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Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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10-13-2021, 10:28 AM #5451
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10-13-2021, 10:30 AM #5452
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10-13-2021, 10:33 AM #5453
I was going to post the same question. ^^
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10-13-2021, 10:34 AM #5454
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10-13-2021, 10:34 AM #5455
One bag is easy, 5 in a TC won't be easy.
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10-13-2021, 10:37 AM #5456
Well yeah the plan was to get it stationed and then tip it over and lett'er dump all over the room. Me and wifey will have the egg beater mixers going to town on the bags, girls gone wild tag team style.
I clearly have thought this all out. Admittedly I was a little drunk when I did so but this makes perfect sense
What could go wrong??
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10-13-2021, 10:50 AM #5457
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10-13-2021, 10:54 AM #5458
https://youtu.be/vu2NK5REvWM
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10-13-2021, 10:55 AM #5459
Are you using concrete or self leveling? I’m confused.
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10-13-2021, 10:55 AM #5460
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10-13-2021, 11:04 AM #5461
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10-13-2021, 11:10 AM #5462
I haven't read the last few NECs, but I'd be surprised if this has changed: unsupported NMC is allowed to be fished through finished walls, so the new wire would only need a staple if you're opening the wall (like to install a bigger box - which although ugly, solves the box fill issue as well).
I agree that the chances of removing the old wire(s) without opening up the wall(s) are slim. Also agree that it's unlikely that someone licensed will go half-zees on the job.
It was legal (probably still is). It's still a lot of fishing, doesn't fix the cloth insulated/brittle issue, and the point of connection needs to be accessible.
Nothing says that you can't just abandon the circuit (disconnect both ends, label the conductors, and put blank covers on the boxes). Then fish a new branch circuit with new boxes.
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10-13-2021, 11:31 AM #5463
I'm not sure I have answers, but I think it's gonna be really hard to control where 300# of anything sorta liquidy goes if you just tip it over. Assuming, this trash can holds that and doesn't blow out, center the can in the area and perhaps you can drill out a 2-3" hole on the side of it after you get it mixed and kinda spin the can around to distribute it. Second, I've never tried to mix that amount in a trash can, you sure your mixers can handle that?
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10-13-2021, 11:58 AM #5464one of those sickos
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Self leveling compound was invented to trick people into thinking that there is an easy way to make bad floors level.
You always need 5-10x the amount you think you'll need, and it never spreads out nicely or really even self levels. Then, if you're putting anything other than tile over it the shit will gradually turn to powder underneath the finished floor.
The right place to put your trash can video is OnlyFans. That way you can actually make a profit, which might offset some of the cost of cleanup. No mixer you can rent/move around yourself can handle 5 bags anyway.ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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10-13-2021, 12:00 PM #5465Registered User
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10-13-2021, 12:08 PM #5466
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10-13-2021, 12:23 PM #5467
Ideally you'd clear everything out, and have a new floor poured but that's $$.
Where's this uneven section? Near a wall or in the middle of the floor? If it's near the wall maybe consider boxing that out and making some shelves, a stripper pole for the wife, or something?"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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10-13-2021, 12:25 PM #5468Registered User
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A trashcan would not even be on my radar, I think I would mix in a wheelbarrow and if I didnt have one I would borrow or buy one
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10-13-2021, 12:25 PM #5469
Le-sigh. Story time, it can be done because I've done it.
So back in 2019 I had a basement with 34 dewatering well pits in it. And by basement I mean underground train station. Each dewatering well pit took about 1 cy of masteremanco S440 self consolidating grout, which needed to be mixed using a drill paddle for 3 minutes minimum. No crane access, no pump access, so we got a couple stand mixers down there just to hold and pour the mud. The blades in a home despot mixer don't agitate the mix enough to kick off the admixtures so you still need to use a motor drill and paddle just the same, but it kicks ass for pouring. Needed two mixers and 3 laborers, one breaking bags into the mixer, one on the drill, one pouring the second mixer out. Same process for a self leveling grout.
Rent something like this
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-5-...X001/305293801
And rent a proper mixing drill, or just be prepared to throw your drill out afterward because you're going to burn out a basic homeowner drill.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Stark-16...E&gclsrc=aw.ds
edit: just saw you're in a concrete basement. If you want to really do it right, rent a 30# chipping gun with a bushing hammer (or a rotohammer but it will take longer). Roughen up your floor to 1/4" amplitude before pouring the grout and thoroughly clean it of all loose debris and dust. This gives the grout something to grip onto so it won't get turned into powder. You need to protect yourself and everything in there from the dust you will create, this is a serious health hazard but is easily managed with a fitted half face respirator.Wait, how can we trust this guy^^^ He's clearly not DJSapp
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10-13-2021, 12:52 PM #5470Registered User
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don't they use something to bind new cement to the old cement and I thot it was along the lines of lepages wood glue or SFT ?
or maybe not needed with grout or leveling compund OR ?Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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10-13-2021, 01:14 PM #5471
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10-13-2021, 01:18 PM #5472
Yeah a couple factors here -
1. It's an engineered floor. Meaning multiple layers of crosswoven strands that create very high dimensional stability
2. We're using a vapor barrier liner
3. We've tested humidity and moisture emissions from the slab and we're well within manufacturer guidelines
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10-13-2021, 01:21 PM #5473
The glue products out there are to help with shear forces on unroughened surfaces. I've never used concrete glue in a structure because every spec wants a 1/4" roughened surface for bonding structural concrete. I have used concrete glue when dry-packing concrete pipe joints. It's not as good as fire clay for making a sticky mortar that will actually bond. Fire clay isn't what you want for a floor through, it can make your mix into a sticky pizza dough.
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10-13-2021, 01:23 PM #5474
Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
You ever have to see people get life altering injuries or killed on the job? Some shit I’ve dealt with is hard. I’ve had a couple close calls as well. Two involving cranes, one tipped over and the boom landed where I was just standing before running, the other lost control of raising and lowering the boom while we were landing a load of iron on the joists, I barely made it to a safe spot before it went down, watched a guy fall @ 40’ on to concrete, you don’t want to fall of a ladder either, I’ve got more but rather not drag those things back up
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10-13-2021, 01:25 PM #5475
brings to mind the truism: "nice, fast, cheap...pick one"
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