Bezabor: Drylok-time...
Thursday, 11/17- Today was cleanup day to prepare for painting the floor tomorrow. It took most of the morning to use the wet/dry vacuum cleaner to pick up all the dust spread around on the floor and walls by the floor-sanding machine. The dust was so fine that it clogged up the vacuum cleaner filter and I had to stop to clean it several times. After vacuuming, I mixed up some more fast-setting cement and plugged up holes left from the partition removal and removal of the nailed-to-the-floor carpet edging. I then mopped the floor thoroughly (and with multiple water changes) and then set up our new dehumidifier and turned up the heat in the room to be sure it will be dry enough and warm enough for painting to begin tomorrow. We then went to Home Depot to pick up the custom-mixed Drylok concrete paint--- 'sandstone' in color. We've decided to see how it goes with just a painted floor for awhile. We certainly don't want to have glued-down carpet again---- not after the struggle to pull it up when wet.
Wednesday, 11/16- This morning we determined that the leak at the sewer downpipe would have to be fixed before proceeding with floor painting. The leak was coming from a tee/cleanout fitting and I decided it had been caused by a bad fit between the downpipe and tee caused by the fact that the downpipe is not as vertical as it should be. If I were to replace the tee with another one like it, I'd be lucky to get a good enough fit to avoid a leak. That would also take replacement of several other fittings and the introduction of a slip-fitting to get the pipe to the correct length. I decided I could avoid all that by installing a rubber "Quick-Ell" which is perfect for a situation like this-- just cut off the tee at the flanges, remove the tee, put the rubber ell into place and tighten down it's stainless-steel clamps. I would lose the cleanout on the other side of the tee but if I need to open up the pipe to inspect it, I could just do that by removing the rubber ell.
The big surprise happened after I sawzalled-off the tee. When I grabbed the upper section of pipe to put on the ell, the section of pipe fell off at a joint about three feet above. I can only guess that it had been improperly installed in the first place. Once I cleaned that up and re-installed it, it was simple to install the ell. Leak fixed!
We then went off to Home Depot to rent the floor sander. It's actually called a "floor maintainer" and uses 18-inch sanding disks. We rented at about 1430 so had to have it back by 1830. The actual job of sanding the floor wasn't bad. The biggest problem I had was caused by the dust mask. As soon as I put it on my glasses fogged up. I finally found a defogging cloth I use for my motorcycle helmet and that worked fairly well--- just not very long at a time. As time neared to take the sander back, I was glad to stop. I was tired and covered in a thick layer of dust. I dusted off as best I could and cleaned up the sander and got it back on time. The sander cost $26 to rent for the four hours but used $32-worth of sanding disks (five of them).
Tuesday, 11/15- We dropped off the first part of our claim to the township office for review at this week's meeting of the sewer authority. We are submitting the bill for the professional cleaning services plus the cleaning supplies we had to buy. We also went shopping for plumbing fittings to install traps for the dehumidifier drain and the washing machine drain. We went to Home Depot to check out the rental floor sanders and supplies and understand how that would work and how much it would cost. The floor sander is needed to prepare the concrete floor for painting. It's supposed to feel like medium sandpaper and some sections seem very slick, particularly where there was carpet adhesive and an old coat of paint that was under part of the carpet. After our return home, I was checking out the fit of the plumbing fittings when I noticed a small leak from the sewer downpipe that I'd have to take a look at tomorrow.
I then decided to remove a partition which formed the wall between the laundry room and hallway. We had decided years ago that we would 'someday' take it down and eliminate the too-narrow hallway. And today was a good day for it. The sawzall made quick work of the job.
Monday, 11/14- Today I painted the second coat of Drylok masonary waterproofer on the block wall of the basement. This used up the rest of the five gallons of Drylok. The square footage of the wall was 204 square feet and I painted two coats so that's 408 square feet. Coverage was estimated by the manufacturer as 50-100 sq feet per gallon; I averaged 80 sq ft per gallon for the job.
Thursday, 11/17- Today was cleanup day to prepare for painting the floor tomorrow. It took most of the morning to use the wet/dry vacuum cleaner to pick up all the dust spread around on the floor and walls by the floor-sanding machine. The dust was so fine that it clogged up the vacuum cleaner filter and I had to stop to clean it several times. After vacuuming, I mixed up some more fast-setting cement and plugged up holes left from the partition removal and removal of the nailed-to-the-floor carpet edging. I then mopped the floor thoroughly (and with multiple water changes) and then set up our new dehumidifier and turned up the heat in the room to be sure it will be dry enough and warm enough for painting to begin tomorrow. We then went to Home Depot to pick up the custom-mixed Drylok concrete paint--- 'sandstone' in color. We've decided to see how it goes with just a painted floor for awhile. We certainly don't want to have glued-down carpet again---- not after the struggle to pull it up when wet.
Wednesday, 11/16- This morning we determined that the leak at the sewer downpipe would have to be fixed before proceeding with floor painting. The leak was coming from a tee/cleanout fitting and I decided it had been caused by a bad fit between the downpipe and tee caused by the fact that the downpipe is not as vertical as it should be. If I were to replace the tee with another one like it, I'd be lucky to get a good enough fit to avoid a leak. That would also take replacement of several other fittings and the introduction of a slip-fitting to get the pipe to the correct length. I decided I could avoid all that by installing a rubber "Quick-Ell" which is perfect for a situation like this-- just cut off the tee at the flanges, remove the tee, put the rubber ell into place and tighten down it's stainless-steel clamps. I would lose the cleanout on the other side of the tee but if I need to open up the pipe to inspect it, I could just do that by removing the rubber ell.
The big surprise happened after I sawzalled-off the tee. When I grabbed the upper section of pipe to put on the ell, the section of pipe fell off at a joint about three feet above. I can only guess that it had been improperly installed in the first place. Once I cleaned that up and re-installed it, it was simple to install the ell. Leak fixed!
We then went off to Home Depot to rent the floor sander. It's actually called a "floor maintainer" and uses 18-inch sanding disks. We rented at about 1430 so had to have it back by 1830. The actual job of sanding the floor wasn't bad. The biggest problem I had was caused by the dust mask. As soon as I put it on my glasses fogged up. I finally found a defogging cloth I use for my motorcycle helmet and that worked fairly well--- just not very long at a time. As time neared to take the sander back, I was glad to stop. I was tired and covered in a thick layer of dust. I dusted off as best I could and cleaned up the sander and got it back on time. The sander cost $26 to rent for the four hours but used $32-worth of sanding disks (five of them).
Tuesday, 11/15- We dropped off the first part of our claim to the township office for review at this week's meeting of the sewer authority. We are submitting the bill for the professional cleaning services plus the cleaning supplies we had to buy. We also went shopping for plumbing fittings to install traps for the dehumidifier drain and the washing machine drain. We went to Home Depot to check out the rental floor sanders and supplies and understand how that would work and how much it would cost. The floor sander is needed to prepare the concrete floor for painting. It's supposed to feel like medium sandpaper and some sections seem very slick, particularly where there was carpet adhesive and an old coat of paint that was under part of the carpet. After our return home, I was checking out the fit of the plumbing fittings when I noticed a small leak from the sewer downpipe that I'd have to take a look at tomorrow.
I then decided to remove a partition which formed the wall between the laundry room and hallway. We had decided years ago that we would 'someday' take it down and eliminate the too-narrow hallway. And today was a good day for it. The sawzall made quick work of the job.
Monday, 11/14- Today I painted the second coat of Drylok masonary waterproofer on the block wall of the basement. This used up the rest of the five gallons of Drylok. The square footage of the wall was 204 square feet and I painted two coats so that's 408 square feet. Coverage was estimated by the manufacturer as 50-100 sq feet per gallon; I averaged 80 sq ft per gallon for the job.
posted by Bezabor&Labashi | 20:38
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home