{"id":1768,"date":"2013-06-14T21:14:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T05:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2013-07-11T16:23:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T00:23:57","slug":"getting-rid-of-weeds-in-cracks-with-a-pressure-washer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/blog\/getting-rid-of-weeds-in-cracks-with-a-pressure-washer\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Rid of Weeds in Cracks with a Pressure Washer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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$30 for 2 hours. 3000 PSI, gasoline powered.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Okay, so we have some large rocks embedded in the strip between the sidewalk and the street. Every year, tough weeds grow there, and finally dry up when the rain stops. They’re a real pain to dig out – it takes hours just for that small section. I’m continually tempted to just toss a match into it, but the news keeps reminding me of the wildfires that keep raging.<\/p>\n

So I decided to try a pressure washer, but found that that Home Depot and Lowe’s near me do NOT rent them. I could BUY a whole pressure washer – maybe not a very good one – for less than $100 at Harbor Freight. Or I could rent a good one for $30. Which includes tax and is pre-filled with gas that need not be replaced when returning the unit.<\/p>\n

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I found out that the stones were embedded in mud, not concrete. The only reason my eyes are so clean was that I had just taken off my goggles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m glad I rented the washer. First of all, 3000 psi is still not enough to cut through the weeds instantly, although they eventually did seem to uproot and flush out. If I purchased a washer, it would have been a cheap model with half that pressure, even less effective. But most of all, pressure washing was a nasty, dirty business. Mud splattered onto my goggles making it hard to see, and into my mouth, too. I kept spitting out mud. And I may have picked up some kind of lung infection from it. I’ve been coughing for the past week, and only now is it starting to abate.<\/p>\n

I never want to do this again. Seriously, I want to brick over that entire area, or pour concrete.<\/p>\n

Sorry, no before and after pictures of the work area. My main thought was to get the dirt off myself and speed back to the rental place before I ran overtime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, so we have some large rocks embedded in the strip between the sidewalk and the street. Every year, tough weeds grow there, and finally dry up when the rain stops. They’re a real pain to dig out – it takes hours just for that small section. I’m continually tempted to just toss a match … Continue reading Getting Rid of Weeds in Cracks with a Pressure Washer<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[59,57,58,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}