Recent content by ninjajim4

Hi all, Had a question about a Coats 60X tire changing that's not clamping well. I changed the clamping pedal valve seals but was immediately skeptical that that was the issue because the original orings looked good when they came out. Anything else to check? Also is it typical a lot of air...

everything is pitched away from the foundation and no general issues with drainage or water accumulation. I didn't hear anything particular different when tapping various parts of my garage. It's not been my observation that the swelling area contracts or oscillates at all but I'll be keeping...

it's an interesting point. where it's lifting the patio blocks, it's also pretty clearly a winding path back to the tree. Where as the patio area between the garage and the tree is nice and level. So it may be that my initial immediate assumption that it's a root is totally off base. If...

for sure we do have clay conditions beneath the soil, but I would be hard pressed to say that it's localized in any way to that one spot. It sounds like you don't think this is due to a tree root at all? I don't know enough about any of this to say one way or another. Even if it's not grown...

Even this isnt a straight forward task. Its all brick paver patio between the tree and the garage. Also question if getting rid of this one root will even be a good long term solution as others can grow under there just as easily

For sure its bulging upwards. Have an 8 ft level and its very obviously raised up in the section where the worst cracking is and smaller cracks appear to be radiating from. Have no plans to coat the floor -- going to put floor tiling over -- but again trying to figure out if this is something...

~10 years. And yes, it's just a solid slab I don't know what sort of soil we have or how i would determine it. if it's just the lack of control cuts then maybe i'm good here and i can just ignore the unslightly cracks, which I won't see after they're covered up with floor tile? The only...

I'm not overly concerned about killing the tree -- I'm sure it'll be fine if I tore in there and put in some root killer and then patched it up. I just don't know if it's a game of whack of mole and there will be other roots pushing up later and it's not worth it to even address this first...

I'd meant to include something to about that -- it's not on the table at this point.

Hi all,finishing out the garage and next step is to lay flooring. However, looking at the garage floor a little more closely for the first time and realizing that the cracks in the slab aren't just from a poor install or unsettled base. I can see now that all of the cracks are emanating from...

Hey all, just wanted to say hello and thanks for the wealth of information. Have been using this forum for years without being registered at all. Finally in the process of finishing out our 3 car detatched garage. After reading a lot here, ultimately put in insulation (r13 in the walls...