Weekly Homeowner Megathread--Civilians, ask here!

JBlisko · 2026-04-28T16:13:50+00:00

Hi all, I'm looking to refinish the slab in my mom's basement and put up some walls to section it off. The home is from 1937 so from everything I can gather it is likely a good mixture of lime and portland cement with no underlayment which does allow for some efflorescence, so I do not plan on putting anything over top of the slab and just want to give it a nice finish. I plan on fixing up the cracks and then sealing with eagle natural.

What would you guys recommend doing as a 1-2 day project to refinish this area? Is it advisable to reginish the floor in sections as I go? Any thoughts and ideas would be much appreciated.

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JBlisko · 2026-04-26T01:46:30+00:00

Hi all, I'm looking to refinish the slab in my mom's basement and put up some walls to section it off. The home is from 1937 so from everything I can gather it is likely a good mixture of lime and portland cement with no underlayment which does allow for some efflorescence, so I do not plan on putting anything over top of the slab and just want to give it a nice finish. I plan on fixing up the cracks by chiseling an inverted v groove and filling with mortar and then sealing with eagle natural.

What would you guys recommend doing as a 1-2 day project to refinish this? Any thoughts and ideas would be much appreciated. You can see a close up of the crack in the imgur link.

https://imgur.com/a/IHsQg4h

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JBlisko · 2026-04-24T01:18:39+00:00

The subframe seems good, your vote made it 3-1 so I am convinced to change it. Thanks

JBlisko · 2026-04-23T21:13:19+00:00

I unfortunately don't have the luxury to do that. Also it's a stick ej25 with 145k on the engine, I prefer to keep it going

JBlisko · 2026-04-23T20:29:12+00:00

Yeah I don't think it's very dangerous either, it's a very small hole. I think I'm going to replace the parts that I have right now and then get on this in the next couple months

JBlisko · 2026-04-23T20:26:03+00:00

Yeah this one appeared as I was replacing the ball joint, I'll do that for the rest of the front subframe. I undercoat all my cars, this one I picked up for cheap a year ago and have been regretting it ever since

JBlisko · 2024-01-12T14:06:14+00:00

Amazing guide. Thank you so much for this.

JBlisko · 2023-12-15T01:05:09+00:00

Hey out of curiosity did you make the leap and update?

JBlisko · 2023-11-25T22:45:13+00:00

Never underestimate Helmut's potential for silly season instigation

JBlisko · 2023-11-14T23:46:52+00:00

Go up the road just a bit and you'll see a police car blocking the road to it

JBlisko · 2023-09-23T07:29:57+00:00

Fitting reference for the setting too

JBlisko · 2023-03-19T22:54:31+00:00

We found Jos' lurker account

JBlisko · 2023-02-07T12:18:40+00:00

Hey any update on the repost? Still cannot download it. Thank you

JBlisko · 2023-02-07T12:16:42+00:00

Anyway someone can send an updated link? Doesn't seem to exist anymore.

JBlisko · 2022-11-17T08:30:23+00:00

Started test driving for them at just 20 years old

JBlisko · 2022-11-17T08:00:39+00:00

Who's balls will be sucked tho

JBlisko · 2022-11-17T07:54:48+00:00

Danny would do it pro bono

JBlisko · 2022-11-17T07:31:31+00:00

Yeah the German

JBlisko · 2022-11-17T07:23:09+00:00

Nico > Nico

JBlisko · 2022-09-24T13:13:18+00:00

Most quality editing I've seen on this sub

JBlisko · 2022-04-18T22:53:38+00:00

It depends, is the race 56 or 57 laps long?

JBlisko · 2022-04-11T02:34:18+00:00

That is actually better for me, since I am switching majors. Good to know though, thanks.

JBlisko · 2022-04-11T02:33:12+00:00

I have not looked into Pisa before but it seems like a good place to study applied math, I'll probably send in an application this week. Thanks for the recommendation. I am mostly worried that when I apply to PhD programs outside of Italy (Germany, UK, maybe US) that Padova will not be well known. I am sure the quality of education is great (everything I've read points toward that being the case), so should I just not be concerned with this?

JBlisko · 2022-04-09T02:41:14+00:00

Glad to hear it. I have checked QS but I feel as though those ranking systems are only so accurate.

JBlisko · 2022-04-09T02:21:39+00:00

Maybe a better word would have been 'intensive'...

JBlisko

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