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Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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08-04-2022, 09:38 AM #7101Registered User
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08-04-2022, 12:17 PM #7104Registered User
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I look at how much stuff normaly falls on the floor and realize I will never get all that stuff out of the carpet no matter how much vacuuming
its gotta be bad for people with allergies
Way back in the day my mother wanted the w2w carpet so she covered good hardwood floors with carpet ... WTF ehLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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08-05-2022, 10:55 AM #7105
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08-05-2022, 12:02 PM #7106Registered User
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Of course it ^^was clear wood with no knots or imperfections, it was good of them to protect those floors for you but that how women thot
ours was a 60's house with nice wood floors except for the lino tiles in the kitchenLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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08-06-2022, 10:06 AM #7107Registered User
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Collective input needed for installing aluminum fence posts and yet staying straight, true and a correct height.
Product is: https://slipfence.com/horizontal
Yes, I've read their instructions.
I've installed wooden fence posts before. Staking them to the ground while the concrete dries. Obviously can't do that with these unless I build a jig of some sort. Current plan is to cut some scrap boards and place between the posts as if they were the final install and that will keep them aligned to each other.
Maybe the concrete sets up faster than I remember? (It's been 20yrs since my last fence install).
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08-06-2022, 10:21 AM #7108
brace them in 2 directions 90 degrees to each other as you would with wood posts. Attach the braces to the posts with clamps. Use a pieces of wood under the far sides of the clamps to avoid damaging the posts.
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08-06-2022, 10:25 AM #7109
+1 to old goat
And add string line to keep them in line with each other
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08-06-2022, 10:27 AM #7110Registered User
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Good idea on the clamps.
Thanks
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08-06-2022, 03:13 PM #7111
I would set them in quick cement.
Set posts in dry cement. Add boards. Brace as needed. Make it true.
Then water the cement. Super easy.
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08-06-2022, 03:16 PM #7112Registered User
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I was just researching the quick cement, seems good for my use.
3" hollow, square aluminum posts.
1) set post in hole, put mix around post and set
Or
2) mix concrete in home home, set post into concrete, allowing for concrete to also be inside the post. Might be stronger?
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08-06-2022, 03:24 PM #7114man of ice
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^^ One of the many uses of a maul.
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08-06-2022, 06:28 PM #7115
Definitely 1). I like the stuff where you pour dry mix in the hole around the post, then add water. I don't think I'd use it for a footing for a 20 story building but strong enough for a fence. And it comes in 50 pound bags, instead of 60 or 90, which is nice for an old man.
Set post, hold it plumb while drinking a beer until set enough. Proceed to next post. The few 3 or 4 posts should be plumb. After that maybe not so much.
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08-09-2022, 10:34 AM #7116Registered User
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Back to report that the installation of the posts went smoothly thanks to the advice.
I don't remember quickrete setting up so quickly, but that was key. No need to secure the posts while they dried. Wife held them plumb while I did the mix and water, they didn't need tending at all after that.
I did find a tip in a review section for quickrete, do not pour the entire bag, or multiple bags and then add water. The water won't get to the bottom of the mix in that example. I poured half a bag, half the water, stir with dowel to help water absorb and repeat.
I'll report back when the fence is finished.
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08-09-2022, 11:14 AM #7117
IME the best tool for mixing concrete by hand is a mortar hoe.
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08-09-2022, 11:23 AM #7118
where can one pick up a hoe if we don't have one?
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08-09-2022, 11:31 AM #7119Registered User
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usually the seedier side of town
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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08-09-2022, 11:35 AM #7120
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08-09-2022, 11:40 AM #7122Registered User
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08-09-2022, 10:03 PM #7123
Seems like the right thread for this: in my neighborhood is this new house being built, with a roof sloping down the length of the house - directly against the garage wall adjacent.
Why would someone do this? We get a pretty good amount of snow here each winter. Seems like a good way to cause a lot of damage.
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08-09-2022, 10:10 PM #7124
Reminds me of a new house I saw today with intersecting roofs that will definitely cause an ice dam this winter, if it snows.
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08-09-2022, 10:22 PM #7125
Please follow up on that place this winter Chup.
All I can figure is snow brakes, heated gutters and a designer that's never built in snow country?
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