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Payin' these guys $400.00 to slice up the floor made the rest of the job REAL easy after that.
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772 hits | 54.83 KB | Posted: 1/15/07
Payin' these guys $400.00 to slice up the floor made the rest of the job REAL easy after that.
Sliced up and ready to pop out
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721 hits | 65.35 KB | Posted: 1/15/07
Sliced up and ready to pop out
Over and above the radiant floor heating, the salt damage was another compelling reason for replacin...
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741 hits | 88.2 KB | Posted: 1/15/07
Over and above the radiant floor heating, the salt damage was another compelling reason for replacin...
Some of these holes were big enough I'd turned my ankle a couple of times and they throw off safety ...
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676 hits | 69.43 KB | Posted: 1/15/07
Some of these holes were big enough I'd turned my ankle a couple of times and they throw off safety ...
Borrowed Super-neighbour's trailer and used the two wheel dolly to schlep the squares over to a budd...
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730 hits | 74.5 KB | Posted: 1/15/07
Borrowed Super-neighbour's trailer and used the two wheel dolly to schlep the squares over to a budd...
Just like removing date squares from the baking pan, except they're a darn sight heavier !
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782 hits | 91.82 KB | Posted: 11/17/06
Just like removing date squares from the baking pan, except they're a darn sight heavier !
Day two has most of the concrete gone. One load, maybe, left.
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686 hits | 85.75 KB | Posted: 11/21/06
Day two has most of the concrete gone. One load, maybe, left.
1 1/2" conduit pipe through the wall into the basement for plenty more power to the other side of th...
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725 hits | 89.07 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
1 1/2" conduit pipe through the wall into the basement for plenty more power to the other side of th...
Little backfilling and we're good to go
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708 hits | 91.24 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
Little backfilling and we're good to go
There ! buried and ready for styrofoam.
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757 hits | 75.24 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
There ! buried and ready for styrofoam.
This is the green, not white, 2" high density styrofoam. It's half the price of pink or blue SM. Wit...
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860 hits | 77.56 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
This is the green, not white, 2" high density styrofoam. It's half the price of pink or blue SM. Wit...
As long as the gravel is flat, it takes no time to lay the styrofoam at all !
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794 hits | 46.34 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
As long as the gravel is flat, it takes no time to lay the styrofoam at all !
Being "Mr. Point load" every available scrap of wood goes down to spread the load and not bust the s...
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687 hits | 54.38 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
Being "Mr. Point load" every available scrap of wood goes down to spread the load and not bust the s...
Here's the 300 foot coil of PEX tubing. Kept it warm in the house and warmed up the garage with the ...
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796 hits | 36.77 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
Here's the 300 foot coil of PEX tubing. Kept it warm in the house and warmed up the garage with the ...
Two 3/4" holes drilled into the 10" poured basement wall nearly wasted the old hammer drill, but the...
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781 hits | 68.68 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
Two 3/4" holes drilled into the 10" poured basement wall nearly wasted the old hammer drill, but the...
The staples just push into the styrofoam, quite easily with thumb pressure and seem to keep the hose...
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726 hits | 53.28 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
The staples just push into the styrofoam, quite easily with thumb pressure and seem to keep the hose...
There's my buddy SuperDave's feet . You can see the space between the styrofoam and the pavement. T...
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746 hits | 54.38 KB | Posted: 1/15/07
There's my buddy SuperDave's feet . You can see the space between the styrofoam and the pavement. T...
Drill into the existing footing and install 90 degree bent re-bar and you're good to go.
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846 hits | 55.22 KB | Posted: 1/15/07
Drill into the existing footing and install 90 degree bent re-bar and you're good to go.
We had to heat the place for a couple of nights to keep the temps just above freezing for a good set...
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712 hits | 45.82 KB | Posted: 1/15/07
We had to heat the place for a couple of nights to keep the temps just above freezing for a good set...
There's SuperDave hand trowelling the mantel area, which we sloped down to meet the pavement. We had...
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876 hits | 40.01 KB | Posted: 1/15/07
There's SuperDave hand trowelling the mantel area, which we sloped down to meet the pavement. We had...
This is how the fiber-mesh concrete looked after hand floating and how it almost looked permanently ...
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812 hits | 38.12 KB | Posted: 1/15/07
This is how the fiber-mesh concrete looked after hand floating and how it almost looked permanently ...
Separate oil water heater filled with glycol. Small cushion tank, very small 3 speed pump (less than...
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839 hits | 55.99 KB | Posted: 12/29/07
Separate oil water heater filled with glycol. Small cushion tank, very small 3 speed pump (less than...