Was hoping a neighbour is around but can’t find anyone as they’re all busy retirees
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Ok thanks for the tip. I’ll take it home and order new carb, filter, spark plug and all that fun stuff.
I should’ve done it last time when it refused to start.
If I did that right at the begining it could have worked. Unfortunately, when I sealed the plug 100% with the sink crud there was no way of delivering the Drano to the original problem. I actually have a can of the stuff sitting on the shelf, dusty as desert.Next time try this, it will eat hair snakes, soap scum... just about anything you can put in a drain:
While not safe, it doesn't seem that much more dangerous than hand-propping a plane. Sure you may lose a hand but if a plane start goes wrong, your head and torso bear the brunt of your bad decisions (and it is 500+ cu in engine powering it instead of 11 cu in).
Mad Mike
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Taking a page from the book of Kevin….using rocks to help drainage under shed…
Mad Mike
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If you're gonna pour concrete over that, break up the larger pieces into baseball size chunks. If you pour over as it is now, frost heave under the large pieces will crack up your slab.
Damnit….guess I’m digging them out tomorrow…
Mad Mike
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Just hit them with a sledge.
There's a reason the stone under slabs is crushed to 3/4" bits!
They’re covered with gravel. I’ll find them and break them down.
Personally, I'd just set them aside in a rubble pile until the project is complete and then trailer everything to the dump. City dumps don't like to take concrete as it isn't politically correct being recyclable.
However there area couple of private ones on Shorncliffe Rd that take all kinds of construction debris. They're cheaper than the city one as well.
Concrete taken out, broken out, and left out of the main shed pad. I finally finished up all the gravel in front of the house so there was no need to put them back in.
First layers of siding! Didn’t think I’d live to see the day…
And first layer of scratch coat thanks to a good buddy.
matt365
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Yes. Never heard about it until @crankcall and others mentioned it.
The trim is stupidly sensitive to bending and cracks easily. The main panels are much more flexible.
Should make some good progress this week as I took the week off.
matt365
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I'm guessing you got the colour matched caulking for the corners.
Did you bend up some aluminum for over the windows?
Make two identical spacers out of some scrap wood. Easy way to keep your heights when working with another guy. I'm assuming your dad is helping you.
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Yes! We got the colour matched caulking for the corners that goes to fill the 1/8” gap between trim and siding.I'm guessing you got the colour matched caulking for the corners.
Did you bend up some aluminum for over the windows?
Make two identical spacers out of some scrap wood. Easy way to keep your heights when working with another guy. I'm assuming your dad is helping you.
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Also have the colour matched pen that I haven’t filled the nail holes in with yet.
We got the GECKO siding gauges to keep the line to the last one…
Pactool
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Can start using it after the second row is installed.
And yes, we installed new flashing around the windows as well. Dad bought a new bender and equipment for it (cutter / measure stick).
Finally seeing some progress…
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