Recent content by WallyPop

MudMixer: Just as I submitted my reply to Bridgeman & Nealtw, lo and behold your reply popped up. Thank you. This is not a new installation, but a planned rehabilitation of my 50 year old original drain field and a replacement of my second 25 year old steel tank, this time with a...

Bridgeman & Nealtw: Thanks both. Time to stop pussyfooting around and get to work. I'll save the ice cream as an incentive for me. I'll report back with my trials, tribulations and results after Labor Day. Appreciatively, WallyPop

Bridgeman: Thanks for reply. Giving myself 2 more days for responses and then will use the coming long weekend for my manual labor. Since you speak from experience, should I soak the ground, which is dry and hard to ease my digging chore? Still grasping at straws, I'm considering using an...

In upstate NY need to excavate (3), 12"x12" square holes, 30" deep in my backyard to evaluate soil for septic tank drain field via "Perc" (percolation) test. This will determine amount of area needed to lay required quantity of 4" dia perforated pipe per Dept of Health specs. Doing the test...

Paul522...... Thanks for the reply. The white paint approach sounds promising. Any clues regarding brand name, where to purchase, sprayable, etc. Also any idea as to whether it really work(s)ed as a vapor barrier? I'd probably need about 4-5 gallons so may be able to purchase more...

Appreciate the suggestion. Already possess unbacked fiberglass batts, which is why I need to vapor barrier the living area sheetrock and keep moisture out of the cold side of 2x4 wall structure, which I will subsequently re-sheetrock to finish off the garage. Fanfold would be tricky to fit in...

The walls of my attached, unheated, garage also double as interior walls of my family room and breakfast/mudroom area. Recently, thanks to my grandkids helpfully deciding to wash our cars while the cars were still in the garage, their wildly spraying water hose, water damaged my garage wall...

64 ft long eave is aluminum soffitted with 12" wide by 2' long panels. Naturally the one needing replacement is some where in the center of this long run. Can it be successfully removed/replaced with a new panel without removing all the preceding panels back to either end? It seems I can snip...

Vinyl siding, insulation and original 50 year old wood siding removed, down to the sheathing. It's in good shape. Saving the removed 25 year old Alcoa vinyl siding for a proposed add-on project. (Aside. Alcoa is the toughest siding I ever dis-assembled. No currently available unZip tool...

Thanks guys. I think I'll go with "the hatchet". As I stated, the asphalt/felt layers plus deteriorated plywood decking are no challenge for the blades. But my circular saw, just couldn't keep the asphalt from migrating into the saw's mechanism. I'd probably have an easier time when our...

Converting flat roof garage (built up hot asphalt/felt layers on 3/4" plywood deck) to 4/12 pitch. Need to remove flat roof's rake to extend flat roof's sheathing up to the added new gable. Need advice re best tooth choice since I'll be cutting roughly a 1" thickness of mopped asphalt-felt...

Seems to me you'll be spending big bucks, capriciously. As u think about it, this would make sense if u decided to raise the pitch high enough to to have a walk-in attic,etc. The other over-riding criterion, you must just have the look you desire. Can't rationalize that. If stopping leaks is...

Thank you Inspector. When you state "seams this large" I guess you really meant "seams this many", which then increases the probability of nailing shingles in close proximity to a seam or on the seam itself. The same problem exists, if I understand you correctly, though less often of...

HD offers to rip my 5/8"x4'x8' plywood purchase to either 16" or 24" widths. This way the cut pieces are 1/2 or 1/3rd lighter than a complete sheet but still straddle (3) 2'-0" spaced rafters. Where the cuts took place I'll just butt together again. Butting together again will shrink (2)...

As a junior member I recently learned I may not offer links to product sites, etc., until I've posted 5 times. This my second. Accordingly I'll only offer my generic thoughts and limited application-specific product solutions. I reside in upstate New york where we've lived in a house...