Recent content by Flail

Not a fan of S-hooks in this application. In my previous life I took care of a handful of people with S-hooks that got embedded in faces and one time in the eyeball.

So after talking with a few commercial contractors, what they do is put pea gravel on it. To make it fireproof. So I put down a 60 mil epdm membrane and pea gravel on top. The lower edge of the roof has a “gravel stop” flashing. If we have a big rain storm and I find gravel on the ground, I’ll...

I have a fairly flat, 1:12 roof 28‘ wide x 20‘, that has leaked. Current leaking roof appears to be an asphalt with granular overlay in 4’ wide strips. I would like to put a continuous membrane roof on such as EPDM roof. Trouble is my area‘s code suggest I should use class A fire protection but...

Is that bottom plate pressure treated?

Wow. I haven’t thought about this project in years as life has got in the way: https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/threads/converting-monarch-10ee-motor-generator-3-phase-to-single-phase-steelman-method.274956/page-3 When I started this project in 2013 I realized a vfd was a no go as it...

For all those having problems pushing fish tape into 1/2” pvc conduit, it’s much easier if you use a taper reamer on the male portion of couplers to get rid of the edge that catches the fish tape. Anything more than three bends I use my super flexible wire wound tape, such as the Greenlee...

“Snip” that sounds interesting. Did you need to get some type of license and DOT inspection for the trailer? If so could you tell me the process and costs?

Old Dominion also appears to offer this service…… but not in California despite being based in San Diego!!! I suspect this has something to do with private contractor vs employee laws in CA.

The problem is getting a 10,000 pound container with 20,000 pounds of stuff onto and off a semi-trailer at 2 residential locations.

I am brain picking all the good people here. I am trying to move from Hood River, OR (60 miles east of Portland, OR) to Fallbrook, CA (40 miles north of San Diego) I have about 20,000 pounds of tools/tooling I would like to move and thought I had it figured out with ABF.com, a self service...

My plywood warps laying on the ground. Likely first side expanding from absorbing moisture from the ground and the other side shrinking due to the sun. My solution: flip the plywood over and check it again in a few hours. 99% of the time it flattens out.

Ah! The Pacific Northwest, land of horizontal and gravity defying rain. I’m fixing a couple of walls on my house due to the constant wind, rain and impossiblity of using composite wood materials that face the wind. Makes me wish I had used concrete blocks.

I would expect the amount of water going down between the wall and slab to be very little. If it concerns you, just trim the foam a little lower and apply Sikaflex caulking to the joint. I recommended a square drain as it’s generally easier to cut a square recess in the concrete with a grinder...

With a disposable snap blade knife you should be able to trim that foam board off flat with the slab. The drain is a bit more of a problem. I would probably get a square drain cover from HD and cut out its shape around the round hole in the concrete with grinder equipped with a cheapo diamond...

Go to Amazon and look up”drop in anchors”. 5/8” ones are $35.00 for a box of 25.