What did you accomplish today?

420God said:
Damn, that's a lot of work. We picked up one of these for scraping tile, probably wouldn't of worked so good kicking up dust with the asbestos though.

http://www.harborfreight.com/42-in-long-reach-air-scraper-69236.html
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Yeah, it sucked. Ruined clothes, white socks, etc. crawling around under steps and behind furnace and washer/dryer, under shelves.

That power tool remover might not work the way you want on 1959 floor tile...I went out of my way not to break them...and still wound up breaking 25%...there were places where 10 in a row broke in half, a few came up in pieces...

Was more fun when they popped right up intact...the old asphalt were the worst but they were all brittle after 57 yrs. on concrete.
 
qwizoking said:
just

a suggestion
specific watering times dont tend to work out well for me as they progress through stages of life..

its pretty easy to get a probe that measures moisture digitally and releases water at set paramateters and continues for your desired duration to saturate the soil fpr true automation

i rarely even go to my grows now
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I've always wanted to rig some blumats up to an arduino and try something like that.
 
tangerinegreen555 said:
Finally got all the layers of floor tile completely up...there were 20 different styles, brands and types...some vinyl, some vinyl with 6.4% asbestos, some asphalt, etc. It was just a cellar and they put in anything. Some were marked 'sample'... Took about 14 hrs. over 4 days between doing other things...
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Lousy work but somebody had to do it... shopping around for new tile and have to find out if the new adhesives will go over old black back cut, or if it needs a skim coat 1st. It's just a cellar...except for the game room that will get a different floor after this part is done...
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If you could clean it up, that old black tile looks pretty cool/hi dollar
 
Grandpapy said:
If you could clean it up, that old black tile looks pretty cool/hi dollar
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That's 1959 black cutback adhesive...possibly containing a percentage of asbestos, but toxicity is rated low and it's not friable according to asbestos websites. Hope to get it covered ASAP. I covered all the walkways with old rugs.

This pic is off internet. (Same shit)...

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No thanks to my looser younger brother electrician who is too fucked up on drugs to help his older brother out when he's in need, even though I'm always there to help the fucker out :-(

I installed a new riser and weather head and new service feed wires. Ready for county inspection on monday. Unfortunately i have to wait until at least Wednesday for the power company to do their thing so i can get power again.
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Bought a new honda 3000 generator. The thing is hella quite. Waaaay quiter than two honda 2000's with the same load :hump: plus, a much bigger tank.

Put a little 8k btu window ac in my master bedroom. I'm gonna sleep soooooooo good tonight finally:-)
 
Aeroknow said:
No thanks to my looser younger brother electrician who is too fucked up on drugs to help his older brother out when he's in need, even though I'm always there to help the fucker out :-(

I installed a new riser and weather head and new service feed wires. Ready for county inspection on monday. Unfortunately i have to wait until at least Wednesday for the power company to do their thing so i can get power again.
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Bought a new honda 3000 generator. The thing is hella quite. Waaaay quiter than two honda 2000's with the same load :hump: plus, a much bigger tank.

Put a little 8k btu window ac in my master bedroom. I'm gonna sleep soooooooo good tonight finally:-)
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Wednesday? WTF, It's Saturday now, can't they speed that shit up?
 
tangerinegreen555 said:
That's 1959 black cutback adhesive...possibly containing a percentage of asbestos, but toxicity is rated low and it's not friable according to asbestos websites. Hope to get it covered ASAP. I covered all the walkways with old rugs.

This pic is off internet. (Same shit)...

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We did the same on an old house. Had someone come look at it. We just cleaned and covered it.
 
I walked in the grow room and all the fans were off, but the lights were still on! They are on a different breaker. It was hot as fuck in there. I immediately turned everything off and got to trouble shooting. After checking the switch and every socket on that circuit I found the culprit. It was a melted socket! I switched it out for a new one and got everything back up and running.

It was a bit of a wtf moment but I'm good now. Time for a much needed beer. I've been at this pretty much all day. Because it wasn't as easy as just swapping out a socket. I had to move everything to check all of the other sockets. Then move everything back and clean up.
 
Gary Goodson said:
I walked in the grow room and all the fans were off, but the lights were still on! They are on a different breaker. It was hot as fuck in there. I immediately turned everything off and got to trouble shooting. After checking the switch and every socket on that circuit I found the culprit. It was a melted socket! I switched it out for a new one and got everything back up and running.

It was a bit of a wtf moment but I'm good now. Time for a much needed beer. I've been at this pretty much all day. Because it wasn't as easy as just swapping out a socket. I had to move everything to check all of the other sockets. Then move everything back and clean up.
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sorry dude.. i was hanging out in your grow and didnt have a lighter for my joint. so i popped the socket. just be glad i got the fire out pretty quickly
 
Gary Goodson said:
I walked in the grow room and all the fans were off, but the lights were still on! They are on a different breaker. It was hot as fuck in there. I immediately turned everything off and got to trouble shooting. After checking the switch and every socket on that circuit I found the culprit. It was a melted socket! I switched it out for a new one and got everything back up and running.

It was a bit of a wtf moment but I'm good now. Time for a much needed beer. I've been at this pretty much all day. Because it wasn't as easy as just swapping out a socket. I had to move everything to check all of the other sockets. Then move everything back and clean up.
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what reason 4 the socket 2 melt ? if wiring n gear is proper a socket melt shouldn't happen
 
Gary Goodson said:
I walked in the grow room and all the fans were off, but the lights were still on! They are on a different breaker. It was hot as fuck in there. I immediately turned everything off and got to trouble shooting. After checking the switch and every socket on that circuit I found the culprit. It was a melted socket! I switched it out for a new one and got everything back up and running.

It was a bit of a wtf moment but I'm good now. Time for a much needed beer. I've been at this pretty much all day. Because it wasn't as easy as just swapping out a socket. I had to move everything to check all of the other sockets. Then move everything back and clean up.
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I hate those kind of horror stories...I have some remodeling plans in my room before starting up inside again...we're running a 2nd line from the box into there next month. It's fucking fabulous as it gets to have an electrician who grows!
 
tangerinegreen555 said:
I hate those kind of horror stories...I have some remodeling plans in my room before starting up inside again...we're running a 2nd line from the box into there next month. It's fucking fabulous as it gets to have an electrician who grows!
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My buddy is an electrician and I was thinking about seeing what we can work out for him to come install a 220 or an extra breaker for that room.


Edit: fucking autocorrect
 
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