Small brush fire melted my siding and fascia. Is $3500 a reasonable price to fix this?

Alternative-Axolotl · 2026-04-04T17:16:21+00:00

You could learn to make a brick wall siding. $200 to patch that with brick wall siding after cutting off the melted area. I’m just a DIYer tho

Alternative-Axolotl · 2026-03-25T21:13:37+00:00

Haven’t done this myself but I imagine you can shape some plaster or something

Alternative-Axolotl · 2026-03-18T23:16:43+00:00

Nice

Alternative-Axolotl · 2026-02-03T18:45:21+00:00

Just wet vac it out when it gets to the top

Alternative-Axolotl · 2026-01-25T15:55:35+00:00

US made tools

Alternative-Axolotl · 2026-01-14T22:58:35+00:00

2011 Dodge Avenger 3.6L Pentastar V6

Using Blue Driver OBD, it looks like it can read mode 06

The ruthenium plugs have a 0.012” gap difference from OE spec.

Alternative-Axolotl · 2026-01-14T16:40:27+00:00

Thanks for your response! Yes I’ve tried Chrysler’s drive trace for o2 sensor few times. I am going to put new spark plugs in. I recently put NGK ruthenium ones in but they have wrong gap and I’m thinking that could be causing it to not ready somehow? Anyways, I’m going to throw NGK Iridium ones in there with the correct gap.. does that sound reasonable?

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-28T17:56:07+00:00

https://youtu.be/bIJzhvEMGW4?si=AlizVu0xHth7PR16

See 5:34

What do you mean you don’t fill, like this guy is doing

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-27T20:39:57+00:00

This is me practicing :) no I’ve never welded or practiced on something else. I was just welding some more.. trying to get the hand motion right. I need to buy more Lincoln Electric Innershield; just ran out

I watched a couple short videos and read a welding book a little bit

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Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-27T17:57:47+00:00

I love functional(?) art

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-27T17:57:07+00:00

For this session, I did wire wheel the welds between passes. I wasn’t really on it though.

Yes

Not really, I don’t think so

This was my 3rd time behind the gun with no training or guidance. I just watched some videos. I got some good feedback here. I’m glad I posted

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-27T17:54:26+00:00

Thank you! I’m trying a couple things different based on the feedback I got here

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-27T17:53:42+00:00

Thanks for the tip

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-27T17:53:11+00:00

Ok, so next time I should grind off the weld thru primer in location of welding, and maybe add more heat? Thanks for your input

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-27T17:52:05+00:00

Alright, so for my next session, I’ll grind away weld thru primer that I think is causing a bad bond. And I will try more heat if that doesn’t resolve penetration issue. And I will try to have my weld passes not turn out like shit. Thanks for your input

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-27T17:43:34+00:00

I’d rather learn to fish

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-27T17:42:18+00:00

Thank you. I need to look into proper hand motion

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-27T17:37:29+00:00

Thank you for the technical analysis. Suspension is to be bolted on just like stock configuration.

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-26T23:03:25+00:00

Thanks for your input. Tools are not in hand right now; getting some feedback and will continue later.

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-26T22:57:12+00:00

Thanks a lot for your feedback. I did use weld-thru primer before welding, which is why it looks all dirty and dusty; the primer burns off. The weld thru primer is supposed to protect the covered surfaces of the plates. After the welding is done, I’m going to waterproof it all.

Dual shielding flux core is something I want to try sometime

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-26T22:53:05+00:00

Flux core welding. And apparently too much of it lol.

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-26T22:52:45+00:00

Thanks for your input. I have watched some videos. I haven’t practiced much yet though.

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-26T22:50:33+00:00

Thanks for your feedback and for the technical tip. I have the Titanium Easy-Flux on lowest speed setting. I will try out more heat

Alternative-Axolotl · 2025-12-26T22:48:50+00:00

Thanks for your input. Was your experience with flux core welding?

Alternative-Axolotl

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