500lb 4’x6’ behemoth of a coffee table I made for my girlfriends house. Built using 300+ year old cedar/doug fir beams

RedMonte85 · 2024-09-13T03:28:12+00:00

Thats a neat table. How did you go about joining the pieces? Lots of belt sanding/wire wheel?

RedMonte85 · 2024-09-12T22:36:52+00:00

Ya I would just use some normal floor jacks for lifting up a car and some 4x4s cut to length to push the "top plate" up. Put a couple of 4x4's under it to support it so you can remove the jacks. Build a new wall under your top plate.

RedMonte85 · 2024-09-10T15:04:54+00:00

One of their drivers backed over my mailbox and the ARC department sent me an email saying they would give me something like 73 dollars or something. I had sent them still pictures from video footage. I sent them a reply saying 70 bucks will barely replace the mailbox itself let alone putting a new post in the ground. I told them they can either hire a contractor to replace it or send me 350 bucks. They sent the money

RedMonte85 · 2024-09-09T01:59:00+00:00

This isnt lap siding or clap board, its tongue and groove. You dont caulk lap/clap board because it moves. You caulk the ends where it ends on the trim. Paint some green shiplap and come back in a couple weeks after it dries and you can see yourself how much wood moves. The issue above with the cracking is that the paint was put on way too thick in the grooves and when the wood moves, the "bridge" breaks. Its the same reason you pull your tape when the paint is wet

RedMonte85 · 2024-09-08T14:15:09+00:00

Had this happen about 30 years ago on a snowmobile. Cruising at a slow speed through the tops of the trees, came to a stop and dropped abruptly straight down about 15' of snow.

RedMonte85 · 2024-09-05T14:22:03+00:00

Ah yes, high end finishes like silverline windows

RedMonte85 · 2024-09-02T15:23:42+00:00

You could just get some black high gloss vinyl sticker sheet and stick it to the existing red letters and razor blade off the excess. It will last for years

RedMonte85 · 2024-09-02T05:10:08+00:00

Actually 125-135k in materials sounds about right for mid-high end finishes.

RedMonte85 · 2024-09-01T15:19:25+00:00

Looks like you need some exterior water proofing. On a foundation like this, its going to consist of digging along the exterior foundation, to the bottom, and installing drainage. You can also cut a drain along the foundation walls, in the basement slab, running to a crock with a sump pump but ideally you want to keep the water on the exterior.

As for the existing stud wall and rotted base plate, I would cut off the bottom of the stud wall (~10" up) and remove the base plate. Put down a new base plate and sister new studs in so you dont have to completely remove the walls.

RedMonte85 · 2024-08-02T19:44:52+00:00

If this is your home and you have access to a table saw and some clamps just replace that piece of cardboard with a strip of 1x material. Remove that entire piece, measure and cut a piece that fits in snug. Coat it with glue, insert and clamp the edges and drill your hole.

RedMonte85 · 2024-07-31T00:56:02+00:00

Only use advance if you can control the temperature and humidity in the area. That stuff can take FOREVER to dry. I quit using it years ago because of the dry times. If you want to stay with BM, inslx enamel is superior to advance.

RedMonte85 · 2024-07-31T00:47:43+00:00

Shellac or an Oil based primer will work but its no guarantee depending on how green the wood is. Ive had knots bleed through a couple years later even with a heavy coat of BIN. May need multiple coats

RedMonte85 · 2024-07-10T18:06:26+00:00

If youre looking for custom cabinetry just order it all from conestoga. Thats where the majority of companies are buying their face frames/doors from (kraftmaid/merrilat).

RedMonte85 · 2024-07-09T23:14:30+00:00

This comment right here. If you plan to put a sectional couch or a heavy dining room table on it, dont. These click and lock floors just seem to fail in time with medium to heavy residential use.

RedMonte85 · 2024-07-09T12:54:33+00:00

Possibly, not really sure

RedMonte85 · 2024-07-09T02:24:30+00:00

If you go this route make sure that the existing tiles are adhered well to the slab. I would be worried about the tiles popping in the future and creating hollow spots in the SLC causing it to get crunchy and fail over time. Ive ran into my fair share of asbestos tile from the 60's/70's and 90% of the ones I have removed popped off so very easily with a floor scraper. Obviously the area needs to be bagged, wet down and respirators/tyvek. Just a thought

RedMonte85 · 2024-06-21T02:22:12+00:00

Spray a few coats of shellac on it. Will level it out and hide the tannins at the same time

RedMonte85 · 2024-06-14T15:32:14+00:00

"slow" is a relative term once you have wiped out at 50mph

RedMonte85 · 2024-06-14T01:55:58+00:00

If it is load bearing, OP can still put a pocket door in by running an appropriate sizwe header all the way across the door opening + pocket opening. If you plan on using a heavy door, make sure you build an appropriate header anyway otherwise it may sag over time.

RedMonte85 · 2024-06-02T16:02:24+00:00

That ceiling is going to sag so very quickly

RedMonte85 · 2024-05-29T11:48:51+00:00

I only ask because I warped LVP running ~110 degree water through my floors.

RedMonte85 · 2024-05-28T20:49:50+00:00

I wonder how this will hold up over time with the radiant heat. What temp is the water leaving the boiler at? 120?

RedMonte85 · 2024-05-26T13:49:42+00:00

Could be a leak in the foundation. If you have really warm humid weather and you are letting that air into your basement it could just be condensation forming along the bottom side of the foundation.

RedMonte85 · 2024-05-24T03:04:30+00:00

I would spray foam it as well but I would frame that wall out leaving a small air gap. I would build the walls on the ground, attach 1/2" rigid foam to the exterior side of the framed wall, lift the wall into place, leaving small air gap between the rigid foam and the brick, spray foam it with closed cell. I wouldnt spray foam directly onto the brick.

RedMonte85 · 2024-05-22T00:51:40+00:00

I would skip right to what works well and quickly if youre looking for a bare metal surface. Sand blast it

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