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Documentary about WALL Drywall 'Comb' Texture Art Effects

2011-02-22T03:49:00.000-08:00

Ceiling Comb Drywall Artex Texturing! Amazing 3D Effect OysterShell Pattern

2011-02-22T03:27:00.000-08:00

Detailed ceiling texture pattern

Allure Ultra

2011-02-17T19:52:00.000-08:00

Ultra Allure? Never heard of it. The glue edges look a lot thinner.

YouTube - Installation of a Floating Floor using Allure Traffic Master

2011-02-15T20:28:00.000-08:00

Installation of a Floating Floor using Allure Traffic Master

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

2011-02-15T20:18:00.000-08:00

Allure flooring install video.

dandydj comments are right on the mark. A expansion gap IS needed. A gap must be left. If it isn't Allure will buckle just like hardwood or laminate floating floors will when no expansion gap is left. Also you don't just eyeball the staggering. You cut the plank in either a 1/3 length or a 2/3 length. Install either one at the end of the row of planks. You use 2/3 length. 1/3 plank should start next row.

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See

2010-07-06T10:57:00.000-07:00

Then go here:
http://www.gregcraven.org/

Zero Energy Home

2010-06-08T13:58:00.000-07:00

A Zero-Energy Home

2010-06-08T13:49:00.000-07:00

Zero Energy "World House" Assembly

2010-06-08T13:46:00.000-07:00

YouTube - window_flashing & the code

2010-01-23T16:39:00.000-08:00

YouTube - window_flashing & the code

YouTube - Thermal Pro Insulation

2010-01-23T16:35:00.000-08:00

YouTube - Thermal Pro Insulation

YouTube - HOW AIR BARRIERS WORK-NEW_full.wmv

2010-01-23T16:28:00.000-08:00

YouTube - HOW AIR BARRIERS WORK-NEW_full.wmv

YouTube - Window Flashing: Butyl Adhesive vs Asphalt

2010-01-23T16:24:00.000-08:00

YouTube - Window Flashing: Butyl Adhesive vs Asphalt

YouTube - Tyvek® Protects Your House

2010-01-23T16:21:00.000-08:00

YouTube - Tyvek® Protects Your House

YouTube - Proper Technique for Flashing and Window Installation

2010-01-23T16:04:00.000-08:00

YouTube - Proper Technique for Flashing and Window Installation

YouTube - JELD-WEN Tegratite Installation for Wood Windows

2010-01-23T15:51:00.000-08:00

YouTube - JELD-WEN Tegratite Installation for Wood Windows

YouTube - JELD-WEN Flush Fin or Windowmaster EZ Frame Vinyl Window Installation

2010-01-23T15:48:00.000-08:00

YouTube - JELD-WEN Flush Fin or Windowmaster EZ Frame Vinyl Window Installation

Little different application.

YouTube - Replacing replacement aluminum window with vinyl windows

2010-01-23T15:38:00.000-08:00

YouTube - Replacing replacement aluminum window with vinyl windows

The whole deal from the outside.

YouTube - Aluminum Window - Removal without a Glass Mess!

2010-01-23T15:27:00.000-08:00

YouTube - Aluminum Window - Removal without a Glass Mess!

This is the way I will need to do my window replacements

Dog Videos

2010-01-20T22:08:00.000-08:00

Dog Videos

PQ Talking Photo

2010-01-20T10:07:00.000-08:00

PQ Talking Photo

Listing of recently made talkies.
http://www.pqdvd.com/talking-photo-list.php

talking photo play

2010-01-20T09:59:00.000-08:00

talking photo play

2010-01-20T09:22:00.000-08:00

talking photo play

PQ Talking Photo

2010-01-04T06:38:00.000-08:00

PQ Talking Photo

YouTube - The Colony 42/

2009-12-25T23:06:00.000-08:00

YouTube - The Colony 42/

I really enjoyed this series. I will be going back and studying the methods they used to filter water, Create energy from several different paths. Solar, Gas, wood. Gather, cook, and create food. Defence.

Dog Videos

2009-11-08T12:17:00.000-08:00

Dog Videos

See Rock N Roll Dogs

CabinFeb28-2009 :: snow muncher remix by scri8er - Photobucket

2009-10-04T22:08:00.000-07:00

CabinFeb28-2009 :: snow muncher remix by scri8er - Photobucket

Photobucket is discontinuing the remix feature... BOO.....

Mortar bed tub/shower surround walls float out to tile on? - Google Videos

2009-08-03T02:46:00.000-07:00

Mortar bed tub/shower surround walls float out to tile on? - Google Videos

2 bedroom before pics

2009-07-21T14:18:00.000-07:00

Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket

Here is the before slide show pictures.
http://s344.photobucket.com/albums/p334/scri8er/Hath-3/?albumview=slideshow

HATH3-RehabDone :: 2bedRehab#3HathKitch-BathTurdPolishing remix by scri8er - Photobucket

2009-07-21T14:15:00.000-07:00

HATH3-RehabDone :: 2bedRehab#3HathKitch-BathTurdPolishing remix by scri8er - Photobucket

2 bedroom rehab done...rented...Docs signed....moved into today at high noon. It was a long push to get all done. Randy made it possible. Good solid helpful guy. I will give him more work after I take a break. (He needs a break also). We are both slap happy exhausted.

To recap:
1.) Took down all popcorn ceiling.
2.) Fixed 1 1/4 inch bow in ceiling in the 2nd bedroom.
*Ceiling throughout this 4 unit has radiant heating in it. Like a electric blanket in the ceiling between two 1/2 inch 4'x8' sheet rock.
3.) light texture methods on the ceiling used with mud and 18" roller worked the best for us.
4.) Painted all walls and ceilings through out.
5.) Reworked all electrical. Strange. Running hot. 147 to a ceiling fan? Rather have 115. Don't know why? Randy mentioned Knob and ?tube wiring? It's a gold medallion all electric home property. 1965 approx.
6.) Installed Laminate flooring through out. $0.78 a foot at Lowes. Used a underlayment like
carpet padding. For laminate. Deadened the sound and gives a spring/bounce to your step as you walk across it. PROBLEM floor would un-snap apart if we didn't take up all staples in sub-floor. Yes even with the carpet padding type of stuff.
7.) Fixed hole in outside deck with fiberglass on top surface.
8.) Bathroom. Resurfaced the fiberglass one piece tub and shower enclosure. The shell walls looked like they had settled on the wall joists. Not so. This is scalloped panel look that all of the enclosures have in this property.
9.) Bathroom. Replaced the counter top and used old sink and faucet.
10.) Bathroom. Replaced wall mirror with a larger one of 36"x48" that has a etched # design on the border of it.
11.) Replaced the medicine cabinet with a beveled edge mirrored one
12.) Replaced the Lino in the bathroom
13.) Replaced the counter tops in the kitchen with preformed laminate.
14.) Replaced the kitchen faucet with a moen. Used the sae Sttainless steel sink.
15.) P
ainted the kitchen cabinets a creamy white, bathroom same color.
16.) Changed cabinet door knobs. Ran short because I guessed at how many to buy when at Home De-pot. Owe them 3 more.
17.) Changed out the Garbage disposal.
18.) Installed 2 8' wide mirrored closet doors. One in each bedroom.
19.) Had Bridges Blinds (Huntington beach CA) install vertical blinds at all windows except the bathroom window. John Bridges has been in the business 26 years. Has a quality product at a reasonable price.
Call him for the next day measure. Day after that he installs. Takes him and a installer about 1/2 hour to install all of the blinds. Fast install professionally done. Just make sure you call John after your window areas are done with paint and repairs before you call him.

Here is a slide show of the finished 2 bedroom:Click it to get it started.

Controlling Animoto's video frappe'

2009-06-20T07:42:00.001-07:00

I'm getting in the swing of this thing. Took me three try's.

crazy man slide show frappee'

2009-06-18T20:45:00.001-07:00

Apartment Therapy Unplugged | Dog-O-Matic: Convenience or Cruelty?

2009-05-23T13:38:00.000-07:00

Apartment Therapy Unplugged | Dog-O-Matic: Convenience or Cruelty?

Dog’s death highlights grooming hazard - TODAY Pets

2009-05-23T13:37:00.000-07:00

Dog’s death highlights grooming hazard - TODAY Pets

Kennel Dryers. 100 degrees for 30 mins are they NUTS!

Mac v PC - The Humor Archives - funny jokes, pictures, cartoons and movies

2009-05-22T03:05:00.000-07:00

Mac v PC - The Humor Archives - funny jokes, pictures, cartoons and movies

Yup.. The poop hit the fan - www.askthelandlord.com

2009-05-19T11:35:00.000-07:00

Yup.. The poop hit the fan - www.askthelandlord.com

Autoworkers Compete to Keep Jobs, Livelihoods on New Reality Show

YouTube - decortive concrete countertop kits

2009-04-23T14:52:00.000-07:00

YouTube - decortive concrete countertop kits

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_playlists&search_query=decortive+concrete+countertop+kits&uni=1

How to Install a Bathutb and Shower Surround with T ile - How, to, Install, a, Bathutb, and, Shower, Surround, with, T, ile, - The Best Video Clips

2009-04-23T14:05:00.000-07:00

How to Install a Bathutb and Shower Surround with T ile - How, to, Install, a, Bathutb, and, Shower, Surround, with, T, ile, - The Best Video Clips

How to Install a Bathutb and Shower Surround with Tile

2009-04-23T14:02:00.000-07:00

How to Install a Bathutb and Shower Surround with Tile

Ant Problem? Terro = Ant Control Solutions

2009-04-06T19:27:00.000-07:00

Ant Problem? Terro = Ant Control Solutions

YouTube - Nano Solar

2009-04-06T13:51:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Nano Solar: "Nano-solar -- This is a company that as the potential to change the world. It has developed proprietary technology that makes it possible to simply roll-print solar cells that require only 1/100th as thick an absorber as a silicon-wafer cell (yet deliver similar performance and durability). It has so far raised over $1Bn US and is building a factory in the US, Germany and Wales. Their technology dramatically lowers the process cost and complexity involved in the production of thin-film solar cells and makes it possible to scale production very rapidly. The result sets the standard for the technology and products that make it possible to put A Solar Panel on Every Building™. Nanosolar is on track to make solar electricity:
i. cost-efficient for ubiquitous deployment
ii. mass-produced on a global scale
iii. available in many versatile forms."

YouTube - Posting Your Property On Craigslist.com Using Postlets.com

2009-04-06T13:27:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Posting Your Property On Craigslist.com Using Postlets.com

YouTube - Nanosolar 1GW Solar Power Film Coater

2009-04-06T13:07:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Nanosolar 1GW Solar Power Film Coater

*Gudrum Burleigh Log Cabins 5m x 5m

2009-04-06T12:41:00.000-07:00

*Gudrum Burleigh Log Cabins 5m x 5m

Belmont Shore BIA (Audio only)

2009-04-06T12:10:00.000-07:00

Belmont Shore BIA (Audio only)

Build your own island with empty water bottles « The Se7eners

2009-02-15T22:07:00.000-08:00

Build your own island with empty water bottles « The Se7eners

Ron Paul .com

2009-02-15T13:42:00.000-08:00

Ron Paul .com

Why good log homes don't settle | Log Home Builders Association

2009-02-13T03:03:00.000-08:00

Why good log homes don't settle | Log Home Builders Association

*Gudrum Derwent Log Cabin 5m x 4m

2009-02-13T02:37:00.000-08:00

*Gudrum Derwent Log Cabin 5m x 4m

Storage Sheds - Lancaster County Barns: Dutch Barn Storage Sheds

2009-02-13T01:55:00.000-08:00

Storage Sheds - Lancaster County Barns: Dutch Barn Storage Sheds

Board & Batten : Quaker Storage Shed
Dimensions - Shed Width: 12 Foot - (w/ Overhang 13' 10" @ Roofline), Shed Length: 20 Foot, Finish: No Stain Finish (Required on all Kits)
Roof - Roof Option: Shingles - Weatherwood
Building Color - Building Finish: Without Stain
Trim Color - Trim Color: None Selected
Door - Door Option: 4' Wooden Double Door, Door Type: Dutch Corner (angled corners)
Hinges - Front Door Hinge Option: Barn Style Strap Hinge
Additional Door - Additional Door Option: 54" Wooden Double Door, Additional Door Type: Standard
Add Door Hinges - Add Door Hinge Option: Barn Style Strap Hinge
Window - Window Option: Standard Window - Brown Aluminum
Additional Windows - Additional Window Option: With 2 Additional 30" x 36" Wooden Windows
Window Box - Window Box Option: Without Window Boxes
Vent Option - Vent Option: Without Vents
Ramp Option - Ramp Option: Without Ramp
Shelf Option - Shelf Option: With 12" x 12' Shelf Option
Loft Option - Loft Option: With 4' x 12' Loft Option
Cupola - Cupola Option: Without Cupola Option
Weathervane - Please Select Weathervane Style: Without Weathervane

Price: $3,996.00 (Excluding: Delivery & PA Sales Tax)

Paris Style Kitchen Makeover Video | HGTV Look What I Did! - THAT PainterLady.com

2009-02-01T13:29:00.000-08:00

Paris Style Kitchen Makeover Video | HGTV Look What I Did! - THAT PainterLady.com

Chamber Made - Kids & Family Life, Personal Success, Judge Judy, Judy Sheindlin : People.com

2009-01-31T16:08:00.000-08:00

Chamber Made - Kids & Family Life, Personal Success, Judge Judy, Judy Sheindlin : People.com

Bentley :: 1BentleyGallopsTromps remix by scri8er - Photobucket

2009-01-30T12:24:00.000-08:00

Bentley :: 1BentleyGallopsTromps remix by scri8er - Photobucket

In the Matter of iMall, Inc.

2009-01-29T14:30:00.002-08:00

In the Matter of iMall, Inc.

Internet Mall Promoters Settle FTC Charges

2009-01-29T14:30:00.001-08:00

Internet Mall Promoters Settle FTC Charges

iMall, Inc. - Stip. Final

2009-01-29T14:30:00.000-08:00

iMall, Inc. - Stip. Final

2009-01-29T14:29:00.000-08:00

iMall, Inc. - Stip. Final

iMall, Inc. - Cmp

2009-01-29T14:28:00.000-08:00

iMall, Inc. - Cmp

Obama's Inauguration Speech video's 2 parts

2009-01-20T11:20:00.000-08:00

For those who want to view Obama's Inauguration Speech that haven't had a chance to view it. Or to see it again. In two parts, the video's:

Natural Design Series: Stones That Literally Grow by Themselves

2009-01-15T13:43:00.000-08:00

Natural Design Series: Stones That Literally Grow by Themselves

BFCYellowstone031-Copy.jpg - Image - Photobucket Groups - Video and Image Hosting

2009-01-12T01:42:00.000-08:00

BFCYellowstone031-Copy.jpg - Image - Photobucket Groups - Video and Image Hosting

YouTube - Nanosolar

2009-01-05T21:38:00.000-08:00

YouTube - Nanosolar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCLwk7ObEr0
Watch the film past the talk about the nuke subs to get to the meat of this product. Then watch this video to see how it can be used by anyone to go green in a one day install window.

Contrail Science

2009-01-01T15:05:00.000-08:00

Contrail Science

How Long do Contrails Last?

Q) How long do contrails last?
A) Anywhere from less than a second, up to several hours.

This is an oft-asked question. The answer is reasonably straightforward, but misunderstanding is common. To understand why a contrail can last as little as a fraction of a second, or as long as several hours, you need to understand what a contrail is, and how it forms.

Houses for $1 in detroit MI

2008-12-29T16:48:00.000-08:00

RE/MAX Classic has MI homes listed online:

Houses for $1 in Detroit
http://classic.michigan.remax.com/listings/Residential_r4.aspx?QF1=MetroAreaID&QV1=16&QC1=5&QA1=0&QI1=0&OF1=&OO1=1&corp=true&ref=400&vid=178638332&CountyID=0&MetroAreaID=16&RfrSknID=85&aid=UA-30723-1

Speakeasy - Speed Test

2008-12-29T16:26:00.000-08:00

Speakeasy - Speed Test: "Download Speed: 4857 kbps (607.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 489 kbps (61.1 KB/sec transfer rate)"
This is with Charter High Speed Internet on a bundle plan.

OT- Puppy Progress Report-Named Bentley officially on Christmas Morning BTW - www.askthelandlord.com

2008-12-29T16:19:00.000-08:00

OT- Puppy Progress Report-Named Bentley officially on Christmas Morning BTW - www.askthelandlord.com

Thread at Ask the landlord with Bentley pics

Play Ball & up the down staircase re-runs

2008-12-28T23:59:00.000-08:00

Pup Posing

2008-12-28T11:10:00.000-08:00

Monkey Pup

2008-12-28T09:55:00.000-08:00

The first night home Bentley made these weird monkey noises non stop. He stopped that by the next morning.
Along with poop paws, lippy was a temp nickname.

Elf yourself

2008-12-27T12:59:00.000-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

My Field Spaniel Puppy Pictures

2008-12-14T13:20:00.001-08:00

Image messing

2008-11-20T00:19:00.000-08:00

Island 4U

2008-11-17T22:16:00.000-08:00

Build Your Island

American eagle

2008-11-12T16:43:00.000-08:00

New Forum Owner Sean

2008-10-31T00:42:00.001-07:00

New LL forum started by Sean. Help us build it from the ground up.

Slide Shows

2008-10-01T00:09:00.000-07:00

Slide Shows

Vancouver
http://s344.photobucket.com/albums/p334/scri8er/Alaska/?action=view¤t=4cf395e0.pbw

Ketchikan
http://s344.photobucket.com/albums/p334/scri8er/Alaska/?action=view¤t=4cf395e0.pbw

Cabins Graves and pelts
http://s344.photobucket.com/albums/p334/scri8er/cabins/?action=view¤t=a2969cd9.pbw?nocache=539

Thermial imaging

2008-07-31T16:56:00.000-07:00

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5977727797361096184&q=thermal+imaging&ei=0U2SSJylGIjWqwPrr9W7CA&hl=en

Judge Judy gets a shake down CA Style

2008-07-30T17:09:00.000-07:00

She was out of there pretty fast.

Free Image Generator

2008-07-26T22:46:00.000-07:00

2008-07-15T01:54:00.001-07:00

8 Ways To Opt Out Of Junk Mail Lists

Direct mailers don't believe in the concept of opting in, so if you want to cut down on the amount of straight-to-the-trash mail you receive, you'll need to contact them directly and request that your name is removed. ForestEthics—the group behind the

Do Not Mail Registry petition we blogged about earlier, has gathered
several ways to contact the offending parties.

1. Use their form to generate 17 ready-to-mail requests to different direct mail companies. DoNotMail will take the data you enter and create a PDF document with all 17 letters ready to print and send. If you don't want to enter your personal info into a random site, you can use fake data and then download the PDF document for a reference to create your own letters.

2. Contact Opt-Out Prescreen online or at 1-888-567-8688 (888-5-OPT-OUT) from your home telephone .

3. Email your removal request to Abacus Direct at optout@abacus-us.com

3. Remove your name from ADVO Inc. by calling 1-888-241-6760 or completing the form at www.advo.com/consumersupport.html

4. Fill out the form on the Direct Marketing Association's website at www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailing

5. Email your removal request to Publishers Clearinghouse at privacychoices@pchmail.com

6. Get off Val-Pak's list by filing out the form at http://www.coxtarget.com/mailsuppression/s/DisplayMailSuppressionForm

7. To remove yourself from Acxiom's list, you must request a mail-in opt-out form by calling 1-877-774-2094.

8. DoNotMail.com notes, "Catalogs may stop coming when your other removal requests are processed, but you can always call the catalog company."

"Stop getting junk mail" [DoNotMail.org]
"Phone numbers and websites to opt out of junk mail" [DoNotMail.org]
(Photo: Joe Shlabotnik)

Judge Judy Bio

2008-07-14T18:42:00.001-07:00

Sheindlin, Judith (Judge Judy) (1942-)
Biography

Judge. Born Judith Blum, in October 1942, in Brooklyn, New York. She attended American University in Washington D.C., and graduated in 1963. She continued her education at American University's Washington College of Law, where she was the only woman in a class of 126 students. She finished her law degree in New York, where she moved with her first husband in 1964.

In 1965, she obtained her law degree, passed the New York bar exam, and took a job as a corporate lawyer for a cosmetics firm. Dissatisfied with the role of a corporate lawyer, she left within two years to raise two children, Jamie and Adam. In 1972, a friend from law school told her of a job opening in the New York courts. She took the job and found herself in the role of prosecutor for the family court system. She prosecuted juvenile crime, domestic violence, and child abuse cases. She was quickly recognized as a sharp, no-nonsense attorney.

Her professional success, though, was being achieved at a high private price. In 1976, she left her first husband after 12 years of marriage. She struggled to be present for her children, even while handling her heavy workload of emotionally draining cases in the family courts.

Three months after her divorce, Judy met attorney Jerry Sheindlin; within a year, they were married, in 1978. By 1982, Sheindlin's growing reputation for assertiveness in court inspired Mayor Ed Koch to appoint her to a seat as a judge in criminal court just six months later. As a judge, she continued to blend sympathy for the underdog with withering contempt for the arrogant or devious. Four years later, she was promoted to the position of supervising judge in the Manhattan division of the family court.

In 1990, Judy's father Murray Blum died, at age 70; his death took a remarkable toll on her marriage to Jerry. They divorced -- with shocking suddenness. A year later, feeling the tug of family ties -- aside from her two children and his three, they now had two grandchildren -- along with the tug of terrible loneliness, Judy and Jerry got remarried. After remarrying, Judge Sheindlin settled firmly into a renewed mission to dispense justice firmly and fairly.

In February 1993, Sheindlein was profiled in the Los Angeles Times as a kind of hard-hitting legal super-heroine, determined to make the courts work for the common good. The Times piece was quickly followed by a profile on the CBS news program 60 Minutes. After her appearance on 60 Minutes, an agent for Judy approached Larry Lyttle, the president of Big Ticket Television, with the idea of doing a courtroom television program. Lyttle agreed and a pilot for the show was shot.

Sensing her growing connection with the American public, Sheindlin wrote the straight-talking Don't Pee On My Leg, and Tell Me It's Raining in 1996. Also in 1996, after 25 years of practicing in family court and hearing over 20,000 cases, Sheindlin retired. But with her fame spreading through newspapers and TV, a whole new incarnation of the straight-talking judge was about to appear.

In September 1996, Judge Judy first appeared in national syndication. The show rapidly established itself as a roaring success, largely based on the strength of Sheindlin’s powerful personality. In February 1999 Judge Judy won the No. 1 slot for syndicated shows. She even began to edge out Oprah in some major markets, including New York. By August 1999, the show averaged some 7 million viewers per week. Meanwhile, Sheindlin published a second book, Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever (1999) which became a New York Times best seller. She published her third book, Win or Lose by How You Choose, a guide for parents about teaching their children about decision-making, in early 2000.

The success of Judge Judy spawned the creation of numerous other daytime court shows, including Judge Joe Brown, Judge Hatchett and Judge Mathis. However, beginning in 2000, ratings for these programs were on the decline and by the 2007-08 season, Judge Judy had fallen to fourth among daytime television shows. Despite this relative drop in popularity, Judge Judy continues to be watched by some 10 million viewers daily.

© 2008 A&E Television Networks. All rights reserved.

spore creatures

2008-07-07T14:19:00.000-07:00

SPORE

Girlfriend, Public Horrified By Breadth & Depth of Stupidity

2008-06-29T12:17:00.000-07:00

Wow this 20 something construction worker is brainless and ethic-less. The twit that can't add. It was his $1100 dollars that was put down on the bail and so? What happened the the $1900 that the friend put up for the balance of the bail DUH. He thinks that his friend by co-signing for him. Doing him a favor..... Now, some how is responsible for his debt!. Sheeetzzz

Thick headed Labamba Mommy wrongly accussed and files charges of Abuse against a Police Officer just doing his job.

2008-06-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

Go Judge Judy!

Judge Judy has a court session of clarity.

She is right on. Fines the LaBamba Mom

Talking Parrot

2008-06-29T11:07:00.000-07:00

Ruby The Talking Parrot

Talking dogs

2008-06-29T10:22:00.000-07:00

What is ICF?

2008-06-27T19:50:00.000-07:00

What is ICF?

Insulated Cement Forms.

What different choices of ICF blocks are available and what makes one block better/not as good as another?

I am curious about this whole concept. So I started researching.

There are a lot of different manufactures of ICF. The key componet is the :Block:
I learned that there are several blocks manufactures that have a upside and downside. A right and left side. Also the corners are right or left. And a inside wall side and outside wall side.These are the blocks you do NOT want.

From my research so far I like the "The building block" ICF

product because it has no sides at all. The ICF blocks are correct no matter which way you place them. So there are 2 main building blocks.

1 the basic block

2 the corner block

These also have measurements marked on the outside all the way around the #1 and #2 building blocks to make it easy to cut for windows, vents, doors etc

http://www.buildblock.com

This project is building a garage with a MIL unit on top of the garage. Connecting to the original house on one side. So this

using new tech with old tech construction.

The foundation and footing is done in one pour.

The poly blocks are fit together with a locking system like interlaced fingers.

Using a caulking tube application of a special glue to additionally

strengthen the blocks to one another.

Install the first row of blocks and then come back and install the rebar vertical bars into the foundation/wall footing.

Steel rebar and steel clips are put inside the poly blocks both vertically and horizontally.

They show pumping the concrete into the center of the blocks at the second story wall level.

The second story, which is the living quarters. Is brought in my truck and lifted on by crane in several sections or as they call them 'boxes'. These boxes some are finished inside with plumbing for the bathroom, tile in the bathroom and some with flooring, most with ceilings installed.

The floor in the garage is poly planks to form the layout of the foundation/floor for the garage. Then Plastic tubing is laid out like a radiator config. Cement poured on top of that of 3-4 inches. This is water radiant heating and cooling for the structure.

Increase in energy saving of at least 30%-40% personally I think it is higher. Construction cost is reduced by 25%. Speed of construction is GREATLY increased. The structure goes up fast.

I have to explore some more to answer some of my own questions. I want to know how they run the plumbing?

My guess is they are not being smart about it and it's in the cement foundation. If so I don't like that one bit. I believe the electric is run inside of the blocks? I really don't know and would like to know.

The roof? I would hope they would have come up with a better way of doing roofs. Shingles for me would not cut it.

IMO it would degrade the over all project.

Rain gutters how is that handled?

Finally outside surfaces? Stucco? Yuck ...come on peeps something better than stucco.

Flooring inside the dwelling? Any acid stained concrete or ? New flooring products to go along with this new tech?

I know some of you don't like bobba-louie-Villa. This series of videos does teach a person the basics of this new building process in a no nonsense way. There are video's 1 through 4 at the top here. Then scroll down to the bottom to watch the next sets. There are maybe 6 to 8 videos all together.

http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/Bob_Vila/Video-0222-01-1.html

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My Speed after I deleted the failed networking connection

2008-05-19T21:31:00.000-07:00

Home Inspections

2008-05-18T21:03:00.000-07:00

Home Inspections - Buyer Beware

Home Inspection Warning
Home Inspections - Buyer Beware-Part 1
Home Inspections - Buyer Beware-Part 2

Investment Loans Overview for Purchasing Rental Property

2008-05-18T20:52:00.000-07:00

Lets talk Loans....

LL's set your policy

2008-05-18T20:50:00.000-07:00

Tenants excuses for not paying rent.

PM Videos for Investors of the Rental

2008-05-18T20:40:00.000-07:00

Rental Property Maintenance Video Updates

Saved by Cellphone

2008-05-18T20:17:00.000-07:00

Painted Partner

My connection speed

2008-05-15T19:50:00.000-07:00

Having some config problems in setting up my network. Things are not set right on the host the Desktop.
These speeds are not to terrible. Still needs work.

You will have respect for the process!

2008-05-15T17:57:00.000-07:00

Tell him Judge! Snot nose 2 year law student gets ripped a new one

Judge Judy Rocks

2008-05-15T17:40:00.000-07:00

She makes short work of this case.

Contractor humor-Oppss.....

2008-05-15T09:30:00.000-07:00

Have you seen my smokes?

Contractor price of a 2x4

2008-05-15T07:39:00.000-07:00

Contractors lead fashion trends

Improving Hoods one at a time

2008-05-15T07:18:00.001-07:00

The Serial Landlord

DIY'ers Gone Bad

2008-05-15T06:54:00.000-07:00

Construction Bloopers ....OUCH....