Re: [BP] Question about waterproofing products

[Bruce Marcham]

Yes, I was very happy with the advice I got on the jackpost base.   They are hanging in there, still loving the house/money pit. Dad was hanging something on the wall in the front stair last week and missed a step, tumbled down the stairs, hitting his head bad enough to start spilling copius amounts of blood. He couldn't drive himself in that condition so he had the guy shovelin ghte walk for him drive him up to the hospital. This happened around mid-morning while my mother was off shopping. She returned late afternoon to find blood all over the place and a note saying he'd gone to the hospital. Several staples in his forehead later he looks like Jake ('ya didn't get me down Ray') Lamotta in Raging Bull.   None of my cars are in their garage (unless you want to consider them ones that might be mine in the future like my mom's old Honda Civic that I drove for a couple of years). Besides, that garage is as wet as their basement--not a good place to store such fine automobiles (like I haven't left them in worse places).   I bet mine's bigger than yours and it's full too (along with two airplane hangars and Debbie's yard)... -----Original Message----- From: Pre-patinated plastic gumby block w/ coin slot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Jim Follett Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:25 AM To: BULLAMANKA-PINHEADS@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU Subject: Re: [BP] Question about waterproofing products Thank you Bruce:    See you got a lot of good information on proper repairs on your folks house, glad to here they are still there, you don't have any cars stored in their garage do you?   Mine's Full -----Original Message----- From: Pre-patinated plastic gumby block w/ coin slot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Bruce Marcham Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:17 AM To: BULLAMANKA-PINHEADS@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU Subject: Re: [BP] Question about waterproofing products "A small area inadvertently missed during painting or other surfacing applications."  (Means Illustrated Construction Dictionary)   Such as might occur on a rough surface (as in masonry).   No Joke (you know I wouldn't kid you) -----Original Message----- From: Pre-patinated plastic gumby block w/ coin slot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Jim Follett Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:01 AM To: BULLAMANKA-PINHEADS@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU Subject: Re: [BP] Question about waterproofing products potential for holidays   Ralph:    What's a holiday, no jokes?   Jim -----Original Message----- From: Pre-patinated plastic gumby block w/ coin slot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 9:57 PM To: BULLAMANKA-PINHEADS@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU Subject: Re: [BP] Question about waterproofing products In a message dated 3/14/2005 10:38:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm reviewing an application for a re-roof on a important and highly visible historic building. Applicants are repairing the historic clay tile roof, and are also proposing to waterproof (spray apply silane waterproofing to the roof-side of existing masonry parapet walls to reduce water infiltration) Exterior masonry walls have been previously waterproofed in the 80s.   I'm not familiar with this product-- I'm going to check the web, but wanted to see if there were any words of wisdom from the list on this sort of application. Heidi, Absolutely no spray on applications to masonry, ever, under any circumstances (for the most part, which is to say 99.999999% of the time, and I can't think of any legitimate exceptions.)     Spray-on applications are cheap-shit, half-assed attempts to avoid doing things the RIGHT way, and will eventually (and possibly immediately) bite you in the ass, wallet, and historic fabric.  Have the parapets disassembled, flashed properly (using SHEET flexible-membrane flashing, not schmear-on crap with the potential for holidays which will leak) and rebricked. Make sure that flashing is installed under whatever the coping material is, also.   DON"T try to save money on this.'   Ralph