What did you do today?

[highup]

Getting ready to head over to my Coretec install and attempt to get some floor down. Earlier this week, I ground 20 lbs of concrete from a high spot, then put down 6 or 7 bags of Feather finish. Wavy gravy slab. I went over to get the starter rows in yesterday and part way through, I discovered another small high area near the corner of the room. I labeled and pulled my 4 starter rows off the floor, did some grinding and filling, so today, I will begin getting some flooring down. I was hoping to finish today or tomorrow, but that put's me a day behind. Renters are arriving Wednesday, so it needs to get wrapped up.
It's going slow because I'm net fitting two tiled walls that both have 3 foot wide steps.... net fitting close enough for a little grout caulk.

 

[zannej]

What is "net fitting", Highup?

Also, I have a question about leveling floors-- I know you can do what you did with slab, but what do you do when you have wooden joists that slope and you want to make the floor on top level (but prefer not to pour anything over it)? Is there a way to shim up or sister up the joists somehow to get rid of slope?

 

[Nick]

How much is it out of whack ?

 

[zannej]

I'll have to put a level on it again, but there seems to be quite a downward slope from left to right. If I can get my washing machine and dryer level, it might not be so much of an issue. I'm more concerned with the spot where the shower/tub will be. But, I would like to get it to have less slope. I think over the years that some of the concrete supports sunk a little because there is a spot where water runs under the house and I think it has softened the ground. I'll try to find my level and get a picture at some point to see just how off it is.

 

[highup]

Net fit is where you fit a flooring material to the exact contour of the wall or surface that the flooring butts up to. Walls and tiles are not perfectly straight or smooth. In some areas, where you can't put on baseboards, the material needs to be fit perfectly ...........or as perfect as possible given the limitations of what you are working with.
Coretec plank flooring recommends a 1/4 inch space around the perimeter of the room. It has very little expansion or contraction, so 1/4"spacers around this single living room are overkill. Two walls in this room sit against the tile and will be net fit. The other side of the room will have an expansion gap, so the flooring can expand in those two directions. The room is 14' 5" by 17' 5", so it's obviously going to have a minuscule amount of movement. No sunlight ever hits the floor, so no expansion from that type of heating.
.......how's that for "what is net fitting?"

 

[highup]

I'll have to put a level on it again, but there seems to be quite a downward slope from left to right. If I can get my washing machine and dryer level, it might not be so much of an issue. I'm more concerned with the spot where the shower/tub will be. But, I would like to get it to have less slope. I think over the years that some of the concrete supports sunk a little because there is a spot where water runs under the house and I think it has softened the ground. I'll try to find my level and get a picture at some point to see just how off it is.

Was this room ever a back porch? I've seen old porches enclosed and made into laundry rooms. Whatever the reason, that water needs diverting. You never want water getting under the house.
Give the length and width of the room while you are at it.

 

[Floorist]

Building a work bench.

 

[Don Monfils]

I started a unique project today.
200 yards of vinyl with 95 sheets (4’x4’) of underlayment. Oh... and it’s on an island.
The biggest shot was 13’2”x47’
We got all the materials out there and 1/2 of the underlayment installed , today
I feel like I was run over by a truck.
I’m pouring a couple of heinekens on my aching bones as we speak.

 

[Floorist]

wow

 

[Jon]

You deserve a beer or three

 

[Nick]

Neat .. Is that the finger lakes Don ?

 

[zannej]

Highup, that makes sense for net fitting. Thanks! Sounds rather tricky and time consuming.

The laundry room, bathroom, kitchen, and my brother's bedroom were all parts of the original house. The living room may have been part of it since it has a fireplace. But, because it is wider than the rest of the original rooms, I suspect it was expanded. The water heater is inside but I believe it was originally on the outside. I think the hallway, two bedrooms, & their two ensuites were added later. I know for a fact that the front room was added later-- it is on the other side of the fireplace. The house is sort of L-shaped because of the front room. It made for some odd roof shaping so that the inner corner of the L has a LOT of water coming down and there were never any gutters or anything to divert the water away from the house. The front room has a sliding glass door going out the back and the area I'm modifying has an exterior door. There's a worn down brick pathway between the steps to both doors. In between and closer to the house the ground is sunk down from all the water pouring down.
This is a Sims 3 model of the house.

I went to the funeral for my friend's grandmother. Poor kid has a bleeding ulcer from stress. He made sure his ex actually wore something appropriate instead of pajamas this time. At one point his grandfather started crying so the great granddaughter went up to hug him and give him her stuffed bunny to comfort him. For the most part, things went smoothly. His ex tried to start crap with his current fiance, but it blew over quickly.

Took a nap after getting home but the cows kept hollering at me bc their waterer was empty. I turned the water back on for outside & then went looking for the source of the leak outside. Turns out it wasn't where I thought it was-- it was actually inside the workshop. I had to get a shovel and dig down to the shut-off valve for the broken line and turn it off. So, now the waterer can run and I need to go back in and mop up water later. The heat really got to me though so I'm still exhausted. Half of my barn on the back side has now completely collapsed and I saw that an exterior wall of the workshop has rotted away & insulation inside is exposed. I'm going to have to figure out how to fix it and hope that the studs aren't damaged.

 

[Don Monfils]

Neat .. Is that the finger lakes Don ?

Lake Pleasant in Speculator NY.

 

[DarisMulkin]

View attachment 7474 View attachment 7475 View attachment 7476 I started a unique project today.
200 yards of vinyl with 95 sheets (4’x4’) of underlayment. Oh... and it’s on an island.
The biggest shot was 13’2”x47’
We got all the materials out there and 1/2 of the underlayment installed , today
I feel like I was run over by a truck.
I’m pouring a couple of heinekens on my aching bones as we speak.

Don the house I did on an island we went across on the ice, in a loaded van. Had the doors open the whole way just in case I heard the ice crack. The Ho had a trail that we had to follow him in his Caddie.

 

[Don Monfils]

We got up there today and it was pouring rain.
I don’t have a good rain coat or pants, I made one out of a 55 gallon drum liner, cut out a head hole and 2 arm holes. I looked like a hefty guy wearing a hefty bag.
1/2 hour after we got to the island it was beautiful out for hours .
And of course it rained on the way back in .
The rest of the week is supposed to be nice .

 

[Ernesto]

Getting ready to head over to my Coretec install and attempt to get some floor down. Earlier this week, I ground 20 lbs of concrete from a high spot, then put down 6 or 7 bags of Feather finish. Wavy gravy slab. I went over to get the starter rows in yesterday and part way through, I discovered another small high area near the corner of the room. I labeled and pulled my 4 starter rows off the floor, did some grinding and filling, so today, I will begin getting some flooring down. I was hoping to finish today or tomorrow, but that put's me a day behind. Renters are arriving Wednesday, so it needs to get wrapped up.
It's going slow because I'm net fitting two tiled walls that both have 3 foot wide steps.... net fitting close enough for a little grout caulk.

If you worked more than one hour a day you'da been done by now.

 

[Floorist]

Helping my wife set up her pottery wheel and still building my work bench.

 

[Jon]

We got up there today and it was pouring rain.
I don’t have a good rain coat or pants, I made one out of a 55 gallon drum liner, cut out a head hole and 2 arm holes. I looked like a hefty guy wearing a hefty bag.
1/2 hour after we got to the island it was beautiful out for hours .
And of course it rained on the way back in .
The rest of the week is supposed to be nice .

Don we call your dress style as a high vis jacket when some oaf on a site asks where your high vis is
Seen guys wearing the bags the rubber comes in as well as a rain coat
Only have done island job here and there was not enough vinyl to finish the job so therefore 2 trips on a jet boat to get there

 

[Don Monfils]

A little fog delay this am,

 

[DarisMulkin]

What you have floating in the water? Looks like a beaver.