Dale I agree with you that the cans of spray foam insulation are great stuff. One short coming I have experienced is if left exposed to the sun and weather It deteriorates over time. If not in direct sun light or painted it seems to stand up much better. Art ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] My aching shoulders.
> I recommend a can of that spray foam insulation. Fills in the gaps well, > insect resistant, insulates and although a little messy at the outset, can > be shaved off flush with an old bread knife. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:34 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] My aching shoulders. > > > > Well, the saga of the aching shoulders is nearly at an end. > > > > I called Home Depot to see how much a 5 inch core bit would cost. They > > said twenty bucks. Not bad. And forty bucks to rent the drill. WO! I > > don't need the drill I have one. No, this isn't a regular hammer drill > > they said. This has a special SDS chuck. I said, I know, I have a bosh > > demolition drill with an SDS chuck. Sorry, we can't rent the bit without > > the drill. I said, go blow. > > > > I called a couple of other tool rental places which all seemed to be > > closed except for one which would rent me the bit for 75 bucks. I decided > > to go it on my own. Sure, a stupid plan but no one said I was very > > intelligent. > > > > Working for a couple of hours on each of two days, I finally managed to > > smash a hole in the foundation wall. I used, at various times, my hammer > > drill, the demolition drill, and my trusty three pound sledge and assorted > > chisels. > > > > the hole isn't all that round, but there is a whole in the damn foundation > > wall. > > > > I HATE!! plumbing. That is HATE!!! in all caps and three exclamation > > points. I decided to put a new flexible gas line on the dryer since I was > > doing the new vent anyway. It took three trips to the friggin store > > before I got all of the right fittings to connect the damn hose up. > > Apparently, there are a couple of standards in play and I accidentally > > attempted to switch between the two. Lord have mercy on your soul when > > attempting such a thing. > > > > I managed to mortar two bricks into the place where the original dryer > > vent had been. I have a sneaking suspicion that you could probably tell > > which ones were replaced. Tonight I will attempt to patch up the hole for > > the new dryer vent to seal it up nice and tight. Of course, I am pretty > > sure this will require another trip to the hardware store as the five foot > > flex hose that Teresa picked up is about three inches short for my > > purposes. I will make a valiant attempt to get it to stretch those extra > > inches first. > > > > This weekend is going to be spent digging the footers for the posts. I > > think the temperatures are supposed to go back down below the mid 90s. I > > hope. > > > > Later. > > > > -- > > Blue skies. > > Dan Rossi > > Carnegie Mellon University. > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > > or > > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > > Various List Members At The Following Address: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > > list just send a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! 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