Al B's House rework

[AlanB]

Thanks Tool, Will do.

Boy, today was just a miserable day, everything I touched turned to crap. Everything broke, would not fit, would not hold, whatever, it just sucked.

Finally just quit about 3, it got so bad I was afraid to touch anything else.

Big problem of the day is I realized I cut the hole around the toilet drain too big. The closet ring just hangs on the outside edge. Absolutely not good. And no "easy" fix. I know why I did it, bell mouth cast iron pipe, clearance to get the ply in over it etc. but I sure did cause myself a HUGE problem. I figure just like lowering the pipe, the answer will come up immediately after I do something I cannot reverse.

Well, total bummer of a day for me, but in the end, nobody got hurt, everyone in the immediate family is alive and healthy, I can make the note on everything I owe, and I do have some fun toys to play with.

Maybe tomorrow will be better, or maybe I will just go back to work. It is not getting done though if I don't get out there and get on it.

Let me go look at Tery loves plumbing and see what is there about scooter vents.

 

[toolaholic]

Al on the closet flange ,here's one option if you have acess underneath.

cut about a 1 foot square of plywood ,cut out a circle a little oversize of the outside dia. of the outside flange hub. This is the coupling on the bottom of the flange.now cutit in 1/2. Make sure if fits well. add const. adhesive and screw it up to the sub floor. the larger the patch the stronger. May not be the best solution,but it's a start. I think You two are burned out from too much work. You need a date! Take Mom outa town for a couple of days. Good luck Tool

 

[AlanB]

Yep, I am bummed, but it is days like today that make it all good.

I had called my bud Doug last night, kind of crying in my beer about how I did the floor (and I looked again at the bell I had to get around) so I know why I did it, but anyhoooo. So Doug listened and we talked for a while, and Tool we basically discussed pretty much exactly what you said.

So, 6:30 this morning, I am just going to regular work, I had the V day scheduled, but heck, the way the day before had went, I just needed to leave the house a bit. Doug calls on the Cell, HEY, you going to work on your house or to work, you want to work on your house, I will take the day off and come help............................. We can whoop some of these problems back together. I am a bit about what great freinds I have, and how lucky we are to have them. Figure if the man is willing to take a day off to come help me, I best be there

So, away we go, get there about 730 and get started, seat belt on the hoe while waiting, then tour around and prioritize, and talk about the problems that are bothering me and things I just cannot seem to make work. Look intently at the toilet flange problem, look at some drainage issues, look at some concrete block stuff, Basement windows, bathroom fan vent, sheetrock etc and we get started....

Toilet flange and basement windows were the two we picked to tackle, and he also took care of getting the vent through the eave that had kicked my butt yesterday. We fixed the toilet flange pretty much as Tool described. Lots of construction adhesive, lots of screws, tight accurate hole, it is real solid, all tied together and screwed into place. It came out well.

We also installed the 4 basement windows. Went with a standard 2 X 3 single hung double glass Pella window for $72 each from lowes, and made the frames to fit. I can finish cutting in the paint and sealing etc. now.

My paint guy ran down the color flakes for my basement floor, so we should get those soon, and get that done.

Talked to my tree guy Joey, and he apologized for running behind (kind of makes me feel bad when a guy apologizes to you for taking to long to do free work ) and he said he would be over this evening and he was. Man, that man is a master of the tree's, it was incredible to watch what he was able to do. I think some of the safety guys on here would have died watching, heck, I was a little nervous about some, but somehow he would hinge and cut and swing, and cut through at the exact moment to drop all the stuff in a big pile, right in the same place. I just don't know exactly how to describe this, but all the stuff fell within a 10' or so circle, and the tree traveled probably 25' horizantally. It was just too cool, not to mention that I was real relieved not to have that tree hanging over my house.

So on to the pics of the day. Cause the TBN crew loves Pics

2039, the hole that about did me in.
2058, the hole that we are done messing with
The rest are my new basement windows.

Next post for the tree stuff.

 

[AlanB]

Buddy Joey making it happen....

I would be so scared up there, you would think Hydraulic fluid was leaking down that boom

Luckily on the next tree we did not get any pictures, I was busy driving the 8 foot high mobile step ladder with remote control,,,, The safety police may not like me

 

[AlanB]

MINGO

These are the pictures for you

You need to come fix this

These are the blocks down by my garage entrance that all the water has ate away over time..... Now this will be an interesting project unto itself. Now if I can just get my dad to bring me up a new rolloff door that I need.

I think I will do them all one at a time, 3 seperate pours, I do not think they poured the blocks so I will go up about 4, and start pouring in from there, do about a 3' by 3' pad about 3' deep underneath each one.

Block and support the garage door while I do one at a time.

Any thoughts appreciated.

 

[toolaholic]

Great bath floor repair,look's solid. WE do it all including retaining walls and drainage. In the Bay area we always have Geo. techs.aboard. Great teachers!
Gutter leaders [down spouts need to be tite lined to past lower found.. Over the years that water washed the fines from under the lower footings. I'll bet an apple pie the rear of the house has settled. Allways does with any kind of slope and mis directed water. code on hills here, makes us discharge tite line 12feet below the lowest found with a defuser. You could skip pour new footings.

see ye Tool

 

[AlanB]

It suprises me that it has not settled much, but it is certainly right around the corner.

The drainage on this house is non-existent, what they could do wrong, they did, to include some hilarious things (well, maybe not so hilarious) Like pumping the condensate out of the basement, then draining it back into the basement.................... Go figure.

I assume skip pour is making new foundations say a meter or two, then jumping or skipping a meter or two and doing it again and then filling in the blanks slowly? That is what we did on one BIL's house in Germany. Long and complicated rules, but nothing like working in a celler, under a basement, under a three story house, built I think in the 1600's and removing the sandstone and pouring in new footers.

Basicly, that is what I plan to do, and then tie it all together with Rebar at the end pours.

I need to do the gutters and fascia, well, I need to do the gutters, and I want the fascia right before hanging new gutters on them.

I am contemplating putting in a sump, with pump, right at the back corner of that garage, then directing my drains etc into that, then pumping it to the other side of the roll of the hill. At least I am now well aquainted with a guy with a backhoe

I will say, that I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad of the network of freinds that I have to help bail my sorry butt out when I get down.

Oh, and I sold Bob yesterday, cash money, no muss no fuss. They had NO idea, what they were doing, I loaded it on thier trailer for them and I do not want to see the carnage when they take it off.

 

[gemini5362]

hmm I dont know what skip pour is What little bit I do know about concrete is something called slip pour. You start pouring and keep jacking up the form while you pour until you get it the height you want it. Is skip pour like that ?

 

[toolaholic]

Al, something for Yoy to look at found. wise find there web site

A B chance Co. helical anchors I had them installed on my found.

You, and any one else, that cares, is going to see something really neat for found. fix !

 

[AlanB]

Will go look Tool.

Yesterday was a quiet day, Needed a break. Serviced up one of the mowers for Hanna cause grass season is almost upon us, and with rain today, the calls will be coming in Got to pay for that backhoe somehow

Had a soldier over to the house that I met when he was welder shopping and we talked welding for a couple hours. That was cool.

Go tonight to pick up the forks for the Backhoe, hope it works without a lot of Mods, but they are cheap enough that they are worth it either way.

Dig back into the house Thursday night I guess.