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Comments (17)Thank you everyone for your feedback. He is 95% complete with the help of my father who was a soil conservationist for 30 years. He still needs to write the narrative (straight forward), complete the rain garden calculations (straight forward), and complete the ESD storage volume and reduced RCNs (this he needs to research more). This has been frustrating because there is little to no information out there that gives specific examples for residential. Most manuals mix information for residential and commericial, and even PE's are not real familiar with the guidelines for residential around here. The county, who has great people, really has no idea of how to handle this either. And for added pleasure, we need to get our plan approved before the rest of the building package can be submitted. Which is why we are hoping for a small amount of feedback after it is submitted. Sorry if I didn't ask the right board about this. I posted it a week or so ago on the Home Building forum, and got nothing. I thought that with some of your expertise and interest in landscaping, you might have some suggestions for resources. Thanks again, and cross those fingers!...See MoreResidential Riding Mowers vs. Commercial Mowers
Comments (17)Colorblind - If your husband owned a lawn service, he must know that a residential unit cannot compete with commercial. Residential units have lower blade speed for safety reasons. I have a Massey Ferguson (aka Simplicity) with a 50" deck and a turbo bagger. It also has a 20HP mower. It has plenty of power and cuts well, but the commercial units cut better. I used to have a Deere LT150 with a bagger that cut very well. My neighbors' landscaper uses an Exmark with a 60" deck. He does bag it and it looks AWESOME when he is done. Much better than mine :(. My other neighbor has a Toro spin steer (possibly residential cost about 3 grand). Cuts very well and he mows once a week with NO BAGGING. That appears to be a great model. I drove it once and did not feel comfortable, so I bought another tractor. Even a used commercial unit might be a good option. I swear the higher blade speed makes even a crappy lawn look better. My next unit will be a commercial or I will pay a service....See MoreChoosing A Residential Zero Turn Radius Mower
Comments (21)This is my first posting and thank all for their comments. I have 6-7 acres to mow with lots of trees. No hills with some slopes near creek which runs through property. My friend has dealership and has convinced me to buy commercial Hustler fast track 54" but he is 300 miles away. I live in north Texas area and there are no dealers within 40 miles of my place. What happens when there is a problem? I could buy cheaper machine from local Depot but like what I read of the Hustler.. But concerned over buying from store 300 miles away. Any suggestions?...See MoreArchitect vs Residential Designer... which one?
Comments (16)As with any profession, there are great architects and poor architects. And there are also great designers and poor designers. I personally know architects I wouldn't trust to design a house for my dog (Here Miss Martha just got up, commenced with excessive tail wagging, put her front paws on my thighs and is trying to mightily to lick my face) "DOWN GIRL...DOWN!! No I'm not letting any of those people design your house!" And back when I had a big firm (16 people with 6 architects) we had a guy who started out as the office boy as a senior in high school but 5 years later he was our lead designer. VERY creative. Over the years encouraged him to get a degree but no interest. Here he would be called a designer. And I would have trusted him to design my own house.....(and Miss Martha just barked in agreement when she saw I typed that!). You wrote "While the designer did not show me any of his plans and I didn't even think to ask to see them, the architect did and they are SO detailed". I guess you're referring to the technical side of services which anybody can do given training while I'm talking about the CREATIVE side which requires more of an inborn ability, the reason why the simple ownership of a CAD program does not impart creative design talent. In that regard a key test is to find out in his or her process is if they do any designing right in front to you with you at the table. I've always been a believer that the best designers are fast on their feet and if a person always has to go back to their shop to design, they're probably not that good. Depending on project complexity, we all do that to a certain degree but if it's 100% of the time, find somebody else....See MoreUser
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