Comments for Greg MacLellan

Comment on Basement sub-floor by Andy in Ottawa

Andy in Ottawa — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:47:00 +0000

Hi,
Your setup looks good. Thinking of doing the same in my basement.
Now that it has been a few years, have you been tracking the floor temperature vs crawl space vs outside temp? Any issues with mold. Wouldn’t tap conning into delta break the barrier seal, allowing moisture though, up screws?

What city are you in, so that I can determin comparibillity to my situation?

Cheers,
Andrew

Comment on Basement sub-floor by flooring Houston

flooring Houston — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:22:00 +0000

Thanks for this share! This is a great way to prevent moisture from accumulating on the floor. Although it might not protect from huge floods, I still think it is one great measure of protection for smaller ones. This is a great post! Thank you for sharing!

Comment on VoIP over VPN improves call quality by Nikhil Apte

Nikhil Apte — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:34:00 +0000

First hand experience says this is correct!

Comment on Running network cables by RonnieOverby

RonnieOverby — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:50:00 +0000

Great stuff. Thanks for turning me onto the installer’s bit.

Comment on Carpet Installation by Timothy Green

Timothy Green — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:50:00 +0000

I am really interested in carpet installation Denver because I want to have the same results as what you have shown. It is a good idea to try this service to add more attraction on your homes.

Comment on Basement sub-floor by Rebecca Harriss

Rebecca Harriss — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:51:55 +0000

I am also at the drain dilemma, I’ve installed the delta subfloor and plywood and our drain ends up being located in the newly built bathroom. I also I want access to it without interferring with any floods from the neighboring laundry room under the subfloor. I see on your laminate installation that you have cut out for the drain but I can’t see from the photo how the subfloor plays into the drain or how you may have water proofed the drain. From what I can see and whithout explaination, if water was to get between the laminate and the green foam there could be a future issue.Can you give me some more steer? Thanks in advance.

Comment on Basement sub-floor by Looking for Answers

Looking for Answers — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:49:08 +0000

In reading your article, you noted floor temperature and air temperature during installation. What was your final room temperature differential from the rest of the house? In my house the basement is 7 deg cooler than the rest of the home.

Comment on Dryer vent by Dryer Vent Twin Cities

Dryer Vent Twin Cities — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:31:39 +0000

Frost is never good! Glad you got in there to clean the vent out, though.

Comment on Basement sub-floor by matt reg

matt reg — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:05:01 +0000

I have a quick question. If I’m using delta fl with tg plywood ontop before laminate do I need to screw the plywood down to the concrete??

Comment on Presario Power Button Hack by TM

TM — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:13:02 +0000

Yesterday I replaced power button on my X1000.

You can download service manual for X1000 here:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00072544.pdf
Manual will halp you to safely open laptop and remove all parts to reach to motherboard where power button is located. There are lot of screws so you can easily missplace them. I usually use paper tape to place them near their original location.
Also, you can buy same power buttons in RadioShack, item# 275002. Bag of 4pcs cost $3.99
Regards

Comment on Running network cables by Adriano

Adriano — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:35:56 +0000

This is awesome I am glad I found this website, I bought a brand new home 2 months ago and am planning on setting up my surround sound, and have been researching around on how to properly drill a hole into my basement without ruining my hardwood floors.

Cheers and Thanks again

Comment on Presario Power Button Hack by anon

anon — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:16:53 +0000

Thank you for the post. I have the same Compaq Presario X1000 laptop and have seen another Compaq Presario 2227US with the same problem (made at about the same generation as the X1000). Both suffer from intermittent power switch. The 2227US had a mainboard swap in 2004 and developed the problem around 2 year after that. The X1000 had the problem for the last 2 years and the switch finally died completely yesterday. On the X1000, I confirmed that the switch was dead, sprayed a little WD-40 on top of the switch and “massaged” the switch to let the WD-40 soak it. The switch is now (almost) as good as new.

Comment on Basement sub-floor by Matt

Matt — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:26:11 +0000

does anyone know if I can install the subfloor and then install the framing on top of the plywood or do you have to frame the room first then the subfloor? thanks in advance

Comment on Basement sub-floor by Nick

Nick — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:54:09 +0000

Ross: I was going to go the same route and use MS but decided to call Delta directly first. I was told that there is no difference except that FL is made from new material and MS is made from %60 recycled materials. He said it smells bad and that the smell would never go away… if you can live with the smell go for it. I brought a roll of it home and it reaked! I guess that’s why its meant for foundations. HD carries a product called Platon very similar and comes in rolls 6′ x 65.5′ Its a foundation wrap and can also be used for floors, it must be made from new materials compared to MS. I got a good deal on Delta FL that’s why I went with it, next choice would have been Platon.

http://www.systemplaton.com/flooring.html

Comment on Basement Layout Ideas by Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 16 May 2011 07:09:04 +0000

I was Surfing for something completely different, but got your page groogsblog » Blog Archive » Basement Layout Ideas and found it Interesting.Nice Post on kitchen layout ideas…Thanks.

Comment on Basement insulation by Drew

Drew — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:43:26 +0000

Even if you weren’t specifically looking for Heatlok as a brand, I’ll definitely vouch for it. And yes, it’s going to cost a pretty penny, but you’ll make that money back (federal tax incentives or not) over time when it comes to paying the electric bill.

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Constructeur Loire atlantique — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:02:14 +0000

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Comment on Basement sub-floor by Ross

Ross — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:53:45 +0000

hello all…

I’m not sure if someone mentiond this, but instead of paying the higher cost for a roll of Delta FL, I used Delta MS foundation wrap (its brown in colour).. it was way cheaper than the FL and I couldnt see the difference… I was at the home depot with my friend and while there a Delta rep was also on site… he was pushing the Deltal FL, but we started asking him why FL instead of the much less expensive MS… he also couldnt find an answer for us, even when we took a roll of FL to the building section and placed it up against the MS foundation wrap… both say they will never break down, both provide moisture/water protection, both are non polutting and both are non toxic… the compression ratio is very close as well… save your money, go with the MS… it was a breeze to install…

Comment on Cat litter room/door by groogs

groogs — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:09:45 +0000

A bit later now, but I did end up putting a small fan in. After a couple days the room would smell quite a bit, and the fan basically makes that go away.

It is in fact just a 120mm computer fan, which I wired into a 12V transformer. I found a piece of 2″ foam in a rectangular shape, and cut out a hole in the middle with the fan on the top. This really minimizes the noise the fan makes: with it sitting directly on the vent (no foam), you can hear it from half the rooms in the house.

It vents into the crawlspace, which means sometimes the crawlspace has a bit of a smell, but generally by the time that happens it means the litter box needed cleaning like 2 days ago. I’ve found as long as it’s cleaned at least weekly, and there is adequate litter, there is no noticeable smell. Even if you stick your head in the room (necessary while cleaning) it’s not any worse than a litter box sitting in the open smells.

Comment on Sendmail Wrapper by Murz

Murz — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:00:02 +0000

Without additions with “$argv” this script broke “return-path” in all sending mail!

So will be good to add this in the script.

Comment on Basement sub-floor by Bob

Bob — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:04:24 +0000

I’f laying tile on the woods it sturdy enough to prevent joints from cracking?

Comment on Running network cables by groogs

groogs — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:22:16 +0000

I got it at Home Depot actually. I think it is with their electrical tools. I’m fairly sure it’s a Greenlee.

Any electrical supply shop should have them, and most tool specialty shops should as well.

Comment on Basement sub-floor by groogs

groogs — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:20:33 +0000

Jim: Thanks. I don’t see how framing directly would cause a problem. I put the OSB down and then framed on top of that. This means my bottom plates are just screwed into the OSB, which was pretty easy to do.

If you were to frame directly on top, you’d need to secure the bottom plate to the slab somehow, and also be careful not to overtighten if using screws as it may compress the deltaFL too much, at worst losing insulation value or causing the floor to be uneven.

If you’re planning on putting OSB or plywood down, I would just do that first then frame on top. If you’re going to directly finish on top of the deltaFL (eg, with laminate or hardwood), then I don’t see how it would be a problem.

Comment on Running network cables by Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:19:13 +0000

Where did you get the flexible installer bit? I have a 2′ non-flexible bit but it was tricky to use. It also didn’t come with the sleeve or the tool you describe.

Comment on Basement sub-floor by Jim

Jim — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:08:03 +0000

Hi Greg,

The floor looks great. I’ve read that you can frame right on top of the Delta-FL, however I’ve also read on some sites that this is a bad idea. What method did you use/would you suggest? Thanks.