Just list it as a feature when you sell. Custom driveway colouring.
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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I love it great job! My only concern would be the gap between the wood on the sides and the concrete. Critters appear to have space to enter and could make a home there.
Getting closer, panel is done, now just endless hours of OCD straightening wires...
sburns
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That looks pretty tidy already. Well done
I need to somehow repair a bit of concrete for my garage floor and garage foundation. It seems to have eroded away over the years.
I know I'll have to make a small form for the area under the brick.
I'm most concerned with the area under the slab as it seems to be carved out about 4 inches deep and about 6 inches wide . I'm worried if I drive my car over this, the concrete will snap off.
Is it advisable to break the corner of the slab myself and repour the small area or can I just mix up some concrete and try to push it underneath the slab (or perhaps use a funnel and a bag like how a baker uses icing?)
I'm not completely inept but I have minimal experience working with concrete.
I'm thinking of using this product; It seems like it can flow easily and get under the slab
I know I'll have to make a small form for the area under the brick.
I'm most concerned with the area under the slab as it seems to be carved out about 4 inches deep and about 6 inches wide . I'm worried if I drive my car over this, the concrete will snap off.
Is it advisable to break the corner of the slab myself and repour the small area or can I just mix up some concrete and try to push it underneath the slab (or perhaps use a funnel and a bag like how a baker uses icing?)
I'm not completely inept but I have minimal experience working with concrete.
I'm thinking of using this product; It seems like it can flow easily and get under the slab
Thanks MP, I’m assuming you mean the gap below the storage area door. It’s definitely something I need to work on. Had to dig down a bit to make room for the storage unit holding the cushions. First world problems though.
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If it's just that corner the car tires are unlikely to ever run over it. IMO concrete is a homogenous material and never bonds as well as one would hope. I would drill some holes for rebar and really clean up the loose stuff. I think you'll be ok unless there's something I'm not seeing.
Discussing concrete patch won't be much different from starting an oil thread. I prefer Sika products and their tech support has always been good to me.
Good point about the car tire. I bought the stuff in my link. I don't need it to fully bond with the existing concrete, but I do want it to provide some support and fill in the void underneath it so the concrete isn't hanging and to help keep water out (if possible).
If you do all the right stuff, clean, wet and a slurry coat you should be fine. I tend to use a bonding agent, the white liquid, but if I don't have any I figure white glue is about the same and put it in the slurry coat.
Blue or white SM.
Ugh….this mofo is leaking.
Unfortunately due to the design it’s not that easy to install a normal shower. Need to start ripping out the back wall and solder a whole new line. F-U Kevin…
Unfortunately due to the design it’s not that easy to install a normal shower. Need to start ripping out the back wall and solder a whole new line. F-U Kevin…
Where are the leaks? I am shocked that it is all crap hose. Redoing the hose wouldn't be hard. Pipe would be better but it would be a lot harder and the fittings will be wrong.
Looks like the hose is so you can pull the shiny thing away from the wall and get behind it.just noticed the clear braid though it was copper at first glance definately crap get some push on hydraulic hose or toss the thing.
Are the leaks behind the wall or on the tiled side?
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@GreyGhost and @Scuba Steve the leaks are within the panel. So I’m going to find some proper hose/tubing and re-plumb the whole thing. Cheaper than ripping out a wall to re-plumb the whole shower into a different setup. Although that may need to be done eventually.
@Freddy Fudpucker … Kevin is the previous owner of the house. Nice guy but according to a neighbour ‘cut whatever corner he could find to do things faster/cheaper.’
@Freddy Fudpucker … Kevin is the previous owner of the house. Nice guy but according to a neighbour ‘cut whatever corner he could find to do things faster/cheaper.’
I'm guessing the "handyman" that used to own the house and made two hours of work for MP for every hour that Kevin used to "improve" the house.
More like 4. The garage wiring took the cake….
Here’s my buddy Kevin’s handiwork…
At least the electrical are above the water lines. FML.
The man does love his concrete and junction boxes.
At least the electrical are above the water lines. FML.
The man does love his concrete and junction boxes.
I'm impressed he left access panels.
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Wait a minute. Is that pex over a copper pipe without a fitting? Scary if it is. At least he put the drains on the right side of the circuit.
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