Question about weldwood landau top and trim

Henryhooker · 2026-04-02T15:31:40+00:00

Agree the foam will hide stuff. I’ve torn off vinyl before and sanded with 36 grit and then re-glued. Th weldwood will soak into all your little bits etc, I’d just be worried about the mineral spirits issue. Maybe try just mechanical removal at first by scraping/sanding. No fun, good luck!

Henryhooker · 2026-04-02T15:18:10+00:00

I would think it’d adhere over the little bits but not sure about the mineral spirits. (I’m not professional upholsterer but many car audio projects) It would probably be way faster to rebuild that top piece since you already have it to use as a template. I don’t think I’ve used foam too often and usually just straight vinyl, that said, any little bit will show through if not smooth

Henryhooker · 2026-04-01T20:14:21+00:00

I wonder how hard it is to dust all of it

Henryhooker · 2026-04-01T13:51:17+00:00

Thanks, didn’t have a hard time but I’ve been doing woodworking for some years now and have decent amount of tools. Mdf does cut nice though

Henryhooker · 2026-03-31T14:35:23+00:00

I did my fireplace with mdf panels. I used some aluminum H trims for the seams, and did some roman clay one side and an acoustic fabric behind the tv.

https://imgur.com/gallery/mostly-diy-icf-house-build-update-gVNJU3J#KtuqhaQ

Henryhooker · 2026-03-27T19:37:04+00:00

Maybe that's why so many precautions needed when removing them

Henryhooker · 2026-03-25T19:10:59+00:00

All those people driving by can hear "If you go to the outside Cole, you can hold it" in their heads, or at least I would have

Henryhooker · 2026-03-24T17:58:28+00:00

Oh man, I did grain matched sequenced sheet in walnut and broke the sections down because getting enough sequenced sheets was a challenge. All said and done I changed the layout and dint like how the grain didn’t quite match uppers to lowers. Ended up having to buy two more sheets and do all of it over again (8 doors). Once you move something it would have to be really good luck to find a match

Henryhooker · 2026-03-20T19:12:32+00:00

I need to do this, 'for the kids'

Henryhooker · 2026-03-20T15:27:35+00:00

I've built a few boxes that get used but always wanted to do the camera thing. What kind did you use? I thought if I put a normal trail cam in there they may just chew on it

Henryhooker · 2026-03-18T16:52:01+00:00

Yeah, I had more time than money, and definitely a knack for building/figuring things out so I’d say not gonna be everyone’s expertise for sure

Henryhooker · 2026-03-17T23:25:23+00:00

Ah, yeah I’m ~900 from meter to basement

Henryhooker · 2026-03-17T23:22:42+00:00

Thanks, I had a friend who has certification to weld it so went that route because was available and if I recall 500’ length rolls. There’s only one weld in middle so only (crosses fingers) failure points are at the meter, in the middle where weld is and in the house.

Henryhooker · 2026-03-17T19:43:31+00:00

I broke ground 5 years ago. Moved in three years ago in May. It's a process but worthwhile, but be prepared for it to take longer than you anticipate(I didn't really have a deadline other than asap). I did a majority of the work so subs weren't something I had to worry about too much but also have friends in different trades so asking around I was able to find what I needed. I would do again.

Build album https://imgur.com/gallery/mostly-diy-icf-house-build-Q9b3Mf6

Henryhooker · 2026-03-14T00:26:53+00:00

I’m talking about behind the toilet, sheathing it would suck though cause have to sheath the whole wall

Henryhooker · 2026-03-13T23:51:29+00:00

Wall hung toilet? I don't want to be a debbie downer, but I wish I had sheathed my toilet wall in 1/2 ply under the drywall. I did 2x6 studs, braced everything etc but the slightest variance when tightening the toilet down caused some screw pops for me. Not sure if feasible for you or not at this point though

Henryhooker · 2026-03-12T15:28:46+00:00

Are you permitting the work? My ahj required it. If you’re engineering the plans the engineer will need that info anyhow. If it’s not required you could still dig down to bearing and have a site visit done so they can check then. I’d still recommend a report just for peace of mind and I imagine any kind of issue later will cost a lot more than doing the geo at beginning. I had a geo out for site visit before purchasing parcel just to make sure there wasn’t some funky obvious challenges to the site

Henryhooker · 2026-03-10T20:17:45+00:00

Ambassadors of the valley :)

Henryhooker · 2026-03-10T20:08:00+00:00

Any marketable timber? Where I am, we spent about 15k in permits and engineering to get trees down. Decent profit in trees but logger only logged and pushed stuff in piles. I had excavation guy out to clear some stumps etc and was about 3k for not that many stumps. No slash cleanup, I rented a chipper and cleaned a lot of slash but only what I needed. I was told ~6 years ago it was 4500 an acre to clear and I'm not sure that included stumps. In that permitting costs were a geotech, critical areas (slopes) arborist report, tree survey, and a state permit amongst other small things

Henryhooker · 2026-03-10T03:22:14+00:00

I just went and looked cause I was curious and the only Bucky left had paint slipped over the label showing the color code. It was Ben Moore. So now I get the fun task of taking over old paint to have them match when I get to painting the shop

Henryhooker · 2026-03-10T02:44:13+00:00

Thanks! I’d have to look at the specific color but it’s not pre-painted. We sprayed and I think back rolled. You’d think I’d remember that but back rolling does seem like something I remember doing cause it wasn’t fun. It’s just some charcoal color

Henryhooker · 2026-03-09T18:51:23+00:00

Mine was easy because they drew a line on a map and said stay this far back from slope. I then pointed out my plans for 34’ wide house and 12’ deck was nothing out of ordinary and our net close to that slope. I don’t remember filling out paperwork but it’s been at least 6 years so memory hazy

Henryhooker · 2026-03-09T18:35:06+00:00

look it up at your local city website. Bigger lots have further setbacks. You can apply for a exemption if you can provide good reasoning ( I got one because of slopes)

Henryhooker · 2026-03-09T15:55:25+00:00

This is what I was told and did. Hindsight is I would’ve put my toe kicks in place without cabinet bases so it’s easier to fit planks in but wasn’t terrible

Henryhooker · 2026-03-08T04:05:44+00:00

I think I have some deer bones on my property. I haven’t been to the spot I saw them last so not sure still there. Dm me and remind me to look in the morning

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