20 hours and a glass of wine

[RubberFrog]

That's how long it's been and what I am drinking.

I got up at 6 am to prepare for "The Project."

The project was to replace 400 sf of hardwood and subfloor. The old subfloor was too "bouncy" and taking a toll on the wifes antiques.

Before I could begin the true project, I had to break down and move a 95 gallon fish tank. You wouldn't believe how many hours it takes to get the fish into buckets, remove the substrate and drain the tank! Not to mention how long it takes to put it all back together.

Once the tank was out of the way, I ripped up the old hardwood (way beyond refinishing) and replace the 3/8" cdx subfloor with 3/4" sturdifloor. Who uses 3/8 cdx for subfloor? Then it was time for new 3/4" hardwood.

The new subfloor is in, the hardwood is down and the tank is back together (sans fish).

Here I sit waiting for the water to get warm enough to put the fish back in. The water coming out of the tap was 47 degrees. I've got it up to 70. At 72 I'll start transitioning the fish.

Wish me luck!

 

[jimlad]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

Huge good luck with that rubberfrog we got a 4ft by 2ft fish tank i know what catching the fish is like
nightmare!

hope all goes well

 

[ZmOz]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

Man, I got up at noon and I've been drinking corona and talking on the phone all day. I'm pooped. d

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

Z... you butthead! :devil: :} 8)

Thanks, J!

 

[jimlad]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

your welcome mate that kinda project deserves a huge drink when your done 8)

 

[JB]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

You done good, Froggy.8)

 

[PW2]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

Who uses 3/8 cdx for subfloor?

Those that have the building inspectors on the payroll.

The stamp on the back of 3/8 CDX reads 24/0, which means it is suitable for roofs with truss spacing of 24", and floors with joist spacings of 0"

3/4" is better, but I hope you have 16" joist spacing. 20 or 24" spacing and you're likely to still have some bouncing in the floors

 

[Limited-Time]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

One glass of wine in 20 hours:^.......just how big is that glass RF?:^



400 sq feet of sub floor $275.00
Nails, glue, and other supplies $175.00
400 sq feet hardwood.......$2200.00
money saved on DIY project $3500.00


Making Wifie Happy....................PRICELESS

WTG RF

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

Thanks guys.

24 hours was easy when I was a younger man! I finally got to bed at 8 am and then had to get back up at 9:30.

PW- thanks for the info on interpreting the stamp. 16" spacing, fortunately. Since you're up on the span/spacing info, you'll probably get a kick out of this... they ran the ply parallel to the joist!

 

[roscoe]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

And your next project, apparently, is to upgrade your plumbing system.
Most of us have a device called a "water heater".
It heats the water coming out of the tap, to 115*-135*.
Quite a nice treat come the end of the month when it is time for that bath.
I've been using one for pert near 4 years now, and would recommend you get one.

8) 8)

Congrats on completion.

 

[QC]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

Cool Frogger. Pretty ambitious and pretty darn quick!!

 

[Haut Medoc]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

And your next project, apparently, is to upgrade your plumbing system.
Most of us have a device called a "water heater".
It heats the water coming out of the tap, to 115*-135*.
Quite a nice treat come the end of the month when it is time for that bath.
I've been using one for pert near 4 years now, and would recommend you get one.

8) 8)

Congrats on completion.

Very Good, Murky.....8)

Where's the pics, Frog?

 

[OldMercsRule]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

And your next project, apparently, is to upgrade your plumbing system.
Most of us have a device called a "water heater".
It heats the water coming out of the tap, to 115*-135*.
Quite a nice treat come the end of the month when it is time for that bath.
I've been using one for pert near 4 years now, and would recommend you get one.

8) 8)

Congrats on completion.

Very Good, Murky.....8)

Where's the pics, Frog?

Roscoe will be suitably insulted: me Bro! Me thinks Rubber did use the ol' hot water tank to get the brew to near the temp n' was waitin' for the heater in the fish tank ta do the rest, (the fine tunin' part o' the job). 'course ya know I can't mind read: me Bro, n' Roscoe may have been correct. JR8)8)

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

Actually, I don't use the hot water heater at all. It's not good for the tank to let the nasty stuff from the heater into the water. I have a 12 qt stock pot and I boil the tank water 10 qts at a time unti I get it into the general neighborhood. Talk about slow!

This is only an issue when doing a water change of this magnatude. For routine water changes (25% per week) I just use it as is from the tap.

I also don't normally try to do it at 2 am....

 

[OldMercsRule]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

Actually, I don't use the hot water heater at all. It's not good for the tank to let the nasty stuff from the heater into the water. I have a 12 qt stock pot and I boil the tank water 10 qts at a time unti I get it into the general neighborhood. Talk about slow!

This is only an issue when doing a water change of this magnatude. For routine water changes (25% per week) I just use it as is from the tap.

I also don't normally try to do it at 2 am....

Hey Rubber, Ya know I knew that too, as I used to have fish before my kids. The hot water out of the tap does have too much stuff in it, must be gettin' old. JR

 

[technostingray]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

You done good, Froggy.8)

Yeaow latex. Well done.
Edit: BTW, After up finnish that glass of wine - answer your mail!

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

You done good, Froggy.8)

Yeaow latex. Well done.
Edit: BTW, After up finnish that glass of wine - answer your mail!

zoiks, I'm drinking another shiraz!

 

[xtraham]

Re: 20 hours and a glass of wine

pix,pix
we want to see it.............