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The SC Flood - please read
On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 06:55:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 9:40:06 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote: On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 23:26:23 -0400, Alex wrote: John H. wrote: On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote: As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything. One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people. One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated. https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats Can you send me an address by email. Will send a check. -- Ban idiots, not guns! gofundme.com is safe, John. OK. Done. -- Ban idiots, not guns! Just sat down to look for your email addy. Thanks, John! Went to my FIL's last night. He has a stack of new baseboard he's going to give the guy. Got to get new sheetrock up first. Guess I'll be sharpening that skill back up. I actually kind of enjoy it. Yeah, weird I guess. Don't know if I've mentioned a pinhole leak that developed in a pipe above my kitchen. The plumber says it's probably been leaking a year or more. Lots of mold in the walls, behind the cabinets, and even under the ceramic tiles in the kitchen and powder room. All that has been pulled out, and the restoration should start this coming week. Hopefully your friend will get things aired/dried out before any mold sets in. Luckily, I had insurance which is covering the $20,000 + in damages. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
The SC Flood - please read
On 10/18/2015 9:55 AM, wrote:
On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 9:40:06 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote: On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 23:26:23 -0400, Alex wrote: John H. wrote: On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote: As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything. One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people. One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated. https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats Can you send me an address by email. Will send a check. -- Ban idiots, not guns! gofundme.com is safe, John. OK. Done. -- Ban idiots, not guns! Just sat down to look for your email addy. Thanks, John! Went to my FIL's last night. He has a stack of new baseboard he's going to give the guy. Got to get new sheetrock up first. Guess I'll be sharpening that skill back up. I actually kind of enjoy it. Yeah, weird I guess. Doing the rough sheetrock is easy enough ... at least in my experience. Taping, plastering and finishing it smooth ... that's a whole different ballgame. I don't have the patience (or skill) for it. I've done some in a loft above the apartment in my house that was unfinished. Got the sheetrock up fine but then finished it with plaster with a sponge to give it that "stucco" finish look. Hides a lot of sins. :-) |
The SC Flood - please read
On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:18:07 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: Doing the rough sheetrock is easy enough ... at least in my experience. Taping, plastering and finishing it smooth ... that's a whole different ballgame. I don't have the patience (or skill) for it. I've done some in a loft above the apartment in my house that was unfinished. Got the sheetrock up fine but then finished it with plaster with a sponge to give it that "stucco" finish look. Hides a lot of sins. :-) I sub out the drywall when I use it. I can do drywall but I am slow and it is not as good as a real plasterer will do. The new room only has drywall on the ceiling. The walls are plaster over block. The electrical was poured right into the wall. The room is pretty much "flood proof" |
The SC Flood - please read
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On Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 6:15:32 PM UTC-4, Califbill wrote: John H. wrote: On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote: As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything. One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people. One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated. https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats Can you send me an address by email. Will send a check. -- Ban idiots, not guns! One thing I dislike about gofundme is they charge 5%. Seems a little excessive for a website clearing house. Don't forget there is a fee for using a credit card. In the end, GoFundMe may get about 2%. Seems reasonable. There CC fees will be small, just on the volume. |
The SC Flood - please read
On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 11:18:10 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/18/2015 9:55 AM, wrote: On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 9:40:06 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote: On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 23:26:23 -0400, Alex wrote: John H. wrote: On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote: As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything. One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people. One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated.. https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats Can you send me an address by email. Will send a check. -- Ban idiots, not guns! gofundme.com is safe, John. OK. Done. -- Ban idiots, not guns! Just sat down to look for your email addy. Thanks, John! Went to my FIL's last night. He has a stack of new baseboard he's going to give the guy. Got to get new sheetrock up first. Guess I'll be sharpening that skill back up. I actually kind of enjoy it. Yeah, weird I guess. Doing the rough sheetrock is easy enough ... at least in my experience. Taping, plastering and finishing it smooth ... that's a whole different ballgame. I don't have the patience (or skill) for it. I've done some in a loft above the apartment in my house that was unfinished. Got the sheetrock up fine but then finished it with plaster with a sponge to give it that "stucco" finish look. Hides a lot of sins. :-) For some reason, I'm good at slinging the mud. I recently had to cut a 2'x2' hole in the guest bedroom wall to get to the back of the master bath shower. Put the piece I cut out back in with a stick of 1x behind it with sheetrock screws, mudded and sanded it, then primed and rolled a coat of paint over the wall. You can't tell it. For me, the key is to not use an excessive amount of the mud (compound, plaster, whatever you want to call it). The less sanding, the better. Top the entire wall with new construction primer, then paint. Oh, and my dad taught me years ago to use the paper tape, and dip it in water first. |
The SC Flood - please read
On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 10:05:50 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 06:55:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 9:40:06 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote: On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 23:26:23 -0400, Alex wrote: John H. wrote: On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote: As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything. One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people. One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated. https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats Can you send me an address by email. Will send a check. -- Ban idiots, not guns! gofundme.com is safe, John. OK. Done. -- Ban idiots, not guns! Just sat down to look for your email addy. Thanks, John! Went to my FIL's last night. He has a stack of new baseboard he's going to give the guy. Got to get new sheetrock up first. Guess I'll be sharpening that skill back up. I actually kind of enjoy it. Yeah, weird I guess.. Don't know if I've mentioned a pinhole leak that developed in a pipe above my kitchen. The plumber says it's probably been leaking a year or more. Lots of mold in the walls, behind the cabinets, and even under the ceramic tiles in the kitchen and powder room. All that has been pulled out, and the restoration should start this coming week. Hopefully your friend will get things aired/dried out before any mold sets in. Luckily, I had insurance which is covering the $20,000 + in damages. -- Ban idiots, not guns! I remember seeing you post about that. Hope it goes well for you. My friend ripped the sheetrock out as soon as the water went down to let it start drying. He's been washing everything down with bleach. Hopefully he got ahead of the mold. |
The SC Flood - please read
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The SC Flood - please read
On 10/18/2015 4:59 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:21:16 -0700 (PDT), wrote: my dad taught me years ago to use the paper tape, and dip it in water first. === That's a little counterintuitive. Do put down a thin layer of mud first and then bed the tape in it? That's what I used to do years ago but when I was doing some construction for the guitar shop (built a couple of lesson rooms as well as the stage) I used some kind of new, perforated tape that seemed much faster and easier to use. Still couldn't get the joints as smooth as the pros can though. |
The SC Flood - please read
On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:40:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 10/18/2015 4:59 PM, wrote: On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:21:16 -0700 (PDT), wrote: my dad taught me years ago to use the paper tape, and dip it in water first. === That's a little counterintuitive. Do put down a thin layer of mud first and then bed the tape in it? That's what I used to do years ago but when I was doing some construction for the guitar shop (built a couple of lesson rooms as well as the stage) I used some kind of new, perforated tape that seemed much faster and easier to use. Still couldn't get the joints as smooth as the pros can though. I am old enough to remember when the put a skim coat over the whole wall and the joints just disappeared. Now days they want to shoot it with a texture gun. I was impressed with the Mexican guy who floated out the walls in our addition but when I called back, the Mexicans had all gone home (the crash) and we got some white guy who just made waves on the wall. Fortunately we were going nautical so it wasn't a problem. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Girls%20roo...ula%20fish.jpg http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Girls%20roo...udy%20fish.jpg |
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