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Went into the crawlspace earlier and found some of my old toy cars from childhood. This was my favorite from my collection, a late 70's Ford Bronco (unknown co.). Had its share of offroading in the muddy backyard. The lightbar's a replacement for the original, and the plastic window's been long gone.
SysLite High-Intensity LED Work Lamp - 498568
See what you have been missing thanks to 170-Degree of even light dispersion that goes where you do. Whether your work takes you under a cabinet or crawlspace, or to an attic or the outdoors, the SysLite's robust build and shock-resistant body is easy to carry and designed to perform when you need it most. Six high-efficiency, LED bulbs will provide even, consistent light for up to four hours on a single charge, longer when paired with a Festool battery, and without interruption when plugged directly to a power source. Compact and Rugged-Built to handle the toughest you can throw at it, the SysLite features a rugged case and nearly indestructible LED lights, so you won't ever have to worry about breaking or replacing bulbs. Unbelievably Bright-The SysLite delivers an even, balanced light source, casting a brilliant and consistent white light, so you can examine the smallest details in close quarters, or take a few steps back to look at the big picture. Multiple Power Options-The SysLite features a long-lasting internal battery as its main power source, but can be easily charged or run with the included wall and car chargers, or used with a compatible Festool battery as an auxiliary power source to the internal battery.
SysLite High-Intensity LED Work Lamp - 498568
See what you have been missing thanks to 170-Degree of even light dispersion that goes where you do. Whether your work takes you under a cabinet or crawlspace, or to an attic or the outdoors, the SysLite's robust build and shock-resistant body is easy to carry and designed to perform when you need it most. Six high-efficiency, LED bulbs will provide even, consistent light for up to four hours on a single charge, longer when paired with a Festool battery, and without interruption when plugged directly to a power source. Compact and Rugged-Built to handle the toughest you can throw at it, the SysLite features a rugged case and nearly indestructible LED lights, so you won't ever have to worry about breaking or replacing bulbs. Unbelievably Bright-The SysLite delivers an even, balanced light source, casting a brilliant and consistent white light, so you can examine the smallest details in close quarters, or take a few steps back to look at the big picture. Multiple Power Options-The SysLite features a long-lasting internal battery as its main power source, but can be easily charged or run with the included wall and car chargers, or used with a compatible Festool battery as an auxiliary power source to the internal battery.
Termite tunnel mounds on the ground of the crawlspace floor traveling upward trough a mud tunnel onto the center beam
Please note that extreme care is taken to preserve the floor board heater, paneling, etc. during the installation of the WaterGuard waterproofing system.
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We were worried that our crawlspace was leaking, so during one particularly bad rainstorm, Carolyn squeezed her way into the crawlspace to check it out and make sure it wasn't wet up in there. These are some angles of our house that we've never seen in 17 years...
boards, cinderblock wall, dirt floor, pipes, wires.
crawlspace, utility room, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
April 22, 2017.
Pic by Carolyn.
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Silva trudged up the narrow dirt road. It was just a foothill next to the mountains around it, but the climb up it was still enough to drench one with sweat on a warm day. Silva's long athletic legs made task easier but only the merriest of optimists would call the day warm. It was hot. At the top of the hill was her destination, a small but stylish house. It's location was chosen precisely because it was a long trudge up a hill to get to, an effective deterrent to uninvited guests. Silva herself wasn't exactly invited but she more or less had a standing appointment.
When she got to the door Silva knocked before she even stood still. The door on its part remained firmly closed and locked. Silva became annoyed as she slowly regained her breath, the hike she had just done was not one she would have undertaken without a purpose, now it appeared the entire journey may have been wasted.
Silva walked around the house to see what she could see. In the back of the house there was a barrel that collected rain water from the roof. After a moment of hesitation about the cleanliness of the water (it was cleaner than the water served in most city restaurants) she grabbed a cup sitting next to the barrel and drunk deeply. She poured several cups of water over her head and sighed in the relief. When she opened her eyes she saw a boy of 13 or so standing halfway between the house she was at and the previous one. He was staring gap jawed at her. Silva gave a puzzled look. Then with a glance down she realized that her wet blouse had become see through. She gave seven angry steps forward, not sure what she would actually do, when the timid boy turned and ran back down the hill.
Silva leaned against the house. It was still morning but between the hike, the heat, the empty house and the spying boy she was exhausted. Then she heard a meow. She looked up and over to see Nolan the cat whining and pawing at the window from inside the house. When Silva placed her hand against the window Nolan pawed at it furiously, trying to make contact. Silva had planned to just go back to her home but now felt compelled to get inside and check on the cat. She checked under the doormat and flower pots for a key, there wasn't one. She then started smashing rocks. The sixth one she smashed broke apart to reveal a key which did not open the front door but did open the back. Inside she found Nolan's food and water dish were bare, he quickly dug in when feed. She cleaned out his litter box, which was definitely not bare.
It wasn't unusual for Silva's sister to go out of town on business. If it was just two or three days she'd just leave out extra food for the cat but if she was going to be away longer she would have asked someone to look after him. But here clearly no one was looking out for Nolan. So then where was her sister? Her mind drifted to the worst possibilities. Silva went to the bathroom to retrieve one of her sister's combs. Then in the kitchen she found a brass pot and a bottle of winter mango oil. Silva poured the oil in the brass pot then pulled out one of her hairs and dropped it in. It floated. Then she pulled a hair out of the comb and dropped it in. Her sister's hair sank like a rock. (Hair of the living floats in winter mango oil in a brass pot while a dead man's hair sinks. There's nothing magic about this, it's just common knowledge.)
Silva sat down in the living room to cry for a while. Everything her sister did wrong faded from memory and the woman became saintlike in Silva's mind. The attention starved Nolan curled up on her lap and purred contently. Silva allowed herself to sit there and cry for just twenty minutes (not that she was timing herself, but that's how long it was.). Silva then went down to the crawlspace under the house where she found a small brown wood briefcase.
When they were children Silva and her sister's father made it no secret that he would have preferred boys. Much to their mothers distress he decided that if he could not have sons he would at train his daughters in skills of a manly nature. He taught them to use a bow and arrow; to track game; to repair household items. Despite all his efforts they were never tomboys, both were feminine to the end. Not that they were incapable; they could more or less do these tasks as well as the average man. Her sister tended to be more skilled in these pursuits than Silva. Even though they both carried out these tasks as a chore forced upon them Silva could not help but feel a little jealous that her little sister usually bested her.
There was one area where Silva did out perform her sister, that was with a blowgun. When aiming at a target board her sister could hit the bulls-eye easily. However when hunting small game she could never hit anything while Silva could. So the whole family was surprised when her sister spent all her childhood savings on an expensive blowgun set. Perhaps she thought a pricey blowgun would give her the advantage. It didn't, she still couldn't hit anything that moved. So the blowgun got packed away never to be seen again, her sister using other means to hunt.
Silva opened the case to reveal the blowgun that she had never even been allowed to touch before. It was made of burnt black mahogany. It was unusual in that it was collapsible, in her hand it was less than a foot in length but it would expand to over four feet. It was light but strong enough to also be used as a weapon in hand to hand combat. She removed one of the 25 reusable darts from the case and loaded it into the weapon. She aimed it into the kitchen, took a deep breath, placed her lips on the mouthpiece at end of the tube and forcefully exhaled. The dart shot out striking her target, the brass pot, sending winter mango oil everywhere. Silva retrieved the dart, and saw that she had placed a deep dent in the pot. She did not bother to clean the mess she had made.
As Silva put the blowgun and dart away she looked at the two glass vials in the case. One had a tranquilizer, the other a deadly poison (in the correct dosages). She took out the green vial with the tranquilizer, placed it aside and closed the case. Then upon a moments reflection she put the tranquilizer back in the case. Silva took the case and Nolan both in one arm and left the house. She locked the door and threw the key up on the roof. She walked down the street, and left Nolan on the front porch of the neighbors house. She didn't bother to knock to explain the cat's presence.
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For the love of God, don't ever allow Michael Jackson to see this sign!!!
This sign is located between two of the gift shops at Pickles Gap Village on Highway 65 just north of Conway, Arkansas. It is a popular stop for tourists passing through on the way up to Branson, Missouri. It's a fun spot to shop for a wide variety of gift ideas.
Kiddie Land is an area behind the gift shops that consists of farm animals that can be fed. There are also some basic rides that little kids enjoy, the type at Wal-Mart that require a quarter.
Check out: www.picklesgap.com/
Went into the crawlspace earlier and found some of my old toy cars from childhood. This was my favorite from my collection, a late 70's Ford Bronco (unknown co.). Had its share of offroading in the muddy backyard. The lightbar's a replacement for the original, and the plastic window's been long gone.
Installation of diverter valve for greywater system at new home construction site. A branched greywater system diverts discarded water from sinks and washing machines away from sewage lines, and recycles it back via a gravity fed drain system for irrigation and back into the aquifer. Los Angeles, California, USA
Went into the crawlspace earlier and found some of my old toy cars from childhood. 1980 Ford Bronco (Hot Wheels co.) that never did any offroading in the muddy backyard like the Police Bronco.
This view shows window over sink which will be changed for a larger one bumped out about 9 inches, size 36w x 48h. The other window will be removed and a 5 foot opening from master bedroom into a sitting room will be added
From dug trench, termite treatment, cement pour, block mortaring, reinforcing rods, lumber delivery, framing to.....what?
NOTE: added4/18/2019
This was taken a mere week after work began (Oct 27, 2014) on our whole house remodel. Further details of what you see above and what changes were actually made.
The kitchen window was NOT bumped out even an inch, because it could not be protected adequately from breakage in a hurricane. I wanted to have an “infinity” window behind the sink, with nothing between the countertop and outdoors except glass. It required the window to be installed after much was done, and it was a special e-glass constructed to fit within the framing for the OLD window. I enjoy this feature immensely today.
Further, the wooden exterior which is painted yellow above, was all removed along with a goodly portion of the old plaster and stucco back wall. The window on the back wall would be lost when a sitting room was added across the back, so more than a 5 foot wide opening was needed. It was serious labor required to remove the cement plaster for the kitchen and the bedroom. In the end, where a wall was removed we left a sub of the old wall and in the overhead the doubled 2x12 beams added to support the ceiling, were held up by the wall stubs. I considered it paying homage to the bones of the strong old house stick built in 1950 by a contractor for his mother.
The end walls of the 10 x 30 addition had NO WINDOWS in them. Bookcases were meant to go floor to ceiling in the north wall of the sitting room. The south wall would house the fridge and the stacking washer/dryer, with a pantry cabinet....I added an under-counter GE 2 drawer fridge for beverages, handy spot for coffee paraphernalia. The opposite wall, along the NORTH side of the house, had no windows because it would feature wall-to-wall wooden bookshelves on metal brackets, heavy duty to support lots of weight. Across the back wall would be almost-floor-to-ceiling e-glass windows non opening, six foot tall. This wall faces EAST. There is a deck no sign of it in this photo, but it spans nearly the entire back wall, and will feature a hot/cold outdoor shower.
The current shape of the roof will continue, reusing the roof vent in the new exterior attic. In the process, we replaced the entire roof with architectural shingles (not metal as I’d wanted); replaced the sewer line to the street; replaced the a/c heating unit; added a whole house Generac natural gas generator; replaced old electrical and upgraded to 200 amp electrical service; converted heat to natural gas; hot water to a tankless gas. Our gas bill increased but the amazing thing was how different our AVERAGE ELECTRICAL BILL changed.... it went from a $294 monthly average all year, down to $74 per month.. and it is still at $80/month almost five years later.
What would I do differently? I’d add total window replacement for the whole house, to further maximize energy savings. And, I’d seriously consider adding powered roll-down hurricane shutters.—since we had the generator to assure power, no manual deployment would be required as we aged.
Another note to older people who may be considering remodel of a home rather than downsize or whatever..... if as a couple one of you does not deal with change in your personal lives, it can produce some problems. Before committing money to a big remodel project, weigh your options.
House was built in 1870 and is one of the 1st homes built in historic Kirkwood, MO. There is no basement nor any usable living space under the house as it is now. EHM has been awarded the project and has elevated the home and now will create full 9' basement throughout footprint of home. This will add 1,400 sq. ft. of usable living space.
Installation of diverter valve for greywater system at new home construction site. A branched greywater system diverts discarded water from sinks and washing machines away from sewage lines, and recycles it back via a gravity fed drain system for irrigation and back into the aquifer. Los Angeles, California, USA
Once the temperature got into the teens, we started hearing funny noises from the crawlspace. I put in the trap one evening, the next this guy was found. He must have weighed 25 or 30 pounds.
Item 130352, Fleets and Facilities Department Imagebank Collection (Record Series 0207-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.
A french cleat system surrounds the shop. Here you see my clamp collection, Rikon bandsaw and Delta drum sander. The dust collection is run in the crawlspace
Morgan County, GA. Copyright 2007 D. Nelson
Morgan County, GA. Copyright 2007 D. Nelson
This is an old farm mansion that sits on a huge tract of land on GA 83 corner of Nolan's Store Rd. The bike group I used to ride with dubbed the house "The Bostwick Mansion"
and named a ride after it.
The "mansion", built in 1910, is actually the second home situated on what used to be a 2000 acre farm that operated from 1856-1970 [thanks to grits'n collards for the info]. The property includes a few sharecroppers' cabins several of which have now collapsed.
According to locals, the house has been vacant for 30 years now. It is owned by someone from Atlanta and is being restored albeit at a very, very slow pace.
According to Wikipedia: "The French drain has evolved significantly from its origins - starting off as a hand-dug ditch, moving on to ceramic tile, PVC pipe, and eventually to the new French drain innovations on the market like WaterGuard..."
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Went into the crawlspace earlier and found some of my old toy cars from childhood. This was my favorite from my collection, a late 70's Ford Bronco (unknown co.). Had its share of offroading in the muddy backyard. The lightbar's a replacement for the original, and the plastic window's been long gone.
Went into the crawlspace earlier and found some of my old toy cars from childhood. This 70's Chevy Blazer (unknown co.) was one of many old toy cars with the same Sheriff/Highway Patrol theme, all of which came from Switzerland in the early 90's.
House was built in 1870 and is one of the 1st homes built in historic Kirkwood, MO. There is no basement nor any usable living space under the house as it is now. EHM has been awarded the project and has elevated the home and now will create full 9' basement throughout footprint of home. This will add 1,400 sq. ft. of usable living space.
Brrr!!! It is the coldest since the forties. One degree F above the record low of 22deg F on this date. I have the hose spigot slightly open so the hose was dripping through much of the night. The dripping water formed an icicle stalagmite. It formed before the water froze in the hose and stopped dripping. The real goal is to keep the faucet from bursting. It is slightly open so it is less likely to crack. We are in the Sonoran Desert.
The air is dry and clear, so we get lots of radiative cooling as the ground radiates directly to the 3 deg Kelvin temperature of space! That's three degrees above absolute zero!!!
And since it never gets cold in Tucson, LOL, the building codes for insulating pipes and using drainable spigots are grossly inadequate... Two years ago I decided to order drainable faucets from the Northeast. However, I realized that I have no crawlspace to get at the pipes to put shutoffs inside a warm area, so the idea of draining pipes to the hose spigots was not feasible without major work. If I were 40 years younger, I would slowly excavate a basement under the house. But my knees would not survive a single day of digging.
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This is a picture of fiberglass insulation installed on the walls of a crawlspace that has standing water. This moisture is "wicked" up the insulation into the wood which causes the insulation to fall and mold to grow on the structural wood components of the home