[elky] Re: Out the bedroom window
- From: "Mongar, Brian" <Brian.Mongar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:13:50 -0600
Jim, best of luck with the heat, hopefully its not too big of a job.
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From: Jim <jdos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 6:37 PM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [elky] Re: Out the bedroom window
I know what you mean about sore and tired.
Most of my 'construction' weekends take a week of work to recuperate, LOL
I played in the snow outside fine cleaning stuff. Got the plow truck dug
out, and the walk behind blower going. Tomorrow is the task of getting a
port furnace heater going in the basement. Hooked the CU line up and tried
the old trick of heating the thermo couple with a torch to get the gas valve
to open. Heard it click, and no joy, so I guess I'll crack the line on the
rubber hose and see if I've got gas coming to the unit.
More joy, but at least it's in the 20's
Jim
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Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 5:27 PM
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Subject: [elky] Re: Out the bedroom window
>Yep, I'm probably not going to buy a bostitch floor gun.. over 400 bux,
when
>I can have a copy brand that should work well. Glad to hear of your
>experience. Cheaper is nice.
Yeah it works well. Just don't over oil it.
>When I rebuild I'm thinking of going with 'warmboard' for the underlay
>floor.. already groved for pex.. pricey, but saves labor and is reflective
Seen that stuff up north. Not available here like allot of other
products. I like heated floors in cold climates as long as it's assisted by
forced heated air. Heated floors are really bad in commercial apps and
hangers as the sole form of heat because your feet are hot all day.
On the house here it's pier and beam and floor insulation is not
required however insulation against the outside rim joists and the block
wall is required. 1" foam is all that's required. Few pier and beams have
block and we did because of the slope of the lot but it makes for a large
crawl space.
>Square houses are good. :)
>JD
I wish it were square... Course it's better than the houses near
me with the curved walls. Curved drywall isn't hard but can be sometimes.
Well obviously I'm back from working on the house today... Put all
the windows in but one. I just put it in the hole and looked up and saw it
has a broken upper pane so will have to swap it out at HD. They are
andersons lower line vinyl windows and they are pretty nice. Lower flip in.
Also got the exterior doors in. Front went really well but the
rear door has a little warped frame and the door is a little warped too.
Will need door hardware and then I'll tweak it till I'm happy with it. As
usual the sealing strips were cut too short so you can see light on it...
You get what you pay for in a $100 door. Course a $500 door isn't usually
much better. I really like the add on seals that are magnetic like a fridge
door.
Well siding will go on thursday if we work on it and if we get the
siding nailer feeding right. I think it's just dirty. We have another
siding nailer coming too. And got a roofing nailer for free.. All bostich.
Tired and sore as usual...
Robert Adams
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Of ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:44 PM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Re: Out the bedroom window
Somewhere around 1700 or so. Can't remember. Was going to be a little
bigger but there was a tree in the way that should have been cut down
instead of jogged around....
I need a 15ga angled finish nailer. I don't need a roofing nailer
but he did get a siding nailer off ebay and a senco screw gun for $50...
Got a PC framing nailer, was my neighbors. I's fairly new but
I'll take a paslode or a harbor freight framing nailer over it anyday. The
Porter cable nail guns aren't very good IMO.
Also brought over my senco palm nailer. Handy when you run out of
nails for the nail gun or the nail gun acts up and won't feed.
We are planning to put solid 3/4" oak flooring down so a floor
nailer will be needed. I have used the harborfreight one and it never
jammed and fired every one in right. Uses senco nails too. Great but for
under $100 usually. The oak will stiffen up the floor allot and make it
nice and solid. We ended up using floor rated OSB instread of ply cause
that's what HD sent and it was going to take a week to get the ply in...
Robert Adams
How many sq ft ?
I invested in all the big framing nailers, trim, finish, roof, staplers
etc..
The only bostitch I don't own is the floor.. and that will come I hope next
year. - when I need it.
Air nail tools are wonder..
Senco stapler narrow crown too.
Power tools uuggg uuugg uuggg
More power
-----Original Message-----
From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Robert Adams
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:48 PM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Re: Out the bedroom window
>Robert,
>Congrats on doing a nice thing with the mission project.
>You are making a big difference in someone's life.
>
>Jim
No biggie to me. I don't mind doing those projects. I don't like
doing the Habitat ones though. Nothing against it but it's set up for
regular people so they only work a few hours when they do it and for me
being there one day and just doing a little bit... Well as soon as you get
started they are ready to call it a day. I prefer this one we are doing
because basically I'm #2 in charge on site and it's allot easier to do when
you are there for more than one day so you aren't playing catchup and
trying to learn how someone else wants things done.
The only pics I have are from the first framing day. We didn't
get the beams till 1:30 and we got the I beams and LVLs in place and 90%
decked by 4:00. I was nailing it down as two guys were bringing me sheets
and Geri was running the adhesive (for a bit till her hands got sore cause
no electric caulking gun). Most people are afraid to use big nail guns for
some reason...
Oh and we also framed up two of the walls that day too.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l206/elcam84/Image183.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l206/elcam84/Image184.jpg
Allot of the people that came to help I have only seen once I
think they get overwhelmed by the project and don't really realize how easy
it really is to build a house. Also they find out how little is actually
holding it together and really I'm amazed they hold up in 75 mph winds...
Just gluecoat nails and staples and a little adhesive holding the flooring
down and keeping it from squeaking.
They are taking pics so I'll see what ones I can come up
with. Oh Plumbing and elec are going in over the next week too. I was ready
to start on that but we got the labor donated by a couple companies. We
will be paying to have the roof put on and the drywall taped, bed and
textured. I hate doing that... So I'm hoping that drywall will start going
in by next saturday unless we are still putting siding on...
If it were a slab house we'd be allot further along. Same
with it being bricked too. Hardi plank is really expensive now....
Robert Adams
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Behalf
>Of Robert Adams
>Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 1:25 PM
>To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [elky] Re: Out the bedroom window
>
>
> >It was cold and windy here to till this morning. We didn't get near the
> >snow though. It actually was about 32 degrees for a long time, and a lot
> >of it melted before it stuck. More of a slush storm. Then the temp shot
> >down and everything froze, and ice was a real problem. DeKalb to the west
> >got the heavier snow and drifting like you guys.
> >
> >It's still ice out there though.
>
>
> We had a nice 1-2" of heavy snow last week or so and was
perfect
>snowball snow. Been cold the last few days. Was down to 18 a couple
>mornings and htting freezing for a high. Funny how it was colder here than
>it was in Detroit...
>
> It's in the low 40s here now overcast and windy. Was colder
>yesterday and I was finishing up framing the last few walls in the house.
>Got the windows and doors delivered yesterday so they will go in sat
>morning. So it'll be dryed in by noon.
>
> The house... The church Geri goes to and takes me to.. A lady
>there had her house burn. The church decided to make it a mission project
>and they initially thought they could rebuild it. Well was not so lucky. It
>was extremely poorly built so we are building a new house... On part of the
>old foundation so it's still considered a remodel which makes things
easier.
> The guy in charge and I are the only ones that know what we are
>doing. There are a few others that are learning and great workers. (I let
>them staple down the roof deck while I hauled the ply up cause most of them
>are in their 60s+ and I avoid roofs where ever possible when I'm not being
>paid to be up there and they aren't insured for it) All is going well and
>will get pics...
>
>
> >The <http://myelcamino.net/monte/log3.htm>weatherstripping project in the
> >Summer on the Monte paid off big time. The locks work freely, and doors
> >open very nice. A little more Armor All on those seals wouldn't hurt, but
> >when ever it rains then freezes, you have that issue.
> >JC
>
>
>
>
> Use silicone on the seals. Spray a little on a rag and
>wipe them down. The locks on the wagon freeze and the doors freeze shut
>when coated in ice... Luckily it's a wagon cause the only way in then is
>through the tailgate. Done that a few times... Had to take tools out once
>to get through.
>
>
>
> Robert Adams
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