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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.

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Sliced up and ready to pop out

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Over and above the radiant floor heating, the salt damage was another compelling reason for replacin...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 !

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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.

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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...

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708 hits | 91.24 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
Little backfilling and we're good to go

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757 hits | 75.24 KB | Posted: 12/20/06
There ! buried and ready for styrofoam.

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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...

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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 !

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...