Winemaking area

[Wade E]

Black Diamonds Oil and I wish I did this during the day as I can see
more bubbles now. Ill pull up some spots that arent sticking to well
due to the bad levelling concrete mixture and pull the corners and tack
them down with the strips and concrete nails and hide that under
sheetrock and base molding.

 

[PeterZ]

Wade, just cut a small slit in the linoleum bubble, push out the air and push it down. Much easier than pulling it up.

 

[Waldo]

Just leave it like is...Tell folks your floor is fermenting too

 

[NorthernWinos]

Was it the kind of vinyl that you just put glue just around the perimeter?????


We used some on the basement floor of the last house we built that you just put glue around the outside walls, or around the edge of each section...It did the strangest things....at certain times of the year the whole middle of the vinyl would heave upwards...like one huge bubble under it...like maybe in spring or fall....can't remember...maybe when we quit heating the downstairs in the spring....we'd throw a rug on it.


It was vinyl that you couldn't tear...very durable....but if you slit it ....the slit would get bigger.....I dropped a knife once processing deer and that little slit got bigger...however...that part of the floor no longer got the air under it in ...the small area by the stairway would bubble up...so we'd use the rug there.


So...if it is that type of vinyl be careful about slitting it to let the air out...do it in a place that doesn't show.

 

[Wade E]

This aws the really cheap stuff and tears as easy as paper so a little
slice will be the end of it. It was the type that you have to glue the
whole thing down as its very flimsey and the cement that I put down is
the problem. It was to weak and the glue actually pulled up the cement
in spots so Ill just have to pull up some edges which will not require
any resistance anyway and pull it tight and tack it down. Glue works
well but cement failed due to operator error. Waldo I love your idea,
maybe Ill just drill a hole and put an airlock in there!

 

[grapeman]

Don't forget to use the little black grommet Wade. Just do't push too hard on it or the grommet will fall in. I have an idea(I know .... dangerous....), paint the floor in the shape of a fermenter pail lid and along with the airlock and grommet it will look like you are making one HUGE batch under the floor.

 

[jobe05]

Hate to mention this wade, but do you think that to much water weakened the leveling cement? Would it be best to chip that out and do a do-over now than to wait till it gets harder and your in a finished room?


I hate working with any type of cement or concrete, can't do it! I have a small cement mixer that is a life saver but I can't get one load to come out the same as the last, so an even pour, like a side walk is out of the question for me....... a fence post can do.

 

[Wade E]

Thats exactly what happened jobe but I dont really care as it will be
okay once its tightened up. It was just meant to help keep it a little
more sanitary.

 

[Trigham]

Wade, for the small bubbles that stay in it afterwards instead of a small tear with a knife use a straight pin to release the air and u will never see the hole!

 

[grapeman]

You can also use a hypodermic needle to draw the air out. Then be sure to use a sealer over the hole. Works especially well on concrete floors for bubbles.

 

[Wade E]

Okay I pulled up the linoleum and fixed it by pulling it tight and
tacking down strips that will be hidden underneath sheetrock and base
molding. I also built my coutertop and stained the edges of it and
stained the cabinets that go with it and will pick up 1 more 12"cabinet
that will just fit in between the other 2. I wasnt sure if I was going
to be able to fit it until I cut the angle on the countertop to clear
the door but now that thats done I measured and will probably pick it
up tommorrow and stain that and the 2 entry doors.

 

[Wade E]

 

[Wade E]

Monday the electrical will be done and I can start getting some
sheetrock in but my truck goes in for servicing for brake calipers and
tranny check since reverse is slipping!

So Ill have to wait until I get it back to pickup the sheetrock unless my wife lets me put it atop her Cherokee.

Edited by: wade

 

[grapeman]

You are going to use that for making wine on? Looks pretty fancy! It's coming along nicely Wade.

 

[bmorosco]

coming along nice..

 

[Wade E]

Appleman, those were the cheapest cabinets there are believe it or not.
Unfinished oak was cheaper than any plain white cab, and the countertop
was1 that I got for free as I built it about a year ago for a friend
for his kitchen along with 6 others. He put them in his garage for a
week till I could get up there to install them as I had a wedding to go
to that weekend. During the week of waiting for the next weekend I was
mowing the lawn when I got a phone call from him saying that he just
pulled in to his garage and drove over them. Luckily only that 1 broke
and I remade it for just the cost of the laminate. I asked if he still
had it when I thought of doing this project and picked it up when I
went down to pick up all those bottles from the guy who posted that he
had them Up in Kent CT. whick turned out to be right around the corner
from my friends house. So all I had to do was cut the front laminate
edge off and cut the angle on it as thats where it was broken and apply
the oak to match the cabinets.

 

[rgecaprock]

Wow, Wade, Fancy!!!!

Edited by: rgecaprock

 

[jobe05]

Come'n along nicely Wade


Transmissions use more fluid in reverse han forward, so it could be just low, or the pump is going, more than likely it's just filter and fluid breakdown, getting to thin.

 

[Wade E]

I actually filled it with a high tech racung fluid that was supposed to
be the best for helping these sit's but nothing. Im really hoping I
dont need a new tranny and that its just a filter or band or something
small.

 

[NorthernWinos]

Looking good Wade...keep Posting those Photos...we're all as excited as you are.