LOL!
Nothin' big, just fixin' a problematic tree.....
The wife can't handle a real tree in the house, so we have to use an artificial. Yuck, but, oh well..... Have to say, though, we've had this thing for 16 years, and it still looks good. But, several years ago, the base died. Well, you can find a base for a real tree, but I couldn't find a base for an artificial tree w/o buying a whole new one. But, I finally found a base that would work... it's plastic, with a large cylinder section in the middle for holding water, and has two sets of the four screws, one set high and one set low.... by running them all the way in, I could get it to hold the tree up.
Well, the thing was designed for a live tree, which has a larger trunk than that of the fake center post. The lower set, of screws, when run all the way to the center, skew off a bit, and you have to be careful or it'll skate out past the post, and the tree will tilt over. Well, Laura put up the tree this year instead of me.... I don't know how careful she was, and I'm not gonna say anything to her about it, but I don't think she had them lined up quite right.. . Anyway, the other night, the tree dumped over on her, while I was out running errands. Not cool....
So, after I got home she asked me if I could fill the base with quickcrete.... sure it could be done, and, I didn't see any reason why not too, and, it would fix the problem.... so, I got the center pole adjusted to vertical, added quickcrete and water, let it cure all day.... the stuff would be ready within an hour or so, but there wasn't any need to rush it.... Sure, gravel may have worked well enough, but it was one of those situations, she said quickcrete, she got quickcrete....
So, I've got the tree back together, awaiting to have the lights re-strung on it, ornaments put back on, etc. Get to do it all over again, a week after we had done it the first time.... :banghead: lol....
At least, it won't be going over again.....
Nothin' big, just fixin' a problematic tree.....
The wife can't handle a real tree in the house, so we have to use an artificial. Yuck, but, oh well..... Have to say, though, we've had this thing for 16 years, and it still looks good. But, several years ago, the base died. Well, you can find a base for a real tree, but I couldn't find a base for an artificial tree w/o buying a whole new one. But, I finally found a base that would work... it's plastic, with a large cylinder section in the middle for holding water, and has two sets of the four screws, one set high and one set low.... by running them all the way in, I could get it to hold the tree up.
Well, the thing was designed for a live tree, which has a larger trunk than that of the fake center post. The lower set, of screws, when run all the way to the center, skew off a bit, and you have to be careful or it'll skate out past the post, and the tree will tilt over. Well, Laura put up the tree this year instead of me.... I don't know how careful she was, and I'm not gonna say anything to her about it, but I don't think she had them lined up quite right..
. Anyway, the other night, the tree dumped over on her, while I was out running errands. Not cool.... So, after I got home she asked me if I could fill the base with quickcrete.... sure it could be done, and, I didn't see any reason why not too, and, it would fix the problem.... so, I got the center pole adjusted to vertical, added quickcrete and water, let it cure all day.... the stuff would be ready within an hour or so, but there wasn't any need to rush it.... Sure, gravel may have worked well enough, but it was one of those situations, she said quickcrete, she got quickcrete....
So, I've got the tree back together, awaiting to have the lights re-strung on it, ornaments put back on, etc. Get to do it all over again, a week after we had done it the first time.... :banghead: lol....
At least, it won't be going over again.....
