Recent content by buntingmiester

WOW!!!.......... What a great forum:thumbup: , many good suggestions. I believe I'll try the candle wax trick first,because I have it on hand, also have a "homebrew" penetrating oil (equal parts, auto trans. fluid/acetone), that i haven't tried yet. I will post my attempts, and the results...

Thanks for all the info, the socket head is buggered up, and its position on the press precludes sawing it off. I have more than one size impact drivers, w/sockets, but because of the condition of the socket head it will not work. Guess my next option will be the EZE-OUT method, that failing...

I 've picked up an old Pacific/ Div. of Hornady single stage press , and the lock ring ( split ring ) holding the die has a small allen bolt to secure the final adjustment of the die. Bubba REALLY tightened it, and I can't get it to budge. Tried Kroil/heatgun, Tapping the bolt w/torque applied...

concrete lintel would be my recommendation, extending at least 8" on either side of the door opening......buntingmiester

Well, if you are worried about the new foundation for the posts settling at a different rate than the existing slab, what I would recommend is connecting the two new pads with a poured tiebeam ( i.e.,a connecting footing 8"dx12"wxlenght between pads),and tie the rebar in the tiebeam to the rebar...

mlg567, after I posted this I wondered about your experience at setting anchor bolts, so I thought I should add this comment, first the anchor bolts should have a 90* tail on the bottom to help prevent uplift (Lowes/Home Depot sell em), second, attach to template w/nuts & washers (coat...

mlg567, if this was my project I would eliminate the anchor bolts entirely. Build a template of your bolt pattern and get some 1/2" anchor bolts, then embed them in your wet concrete, when the concrete is cured pull off the template, set your post , and torque down the nuts.Takes longer, but is...

you will be much happier with a thickened footing under your posts. Just excavate enough soil to give youself an 8" deep footing at the minimum, figure a 2'x2' pad beneath your posts, then drop some #4 rebar, 6 pieces per pad and keep them 1" off the ground. Total cost in materail to do this is...