Recent content by BigSalNY

I was looking around at work and had a bag of Rapid Set Mortar Repair, I picked up a few packets of their Set retarder and added 1 packet to each batch I mixed. I got about 40-50 minutes of pot life out of each batch. I plan on finishing up tomorrow, I post up some pics.

some of the walls have block fill in them, others garbage, some have zero... really ****** building practices

I am decommissioning a rental unit that was used as a gym. I have a ton of anchors that were used to mount gym equipment to the walls, I need to remove them and patch the holes. Normally I would just use hydraulic cement out of a small can to patch. But i have easily 75-100 anchor holes varying...

the best route to start is with 3 micrometer style wrenches 1/4,3/8,1/2 then add the digital 3/8 that does digital angle. followed by the 1/2 digital. Then you'll be covered the TechAngle is nice because it can be set to a ton of different scales as well as Torque then Angle. It will indicate...

so little update, i forgot to post here. went to look at this "gem" wow what a dump lol taking the garage out of the equation, it easily needs 150-200k of work/upgrades. both bathrooms, kitchen, boiler,oil tank, roof, and all 3 central air units need to be replaced within the next 2-3 years...

Current price on a 14/17 Snapon is 63.25….. I paid 39.00 in 2004

I ran across this recently with the Metric Zero Offset High Performance box wrenches from snapon XDHFM series, they are sold in 2 sets with different combinations. My dealer explained to me they are grouped like this for sales purposes. Its easier to sell a smaller cheaper set with the common...

Most water plant operators are very detail oriented. Not tooting my own horn but its a very important job that doesn't get nearly enough recognition or press. Most people only think about their utilities when they have problem.... They say that plumbers help protect the health of the nation...

yea I agree with you on this. Hopefully going to look at it this week. Im taking a friend of mine to give me a second set of eyes and potentially smack some sense into me.

man that is genius! do they make something on wheels with 10-12K capacity with a bridge jack ??? that's the money question

in my area its hard to find a lot this size withthe ability to build a garage. I thing it already having a garage with high ceilings is a huge plus. If i were to buy this house I would probably figure out where my box would go first, and quickly redo the sheetrock and paint. then set the box in...

Yea i have this weird level of OCD where if i have an issue that arises or a project that is being planned, I will OBSESS over it. Every detail, step, procedure, torque value, material selection etc.... I probably need therapy lol for example I redid my kitchen during the tail end of covid and...

Nassau county is a very densely populated suburban area with some areas that are also classified as urban. The average house lot is 60x100...... a lot of setback rules to follow with property lines etc make building a detached structure on a small lot very difficult.

for me its kinda hard to get off Long Island... Im a civil servant, hard to leave the pension system and great salary behind. Im a water plant operator and need to be reasonably close to work ( within 40-45 minutes to respond to emergencies)

this is absolutly the way ..... especially in my area, the tax us to death