What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

ole what are you putting on for finish DIY or subbing it out?

 

Not epoxy. My brother did a DIY job with Menards epoxy and it is not standing up for crap.

I went with a company that uses a poly urea base coat after grinding. Then vinyl flakes. Then a poly aspartic top coat. Not cheap

 

I paid $200 extra to do all the vertical concrete surfaces. They just started on that it is yet to be top coated.

 

You are the one for the job when it comes to figuring out how to do it. Excellent work. You have the right mind to do it.

 

you are going to love that new surface for years to come.

 

I just gave the foreman $50 and sent them to a good local burger bar. They must wait 90 minutes before top coat application.

 

And done. The three workers just left. Can’t walk on for 12 hours or drive on it for 48 hours.
That top coat really stinks. My eyes are watering. The crew wore masks when top coating.

 

Looks fantastic

 

About a mile upriver from here


That haze is Canadian forest fire smoke. Temps are in the 90's and the humidity is above 80. I'm staying inside with the mini split running.

 

91ºF today. Mostly sat in the shade under the dogwood tree in the front yard. Pulled a few weeds in the garden. Watched the soaker hoses soaking.
Even my internet was resting:

I guess I hit like an extra time or two before it was ready to be liked.

 

X2, Awesome job.

 

I have to leave the overhead door open for at least 12 hours for ventilation. So this is how old men create a blockade.
A Toyota, a Honda, and assorted crap that goes back in when curing is done.

 

Got 90% of everything cut out and dry fit. The tops are 100% done. All that is left is the front panel and drawer boxes. Then a lot of sanding and finishing.

They do big I had to stand on the work bench to get them in the picture

 

they look great at this stage. Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

Looks great.

 

I'm having some work done on the back side of the house. The ramp and back porch started tilting towards the house in the last couple of years directing rain water and snow melt right to the house. So replacing with a larger back porch (not much bigger), and changing to shallow steps. But first things first. While they have the porch/ramp off, they blocked in the basement and garage windows that are useless (and of which at least 2 of the 4 panes in each were broken/missing when I bought the house) and of which the sills and framing were rotting away.

The ramp/porch removed. Last year I had crawled my way under the ramp and installed concrete backer board over the windows and rotting sills to keep them from getting even wetter (or letting critters in)



Both windows removed and blocked in.


Garage window


Basement window


Basement window from inside. There were some challenges they had to overcome including the safe, that is 600# empty (and it is full), so wasn't going to be moved out of the way.


I'm really pleased with the results. Now they can work on the framing in the new porch and stairs. They may not be in today though, supposed to be mid 90's and very humid again. I told them I would understand if they decided today was not the day to start. They've been sweating buckets the last couple of days. The only good thing is that is the east side of the house so at least they are in shade after 1 or 2 in the afternoon.

 

Looks like they did a nice job...surprised you didn't just have glass block windows put in

 

Looks good, Full safe... Even better!!

 

That's terrific you were able to get it running so fast! I've had bad luck with newer appliances. Finding parts is difficult and sometimes so expensive it's not even worth it. It's to the point where I'd rather have a clean 20 year old fridge than this new planned-to-break expensive new stuff!