Recent content by abaran

Not sure if this is what their talking about but I'll throw it in anyway. My builder talked me into using fiberglass impregnated concrete vice conventional. Once the concrete hardened I noticed "fuzzies" all over the floor. Once I cleaned up the mess from the dry wall folks they became even...

Scott, I was just looking at the picture showing the radiant heating elements and was struck by the number of tubes going up to what I guess is going to be your manifold. How many zones do you have in that system? I've always understood that you would have two pipes for each zone, one for...

It's my understanding that dry lubes like graphite are what door manufacturers recommend. Their reasoning is, wet lubes will attrack dirt and other "stuff" that will hinder the door. Of course, I didn't listen to them and I used white lithium grease on my last door and it worked just fine. Mind...

One of the big differences between springs and torsion suspension is noted when you towing the trailer either empty or lightly loaded. Leaf sprung trailers tend to bounce around alot when the springs are not compressed whereas torsion axles rid pretty much the same loaded or unloaded. Me...

The warning that came to mind is from Coronado Industrial Coatings, and it reads: " Certain scarifying units can actually polish concrete, rendering the area unsuitable for coating application. If this occurs, the concrete will need to be opended by acid etching or centrifugal shot blasting."...

Thru some of the research I've done I've come across several warnings with regard to mechanical surface prep whether it's shot blasting or mechanical etching. Basically the warning read that these processes can actually polish the surface (the exact opposite of what you hope to achieve). When...

When I had my cabinet set up I used glass beads and a product called Jet Mag. It's a synthetic product made in Canada. A lot of the shipyards in the Norfolk area used the stuff because it did not cause any additional environmental problems. A 55lb bag was fairly cheap and it lasted a fair...

Been a while since my last photo update. Here's the latest and greatest. Plan of attack for this week is to level the ground in preperation for the pour and some exterior work before the roof gets done and the siding put on. Andy

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. I'm not really thinking of anything extrodinary, just a place where I can keep my toys and work on my truck year round. Since I have an 05 F-250 that measures 7'5" from floor to top of the roof rack, I didn't even consider a lift. As nice as it would...

Been lurking on the list for a while and have enjoyed all the information put out. Wanted to share some pics from the first two weeks worth of work on my garage. When finished it will be 30'x40' with 10' ceilings. I'll be posting more as the construction continues. Andy