Specialty Flooring Trims by Highup 
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Specialty Flooring Trims by Highup
There’s something about that that just ain’t right. Nothing on your end but just something. I ask why didn’t the original installer install their own transitions? Was it because they didn’t have the skill to install the transitions and make them beautiful like you do? Or maybe the transitions weren’t there at the time of the original install so they couldn’t do it for that reason.
I am impressed with how highup did the reducers.
Meanwhile, since life has been lobbing lemons at me lately (air fryer died, microwave died, air handler sprung unfixable leak & had to be replaced, brakes in truck went out, needed new tires) and now I discovered a pipe under the kitchen sink came apart. I have no idea how it came apart this badly. I installed this almost 10yrs ago and had no problems-- although I think my friend said he disconnected and reconnected it. Somehow the pipe dropped. Not sure how or why but its been leaking badly long enough to have ruined the bottom of the cabinet and messed up the floor. Well, that parquet floor had to go anyway. I couldn't get the nut loose enough to move the pipe up (it's not connected to anything underneath (something I tried to fix but my brother forgot that I told him not to use the sink and that I'd be under the house gluing the fitting. So right after I put the glue on and was about to put the pieces together, ******* started using the sink and hot water came out on me and ruined the cement-- never did get back under there to fix it). My brother doesn't listen to me worth crap. I couldn't turn the nut on the pipe coming up from the bottom of the cabinet. I asked my brother to try. I told him which pipe it was. What does he do? He disconnects the tailpipe coming down from the sink instead. And didn't secure it properly so now it has a slow leak.
Friend came out and fixed the other one but I didn't notice the slow leak until after he left. Will have to fix that when we replace the bottom of the cabinet.
I was trying to figure out how it got so filthy under there but realized dirty water from stuff being cleaned in the sink has been pouring out. Still no idea how the gap got that big between the pipes. Btw, oil filter wrenches are nice for grabbing those nuts.
Eventually I need to swap out that thin walled tubing going down with sch40 pvc, use a trap adapter, and slap an AAV on there. S traps are no bueno. Also need to run the pex for the cold water. No cold water hooked up currently.
Meanwhile, since life has been lobbing lemons at me lately (air fryer died, microwave died, air handler sprung unfixable leak & had to be replaced, brakes in truck went out, needed new tires) and now I discovered a pipe under the kitchen sink came apart. I have no idea how it came apart this badly. I installed this almost 10yrs ago and had no problems-- although I think my friend said he disconnected and reconnected it. Somehow the pipe dropped. Not sure how or why but its been leaking badly long enough to have ruined the bottom of the cabinet and messed up the floor. Well, that parquet floor had to go anyway. I couldn't get the nut loose enough to move the pipe up (it's not connected to anything underneath (something I tried to fix but my brother forgot that I told him not to use the sink and that I'd be under the house gluing the fitting. So right after I put the glue on and was about to put the pieces together, ******* started using the sink and hot water came out on me and ruined the cement-- never did get back under there to fix it). My brother doesn't listen to me worth crap. I couldn't turn the nut on the pipe coming up from the bottom of the cabinet. I asked my brother to try. I told him which pipe it was. What does he do? He disconnects the tailpipe coming down from the sink instead. And didn't secure it properly so now it has a slow leak.
Friend came out and fixed the other one but I didn't notice the slow leak until after he left. Will have to fix that when we replace the bottom of the cabinet.
I was trying to figure out how it got so filthy under there but realized dirty water from stuff being cleaned in the sink has been pouring out. Still no idea how the gap got that big between the pipes. Btw, oil filter wrenches are nice for grabbing those nuts.
Eventually I need to swap out that thin walled tubing going down with sch40 pvc, use a trap adapter, and slap an AAV on there. S traps are no bueno. Also need to run the pex for the cold water. No cold water hooked up currently.
Homeowner has spent months in his spare time doing the install. It looks to be the whole house. .....Looks good.
....dogs, kids, wife and possibly the old man there too.
Don't use the sink actually means use the sink soon.
That pipe that came loose and dropped probably needed a strap on it somewhere. Those plastic compression joints are aimed at sealing, not so much handling weight. Maybe the fitting just wasn't tight enough.
We even do specialty end returns at Randy's Specialty Flooring Trims and Election Meddling.Specialty Flooring Trims by Highup
I secured the return using Super glue, then mixed up some JB Weld Quick and packed it down inside the cavity of the trim to make the joint solid so I can do the finish cuts without worrying about it coming apart .
The black tape shows approximately what I'll be removing.
Once the epoxy had hardened I heated the corner with a hair dryer, then while still plenty warm, I rubbed the corner with a wooden tool handle to smooth the cut edges.
Om pretty happy how it came out.
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A friend thought I might have a use for these. He probably paid a nickel for em at a garage sale. Package was unopened.
Don't tell me I shouldn't have opened them, reducing the value by $20,000
Not sure what I'll use em for. I have two trimmers and a lot of old memories.
Don't tell me I shouldn't have opened them, reducing the value by $20,000
Not sure what I'll use em for. I have two trimmers and a lot of old memories.
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A friend thought I might have a use for these. He probably paid a nickel for em at a garage sale. Package was unopened.
Don't tell me I shouldn't have opened them, reducing the value by $20,000
Not sure what I'll use em for. I have two trimmers and a lot of old memories.
I’ve got some of those. They sit in an envelope in my old tool box, next to all my replacement scribe pins that I won’t ever be using as well.
Maybe something non flooring related.... Shims 
...sompin' maybe, some day.
...sompin' maybe, some day.
Whenever I was installing prefinished base I would have to roll the corners with a steel rod to take off the sharpness. Bamboo was the sharpest but that cheap MDF base with a vinyl wrap could get pretty sharp as well.
How about that Wilsonart wood base. Man, that was razor blade territory.
Just in case anyone noticed, I got home last night after 12 days in the hospital.
I sure as heck noticed!
I could not get on any of the forums from my phone. I did send Daris a message on Facebook.
@Floorist Glad you’re out of the hospital and back home! Hospitals are uncomfortable, even more so if you’re the reason for being there.
Switched out my water heater today. Aside from having to move the damn things without a hand truck, I'm getting pretty quick at switching them out. I think the actual R/R itself took me an hour. Probably spent another hour driving to HD, buying everything and driving back. Then you know you have another hour poking your head back in after you’re done to check and make sure there’s no drips or leaks. I did have to tighten one connection a pinch but that was it. Not bad for not being a plumber
All in it costs me $700. I don’t want to think what it would have cost me if I had to call a plumber to have it done.
Switched out my water heater today. Aside from having to move the damn things without a hand truck, I'm getting pretty quick at switching them out. I think the actual R/R itself took me an hour. Probably spent another hour driving to HD, buying everything and driving back. Then you know you have another hour poking your head back in after you’re done to check and make sure there’s no drips or leaks. I did have to tighten one connection a pinch but that was it. Not bad for not being a plumber
All in it costs me $700. I don’t want to think what it would have cost me if I had to call a plumber to have it done.
Food was so bad, I lost 20 lbs in 12 days.
There is no weight on that pipe to pull it down so I don't know why it dropped. But my friend said he thinks he disconnected it to get it out of the way while he was running waterlines and that it didn't take when he reconnected it. Thus far it seems to be holding (I've been checking).
JB Weld is great. I had a pinhole in my stainless steel sink that was leaking water out. I got a metal washer, JB weld, and gorilla tape. Used the JB Weld to get the washer to cover the pin-hole and then taped it up with Gorilla tape to reinforce it.
Tire appointment on Friday didn't go well. Showed up for the 8am appointment a few minutes early. Found out it was canceled bc tires weren't in yet. They came in at 11:07am later. Store was supposed to call when they came in. 1pm I check and see they are in but not ready. I called and they pulled them and said I could reschedule appointment that day for 4pm (earliest they could do). I get there at 3:55pm to be told the computer rejected my appointment but they would work me in. I was still waiting over 2hrs later. Apparently the shift change with employees happened and new guy re-organized the papers/order of the jobs and put mine last. He disappeared for a long period of time so I couldn't ask for my keys back to leave and come back another day. They didn't even pull my truck in until 6:45. 7:20 they told me my TPMS sensor was broken and asked if I wanted it replaced for $20. Sure. Saves the time and $ of having someone else do it. Around 7:30 the truck was finally ready. They were supposed to close shop at 7. Brother called me 2x bc Mom kept asking when I was coming home and she was hungry. She wanted McDonalds. Waited 20min for McDonalds food, made sure order was right this time, and headed home. I fed kitties and racked tf out.
Today I had to be up to wait for AT&T tech to come check my landline. I told them it wasn't on my end but he had to look. He needed directions on how to get out here as gps was being pissy. He laughed about the house with the deer statues out front and how it was all left turns like NASCAR. His equipment told him the break was 6 miles away. He said he'd come back in 15 to 20min. 30min later the landline was ringing and he said he found the problem near the highway. Lid wasn't closed right and wires were hanging in the wind. He had to reconnect them and put lid on right. So, looks like someone tampered with the box. Again. For some reason landline goes out every time it floods.
Took my friend to HD to get supplies to fix up the house he's buying. I think he's jumping the gun. I'm worried the bank will refuse the loan after he's spent several hundred to fix it and almost $700 for an inspection. So he'd be in the hole around $1200 on it. He already lost about $700 on the house where the seller reneged after the inspection was done. But this seller is willing to work with him and will pay closing costs.
Noticed the LVP in the master bedroom was curling up and warped in spots. I think it was put down directly on top of concrete. Probably no vapor barrier. Can moisture cause that? He wants to replace it with something waterproof and thicker.
JB Weld is great. I had a pinhole in my stainless steel sink that was leaking water out. I got a metal washer, JB weld, and gorilla tape. Used the JB Weld to get the washer to cover the pin-hole and then taped it up with Gorilla tape to reinforce it.
Tire appointment on Friday didn't go well. Showed up for the 8am appointment a few minutes early. Found out it was canceled bc tires weren't in yet. They came in at 11:07am later. Store was supposed to call when they came in. 1pm I check and see they are in but not ready. I called and they pulled them and said I could reschedule appointment that day for 4pm (earliest they could do). I get there at 3:55pm to be told the computer rejected my appointment but they would work me in. I was still waiting over 2hrs later. Apparently the shift change with employees happened and new guy re-organized the papers/order of the jobs and put mine last. He disappeared for a long period of time so I couldn't ask for my keys back to leave and come back another day. They didn't even pull my truck in until 6:45. 7:20 they told me my TPMS sensor was broken and asked if I wanted it replaced for $20. Sure. Saves the time and $ of having someone else do it. Around 7:30 the truck was finally ready. They were supposed to close shop at 7. Brother called me 2x bc Mom kept asking when I was coming home and she was hungry. She wanted McDonalds. Waited 20min for McDonalds food, made sure order was right this time, and headed home. I fed kitties and racked tf out.
Today I had to be up to wait for AT&T tech to come check my landline. I told them it wasn't on my end but he had to look. He needed directions on how to get out here as gps was being pissy. He laughed about the house with the deer statues out front and how it was all left turns like NASCAR. His equipment told him the break was 6 miles away. He said he'd come back in 15 to 20min. 30min later the landline was ringing and he said he found the problem near the highway. Lid wasn't closed right and wires were hanging in the wind. He had to reconnect them and put lid on right. So, looks like someone tampered with the box. Again. For some reason landline goes out every time it floods.
Took my friend to HD to get supplies to fix up the house he's buying. I think he's jumping the gun. I'm worried the bank will refuse the loan after he's spent several hundred to fix it and almost $700 for an inspection. So he'd be in the hole around $1200 on it. He already lost about $700 on the house where the seller reneged after the inspection was done. But this seller is willing to work with him and will pay closing costs.
Noticed the LVP in the master bedroom was curling up and warped in spots. I think it was put down directly on top of concrete. Probably no vapor barrier. Can moisture cause that? He wants to replace it with something waterproof and thicker.
That’s what I’m talking about. Stub your toe on that and there’ll be some blood for sure. Damn near half of the box store base you’ll see is 8’ sticks of that Mylar wrapped crap. Even pre primed MDF can be sharp like a mofo if you’re making crisp, clean miters. You all are making crisp, clean miters aren't you?
I take a steel rod (a screwdriver or similar will work) and rub it up and down the point of the miter at maybe 10 degrees, both sides. It’s just enough to ease the sharpness. If you’ve ever sharpened a card scraper it’s kinda similar to rolling the burr. This is also a neat trick for stain grade if you have a slight gap in your miter because you’re off a half degree and you can’t caulk it.
And you don't go there to get any rest. I was in once and a vampire was going to take my blood while I was asleep. I instantly woke up when she rubbed the cold alchol swab on my arm.
