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| My Foundation Is Leaking After A Big Melt | |
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| Topic Started: Dec 28 2016, 07:22 AM (1,622 Views) | |
| campy | Dec 31 2016, 07:44 AM Post #46 |
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That's the membrane I was talking about. It drains the water away. Ordinary tar paper and plastic sheet doesn't drain it the same way. The solution in a swampy area. No basement. Build a core floor home instead. G |
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| Calm | Dec 31 2016, 11:49 AM Post #47 |
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Hi! Trotsky I know, I always write long stories .... I can type about 90 mistakes per minute so it is not much like work to me. I can type with my eyes closed. I purchased this house purely for economic reasons. I was content living in a 2 bedroom basement apartment for 9 hundred per month plus utilities. A bit tense for sunlight, but I am not into suntanning. I am unable to actually lie down on the grass outside and relax. I always begin to scratch and suspect an ant or some spider is cruising across my back. I don't mind sitting on a chair, on my back deck or in the gazebo once or twice a week, but that is all. I like the view from my very large house windows compared to the basement apartment. I now see chipmunks and squirrels rather than dewworms. Yes, I will admit that the maintenance is sometimes tense. If I knew what I was doing or had owned a previous house, it might not of been so nerve racking. I spent about 15 thousand in the past 2 years improving the house. As a hobby of sorts. Nothing really strenuous for me or I just hire it out. Fencing, deck, gazebo, carport, rock garden and planted a crab apple tree. The most lengthy type of work I got is the back yard. I have a ride-on lawn mower. But, I had to get a new lawnmower-mulcher for all the dead Maple leaves. I got a forrest on my back lawn every fall. And stupid me ..... I did not buy a "Self-Propelled" mower with a mulching blade, I bought a hand driven model. What an idiot! I can't stand perpendicular for about a week after I rake the yard and push that lawn mover around a 210 foot lot. The reason I purchased this house was because I believe that within the next five years, there is going to be a "Bank Bail-In". A certain percentage of your money deposited in the bank will be confiscated in order to bail out the Economic Terrorists again. It has happened in Cyprus and just recently, when India shut down the printing presses and issued new currency was in effect a Bail-In and the government said it was about counterfeiting problems. I wanted a small town, with the thought that the line-ups at the food bank will not be too long as the North American economy continues to collapse. I moved into an agricultural area of Ontario. I wanted a place not too close to a nuclear reactor and thus chose Western Ontario near Windsor. I wanted a place where I could grow a few vegetables if need be. I did not owe any money to anyone. In fact, I have never owned a credit card since 1983. The only reason I got one today is because I had to get one in order to get my mortgage. I got a mortgage of 2.1 percent for another 3 years remaining on my 5 year term of fixed rate. I have all the toys I want or need. I can walk to a shopping mall in less than 15 minutes. The bus stop is actually at the bottom of my driveway. Honestly. I don't own a car. I rent one for 50 bucks plus gas if ever needed. Insurance alone for a car is worth about 2 hundred a month. I can rent a car cheaper than that. I got an nice/strong two thousand dollar e-bike and I made a very large basket on the back. The big problem with having a crisis occur like my leaky basement is because all the driving and parts I need require car transportation and thus scheduling/reserving. Not just jump into the car in the driveway. Because both my identical twin and I have joint ownership of the house, all expenses are equally shared. I think that living in the apartment was maybe 200 per month less. Do you know anything about bird houses and bird feeders? Calm Edited by Calm, Dec 31 2016, 12:13 PM.
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| campy | Dec 31 2016, 12:37 PM Post #48 |
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What do you want to know about bird feeders and birdhouses? I have made them. All kinds. |
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| Calm | Dec 31 2016, 01:16 PM Post #49 |
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Hi! Campy Oh! Great I gotta trip bird trip happening. I put up a "trial" trip for a feeder. It has been hanging for a year now. It is/was just a shi??y ol' mock-up. I learned a lot. I know exactly how I am going to design the next one. I got black squirrels galore ..... I got 20 Million Crows hanging around this area. This area is said to be "Crow Capital". In the fall, they come to town looking for some Kentucky Fried chicken wrapper because the farmers fields are snow covered with no seeds for pecking. I am not into feeding crows or squirrels. I buy about 15-25 bucks of Plain Jane wild bird seeds and sunflower seeds and crushed peanuts every 2 months at a bulk store. I need this tucked up under the peak of the Bird House Roof and with the output wires protruding though the roof top. Squirrel Problem Solved ..... Patriot Fence energizer PMX350 - Electric Shock http://www.patriotchargers.com/PMX350.htm (YouTube Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ-bSAhyMxE I can re-direct the wiring anywhere from there, easily. Just need to get the transformer housing neatly tucked away under the roof. The bird house does not have a floor. It has a peak Sitting on plexiglass walls which are 32" high and 24" deep or wide. Only two glass walls ..... side by each .... no front or back walls. The floor of the bird house is wood .... just a 3" x 3" x 40" long and with a 1" groove routered in the center, to form a groove for me to pour my bird seed into. Sometimes this past summer, I had 12 or 15 small wild birds on the feeder at one time. I got 2 red cardinals and 2 blue jays sticking around and not flying South. Maybe they stay all winter. I don't know. The size or dimensions I mentioned, seems to sort of cripple the crows. Because of their wingspan being rather large (they are half the size of a farmers chicken), they don't even think about trying to land on the feeder. It is like asking a crow to fly through a window frame. I experimented with window frame size. Some times 30 crows arrive to see if any has fallen off the feeder and landed on the ground when the other bird types were pecking away. Crows can't get to sit on the feeder itself. I tied a piece of haywire from my garage/shop to my fenceline about 10-12 feet in the air. I suspended the bird feeder peak [the window frame] or hung the bird feeder from this haywire, so that the seed/feeder/area was hanging down 5 feet or whatever, at my chest level. Some time in early spring when the shop is a bit warmer, I intend to begin the work. Around mid March, I will get all the photo's ready for you to link to, and then we can have a little discussion about it, if yuh like. Calm Edited by Calm, Dec 31 2016, 01:49 PM.
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| Calm | Jan 1 2017, 04:50 AM Post #50 |
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Here is a photo of my Mock or Trial birdfeeder. http://www.pair-annoyed.com:9090/NEWS/House-BirdFeeder.png Calm |
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| Calm | Jan 1 2017, 05:12 AM Post #51 |
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Here is a photo of all the 45 degree angles I had to learn how to make a year ago at deck/gazebo. http://www.pair-annoyed.com:9090/NEWS/PatioDeck-Gazebo.jpg If any of these photo's are too large for you to easily view, just say so and I will post a smaller file. Calm |
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| Calm | Jan 1 2017, 05:27 AM Post #52 |
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I hired this job out. And, again, if you are unable to view the photo, just say so, and I will make adjustments. Before Privacy Fence http://www.pair-annoyed.com:9090/NEWS/House-Before-GarageFemce.jpg After Privacy Fence http://www.pair-annoyed.com:9090/NEWS/House-After-GarageFence.jpg |
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| Calm | Jan 1 2017, 07:45 AM Post #53 |
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I have had 2 rather large fans and a dehumifier running in my basement since the event happened. (Christmas Eve, I think.) The floor area is totally dry. The humidity reader tells me it is 43 Percent - 65 degrees F. Is that normal? Does that sound Okay to you guys? ------ About my birdhouse-feeder trip. While I called a "Peak" as a place to store my electric fence transformer, ..... I intend to put a piece of small wood (Side to Side)to cover the transformer area under the peak. I intend to then bore through a bird hole and peg at both ends of the Peaked area. The small amount of heat from electric fence transformer will sort of heat the birdhouse during winter or give the birds a place to perch during summer. It will be a rather long (30") birdhouse, but not too wide. In the photo of the mock-up feeder which I posted earlier, I just used some old length of dryer vent piping. Just to hold the sides from collapsing onto themselves. I am going to put a birdhouse where the dryer vent thing is now. Calm Edited by Calm, Jan 1 2017, 08:11 AM.
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| wildie | Jan 1 2017, 04:19 PM Post #54 |
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The house that I encountered this was built back in the 50s. All the houses were built with basements. Subdividers don't give a damn about leaking basements. At least in them, thar days! |
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| Kahu | Jan 1 2017, 04:23 PM Post #55 |
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Calm: I find many of your pics too big and very slow to load. Is pair-annoyed.com your site? |
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| Calm | Jan 1 2017, 08:08 PM Post #56 |
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Hi! Kahu and your an administrator too .... Nice to meet you. Okay .... I resized the pictures by two thirds. Please let me know if you can view them with ease. Calm |
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| Kahu | Jan 1 2017, 08:47 PM Post #57 |
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Much better, thank you. |
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| Calm | Jan 1 2017, 08:49 PM Post #58 |
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Oh! I thank you for pointing it out. Now I know that any photo from my i-Phone needs to be resized by 2 thirds. Piece of cake. Thanks. |
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| Trotsky | Jan 3 2017, 03:16 AM Post #59 |
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He OWNS da joint. |
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| Calm | Jan 6 2017, 01:11 PM Post #60 |
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I was looking at this earlier today. How to waterproof Leaky Stone Foundations All things basement (YouTube Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roirRQECvLQ I think that if this type of pumps works as claimed, you do not need an electric generator, or a battery powered sump pump with about 5 hours single charge. I would have no power to charge the battery after 5 hours of use. This pump runs on water pressure. I don't remember losing water pressure too many times. The powerful water-powered backup sump pump Protect your basement against power outages and primary sump pump failures with the Water Commander http://www.tanecorp.com This kind of stuff looks pretty neat ThermalDry insulated floor decking http://www.basementsystems.com/basement-finishing/basement-flooring/insulated-subfloor.html Calm Edited by Calm, Jan 6 2017, 01:13 PM.
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