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[jswordy]

WHAT!!! You're not hanging the cabinets yourself?????

I knew I'd be exhausted after the prep, and I was right. I am gonna be. Just the cabinet installation labor is $1,500. I can only imagine how much I would have had to spend to get the other issues fixed or upgraded. We are still discussing whether there were 6.5 million or 7 million ring-shank nails in that last section of underlayment to come out. It took me 5 hours.

Lowe's has those oscillating tools in a kit on sale for $99, so I'm just gonna buy one today so I can start using it. When the replacement arrives, if one quits I will have another. Got to move on...

 

[bstnh1]

This is what you might find in one hole when planting a vineyard. Orange tube at top is 24 inches long.

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Reminds me of my yard. Planting anything is an all day affair and either a bushel basket size boulder or a wheelbarrow full of softball to basketball size rocks.

 

[bstnh1]

I knew I'd be exhausted after the prep, and I was right. I am gonna be. Just the cabinet installation labor is $1,500. I can only imagine how much I would have had to spend to get the other issues fixed or upgraded. We are still discussing whether there were 6.5 million or 7 million ring-shank nails in that last section of underlayment to come out. It took me 5 hours.

Lowe's has those oscillating tools in a kit on sale for $99, so I'm just gonna buy one today so I can start using it. When the replacement arrives, if one quits I will have another. Got to move on...

Well, I'll bet that underlayment never buckled up, did i t?

 

[jswordy]

Well, I'll bet that underlayment never buckled up, did i t?

Their solution to the fact that it was rotting was to add more nails.

 

[jswordy]

And this in a group of owners!

 

[jswordy]

8 hours yesterday got it done. It could have gone smoother if the drain pipe wasn't installed at an angle. Some minor wiring work on a rainy day today. That wire coming through a hole in the wall for the dishwasher will not stay that way, plus it is located too far to the left. And I need to run a power wire for the under cabinet light switch. If it isn't raining, I will go get the material for the walls tomorrow. And hey, you know you are doing old work when the insulation says NEW on it! Every piece of sheetrock is stamped Made in USA and has a patent number on it. Eleven days until cabinets arrive. Still quite a bit to do but it is getting better.

 

[stbasil]

8 hours yesterday got it done. It could have gone smoother if the drain pipe wasn't installed at an angle. Some minor wiring work on a rainy day today. That wire coming through a hole in the wall for the dishwasher will not stay that way, plus it is located too far to the left. And I need to run a power wire for the under cabinet light switch. If it isn't raining, I will go get the material for the walls tomorrow. And hey, you know you are doing old work when the insulation says NEW on it! Every piece of sheetrock is stamped Made in USA and has a patent number on it. Eleven days until cabinets arrive. Still quite a bit to do but it is getting better.

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So, probably installed in the 1950's, because according to Owens Corning website:

• 1956: an experimental machine in Newark, Ohio, manufactured the first all fiber (AF) fiberglass wool, using the first AF fiberizer design. The Sales Department requested a method of distinguishing the new AF insulation from the standard PF product. In response to this request, red dye was added to the AF Wool binder, thus creating the company’s iconic PINK insulation.

 

[bstnh1]

So, probably installed in the 1950's, because according to Owens Corning website:

• 1956: an experimental machine in Newark, Ohio, manufactured the first all fiber (AF) fiberglass wool, using the first AF fiberizer design. The Sales Department requested a method of distinguishing the new AF insulation from the standard PF product. In response to this request, red dye was added to the AF Wool binder, thus creating the company’s iconic PINK insulation.

Before the pink stuff ......

Fiberglass insulation was invented by accident at Corning Glass in the early 1930s. John Thomas, a NIHF inductee, hired a college student named Kleist to work on architectural glass blocks, including spraying molten glass. Thomas realized the process could be used to commercially produce fiberglass, and the two patented the steam-blown process. In 1938, Owens-Illinois and Corning Glass formed Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation to make fiberglass products using the Kleist-Thomas process.

 

[ceeaton]

My Son who is stationed with the USAF in Alaska sent a couple of pictures. He and his buddies are camping over the weekend. Not sure of the river name, but I'm sure it's only about an hour or so out of Fairbanks. Might have to make a postcard out of one of them.






Edit: my Son just texted me, it's the Chena River.

 

[jswordy]

So, probably installed in the 1950's, because according to Owens Corning website:

• 1956: an experimental machine in Newark, Ohio, manufactured the first all fiber (AF) fiberglass wool, using the first AF fiberizer design. The Sales Department requested a method of distinguishing the new AF insulation from the standard PF product. In response to this request, red dye was added to the AF Wool binder, thus creating the company’s iconic PINK insulation.

We estimated that the kitchen was added in 1963. It may have been earlier. Either way it was ahead of its time. Insulated walls were unusual in Deep South homes until the early to mid-1970s. Couple more pix, since there's interest.

No mention of cooling...



This green insulation was used in a couple spots...

 

[jswordy]

We estimated that the kitchen was added in 1963. It may have been earlier. Either way it was ahead of its time. Insulated walls were unusual in Deep South homes until the early to mid-1970s. Couple more pix, since there's interest.

No mention of cooling...

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This green insulation was used in a couple spots...

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Apparently, the green is a Johns-Mansville trademark.

 

[ceeaton]

My older brother picked a good day to attend a game in person (with his Wife, Son and new Daughter-In-Law).



Though lately you've got a pretty good chance of watching the Phillies win...
Hardest part is securing tickets, a few sell-outs at home lately, they had 44K+ today.

 

[Kraffty]

My Son who is stationed with the USAF in Alaska sent a couple of pictures. He and his buddies are camping over the weekend. Not sure of the river name, but I'm sure it's only about an hour or so out of Fairbanks. Might have to make a postcard out of one of them.

Hi Craig, we're heading up to Fairbanks on Friday for the very first time, looks stunning.

 

[ceeaton]

Hi Craig, we're heading up to Fairbanks on Friday for the very first time, looks stunning.

He said it was in the 60s the other day (we did a video chat from his back yard as he was smoking a hunk of beef). He's actually in North Pole, which is a little SE of Fairbanks, works at the base in Fairbanks. He loves it there, except for when his oil and propane freeze in the winter...

 

[Kraffty]

Thanks for the weather report.....

 

[wineh]

Frank slide Crow's nest pass, Alberta

 

[Boatboy24]

My Son who is stationed with the USAF in Alaska sent a couple of pictures. He and his buddies are camping over the weekend. Not sure of the river name, but I'm sure it's only about an hour or so out of Fairbanks. Might have to make a postcard out of one of them.

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Edit: my Son just texted me, it's the Chena River.

Loaded for bear, I hope.

 

[Rocky]

Spring in NM!

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Mike, I have a lot of Iris in my yard and I have a problem with them. The stalks grow tall and then fall over. I notice in your picture that your stalks are significantly thicker and stronger looking and I am interested in any fertilizer regimen you use. I believe Nitrogen does so and I think I will give it a shot. Do you use anything special? I also have the same problem with my Peonies, which are planted in about the same area.

Thanks.

 

[bstnh1]

Mike, I have a lot of Iris in my yard and I have a problem with them. The stalks grow tall and then fall over. I notice in your picture that your stalks are significantly thicker and stronger looking and I am interested in any fertilizer regimen you use. I believe Nitrogen does so and I think I will give it a shot. Do you use anything special? I also have the same problem with my Peonies, which are planted in about the same area.

Thanks.

Rocky - not sure what you or Mike have, but there are tall varieties of Irises and Peonies that need staking. My son has a Peony that gets up to 4 feet tall some years. Mine are a lot shorter and only get about 18" tall. Too much nitrogen will make both the irises and peonies grow too tall.

 

[Rocky]

Rocky - not sure what you or Mike have, but there are tall varieties of Irises and Peonies that need staking. My son has a Peony that gets up to 4 feet tall some years. Mine are a lot shorter and only get about 18" tall. Too much nitrogen will make both the irises and peonies grow too tall.

Hey Brian, I have three plantings of peonies and I support them with a "tomato cage." The stems are so thin, they still fall over. The largest planting is about 2' high. I just transplanted all of the Iris last Fall, so the flowers were few and far between this year. Even so, the thin stems grew tall and fell over. Pictures are not great but they give you an idea of the issue.