REAL MAN TRUCKWORKS & SURVIVAL
TOOLS, CONSTRUCTION, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY => What are you building? => Topic started by: Nate on February 09, 2016, 09:59:11 PM
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so I got to spend the better part of the afternoon into the late night scraping out the calcium buildup and the rotten caulk (or the lack there of ) and re-caulking my shower.
I did not get any pictures of the before hand, just the re-caulk.
here are the 2 spots that caused me to start this in the first place. these areas were so black and nasty with mold and filth, I just could not stand it any more and had to do something about it.
(http://i.imgur.com/BQCAMgT.jpg)
and here are shots of the re-caulk on the sides and a fan pointing at the problem areas trying to dry them out so that I can re-caulk them tomorrow.
(http://i.imgur.com/RyyF8hd.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/6oqBRxq.jpg)
basically from what I can tell, the moron that caulked the shower to begin with, only did so with a minimal amount of caulk, which caused the grout to fail over time and start letting water in. the grout is shot in all of those areas, but I am not going to spend the time or the money ripping that entire shower out, re-building it and bringing it back to how it should have been done in the first place (I rent this house and have spent thousands of $$$ and time just trying to fix everything that the illegal border jumpers put together back in 62').
hopefully in the next day or 2 there will be enough water that has evaporated out of there and I can close those areas up and not have to share my wife's shower.
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Come on Nate, conserving water ain't so bad is it? ;D
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conserving water ain't so bad is it? ;D
You made me spit coffee out at that.
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i am all about conservation, just not wanting to deal with black mold and having to re do a shower because things have rotted out.
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So we're calling that conservation now huh . lol
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Did you run some bleach down in the cracks to kill off any mold that may have already started? before they get to full remediation level bleach and a scrub brush is the starting point for mold removal. Like you said, RENTING so not going to do the full Monty, but ounce of prevention/pound of cure type of thing. Don't mess with that black mold. Caulk lines are lookin' good Nate.
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did I miss something ken???
tater, I did not dump any bleach in the little holes. there was no getting a scrub brush in there either. that caulk lines up close look like boo boo because of how thick and wide I had to make them to ensure the whole corners got covered.
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Dear Nate-
We DOTs were alluding to your dissatisfaction regarding "sharing a shower with my (your) wife" making the leap to togetherness and water conservation being what you were upset with........pokey Nate guy.........
Smart 4$$edly yours,
Mikey
PS- i hate caulking too!
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did I miss something ken???
tater, I did not dump any bleach in the little holes. there was no getting a scrub brush in there either. that caulk lines up close look like boo boo because of how thick and wide I had to make them to ensure the whole corners got covered.
Well you got it sealed up good then. from the photos the lines looked top notch. Caulking sucks.
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Yeah, what Mike said....shorter English version=ken (and others) were milling around in the gutter a bit.
Sorry ole buddy, it does look nice ....what you've done so far.
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ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad we could get you to laugh........was getting worried the caulk fumes had taken hold!
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caulking and dealing with DOTs are all about the finger. Usually the middle one...
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Well, you do need a finger to smooth the caulk, right?
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^^ exactly
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LOL! The finger IS another form of "digital" communication! ;)
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It would be analog, not digital.
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It would be analog, not digital.
But the phalanges are the digital bones in the hand. And the extensor digitorum controls the four digits of the hand. So digital sorta works ;D
I had to google-fu to get the correct spelling.
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Whoooo look at the brain on Bobby!
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So how many bits is this taking up??
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It would be analog, not digital.
It would be an(a)log if you carved it from wood- DUH!
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You people are a bunch of women!
Ever see so much conversation over caulk?
Ever? :D
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I dunno, I thought it was pretty punny myself
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You people are a bunch of women!
Ever see so much conversation over caulk?
Ever? :D
Well, just "chaulk" up another messed up thread to the DOTs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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^^^^^ ;D ;D ;D
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Don't worry, once the caulk dries he can wash away the memories of this thread.
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I wouldnt expect anything less.
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Pictures!! It didn't happen without pictures,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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I will get a finished pic up here in a bit
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Pics of what, you in the shower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o
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youll get those on your phone..............ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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OMG, I a text pic, ROTFLMAO
Cute,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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heres the completed caulking, and JR you have one that was sent to your phone......??? ;D
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Purdier than a new set of snow tires!
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you should see the pic that JR got on his phone............#blushing..;D
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Bahahahahah
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Hey, you did show your best side,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Wow did this get off track...
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Just normal DOT work,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Total DOT derail here!
Oh nice job too! (On the shower)
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and once I talk to the land lord tomorrow, I will know if I am in for a tile removal/replacement/re-caulk on the wife's shower or if I am to just leave it alone and continue to rot and let him worry about it once I leave...............
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Total DOT derail here!
Oh nice job too! (On the shower)
You should see the shower in use, UGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!