Lanx
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i thought we cleared up that the first action to take is to blame brutal
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Home Improvement
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BrutulTM
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Probably not code compliant because it's a "running" trap but can't see that flooding your bathroom.
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GuardianX
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Yeah the flood thing was a joke because I doubt that would happen. The more likely scenario would be the p trap clearing completely during water draining from the tub.
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Dandai
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This isn’t my home being improved, but my new business building:
Knocking out the sheet rock and lumber from the rafters to get the nasty, dusty blown in insulation out. Tomorrow I’m gonna try setting up a Dexter room and using a Harbor Freight 8” ventilator to keep the dust down. I’ve only managed to do two hours of serious effort per day. After a couple hours of walking on the trusses, everything is aching and nearing muscle failure. I’m no where near athletic enough to do this (safely) for extended periods. Having to breathe through a respirator doesn’t help.
Knocking out the sheet rock and lumber from the rafters to get the nasty, dusty blown in insulation out. Tomorrow I’m gonna try setting up a Dexter room and using a Harbor Freight 8” ventilator to keep the dust down. I’ve only managed to do two hours of serious effort per day. After a couple hours of walking on the trusses, everything is aching and nearing muscle failure. I’m no where near athletic enough to do this (safely) for extended periods. Having to breathe through a respirator doesn’t help.
Dandai
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Didn’t mean to kill the thread 
I sprained my wrist being a lazy dumb ass and using a pry bar like a hammer to knock some boards off the ceiling. The pain isn’t as bad as the constant reminder of how much of a dumb ass I am every time I go to pick anything up.
I sprained my wrist being a lazy dumb ass and using a pry bar like a hammer to knock some boards off the ceiling. The pain isn’t as bad as the constant reminder of how much of a dumb ass I am every time I go to pick anything up.
Dandai
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We mentioned vacuums to the general contractor doing the buildout (we’re doing a lot of the demo ourselves) and he looked at us like we were crazy... so I didn’t even research the feasibility of vacuums lol.
All that ceiling stuff needs to come out anyway, but a vacuum would’ve made it a hell of a lot cleaner for sure.
Edit: as far as why it’s coming out, it’s because it’s at least thirty years old and has that oily smell that hangs in the air at every mechanic’s shop. We’re doing food service in there and I’m sure it wouldn’t meet the sanitation requirements. The fire marshall has indicated that we’ll have to have some kind of drop ceiling, but I don’t know the specifics offhand.
All that ceiling stuff needs to come out anyway, but a vacuum would’ve made it a hell of a lot cleaner for sure.
Edit: as far as why it’s coming out, it’s because it’s at least thirty years old and has that oily smell that hangs in the air at every mechanic’s shop. We’re doing food service in there and I’m sure it wouldn’t meet the sanitation requirements. The fire marshall has indicated that we’ll have to have some kind of drop ceiling, but I don’t know the specifics offhand.
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Didn’t mean to kill the thread
I sprained my wrist being a lazy dumb ass and using a pry bar like a hammer to knock some boards off the ceiling. The pain isn’t as bad as the constant reminder of how much of a dumb ass I am every time I go to pick anything up.
Worked with a guy that lost an eye because he did something similar while pulling a nail, that's my #1 motivator to wear ppe
Vinen
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I'm amazed your town isn't forcing to permit, env study, etc.
Converting a Mechanical Shop to a Restaurant is not a simple task.
Dandai
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Well to be fair, I don’t think the last use was a mechanic. The original building was built in 1907 and was an automobile seller. Sometime in the 50s the front was added and I believe that’s when it was a mechanic. Until several years ago (not sure when) it was a Napa auto parts.
We’ve had several opportunities for the city to insist on more permitting. One of the inspectors did a pop-in the other day to let us know we need a demo/renovation permit. They weren’t going to bother with making us get one, but apparently the general contractor pissed someone off and sent in an anonymous tip lol. We’ve had the permit for a couple weeks now.
Dandai
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I actually grabbed a face shield at harbor freight the other day. I couldn’t keep my safety glasses from fogging up. Hoping the face shield will work better.
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ToeMissile
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In my Air Force tech school they showed a ton of vids and pictures of PPE preventable accidents. I'll always remember all the flesh torn off some dudes finger who left a ring one and got it caught in something.
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I'm wanting to build some kind of badass pergola for the tanning area next to my pool (the actual sun tan area will be on the tanning ledge of the pool). I worry about having this built out of wood because of rot, warping, etc. What do you think about a synthetic wood product?