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Posted by Sasquatch on October 16, 2006, 12:11 pm
The garage slab would be the easy place to put our initials, but the
slab is less permanent and more prone to being covered in the future
compared to, say, the cement foundation wall of the center portion of
the house. I want it to be ***PERMANENT*** and not easily removed so
that it is still there in 100 years. What would be a good way to stamp
our name and the year into the concrete, considering that the concrete
is already in place? Is there a tool and templates that can be used to
engrave dry/cured cement?

- John

Don wrote:
> "Sasquatch"> wrote
> > Actually, I was
> > thinking about stamping our last name and the year into the foundation
> > someplace. Maybe I should just include the URL for MyNewOldHouse.com.
> > :-)
>
> Again, this was something I did on our last house too.
> In the corner of the garage conc slab while it was still wet I put my wife's
> and my initials and the year and a 2002 1/2 dollar.
>
> DL + SL
> 2002
> O


Posted by Pat on October 16, 2006, 1:02 pm

Sasquatch wrote:
> The garage slab would be the easy place to put our initials, but the
> slab is less permanent and more prone to being covered in the future
> compared to, say, the cement foundation wall of the center portion of
> the house. I want it to be ***PERMANENT*** and not easily removed so
> that it is still there in 100 years. What would be a good way to stamp
> our name and the year into the concrete, considering that the concrete
> is already in place? Is there a tool and templates that can be used to
> engrave dry/cured cement?

Go to a craft show and find the people doing the engravings in stone.
You know the ones, they say "Welcome" or "Welcome to the Sasquatch's"
with a picture of bigfoot. You know what I mean.

Have them come out and do that to your wall.

They cut the design out of a rubber mat, hold it in place, and
sandblast the stone to get the design. They could do a wall easy
enough.

Otherwise, you'll have to resort of a Dremel tool and a dust mask.

>
> - John
>
> Don wrote:
> > "Sasquatch"> wrote
> > > Actually, I was
> > > thinking about stamping our last name and the year into the foundation
> > > someplace. Maybe I should just include the URL for MyNewOldHouse.com.
> > > :-)
> >
> > Again, this was something I did on our last house too.
> > In the corner of the garage conc slab while it was still wet I put my wife's
> > and my initials and the year and a 2002 1/2 dollar.
> >
> > DL + SL
> > 2002
> > O


Posted by Don on October 16, 2006, 1:15 pm
I epoxyed the garage floor and the imprint was still very visible.
How about one of those precast aluminum panels, about 8"x12"?

> The garage slab would be the easy place to put our initials, but the
> slab is less permanent and more prone to being covered in the future
> compared to, say, the cement foundation wall of the center portion of
> the house. I want it to be ***PERMANENT*** and not easily removed so
> that it is still there in 100 years. What would be a good way to stamp
> our name and the year into the concrete, considering that the concrete
> is already in place? Is there a tool and templates that can be used to
> engrave dry/cured cement?
>
> - John
>
> Don wrote:
>> "Sasquatch"> wrote
>> > Actually, I was
>> > thinking about stamping our last name and the year into the foundation
>> > someplace. Maybe I should just include the URL for MyNewOldHouse.com.
>> > :-)
>>
>> Again, this was something I did on our last house too.
>> In the corner of the garage conc slab while it was still wet I put my
>> wife's
>> and my initials and the year and a 2002 1/2 dollar.
>>
>> DL + SL
>> 2002
>> O
>



Posted by Pat on October 16, 2006, 1:04 pm

Sasquatch wrote:
> Pat,
>
> You're appealing to my obsessive-compulsive side. You shouldn't
> encourage me. But that's a good idea. Thanks. Actually, I was
> thinking about stamping our last name and the year into the foundation
> someplace. Maybe I should just include the URL for MyNewOldHouse.com.

Nah, the whole internet thing is just a passing fad.

> :-)
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> Pat wrote:
> >
> > While you're excited about the house, go build yourself a little
> > "safety vault". It doesn't have to bee too big. Take a copy of your
> > plan and put then inside of something like a 4" plastic pipe with caps
> > of both ends. Throw in all of your photos (on paper from a real
> > printer, not an inkjet). Then throw in a copy of your building permit,
> > site plan, construction contract, title report, pics of your septic and
> > field, etc. Label the "pipe' from every direction and slide it into
> > something with a double-layer of sheetrock on all sides -- maybe
> > between floor joists or exposed studs in your mechanical room.
> >
> > Then, 20 years from now when your're going old and senile and you need
> > to look at something, you'll have your docs.
> >
> > There's a 99% chance you'll never need the docs. But if you do ....


Posted by Don on October 16, 2006, 11:26 am
"Pat"> wrote
> While you're excited about the house, go build yourself a little
> "safety vault". It doesn't have to bee too big. Take a copy of your
> plan and put then inside of something like a 4" plastic pipe with caps
> of both ends. Throw in all of your photos (on paper from a real
> printer, not an inkjet). Then throw in a copy of your building permit,
> site plan, construction contract, title report, pics of your septic and
> field, etc. Label the "pipe' from every direction and slide it into
> something with a double-layer of sheetrock on all sides -- maybe
> between floor joists or exposed studs in your mechanical room.
>
> Then, 20 years from now when your're going old and senile and you need
> to look at something, you'll have your docs.
>
> There's a 99% chance you'll never need the docs. But if you do ....

Thats what I did on our last house.
There was a 36" h wall seperating the living room from the dining room and
at the end of the wall was a 16"x16" column 42" h with a finial.
Inside that is where I put my time vault.
4" pvc with glued caps on both ends.
In it were the original jobsite blueprints with seals stamps etc.
All the permits, receipts, etc.
I never told the new owners it was inside that column.
In 100 years maybe Bob Vila's great grandson will discover them on one of
his remodeling shows. heh



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