finished up the office renovation we were working on today. One of the things we had to do was to raise the height of a railing. the owner wanted to be able to use the original railing that was in the building. It was only 32 1/2″ high and needed to be 42. The first couple photo’s are the before and the last are the after.

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DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:I haven’t seen @crotalusco in a while??? I need to ask him about the gun he-they use for ply to steel??

I found this site with guns and fasteners to fasten plywood or OSB to steel

https://www.aerosmithfastening.com/product-landing

Boschmanbrian wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:
found the video’s

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Doobie wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:
found the video’s

That’sa lot more efficient at dust colection than I thought.

The vac runs for about 5 or 10 seconds after you release the trigger, It is not enough, a lot of times if you lower the front of the drill you will lose some dust on the floor. You almost need to keep the trigger pulled for an…[Read more]

plowed snow for most of Friday night and well into Saturday morning. We had about 6″. I was glad to get out of the skid loader after about 12 or 13 hours.

GTokley wrote:

DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:

GTokley wrote:
I want to use it plug our vehicles block heaters into to.

What do block heaters do??

A block heater is a heating element that used to warm the engine. This helps the engine start easier in colder weather.

We don’t see a lot of issues on gas engines around here but the block heaters are a…[Read more]

found the video’s

Miamicuse wrote:

cmeyer25 wrote:
I got out my new Metabo Rotarty Hammer this morning to try it out. I have an old concrete plug I cut out of a sidewalk years ago that I’ve been using as a doorstop outside for our fence, so I tried it out on the bottom of that – it worked so well! I LOVE the dust collection! I think it must make the bits cut int…

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6″ of snow on Friday then cold weather. We had the symbol of the little man pooping on the dash several times lately and even colder. Farenheit down here. -20 for those of you north of the border

I saw this in an email I got today

Miamicuse wrote:was at Lowes yesterday picking up an online order and saw they have newer Spyder attachments for sawzalls. Grout remover blades, nylon brushes and wire brushes. Also new hole saws and attachments for those who use them.

We have used their scrapers a lot to remove glue from block walls and things like that. I have not tried…[Read more]

I spent the day yesterday at the state Capitol Lobbying for Builder causes.

We had our annual Builder Day At the Capitol. There were about 60 of us meeting with our senators and representatives.

It was a good productive day doing things that are productive for our industry.

Today we got the precast set and grouted. Some excavation and backfill also.

Once that was done we got the drywall stocked on a remodel and I sanded a bunch of cherry base for the office project we are doing. The owner changed the plan last week from vinyl base to wood. We hope to install on friday.

backfilled the house we were working on yesterday, today, we are setting precast floor panels for the garage.

Doobie wrote:

Sorpa wrote:

Doobie wrote:

madman_us wrote:

Doobie wrote:
The drywall skim coater is another interesting one too

I found that one also quite interesting

I think I might want to buy that. Got a bunch of drywall to do in my basement in a few months time. Sure would be handy.

That drywall flat box with a pole will set you…

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The position of the dishwasher as well as the garbage disposal seems to be personal preference.

We have had homeowners that insist that the dishwasher be on the right and others the left. the n garbage disposal is the same way. I think it is just what you are used to or what you grew up with.

I don’t think there is really a right or wrong.

Doobie wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:
In addition we will have a bunch of installs of gym equipment that will pot up throughout the year. Most of those are one day projects but I do know we will have a three day basket ball hoop install.

With all the other stuff you do Kurt, that part of your activities seems an oddball of sorts in you5 mix.…

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CB wrote:Kurt, is this house in the same subdivision as the previous house you posted? How many have you built there? How many more do you plan to build?

This is an unusual development pattern for my area. Around here, everything seems to go up at once… even minor subdivisions of semi custom homes. By contrast, it appears that you group is b…

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Installed wall pads in a wrestling room today