What did you do WITH your Ranger today?

[subquark]

That's a GMC Sonoma. You will see a big difference with that insulation this winter. When I finish our basement next summer, I am going to spray foam the walls and rim joists too.

Oh bummer, well the hell with 'em, they moved - good riddance Sonoma! =p

I can't wait. The upstairs is pretty friggin' hot in the summer (and I lived in Texas for 14 years and Miami for 11!). And it's darn cold in winter, the cold air cascades down the stairs (but I have a classy solution for that - I nail up a beach towel at the base of the stairs - Kate's loves that!). =p

I'd like to do out garage with Rockwool and think I could handle that myself. Probably do foam board for the garage roof, and maybe find some vinyl or similar for the bottom four foot of the walls to allow some light car detailing (not by me! Kate will go out on days over freezing and do a rinseless wash - poor Soupie, it has to be into the lower 50s before I squirt him down for a winter grime rinse).

You gonna spray foam yourself? I've watched some vids and it doesn't look too bad (keep in mind, I'd get that stuff all over myself and track it all over the house!). =D

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[Jhbryaniv]

It'll be 3" spray foam for the basement rim joists and 18" of borate cellulose insulation in the attic, 10" in the knee wall, and then whatever fills the normal stud end walls (see, I need @Kristina, she's the resident insulation expert!). =)

They're shooting for above R49 in the attic (which is small for our cape with 4 foot knee walls upstairs).

Google Streetview of our house (on the right):

And that Streetview is a pretty old pic, from like 10 years ago, and I can't remember what the neighbor had, but is it a 4G Ranger? A Race Red Ranger? Was Soupie foretold?

Nice.

Is your basement finished?

We have a crawl space I want to get spray foamed, and our basement is finished - sort of but There is no insulation behind the walls... No moisture barrier either...

My dream is to build a house from the ground up that could be heated by a single candle. ? I love watching some of Matt risinger's build videos on youtube.

Mike from last line of defense just finished his house build out here, and it is almost exactly what I have in mind... Ahhh dreams.... Gotta finish moving into this house before dreaming of building one... ?

 

[Jhbryaniv]

Oh bummer, well the hell with 'em, they moved - good riddance Sonoma! =p

I can't wait. The upstairs is pretty friggin' hot in the summer (and I lived in Texas for 14 years and Miami for 11!). And it's darn cold in winter, the cold air cascades down the stairs (but I have a classy solution for that - I nail up a beach towel at the base of the stairs - Kate's loves that!). =p

I'd like to do out garage with Rockwool and think I could handle that myself. Probably do foam board for the garage roof, and maybe find some vinyl or similar for the bottom four foot of the walls to allow some light car detailing (not by me! Kate will go out on days over freezing and do a rinseless wash - poor Soupie, it has to be into the lower 50s before I squirt him down for a winter grime rinse).

You gonna spray foam yourself? I've watched some vids and it doesn't look too bad (keep in mind, I'd get that stuff all over myself and track it all over the house!). =D

My first winter project is going to be foam board the garage walls and ceiling... Supposed to get frost tonight or tomorrow... Winter is coming.

A friend put rockwool in her detailing van, it works pretty well, and is fairly easy to work with it..

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

More truck stuff…

Man, I’m so busy these days, I might need to come out of retirement so I can get a break! ?

 

[Bob902]

Oh bummer, well the hell with 'em, they moved - good riddance Sonoma! =p

I can't wait. The upstairs is pretty friggin' hot in the summer (and I lived in Texas for 14 years and Miami for 11!). And it's darn cold in winter, the cold air cascades down the stairs (but I have a classy solution for that - I nail up a beach towel at the base of the stairs - Kate's loves that!). =p

I'd like to do out garage with Rockwool and think I could handle that myself. Probably do foam board for the garage roof, and maybe find some vinyl or similar for the bottom four foot of the walls to allow some light car detailing (not by me! Kate will go out on days over freezing and do a rinseless wash - poor Soupie, it has to be into the lower 50s before I squirt him down for a winter grime rinse).

You gonna spray foam yourself? I've watched some vids and it doesn't look too bad (keep in mind, I'd get that stuff all over myself and track it all over the house!). =D

No, I've used the small DIY kits, but I will hire a company to do this job.

 

[subquark]

My first winter project is going to be foam board the garage walls and ceiling... Supposed to get frost tonight or tomorrow... Winter is coming.

It sure would be a game changer, wouldn't it?

Now that "we" are into detailing, the amount of chemicals I have to bring in from the garage for winter really cramps my couch potato lifestyle! =D

I'm not looking for getting it to 70°, but if it could be 40°+, that would be great.

Post some pics, foam board looks like a possibility for my skill set, but I'm often confident when I'm sitting at my computer! =p

what? no one said measuring and cutting was involved!

 

[subquark]

Nice.

Is your basement finished?

We have a crawl space I want to get spray foamed, and our basement is finished - sort of but There is no insulation behind the walls... No moisture barrier either...

My dream is to build a house from the ground up that could be heated by a single candle. ? I love watching some of Matt risinger's build videos on youtube.

Mike from last line of defense just finished his house build out here, and it is almost exactly what I have in mind... Ahhh dreams.... Gotta finish moving into this house before dreaming of building one... ?

No, it's not finished and can have a water feature when it rains hard! =D

But, I'd like to strip the walls and repaint with clay paint (the existing latex is causing spalling)..

And some light landscape and earth work would stop the water.

It's about a 7 foot height with bare joists and plumbing under that (so maybe 6'5" in reality) and I do use it for our our game business (making games down there and pressing thousands of tins with an arbor press).

And that's an awesome dream! I think I remember an episode of this Old House with some ultra mod house in Boston where the hair dryer would raise the temp pf the house!

 

[Jhbryaniv]

It sure would be a game changer, wouldn't it?

Now that "we" are into detailing, the amount of chemicals I have to bring in from the garage for winter really cramps my couch potato lifestyle! =D

I'm not looking for getting it to 70°, but if it could be 40°+, that would be great.

Post some pics, foam board looks like a possibility for my skill set, but I'm often confident when I'm sitting at my computer! =p

what? no one said measuring and cutting was involved!

Same here... ? Everything looks like I could do it when I watch on YouTube...

Realistically I'll probably use 2 inch foam board with spray foam for the gaps, and tape over the joints. Than pit a combination of plywood and pegboard so I can organize...

 

[Jhbryaniv]

No, it's not finished and can have a water feature when it rains hard! =D

But, I'd like to strip the walls and repaint with clay paint (the existing latex is causing spalling)..

And some light landscape and earth work would stop the water.

It's about a 7 foot height with bare joists and plumbing under that (so maybe 6'5" in reality) and I do use it for our our game business (making games down there and pressing thousands of tins with an arbor press).

And that's an awesome dream! I think I remember an episode of this Old House with some ultra mod house in Boston where the hair dryer would raise the temp pf the house!

Sounds like a good job to contract out. ?

We're going to attempt to epoxy the floor in the laundry/mechanical room downstairs this weekend... ?

My grandparents house in Baltimore would have a little river around the edge of the basement on wet days.... They also had a coal chute and coal room... ? Beautiful older home, just needed a bunch of tlc... I remember when we redid the staircase while I was growing UK the plaster and lath on the walls... Pretty sure it was asbestos.... ?

 

[NeilP]

Having a rental house that uses off road diesel as a heating fuel, I picked up another 50gallons this morning before work.

$3.65/gal ($188) and thats considered a good deal. Just a couple years ago it was 2.22/gal. This is the only source of heat the house has. I supplement with space heaters.

The truck handles the extra weight just fine.

After reading about how you guys heat your homes, I will never complain about heating mine. Last year we had some crazy cold weather in December. One night it was -22° with a -46° wind chill. Our home is 3276 sq ft and the natural gas bill that month was $134.00. This months bill is $22.00.

 

[subquark]

Sounds like a good job to contract out. ?

We're going to attempt to epoxy the floor in the laundry/mechanical room downstairs this weekend... ?

My grandparents house in Baltimore would have a little river around the edge of the basement on wet days.... They also had a coal chute and coal room... ? Beautiful older home, just needed a bunch of tlc... I remember when we redid the staircase while I was growing UK the plaster and lath on the walls... Pretty sure it was asbestos.... ?

Epoxy floors are pretty impressive and hard wearing.

Asbestos was a great material to work with and so versatile. Unfortunately, the downside was so horrible and affected so many. I fear we have asbestos ceiling tiles.

Good luck with the epoxy!

 

[TVRangerSTX]

Hah! Little Maverick sidled up to Pepper at Lowe's today, puppy love, so cute!?

 

[subquark]

Went to the mothership to pick up a birthday present for my daughter.

This will help in the restoration of her 1972 FJ40. =)

But holy crap, this is really heavy in the box, how am I ever gonna wrap it?

 

[Jedadiah]

Went to the mothership to pick up a birthday present for my daughter.

This will help in the restoration of her 1972 FJ40. =)

But holy crap, this is really heavy in the box, how am I ever gonna wrap it?

Just don't wrap the bottom

 

[Bob902]

Went to the mothership to pick up a birthday present for my daughter.

This will help in the restoration of her 1972 FJ40. =)

But holy crap, this is really heavy in the box, how am I ever gonna wrap it?

I've got the same one. Very pleased with it so far.

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