Cwopinger's Trail Limo Build, Travels, and BS Thread

Good morning guys

One hundred pages, 2001 posts 90% bs! Woohoo lol

 

Mines 100%

 

Morning Blevin

 

Good morning Mark. Goals!

Good morning to the rest of you guys too.

I haven’t been feeling it lately, not sure why, made me kinda grumpy and quiet. Feeling better now.

Have an awesome Friday!

 

Mine was legit for about 2 shakes then a giggle.

 

Morning Blevin

 

Good morning Mark and Jim.

@RustyGreen Rusty
@kwanjangnihm Jeff
@AllTacosFloat Boston John
Critter John, wherever you are
@Red Mud Ray I think I know who you are. Maybe. Probably not

Good morning to you guys too.

@LunaRover Tim, good morning. You’re welcome to join the club too. See what happens when you ask questions here lol.

 

Hey Blevin!!!

"Critter John, wherever you are" yea he is missed, ain't been the same since he split!!

 

Good morning Blevin, it is already 44 degrees here, should be a good day.

I miss John too, he is a good guy.

 

He’s got to come back, we need to see how big Tacoma Skye is lol

 

Is that inside the house or outside temp? Lol. Great job on the duct work. You going to finish it up today?

 

About 64 inside.

The only duct left to run is a short cold air return, it is on the front side of the furnace and will be a head banger so that will be the last thing to do - I've rang my bell enough times down there already, don't need to be making opportunities.

Today should be insulating yesterdays duct (have to wait for the sealant to dry) and running the gas line.
I'm looking forward to getting finished on the back side mud slide, the front side is concrete, muddy & wet but still concrete.

 

Sorry to say but your basement is very strange to me with the dirt and rocks being exposed. Being in Florida, I’m not used to basements, but back in GA if you had one it was concrete block walls and poured floors. I would be afraid of monsters in yours lol

 

This is pretty typical for old country places here, the stacked stone walls are about a foot thick and were laid up without mortar. If they were constructed well and the ground is stable they last just about forever without trouble it seems.

In town where the houses tended to be a bit better built many of the older homes have stacked or mortared stone foundations, like this where the stones were cut into fairly rectangular(ish) shapes.



Or like this with more mortar and irregular shaped stones.



Dirt floors are still common in old houses too, often with a concrete pad for the furnace to sit on.
Next up is a rough thin concrete floor often called a "rat slab" so named for the intended purpose.

 

What?
Monsters in here?



Or maybe in here...

 

Very pretty

 

I’ve seen the cut stone and the thick mortar on home improvement shows like This Old House. Only from the outside, I don’t think they have ever shown the interior of the basements.

That second crawlspace picture