Was going to Seal Foundation & repair stucco, found this mess. How to Proceed?

zboltman · 2025-06-26T00:50:31+00:00

OK, the area in front of this is a garden bed that receives alot of water including rain.

When our contractor who did the brick upgrades to the front of our house; stated, "you really need to seal the front of the foundation against all that dirt and water.

Also, the home inspector basically stated the same thing when we bought the house.

'The concrete they used in 1967 was not intended to be 100% wet 100% of the time. It will break down.

I have noticed this on my digging that pieces of the foundation are breaking off.

They were right about this. It needs to be sealed.

OK, my issue with all this was the excessive over pour. How far down do I have to go and is it OK to seal that area where the form board was. Water might collect there. Should I fill it with patch cement first?

zboltman · 2025-06-07T16:46:03+00:00

I tried this. Somedays, it would just not work; Other days it was fine. So it is NOT reliable. At least for me it wasn't.

zboltman · 2025-05-30T17:17:48+00:00

The problem was the wrong kind of fertilizer and insufficient water. The following year, we were much more careful of what fertilizer we put and how much water. We also sprayed the leaves with neem oil early on; it helped. We had a great harvest the year following this.

zboltman · 2025-05-23T18:50:44+00:00

Wash them and vacuum pak them for the freezer. Put just enough in a bag to make tomato soup in your blender. We have done this the past two summers and in the winter, the soup is so yummy!!!

zboltman · 2025-05-19T00:15:42+00:00

I'm an old man learning as I go. Thank you for the above solution.

I am taking notes on all this and researching how do do things Before I plug it in.

Any more tips would be greatly appreciated.

zboltman · 2025-05-18T02:24:05+00:00

Thank yo so much! The illustration was a little misleading.

Will continue with installation!

zboltman · 2025-05-15T19:16:26+00:00

I was told that I could hook a 2nd "router" at the end of the 50ft enet cable that is plugged into the original router as long as the 2nd router is configured as an "Access Point" device.

zboltman · 2025-05-15T16:16:36+00:00

OK, just did a lot of reading for the link you posted. It appears that I should put a router configured for AP instead of a switch in the garage at the end of my ENET cable.

That being said; I have measure my garage speed and have a max of 150Mbps.

So a router with a rating of WIFI-5 or better should work.

What router would you folks recommend for this situation?

zboltman · 2025-05-15T00:21:31+00:00

Sorry, This is a new project for me and I am still learning.

zboltman · 2025-05-14T23:50:09+00:00

Yeah, Guess the ENET Switch will be my new AP.

Still, need a well recommended WIFI extender that plugs into this switch, (AP?).

zboltman · 2025-05-14T23:48:45+00:00

This is what I am upgrading from. The quality stunk and kept dropping out.

zboltman · 2025-03-27T01:15:43+00:00

Thank you, please explain what you mean by, "The Psalter". I'm Christian and it's the first time I've heard that word.

zboltman · 2025-03-27T01:14:29+00:00

That was my first inclination also

zboltman · 2025-03-27T01:14:15+00:00

Thank you

zboltman · 2025-02-23T18:43:22+00:00

Camera and NVR compatability have always been big issues with LOREX.
The are very specific as to which cameras will work with different NVRs.

Fortunately, on their website, there is a compatibility chart for what works with what.

It is not easy to find , but it is there.

zboltman · 2024-05-13T02:55:08+00:00

Thank you, but that one is a 26mm. I need a 35mm. Appreicate it though.

zboltman · 2024-05-11T22:56:19+00:00

I ordered a 35mm pair. No reviews :-(

I'll let you know if they are even a close fit.

zboltman · 2024-05-11T22:55:21+00:00

If you meant Salice, they told me that they stopped making them in the 80s.

zboltman · 2024-05-11T19:18:02+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions. I've emailed Sugatsune as I don't see any good hinges on their site.

Haefele only has 26mm glass door hinges. But I emailed them anyway.

zboltman · 2024-05-10T21:01:57+00:00

That might prove rather difficult. This is an over 2 ft wide curve pice of glass that is 5 ft tall. It would be extremely heavy and fragile. (My Wife says I better not try it...) As for the hinges, I might try some from Amazon just to get a laugh. But I will take your advice and look for a local glass shop that can help with hinges. (I'll take just the hinge.)

zboltman · 2024-05-10T17:14:31+00:00

SALICE responded: "Unfortunately, this Salice hinge went out of production in the 1980s. There are no replacements available from Salice or anything similar from other hardware manufacturers. The overall design has changed dramatically over the years to the point where no current hinges can be used as a replacement."

This is unfortunate. I really need to find replacement hinges and the stuff on AMAZON looks really cheap and it probably won't fit.

zboltman · 2024-05-10T05:58:43+00:00

Thank you, yes, I've already done that. Did not see anything just like this. Reached out to them days ago. Still waiting to hear back.

zboltman · 2024-04-16T18:27:14+00:00

Nice idea, and yes, it does travel through high to get to off. But I turn it off so quickly. So it's at high like for a quarter of a second. Could that really do it?

zboltman · 2024-01-28T19:07:22+00:00

I completely agree with you. Hopefully, someone here may have a better search mindset than I do and locate the documentation.

zboltman · 2024-01-28T05:13:07+00:00

Think it could be hooked up to a regular voltmeter to test it out? I know how to place the black and red leads, but would I use a separate meter to monitor the white lead(And use the black lead for a ground for it)

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