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Posted by aemeijers on May 20, 2007, 6:21 pm
> The product is not designed to skim coat anything, but fill cracks up to a
> certain width. I don't know why you think foam will work, but here is a
> source for foam than can be sprayed on a surface.
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> http://www.fomofoam.com/
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> Use at your own risk. Maybe if you posted a picture of what you are
> trying to fix someone can come up with a better solution.
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>
>> Awl--
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with this type stuff?
>> I bought some Great Stuff from HD, and was not all that impressed with
>> it.
>> I was expecting it to expand a lot more.
>>
>> Great Stuff would be ok for the occasional crack/joint/missing brick,
>> etc., but I will need quite a bit more to quick-fix a fallen garage
>> stucco/plaster/lathe ceiling that I have structurally repaired, but just
>> want to quickly even/level out the surface, without going through all the
>> masonry travails.
>> I will even glue up styrofoam sheets to take up some of the volume, but
>> will still have considerable volume to fill in.
>>
>> Any experience/leads?
>> tia.
>> --
When it comes time to sell the place, you are gonna have to fix it right
anyway, or the buyer's inspector will flag it. By 'structural repair' do you
mean you screwed the lathe back to the joists? At this point, rather than
screw around trying to sculpt a ceiling, I'd either overlay the whole thing
with 5/8 fire-rated rock (if it was flat enough for that), or rip the whole
mess down and rock the bare joists with the fire-rated rock. (which will
make any loose insulation fall down, too.) Mud and tape and paint to suit.
Texture in a garage is a bad idea, IMHO, since those walls never stay clean,
and texture ain't scrubbable before a repaint. Benefit of rerocking clean
framing, is that it is a great time to put modern insulation in that space,
which will make floors above feel a lot warmer.
aem sends....
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Posted by Bob M. on May 21, 2007, 12:26 am
> Awl--
>
> Does anyone have experience with this type stuff?
> I bought some Great Stuff from HD, and was not all that impressed with it.
> I was expecting it to expand a lot more
Great Stuff works well, but there are 3 different kinds - the stuff that is
"minimally" expanding (for doors & windows), the normal stuff which is
probably what you got, and the stuff for really big gaps.
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Posted by Proctologically Violated©® on May 22, 2007, 9:40 am
Thanks, that is good to know, and explains it. god forbid anyone from HD
woulda told me this.... Or that they would carry all three....
For the tongue-clucking house police, I've come up with an even easier
solution, almost as non-code.
I have a cupla bags of fiberglass insultion scraps, so I'm just gonna pack
all the crevices with this, and laminate that area of the ceiling w/
leftover 1/8" paneling, and paint to match--as if anything matches to begin
with.
If it makes the House Police feel any better, the garage is not used for
cars, anyway.
Arrest me....
This whole notion of House Perfection, and of "Doin it right" is, to me, an
effing HGTV conspiracy.
There have been numerous articles written, and I think research studies done
and this fukn *obsession* we have w/ our goddamm lawns and houses.
They have become gargantuan symbolic badges of, basically, my dick is bigger
than your dick.
It is, immho (2nd m= maladjusted), insanity.
HGTV is a significant factor in what has turned real estate into a predatory
phenom, where now the "average" person feeds off the less fortunate average
person.
Kids, in the major metropolitan areas, will never be able to leave their
parents houses--or 1 BR apt, as the case may be.
Which makes sed predation now economic cannibalism.
The other factors are Malthus and Darwin.
And, of course, effing Carlton Shits.
Burned in my brain is the HGTV episode where this effing twit just had to
have a bathroom with a 3-story domed Roman ceiling.
Man, her dumps musta just been spectacular
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Stop Corruption in Congress & Send the Ultimate Message:
Absolutely Vote, but NOT for a Democrat or a Republican.
Ending Corruption in Congress is the *Single Best Way*
to Materially Improve Your Family's Life.
The Solution is so simple--and inexpensive!
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all d'numbuhs
>
>> Awl--
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with this type stuff?
>> I bought some Great Stuff from HD, and was not all that impressed with
>> it.
>> I was expecting it to expand a lot more
>
>
> Great Stuff works well, but there are 3 different kinds - the stuff that
> is "minimally" expanding (for doors & windows), the normal stuff which is
> probably what you got, and the stuff for really big gaps.
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Posted by Noozer on May 22, 2007, 9:45 am
> Thanks, that is good to know, and explains it. god forbid anyone from HD
> woulda told me this.... Or that they would carry all three....
>
> For the tongue-clucking house police, I've come up with an even easier
> solution, almost as non-code.
> I have a cupla bags of fiberglass insultion scraps, so I'm just gonna pack
> all the crevices with this, and laminate that area of the ceiling w/
> leftover 1/8" paneling, and paint to match--as if anything matches to
> begin with.
Just how many cars do you have on your front lawn anyhow?
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Posted by Proctologically Violated©® on May 22, 2007, 1:53 pm
>
>> Thanks, that is good to know, and explains it. god forbid anyone from HD
>> woulda told me this.... Or that they would carry all three....
>>
>> For the tongue-clucking house police, I've come up with an even easier
>> solution, almost as non-code.
>> I have a cupla bags of fiberglass insultion scraps, so I'm just gonna
>> pack all the crevices with this, and laminate that area of the ceiling w/
>> leftover 1/8" paneling, and paint to match--as if anything matches to
>> begin with.
>
> Just how many cars do you have on your front lawn anyhow?
Not the whole cars, silly.
Just the seats. :)
With a boombox and coolers full of beer..... of course.
Very few people use their garages for cars.
Mostly they're used for illegal apartments, shops (me), or storage.
Except in Manhattan, of course.
And in a few places in the more uppity parts of Westchester, where it is
against effing town ordinances to park on the street.
goodgawd....
And even there, most people make do with driveways.
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Mr. P.V.'d (formerly Droll Troll), Yonkers, NY
Stop Corruption in Congress & Send the Ultimate Message:
Absolutely Vote, but NOT for a Democrat or a Republican.
Ending Corruption in Congress is the *Single Best Way*
to Materially Improve Your Family's Life.
The Solution is so simple--and inexpensive!
entropic3.14decay at optonline2.718 dot net; remove pi and e to reply--ie,
all d'numbuhs
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