1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Congrat's. With mine I bought a new water heater for the house.

edited for the sanity of @bmf4069

 

You’re covering the ground and keeping the moisture from rising up. It collects on the Visqueen and just falls back and reabsorbs. The edges were pinned down to make a “seal” of sorts.

All the visqueen and R3 foam board edges were seam taped.

 

Ah, okay. Sounded like folks were stapling it to the beams.

 

It was huge at my high school cafeteria.
But we just called it gravy cheese fries.
The local tavern sells em too.

 

Jersey diners have their own version, "disco fries". I prefer legit poutine tho. The curds are where it's at.

 

https://youtu.be/pOeJUOkmd5g?si=BDl2JKFGVMkN1QaE

 

I like the rear bumper... esp because roughly 90% of used Tundras I've looked at have the stock ones BASHED into the rear panel.
It's got less miles on it than mine did when I bought it. It's not the worst thing I've seen. If you have a straight (rust free) frame at least you have a solid foundation.
Those roof racks are interesting, looks like lighting in them. Are those home fabbed or something?

 

Seen bats held in place with crisscrossed twine. That board adds R and might keep the varmints out too.

 

Power washer for the Amzn sandless blaster?

 

Not sure about the racks.

 

We used 'tigers teeth'. It was a brand, wire the thickness of a hangar, with pointy ends - slightly longer than the distance between 2 rafters.
Stuff insulation, wedge length of wire, move on.

Hey, they still exist!

$50 Batt Insulation Support - Tiger Teeth (Box of 500) (20")

Batt Insulation Support - Tiger Teeth (Box of 500) (20") - Amazon.com

 

That’s what was on the existing bats, most of them had fallen down

 

So did you notice any huge difference?

 

Where do you hide from big winds? How do your tarantulas stay cool?

 

Up here in the north country most have full basements so slabs are strange to me. Any theories why that is?

 

Wait a few weeks and see. A Home Depot gift card wouldn't last 1 month before I'd find something I need.

A subcompact impact wrench is pretty sweet.

 

Oddly enough my cousin in Glendale has a basement, only time I've ever seen one. I remember hanging down there because it wasn't as hot.

 

No basements there either? It was weird for me living in Florida for the same reason. I only saw a few buildings in Florida with a basement. Very common here, especially in older homes. Most new homes are on a slab. I was told it's cheaper to build.

 

I did. Got rid of the musty smell and the draftyness. Temps were more in line with the rest of the house too.

 

So is having an aerator in your pool, but I guess that's what you get for living in hell on earth. And that cousin is a male, but my other freeloader cousin lives there and is female, ya' like meth?

 

Oppositely odd from around here. How do you get to the plumbing and electrical and hvac. All from above?

 

Your screwed, lots of houses have in slab plumbing, and most hvac is run overhead; but we don’t really have many attics out here……

 

you're making a doom mask

 

Oops, i meant to say sill plate, not rim joists (i’m going to go back and edit my posting)!!!! I’ve literally spent months over the years in tiny cramped crawl spaces installing vapor barriers, sump pumps, repairing dry rot, and excavating with mini shovels and claw hammers to gain the allowable clearance that’s required by code.

The worst crawl space was one that had about 30” of height. It had been flooded out and there was only about 10” of clearance between the surface of the water and the underside of the fiberglass insulation. Since i was the skinny guy on the jobsite, i was drafted into wading on my hands and knees for about 30’ though the water to turn on the sump pump. There was just enough room to keep the upper portion of my face out of the water WHILE having my head rubbing against all the fiberglass. This was also after dark during the wintertime so it was about 43 degrees outside. It was absolutely miserable, especially when the part when the submerged extension cord kept electrocuting me...relentlessly until i got back out of the water. Tell you what, when you work in the absolute worst conditions, everything else comes easy.

 

You've got to be shitting me

371 plus shipping for just the wheel and no airbag..... Thats highway robbery