Yes it is! I still needed 12 more sheets though so that was $700 out the door.
The Home Improvement Thread
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Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Too late to rent a floor grinder?
I'd have to grind down to the rebar in that hump to get the floor close to level. It would've been better to cut out the hump and re-pour the floor but I don't have the money or time for that.
balakay
BabyMax
This stuff worked pretty well. Wish I had taken some before pictures of some areas so I could do a side by side comparison. I only did a half app (1/2 quart per 3300sq ft) because I didn’t want to take a chance. It completely annihilated some weeds and others are wilting and dying off slowly. I’ll hit it with the other half of the bottle on Monday.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Good deal. I kinda wish I had taken some before pictures as well. My yard at the this small hoouse is actually very manageable. I might have 2,500sq of yard total, but the front yard, is only portion that has planted Bermuda.
balakay
BabyMax
I’ve got right at 3400 in the front yard and I think around 4200 in the back if I remember right. But we’re going to xeriscape part of the backyard that gets no sun so actual grass will probably go down to around 34-3700 in the back as well. Just trying to figure out how I want to do everything. Step one is going to be tearing out all the existing flowerbeds and irrigation and getting some dirt brought in to fill in low spots and do some grading. May have to add a French drain as well but will have to see where I end up on the grading first.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Lets talk about garage floor coatings. I am buying a house in about 30 days. Its a new build and I will have about a month to get out of my current place. Thinking this is the best time to coat the garage floor. Found the Rustoleum kit that seems like a solid choice. A friend said his cousin coated his floor, added sand, then another coating. This way there was some texture when wet, but I feel that might make fluid spill cleanup harder if the floor is rough.
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CowboyTaco
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I did the Rustoleum kit at our last house in TX. Read plenty of reviews about how it didn't last more than a few weeks. Just take your time and follow the directions. Also, make sure you allow the proper amount of cure time. Mine was going strong 3 years before we moved.
I bought a bag of extra flakes that were returned as they were not needed.
I think there is a moisture test that you should do first. IIRC, you basically tape a grocery bag down for either 24 of 48 hours. It should be dry when you remove it. If it's wet, don't bother putting down the epoxy. I think there is a moisture barrier that you can put down first, but I didn't have to go down that route.
Congrats on the house.
I bought a bag of extra flakes that were returned as they were not needed.
I think there is a moisture test that you should do first. IIRC, you basically tape a grocery bag down for either 24 of 48 hours. It should be dry when you remove it. If it's wet, don't bother putting down the epoxy. I think there is a moisture barrier that you can put down first, but I didn't have to go down that route.
Congrats on the house.
We used the Rustoleum epoxy on my mom's garage floor but it doesn't hold up overtime. My stepdad ended up recoating it a couple of times.
I would stay away from any of the epoxy floor paints you can get at box stores (or house paint for that matter). You might try this epoxy floor coating from Sherwin Williams. I don't have any experience using it but most stuff from Sherwin Williams is good to go. https://www.sherwin-williams.com/ho...ldcrete-waterbased-epoxy-garage-floor-coating
I would also stay away from heavy flakes as they can make finding bolts or nuts you drop on the ground harder to find.
Congrats on the new house!
Last week: The downstairs floor tile is in and the downstairs shower pan membrane was installed. The upstairs girls bathroom floor was sealed. The outside concrete patio was sanded down smooth but he wasn't able to float it because of the rain we had last week.
My wife worked with me for a few hours each day Saturday & Sunday. We got some stuff moved around and organized in the garage. We got the remaining 18 bags of insulation spread out in the attic. I moved the doors upstairs so I can install them next weekend (those suckers are heavy!).
I swung by work and picked up the remaining floor base and door casing on Sunday. This was my quick fix to help keep the wood at the front of the trailer. I really need to add some old weights to the front of the trailer to help keep the trailer sway down.
I was removing the base cap off this 4"x4" post that holds up my portico at the front door so the tile guy can put the tile around it. My wife wanted a 6"x6" post here to make it look more even with the house so I was planning on putting a fake column cap around it the post anyways. Well come to find out the cocksucking handyman cut out the post's rotted bottom and put in a filler. Then he put that small shitty cap around it to keep it together. So I'll be taking off work tomorrow to go put the new 6"x6" post in so I can stay on schedule for the tile install. Two steps forward...one step back.
The tile guy is working on the downstairs bathroom shower and floating the outside patio today with ardex concrete float.
My wife worked with me for a few hours each day Saturday & Sunday. We got some stuff moved around and organized in the garage. We got the remaining 18 bags of insulation spread out in the attic. I moved the doors upstairs so I can install them next weekend (those suckers are heavy!).
I swung by work and picked up the remaining floor base and door casing on Sunday. This was my quick fix to help keep the wood at the front of the trailer. I really need to add some old weights to the front of the trailer to help keep the trailer sway down.
I was removing the base cap off this 4"x4" post that holds up my portico at the front door so the tile guy can put the tile around it. My wife wanted a 6"x6" post here to make it look more even with the house so I was planning on putting a fake column cap around it the post anyways. Well come to find out the cocksucking handyman cut out the post's rotted bottom and put in a filler. Then he put that small shitty cap around it to keep it together. So I'll be taking off work tomorrow to go put the new 6"x6" post in so I can stay on schedule for the tile install. Two steps forward...one step back.
The tile guy is working on the downstairs bathroom shower and floating the outside patio today with ardex concrete float.
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MatthewMay1
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CowboyTaco
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another thought on the garage floor coating conversation. Get the lowest gloss you can.
I don't remember what mine was, but I think it was a semi-glass. I hated working under the truck with the garage door open. The light reflection upward, which seems like it would be a good thing, was blinding and made everything more difficult.
I don't remember what mine was, but I think it was a semi-glass. I hated working under the truck with the garage door open. The light reflection upward, which seems like it would be a good thing, was blinding and made everything more difficult.
I worked over this epoxy floor, it was a brown base coat with black flakes (put on super heavy), and I dropped a nut on the ground and I couldn't see it at all. I had to sweep the floor with my hand to find it. After that, I put a towel down below me to catch anything I would drop.
We used a simple flat gray for the garage floor at my moms and it's been fine looks wise.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
I was able to spray the yard yesterday, this should be last of the visible weeds and for the sand burs I will not know until it gets much hotter outside. I have a feeling I will need to do another herbicide application in May. I plan to just fertilizer with a high nitrogen granular in about 10 days or so.