Notes on Antique Toilets
Spud gasket and L pipe
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Joes Pine Floor Refinishing Job
My friend Joe refinished the pine flooring of an old farm house. It took him some time to do but the results were very good. This is a compendium of notes he gave me on his process.
Disconnecting a lead and oakum seal on a cast iron drain pipe
Cast iron drain / waste pipes they are most often joined with a lead and Oakum seal. Oakum is a hemp material coated in tar. It is placed into the joint to seal it. Oakum expands when it gets wet to seal the joint. The Oakum is held in place and the pipe joint is given some strength by casting a bead of lead around the pipe inside the hub socket. In this picture the cast iron pipe hub is on the left.
Research Links
- Disconnecting a lead & oakum seal on a cast iron drain pipe
- How to do a Lead Wipe
- YouTube: Disconnecting a lead and oakum seal on a cast iron drain pipe
This is how the pipe joint is put together originally – Pouring Lead Joint Horizontal
Use AA American Advantage eShopping Portal Directed to Home Depot Website to Maintain AA Airline Miles
I was notified by email that my American Airline Advantage miles were expiring. This is because AA has had very high round trip ticket prices to Brazil.
Research Links
Siding Solutions
Research Links
- GoogleImageSearch: steel siding panels
- BridgeSteel – Steel siding with wide variation of looks. They have a rustic look. Website still up – not sure if still in business because I can not click into many of the links
Aircrete Foamcrete Foamed Foam Concrete Lightweight Crushable Concrete Building Material
Research Links
- Google: how to make aircrete
- How To Aircrete – Part 1 – I Make My First Aircrete Block
- Air-crete update – highlights the brittle nature
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Siberian Constructing Technologies Foam concrete, polystyrene concrete, non autoclaved aerated concrete plants.
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