaum
last yearlgarcott
last year
Related Stories
DECKSDecking Materials Beyond Basic Lumber
Learn about softwoods, tropical hardwoods, composites and more for decks, including pros, cons and costs
Full StoryKITCHEN DESIGN10 Walk-Out Kitchens That Get the Indoor-Outdoor Connection Right
Opening the kitchen to the yard can enhance your lifestyle no matter where you live
Full StoryMODERN ARCHITECTURESoaring Above the Desert: Albert Frey’s Cree House Reborn
Tours of the renovated architect-designed home are being offered at Palm Springs Modernism Week, which opens Feb. 13
Full StorySELLING YOUR HOUSEFix It or Not? What to Know When Prepping Your Home for Sale
Find out whether a repair is worth making before you put your house on the market
Full StoryLANDSCAPE DESIGNIs It Time to Consider Fake Grass?
With more realistic-looking options than ever, synthetic turf can be a boon. Find the benefits and an installation how-to here
Full StoryARCHITECTURE5 Midcentury Design Lessons for Modern-Day Living
The era’s simple and economical materials and open, energy-smart floor plans still have relevance today. See why
Full StoryBATHROOM DESIGNHow to Settle on a Shower Bench
We help a Houzz user ask all the right questions for designing a stylish, practical and safe shower bench
Full StoryGARDENING GUIDESMaximize Harvests With Square-Foot Gardening
This efficient edible-gardening technique can help people who are short on space
Full StoryKITCHEN DESIGNDesign an Easy-Clean Kitchen
"You cook and I'll clean" might no longer be a fair trade with these ideas for low-maintenance kitchen countertops, cabinets and floors
Full StoryMOST POPULAR5 Ways to Hide That Big Air Conditioner in Your Yard
Don’t sweat that boxy A/C unit. Here’s how to place it out of sight and out of mind
Full Story
chispa