Recent content by pecker88

These are great questions and potential solutions... I'm thinking about just keeping the block on the floating kitchen isl. pad, then adding some some sort of false "filler" that would fill the void between the foundation wall and kitchen island. The filler would have to "float" and would be...

contractors started the project last week, making good progress. When they were forming up the pad for the kitchen island (against retaining wall in pic, post #10) they obviously encountered the concrete footing for the house. They added expansion form between the frost-free footing and the...

I think I'll use the floating slab spec from our local bldg department. Contractors are pouring separate footers/pad for the bbq island and brick oven. The remainder of the patio will be pavers. Here's a new layout with the oven installed in the corner, rather then twisted 45 deg. Seems to...

What are you thoughts of floating (monolithic) slab? The perimeter of the slab is 12" deep x 8" wide, then the middle of slab is 6" thick. 2x #4 rebar are placed toward the bottom of the 12" deep footer. 5"x5" square concrete mesh is used in the 6" thick slab. This type of floating slab is...

NEC doesn't have any requirements for receptacle height above counter that I'm aware of, except that it cannot be face-up in the counter. Yes, the back needs to be enclosed with something. In the winter, it would blow and fill the inside with snow, then freeze/thaw and implode the structure...

My plan is metal studs and PermaBase concrete board, then finish with stone. I don't want to leave the back PermaBase exposed indefinitely, hence the concrete block idea. The weather here is harsh, freeze/thaw, super hot, monsoon rains, tons of snow, ect... I think the block would stand up to...

Retaining wall is about 10' high at the highest point. I want to build a bbq island along the wall, brick oven is at the end of the island. It had to be at a 45 deg. angle because it's much deeper then the counter-top. Plan is for contractors to pour a level concrete pad to build the bbq island...

this was the problem; the ring where the hose attaches was loose. Tightened it and havn't had a prob. since.

after our barracuda G3 runs for about 3 hrs, the main interior 'pipe' that screws in, near where the hose attaches, comes completely out of the housing. I pull up on the hose, and all I get at the surface is the interior 'pipe' of the unit. The main body of the unit is left at the bottom of the...

~1.5 ft, but...at the edge of the decking is a cinder block, stucco'd wall; property line. The pvc runs under the decking for about 10 ft, then I assume makes a 90 deg. turn and meets the bottom of the skimmer.

I guess it wasn't quite 30psi last summer; prob. closer to 25. Regardless, when the water falls were on, they gushed out water. Now, it's a significant, noticeable reduction of water coming out the falls. Re: the "line that's leaking air would still continue to leak water"...I don't think it's...

well, the "pro's" must be busy; our weekly pool guy supposedly can't find anyone to do the repair. Gotta love someone who can't do 1 extra minute of work w/out extra $$. Brainstorming, I thought of something... Given the correct type of flexible 1" to 1.5" hose, could I simply use the existing...

your correct, they used standard fittings, so when a section is cut out, with little 'play' in the pipe, (it goes next to wall, under wall, next to sidwalk) no way to get new sec. of pipe between the couplers. we hooked a garden hose pressure test device, (w/ guage) up to the skimmer line and...

I can't tell whether it's getting air, or not capable of drawing enough water through the small intake on the barracuda. Guess I'd have to take the vacuum off and hold the hose under water...

could I plug the skimmer intake and vacuum intake, then fill the lines with water, (garden hose) from the pump side, then un-earth and look for water leaks?