Recent content by fcastro

I agree with you neal on that price, plus my trailer just has a bar a foot off the bottom so the sand would probably fly out on the drive back, lol. I'll have to go tomorrow and ask about the bags weight. Neal any comment on which type of mortar to use? "M" or "S"? The block wall is 4 ft...

I am going to hopefully pick up the bag with the trailer I attach to my truck. It can handle up to 2000 lbs. I thought when masons order things there would be some similar language for the sand bags lol.

Thanks neal, so based on what you just mentioned a 1/2 yard bag would only give 13.5 cu ft. Any idea why 1 places says they sell 1 ton bags versus the other saying 1 yard bags? Is it correct to assume that its the same bag? :confused:

Hi everyone, Working on a small wall. I have ordered my cinder blocks and now I need to go pick my masonry cement and mason sand. I am going to be mixing my mortar since it appears to be more cost effective and less prone to being unworkable once mixed. The wall is 4 ft high and 1 foot is...

Good video Neal, with fiberglass seems like it needs to travel the 100 feet in order to fluff correctly. Now I'm left wondering if that holds true for cellulose as well. Might not make sense to build this out. If I can't properly fluff the cellulose I will lose r-value. I'll have to check the...

Hi everyone,I have a bunch of cellulose bags of inhalation I got awhile back for my attic. My attic currently has blown in fiberglass. I picked up a harbor freight dust collector and plan on using it to suck out the fiberglass. I was thinking I should be able to use the system in reverse to...

itsreallyconc thanks for the reply! I ended up finding some more info on the system as you mentioned. Seems like the system was to break some of the concrete and curl the membrane and then run it to the sump pump.

Hi everyone, I was hoping I could get some questions answered about my basement. My basement has a wall that has all this dimpled plastic membrane running along the floor. On top of the plastic seems like the poured self leveling concrete. The plastic runs all along the wall and then wraps and...

Thanks inspector, I am going to give the local rental yard a call and see how much they charge to rent a skidsteer with fork attachment.

Hi everyone, I was hoping to get some advice. I just had a shipment of stones delivered to my place. The truck driver said he couldn't get his truck onto my driveway and/or the grass to boom the stones into the yard. I need to get the stones off the front lawn (about 10 pallets) in the most cost...

Hi everyone I was hoping to get some feedback. I just purchased a house that is partially on a concrete slab. Outer part of slab is cinder block and inner part is the poured concrete. In between the blocks and the center portion of the concrete there seems to be some fiber material/sheets of...

Thanks for the reply inspectorD! on average how much of a cost difference is there between the big guys and a lumber yard?

Hi all, I am from NJ and was wondering where the pro's got there lumber from? I can't imagine that most of them go to lowes and home depot since they are just the middle men and need to mark up costs. :rolleyes: