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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Threw this up a couple weeks ago. I thought there was something funny about it. I guess you need to stand back and look at the big picture once in a while, huh?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Xcon....proceed at your own peril...
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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I did 400 square feet recently. 0" to 1/2" with a 10 foot run.
Rip dambs at the points where the leveler will be thickest and calk or tape them down. The stuff is so thin it will run away from you if there are gaps so fill or tape those as well.
You can calc out the material using the directions: each bag covers (x) number of square feet @ (y) thickness
For example, 20 square feet at 1/2" plus 20 square feet at 1/4" and so on.
Most have a quick drying acrylic primer.
You can control it to a certain degree. They make trowel rakes or you could rig something with a broom handle.
Probably dozens of you tube videos.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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It's usually the consistency of a thin milkshake- hence the "self leveling" name.
I ask my tile guys to go heavier on the notched trowel to deal with humps and low spots and I always get the same response- "it's thin set...not thick set"!
Maybe trowel everything to within a quarter inch then, a thin self-level coat. It's nice to use gravity to get it just right.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Xcon...Do the leveling your self if you're doing the tile...better to cuss your self out than some snoozing hack...
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Did our 2200 sq ft boat shop floor one time that was all wacked out from epoxy globs, tooo much weight and torrential rains-Just go for it! 1/8 inch, 1/4 inch? What are we dealing with a Stradivarius?
Nailed 3/4 ply through the mixture into the original 2x6 fir floor, caulked the seams and painted it with durable porch paint-Good for another 100 years!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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xcon...I wonder if it's better to sawzall the old studs out and re-frame everything plumb and square...? ripping sleepers sounds tedius...I like the schluter stuff Jim...
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climber
away from the ground
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Holy garbledygook and drunken Canadians.
WTF are you doing leveling a 2” differential. Fix the cause not the symptom.
I know with enough heat, pressure, and time ( money, sucker client, wide open time frame) you can turn dog sh#t into diamonds but why bother?
Maybe address why the floor is 2” out of level and if it can even handle the loads of that much leveling substrate etc, etc.
I guess if you’re desperate for work that’s one thing, but a guys got to have standards.
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climber
away from the ground
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Jim Brennan
Trad climber
Aug 2, 2018 - 10:14pm PT
There's no such thing as an old, sunken building in the marshes of the Alaskan Blue Tarp State, F.
LOL !
I’m sure there are. None that I deal with though.
If a prospective client asked me to level their floor 2”-0” and then tile it I would first address the bearing soils or foundation problems before I even considered that.
Or I might just squirt some foam in the cracks, pour a bunch of leveler that will shrink and tile away like some Molson swilling moron. Take the money and run, right Jimbo?
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climber
away from the ground
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and Cthulhu wept...
For the millions of spontaneous genie failures that happen in Canadia ever year.
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climber
away from the ground
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Right on. I’ll leave it to you experts and drunks that make a living as safety nazis from here on out.
Peace love and good drugs.
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climber
away from the ground
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None of my employees, or independent subcontractors has had more than a scratch or a bruise on the job Jimbo. Tell us about all of your employees that have fallen out of a genie lift with a 34” basket surrounding them...?
And as#@&%e? That’s the best you’ve got? Isn’t there some kind of creative French Canadian ad hominem you can come up with on the spot? Or do you need to consult an architect and an engineer before you can get a permit for a decent insult?
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climber
away from the ground
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Wow, that sounds really important. I’m incredibly impressed by your ability to lean on a shovel and tell people what they are doing wrong.
I hope you have a good day when you sober up.
I’m going to sign off and finish this wee bit of amateur drafting I’m trying to focus on.
Nighty night pookie bear...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, guys...
wow, neat stuff going on... Reiley = and the 'threw this together' ...
and then, jim an xcon-- man oh man, you got interesting work, :O
also, guido:
Good for another 100 years!
good to hear that!
here is, finally, time to post my creek-- that does not have
a neat waterfall, etc, and flow, as, i have a small pump, and--
i USED the flat 'digs' from last year, so i would not have to
RE'DIG and make HILLS to flow, etc... very hard ground, to dig in, due to
lots of roots... oh my...
and, the 'water bucket' leaked, so, i put a plastic bag in in, and used that to hold the water and pump and sealed it to the 'pipe' with rubberbands, and glue... no 'crack' in the container to deal with now...
okay, birds love it... here you go:
*SAY, video upload is taking too long, and i got to get up early...
:(
i will show you all tomorrow... and-- hee hee, my 'so called' fixed,
screen door that i 'solved' :))
see you all tomorrow-- late... :)
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ShawnInPaso
climber
Paso Robles, CA
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//ShawnInPaso
Do yourself a favor and get an automatic door if you don't already have one. Most predation happens at night and it gets old closing them in every night and letting them out every morning.
I got this one as amazon, super easy to install. Uses four AA batteries that last for years.//
Thanks Fet - I'm looking at them now.
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jaaan
Trad climber
Chamonix, France
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Jeez, some of you guys know how to wreck one of ST's best threads. Congrats.
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Back on topic!
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Same as above. I blame Ralph Lauren and some contractor .
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