gutting a room to make a new bathroom. Lots of lime dust in the air. 4 truckloads of wood chips to the dump that were 2 and half feet thick in the attic space.
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i actually ended up renting a huge 3000cfm fan that i sat on the window sill and blew all of the dust at with the compressor. You could see the dust particles in the air hovering and then being forced through the fan. After a while the air became clear. Definitely a tool that i would rent again. Maybe when sanding drywall even.
Was that supposed to be insulation? I bet the neighbors were real thrilled with the snowstorm you created."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
4 truckloads of wood chips to the dump that were 2 and half feet thick in the attic space
Family of beavers living there? Or a messy person using the attic as a woodshop? Don't think I've ever heard of wood chips as insulation.
Don't see a dolly on your Rubbermaid trash can. Those screw-on dollies are a great companion to those cans.
Be sure to keep us up to date on the project.
jt8
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I said 'I don't know.'"
-- Mark Twain
more pics from a week ago...progress has been made since
Looking good but get the pipes out of the outer walls, they could freeze (pic 23). Replace the flex pipe for the vent with non-flex aluminium. Keep us posted.
Edited 9/22/2007 10:19 am ET by USAnigel
the pex supply lines are in an inside wall. Why a flexible vent pipe?
Inside wall is Ok, picture looked to be under a window which is why I mentioned it. I meant the fan exhaust pipe, works best with a smooth straight pipe, spend a little extra on a Panasonic for low sound.
Nice clean job!
Wouldn't be surprised if that old ceiling/floor was way out of level. I see you sistered some new floor joists, 2x10s? What are the short sisters for?
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I see you must be ABS country. Always find it interesting that depending on what part of the country you're in, PVC or ABS are the dominant waste pipe. Around here it is PVC.
Looks like its coming along. Keep us updated.jt8
"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly.
I said 'I don't know.'"
-- Mark Twain
< What are the short sisters for? >
Short bruthas?
Forrest - trying to help
Boooo!
You got updated pics for us on your kiln building?
jt8
"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly.
I said 'I don't know.'"
-- Mark Twain
Man, it's finished and painted.
Forrest
Man, it's finished and painted.
That's good, cuz dw just put 3 more things in the 'honey-do' jar. :)
jt8
"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly.
I said 'I don't know.'"
-- Mark Twain
the old floor was a mixture of 2x6 and 2x4's built up to be 2x6. I screwed the short sisters on to reinforce where i had to notch from the bottom of the joist because of existing wiring that i did not want to remove. ABS definitley reigns supreme around these parts.
How do i embed the photo in the message...is it hard?
How do i embed the photo in the message...is it hard?
Two or three ways to do it (maybe more).
Way #1:
a. Go ahead and post the message with the pics attached (just like you're done already).
b. Then go back and open a pic in the message and click 'copy' (right-click --> copy). (right-click = clicking on it with the right mouse button)
c. Then you can 'edit' the message and 'paste' your picture into it (either right-click --> paste or from the Toolbar, Edit-->paste). In cases where I have multiple pics to insert, I will hold the shift key down and then click on the pic. If you dont' have pop-ups blocked, holding the shift key while clicking on a pic (or link) will open the pic in a new window. You could also right-click on the pic and choose 'open in a new window'. With each pic open in its own window, you can then go back and edit the message and copy-paste each pic in (one at a time).
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Way #2:
a. compose your message and attach the pics, but instead of hitting 'post', hit 'preview'.
b. from here it is similar to method #1. From the preview, open a pic and click 'copy' (right-click --> copy).
c. hit 'revise' and it will take you back to the window where you compose the message. You can then paste the pic in. And just like in way #1, you can open the pics up in their own windows to insert multiple pics. So if I have 3 pics to insert, I've opened each in its own window and will copy-paste each one in.
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Whichever method you use, it only takes a couple second to do. Method #1 is more reliable, but method #2 is a click or two less. My only disclaimer on method #2 is that occasionally the system bugs out between 'preview' and 'revise' in which case you lose your post. So if I've spent a fair amount of time uploading the pics, I'm probably not going to want to risk it bugging out on me and will use method #1.
Inserting the pics lets you caption each one and tell us what you're doing in each or what we're looking at. Very handy, HOWEVER, keep in mind that even though you have resized your pics to the optimum size for dial-up folks...... Many of them probably wouldn't want to sit there waiting for 10-15 pics to download.
So I will typically attach as many pics as I can, but only insert the ones I have something to comment on or that provide the best view of whatever.
jt8
"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly.
I said 'I don't know.'"
-- Mark Twain
thanks for the info...i hope you didn't have to retype all of that after losing the original message. :)