Recent content by urbanG33K

ice water shield is only like 2 or 3 mm thick. It's a self adhering membrane. Here Keep in mind, there is no attic space. So there is no vapor barrier between living space air and the under side of the roof decking. I'm starting to think that maybe it would be a better idea to do plywood...

Hi guys. It's kind of a long post. I'm just looking for some advice here.... My family has quite a project ahead of us this coming spring. A bit of back story: We have an 80 year old 3 season cabin in a remote area that we have been struggling with roofing issues for the last couple of...

South of the border you guys have some tougher/better codes for sure, according to what your posting Wyliesdiesels. Flyin99 - wyliesdiesels is your guy. I'd direct all further questions to him. He should be able to guide you through this endeavour.

Also, you should resist the urge to ground directly to the phone hardware. Although electrically there is probably nothing wrong with it. If a phone tech comes by and sees that, at very least, he's going to disconnect your ground from his terminal and possibly not even tell you he did it.

If I understand you question... No that phone box should be getting a ground from somewhere. Unlike the hydro company, the phone companies drop cables do not normally carry a wire with a conductor big enough to ground back to the phone network outside. Grounding in the phone network almost...

You can also trace where the phone company grounded too. See the left side of the large demarc box? there is a black cable going in the side, as well as a beige ground. it loops over to the little grey binding post terminal. pull the cap off that, and trace where the ground goes from there...

But if you are doubtful at all, just pound a ground rod in. Just don't pound it through your water main, or gas main.

no, the electricity will follow the path of least resistance. Which would mean it would go up the aerial neutral/ground from the hydro company. Your entire house is grounded to that neutral according to what I'm seeing inside the electrical panel. I'm making the assumption that the metal...

Ya so that's not an option most likely. see my post just above this one with the link to the meter box corner ground clamp.

also, something like this should suffice in a pinch.... http://www.thesatelliteshop.net/meter-bondinggrounding-clamp-corner-ulcul-listed-p-2368.html

out door water faucet is a good ground around these parts. As a telecom technician, that's our preferred grounding point, after the actual copper hydro braid for the hydro panel. The pic with the water pipe and the grounding ******** it is probably perfect, SO LONG AS you trace that pipe back...

I hear ya. I guess what I mean by 'restore' and what others mean by restore are a bit different. My goal is to get it back to useable condition. Not turn it into a show piece. The biggest hurdle between the end goal is cleaning the top. It's so rough right now I'm sure I couldn't...

Wow, that looks pretty good! I never would have thought you could sand cast iron in any kind of efficient way. :dunno:

Thanks for some replies guys. I'm gonna try the orbital sanding on one of the leafs and see where it gets me.

Re: Electrolysis for cast table saw top? Another option: I have a media blasting tank/kit for my air compressor. I've never used it yet and would have to assemble it. Would sand blasting it be a better option? Do you think it's possible to achieve these kind of results: