Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT The "Glendora Garage"

[jalexl]

Never heard of it before but I’m sure it would work fine.

Looks like you remove the cap, screw on the hose adapter and then do something - don’t know what has to be done - to allow the oil to flow.

Where as with the one I have you just stick on the clear hose (or not if you don’t want) quarter turn and oil flows out. I’ve only drained my oil once using it so far but it works fine.

Dan,
As soon as you screw in the adapter it releases in the inner valve and it drains. The benefit I guess is that the valve can't accidently be opened by a rock or anything else. I was just curious if you had compared them before buying yours. They are $50 on amazon, a little steep, in my opinion.

Thanks for your thread, I enjoy it.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Dan,
As soon as you screw in the adapter it releases in the inner valve and it drains. The benefit I guess is that the valve can't accidently be opened by a rock or anything else. I was just curious if you had compared them before buying yours. They are $50 on amazon, a little steep, in my opinion.

Thanks for your thread, I enjoy it.

Thanks Jalexi! A lot of my thread is "small potatoes" jobs I enjoy and having something to post about. Not like a lot of guys here that do serious or creative work.

Speaking of non-serious, non-creative work:

We just got home from 15 day trip through the Southwest. The interstate is BAAD due to potholes. Serious ones with deep chunks of pavement missing. I straddled the truck ruts with limited success. One place there was the remnants of a chain saw in the lane I couldn't avoid because of a semi so I went over. It hit and I pulled over to inspect for pan damage. None but I could see where it had hit a frame cross member.

Laughin, NV & Gallup, NM to Taos, NM was the first leg to an intended stop - I don't like driving the RV more than about 4 hours. Afterall, the E350 chassis dates from the 80's so not all that comfortable. A lot of heat comes from the engine cover. My SO has lower back issues and since the engine cover doesn't allow her to extend her legs straight forward she's hurting after awhile.



Taos to Santa Fe, NM which I liked a LOT better than Taos. The RV park we chose from the internet was a dump but the area around the Plaza was very nice and enjoyable. Spent a day in a spa here that was bourgeois as hell but still very enjoyable.



Santa Fe to Albuquerque to meet up with sister & brother-in-law who joined us for most of rest of trip but stayed in hotels. We then drove to Canyon de Chelly (pronounced "Shay") to tour the canyon and see the cliff dwellings and ancient markings. Absolutely beeoootiful in the canyon. The area outside the canyon, a town named Chinle on the Navajo reservation is small, remote as hell and very poor. Very glad we took the tour now. We were in a cut down Chevy Tahoe with a custom roll cage. Drove much of it IN the wash which is running high from snow run off. Guide said it is usually nearly dry this time of year.



After this to Sedona, AZ - Very picturesque and also very touristy but since we hadn't been in many years we enjoyed it. Did a lot of shopping, art galleries, etc.



From there the rest was heading home. Dropped the sister & BIL in Phoenix at Sky Harbor airport. Drove from there to Blythe - EEK! Apologies to anyone here who likes Blythe but I find it depressing other than being on the river. Our dogs liked it though. A one night stay and home to Glendora Friday arriving early evening.

 

[xtremek]

Sounds like a decent trip. Curious, up here the constant freeze/thaw cycle causes a large amount of the potholes. What causes them down there?

 

[kaymccampbell]

Sounds like a decent trip. Curious, up here the constant freeze/thaw cycle causes a large amount of the potholes. What causes them down there?

Pothole gnomes.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

In the Southwest its HOT!!! At least most of the time but the desert can also get quite cold over night and when the wind blows the same hot & cold cycles happen and the number of semi trucks running the right lane by the thousands don't help. On top of all that we had an incredible amount of rain here over the winter.

 

[PugetDude]

Sounds like a decent trip. Curious, up here the constant freeze/thaw cycle causes a large amount of the potholes. What causes them down there?

Californians in RV’s pulling Jeeps.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Updating my thread for record:

Bought the floor model gazebo from Costco on a great deal. Originally price $1899 and it's even more on their website but got the display for $1200!! They wouldn't allow me to disassemble it because of liability, etc so had to haggle and paid another $300 - ugh.

Rented a trailer to bring it home s l o w l y.

Took my '55 out so I could prep and paint it in the shade. Since it was on display it was a little beat up around the base from shopping carts and had a few dents and scrapes but nothing PlasticWood couldn't patch. We don't care because we intend to paint it to match our patio structure.

It's all sanded now and ready for primer tomorrow. I should have done it today but it was 82-84* in there and even with a fan I was HOT and dusty as hell. Had to call it a day, clean up and take my girl out to dinner.

 

[Bob Heine]

I should have done it today but it was 82-84* in there and even with a fan I was HOT and dusty as hell.

Dan, I really do feel for you. I went out to clean up two large branches I cut down yesterday. Cut them up into transportable size out in the sun. Then I dragged them into the shade. The chainsaw made quick work of the branches but it was quite warm and 71% humidity.

Sooo much cooler in the shade. I was sweating just as much but there was no sizzling sound coming from my body.


Sorry, I just saw your post on my thread. I'm hangin' in and follow doctor's Liane's orders.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Yes, follow Liane's orders. She's nursed you through a lifetime of things great and small..She'll see you through this too.

I used to go to Florida in the 80's when I worked for Rockwell on the Shuttle program, went again in '92 to Vero Beach to Dodgertown and finally in '19 when we took our RV cross country to Key West. A lot of beautiful stuff there but I confess I could never deal with the humidity across the South. I just sweat like a monster. I seem to sweat WHILE I'm in the shower trying to clean and cool off!

PS: I am always amazed at the things you manage to do with one arm. Has anyone told you you're not a 35 year old man anymore, lol? Take care Bob. Your "friends you haven't met yet" are all pulling for you out here.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Behr Bonding primer on all sides yesterday. Rolled and back brushed primer and top coat. Finish coated them today with off white satin.

Very warm today so I'm giving them another couple hours, then I'll flip them and paint the 4th side. I'm going to give them a 2nd coat too. Easier now than when erected and assembled.

Primer in 1st pic. Off white finish coat in 2nd pic.

 

[PugetDude]

Looks good, Dan.
How did you get it home if they wouldn’t let you disassemble it?

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

They have a consultant/subcontractor that assembles & disassembles their displays. That company quoted me $650 to disassemble it and I said no way, of course!

Called Costco and told them I wanted my money back. They said they'd call the sub and got them to take $300. I still am not happy about that amount but I bit the bullet and said ok.

 

[PugetDude]

Somehow, I envisioned something like this...

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Somehow, I envisioned something like this...

This ^^^ is when the entire family shows up for a pool party! Lol

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

This ^^^ is when the entire family shows up for a pool party! Lol

Mexi family, Bob and my S.O. has 7 brothers and sisters all in their late 60's up to late 70's. When they all get together the crowd is insane. AND they all still live local.

I only have two older sisters so our side is a little more tame.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Taking a break from my painting project, the neighbor I call "Juan Valdez" (gotta be old enough to remember the Columbian coffee commercials of the late '50's to early '80's) took all four of his burros out for a walk at the same time today. I've only ever seen him take two at a time so maybe he's trying to avoid the heat with only one walk.

They "heel" and are calmer than my dogs on a walk, ha ha.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Columns got primer w/2 finish coats and are standing up waiting for assembly.

The beams got primer and 1 finish coat - ran out of paint - natch! More tomorrow and I suppose I have to give them another coat - wish I hadn't been so ambitious when I started this.

Keeping paint off the black assembly bolts was a P.I.T.A. I finally kinda gave up on that and took them out one-by-one and got the white paint off with lacquer thinner. More tomorrow when it's going to be even hotter but better than the end of the week with an "excessive heat warning" in effect.

 

[rharman]

Taking a break from my painting project, the neighbor I call "Juan Valdez" (gotta be old enough to remember the Columbian coffee commercials of the late '50's to early '80's) took all four of his burros out for a walk at the same time today. I've only ever seen him take two at a time so maybe he's trying to avoid the heat with only one walk.

They "heel" and are calmer than my dogs on a walk, ha ha.

Looks like quite the "poop" bag he's carrying....

 

[Jayman17]

That's nice being able to paint those in the shade of your garage with hot temps outside.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Looks like quite the "poop" bag he's carrying....

'Ya know, I didn't think of it but it IS possible that's what the bag is for!

He's a nice guy, lives in an ordinary suburban home with a large yard I've driven by many times. There's NEVER donkey poop visible. The entire yard always looked like it was raked 5 minutes ago. So he knows his pets aren't usual and doesn't allow the neighbors to be bothered by them. At least not by their poop or flies.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

That's nice being able to paint those in the shade of your garage with hot temps outside.

Yeah well that was the idea but it's 87.9* in there right now so not very cool. I've got a big Harbor Freight fan blowing but unless I'm staying right in front of it all it does is make the paint dry even faster!

I just went out to flip the corbels in this kit after putting primer on one side and I've gotta wait awhile to do the other side. At least until it's under 80*

 

[LeonardY]

Yeah well that was the idea but it's 87.9* in there right now so not very cool. I've got a big Harbor Freight fan blowing but unless I'm staying right in front of it all it does is make the paint dry even faster!

I just went out to flip the corbels in this kit after putting primer on one side and I've gotta wait awhile to do the other side. At least until it's under 80*

That's looking good. It's broke 102 here in Santa Clarita yesterday. I'm expecting the same. The good thing is the temps are dropping into the 60's at night. I open all the windows at 5AM and get the house cooled down.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks for the kind words, Leonard.

Yeah, it's not quite as hot here as Santa Clarita and I don't think it will get as hot as you guys get over the weekend but it'll keep getting hotter here so no point in trying to wait it out. We need the additional shade over our BBQ area and are tired of dragging one of our umbrellas around it.

Today I have to finish these corbel things then bring in the huge roof parts and mask them well to avoid taking them apart - they have dozens of parts....and I know I'd lose track of what goes where.

I ALSO have:
- A long irrigation soaker damaged in several areas - just gonna swap out a long piece.
- Front lantana hedges WAY overgrown. Too hot but only gonna get hotter so I'll put on my hat and get to it.
- Lawns growing like crazy too in this heat.

The joys of home ownership (shhh...I actually love doing all this stuff....well, when it's cooler anyway).

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

My S.O. has stepped in to help me with finishing the paint on the corbels - two coats. Thanks babe!!

This allowed me to do yard work that was overdue - though HOT! out there.

Moving the corbels out and bringing in the roof panels. They'll be tedious to mask/partially disassemble
but I won't have to flip them over & wait like all the other parts.

In this heat paint dries FAST. I'll be in the garage as long as I can stand the heat and the Dodgers/Mets game will be on Apple+ tv - I THINK I can get that out there, we'll see.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

First roof panel in garage. I knew it'd be tedious but getting into the tight corners with tape was a P.I.T.A. Did that for awhile then said "SCREW THIS!". Remembered I have a leftover roll of floor protection thin cardboard.

Cut strips to slide between wood and aluminum. Cut triangular pieces for the tight corners. Tape in a few places where panels are tight. Removed some brackets & aluminum so I'd not need to mask. I'll be able to reuse most of the cardboard for the other 3 panels.

Got up to 94+* out there - too DAMN HOT so I came in to watch the game. I'll go prime it later ..... or possibly mañana, lol

 

[captain14]

The painting project seems to be going well with the heat. How did you keep track of all the fasteners?

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

There weren’t as many fasteners at this point as I’d worried about. The 4 ea. main brackets on each roof panel for attaching it to the horizontal beams only have 2 wood screws. But one is a bigger long screw than the other. Just have to remember which goes where.

Then there is a long flashing along two sides with about 6 small wood screws. I just left them inside the roof panel while I paint. I do all the painting one panel at a time til done then reassemble and move the panel to the backyard. 1 down, 3 to go.

Using the cardboard strips is WAAY faster and easier than masking tape.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Painting inside little boxes....
Painting inside little boxes....
Painting inside little boxes....

HOT....HOT....HOT....The whole time I'm doing it too. UGH.

2nd roof panel done, 3rd one in garage and took a pool break before masking again.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Ok, painting FINALLY done (well, likely touch ups when I finally erect it).

Took on two roof panels today (Despite picture below). An all day job and before I knew it was 7pm because I was watching the Dodgers game.

I was sick of painting (partly bent over, aching back) so I wanted to get it done! Assembly starts tomorrow. Not sure how long I'll last because of the heat. It got to 96* in the garage and the sun was low in the sky burning me so after awhile I closed the garage door. Not sure if that made it hotter?

For anyone interested: Masking was strips of heavy floor protection cardboard. They're curved coming off the roll so they wedge pretty well between the wood and aluminum. I cut arrowhead shaped pieces for the acute corners. This method saved me a ton of tedious masking tape.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Ok so this post also belongs in the "What Did You Do In Your Yard Today" thread.

Began assembling the gazebo in the backyard at 6:30am to avoid the heat - I didn't! DAMN it was frickin' HOTTER THAN HELL out there. Jumped in the pool a couple times, drank a literal gallon of ice water, a few Cokes and was still dripping wet all day.

Anyway, since this was a Costco display it had already been assembled/holes already drilled. Both blessing and a curse. Slightly different hole locations on the columns & horizontal beams made me have to disassemble as much as I assembled which ate time but I got it figured out.

Good next door neighbor is also assembling the exact same gazebo so he came over to help me lift the assembled "short sides" then lift the long side horizontal beams into place and install long bolts. He left for a Zoom meeting and I was on my own again to make many small dimensional adjustments so (in theory) the roof panels will align well tomorrow.

Two short sides assembled side-by-side on deck:


Sides raised and long side horizontals plus corbels bolted in place. The frame is close to its final location. Getting everything level and plumb down to 1/8" is tough. I'm sure the deck has minor slope but I'll get it as close as possible.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

PS: Can anyone tell me the advisability of using Tapcons into concrete vs. "redhead" type concrete anchors that use outward pressure? Two columns are near the slab edges and I need to avoid cracking the concrete.

 

[zanyad]

PS: Can anyone tell me the advisability of using Tapcons into concrete vs. "redhead" type concrete anchors that use outward pressure? Two columns are near the slab edges and I need to avoid cracking the concrete.

Epoxy a stud into a drilled hole?

 

[LeonardY]

∆
This!

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Nah, don't want an epoxied fastener because it is (remotely) possible this gazebo may be moved in the future. I own a basic Ramset gun but don't want to use that because I have had partial "sets" of the fastener before and then you're stuck. In this case it would necessitate me moving the entire structure over slightly to fire a new fastener.

I was thinking Tapcon but I've never used them before. Doing research I hear sometimes they strip out the hole but for the anchors I need to place near the edge of the slab they might be best. I've used Redhead the most and they work great away from edge and as long as you're thorough in removing dust from the drilled hole.

 

[PugetDude]

Dan, I used 1/4" Tapcons today to anchor the base of the outdoor stairs I am building. Drilled 3/16" holes then ran the Tapcons in with my old 18v Ryobi impact. Pullout strength is around 600# per fastener. The pad at the base of the stairs is only a week old, so it was easy drilling and driving. YMMV...
They are a lot easier then Redheads, IMO-and you can remove them if you need to.

 

[kaymccampbell]

How near the edge is near? An inch? A foot?

 

[LeonardY]

Nah, don't want an epoxied fastener because it is (remotely) possible this gazebo may be moved in the future.

If you do move it in the future, you cut off the bolt flush with the concrete.

In all cases, you will be left with either a hole or a stud if you move it.

Another option is do a chemical anchor with a threaded insert. If it's moved you can just thread a stud, flush with the surface.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Dan, I used 1/4" Tapcons today to anchor the base of the outdoor stairs I am building. Drilled 3/16" holes then ran the Tapcons in with my old 18v Ryobi impact. Pullout strength is around 600# per fastener. The pad at the base of the stairs is only a week old, so it was easy drilling and driving. YMMV...
They are a lot easier then Redheads, IMO-and you can remove them if you need to.

Have you had much issue with stripping the hole? I'm guessing good dust removal and solid pressure on my Milwaukee hammer drill while driving the screw will prevent that?

PS: To Kay, The distance from edge is about 2-1/2".

 

[PugetDude]

Dan, I drilled the holes a little bit deeper than the Tapcons screw.so the excess dust had a place to go. Too lazy to drag an air hose out there to blow out the holes. Had one that bottomed out, just unscrewed it (don't lift it out of the hole so you can clear the dust it brought up with it) and then ran it back in all the way. It bit just as well the second time around.

My thought is that if you do get one that doesn't want to bite due to crumbing concrete or a wallowed out hole, squirt a dab of epoxy in the hole and run it back down.

Another old trick is to put a piece of bare stranded copper wire (think lamp cord or heavy automotive wire) in the hole if you are having trouble- the screw grabs the wire, wraps it around and pulls it down into the hole, filling the void and allowing the screw to tighten. Maintain a bit of back pressure on the wire once it starts-it's amazing how well this works. Then just snip off the excess. I also tried it with a piece of solid #14 on a redhead that didn't want to bite in a wallowed out hole- lifted it as far as I could, pushed the wire into the void on the redhead, then drove it back down. Wire provided just enough bite that it expanded the second time.

Tapcons will leave a smaller hole if you do ever decide to move or remove the structure.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Dan, I drilled the holes a little bit deeper than the Tapcons screw.so the excess dust had a place to go. Too lazy to drag an air hose out there to blow out the holes. Had one that bottomed out, just unscrewed it (don't lift it out of the hole so you can clear the dust it brought up with it) and then ran it back in all the way. It bit the same the second time around.

My thought is that if you do get one that doesn't want to bite due to crumbing concrete or a wallowed out hole, squirt a dab of epoxy in the hole and run it back down.

Another old trick is to put a short piece of bare stranded copper wire (think lamp cord) in the hole if you are having trouble- the screw grabs the wire, wraps it around and pulls it down into the hole, filling the void and allowing the screw to tighten. It's amazing how well this works. Then just snip off the excess.

Tapcons will leave a smaller hole if you do ever decide to move or remove the structure.

Love it. Sounds like a plan.

The base on the gazebo base plates have four 1/2" holes. I'm thinking 1/4" Tapcons but I've not gone to Home Cheapo yet to see sizes offered. I would THINK 16 ea. 1/4" screws total would keep it from "Mary Poppins-ing" off in a big wind!