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Ben Lippen

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About Ben Lippen

  • Birthday 01/27/1964

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    Fix old homes

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    Central Ocean County, NJ

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  1. Due respect to Ed, cause that's a sure fix. But it's still a band-aid. New Panels. Do the worst one first if needed.
  2. Yeah, I was gonna talk about them as well... Price between Simpson fasteners and plain old H.D. 10's is real big. And I know they're engineered and all. But to me they are still screws, and as such have a much greater chance of shear. Yeah, I am that old school.
  3. Seriously not needed for your job, man. Way overkill. Regular old Simpson hangers fastened in the CORRECT manner with the CORRECT fasteners will outlast you and more than some. Hot dipped galvy 10D's are best. Hand driven. Second floor, on the bay, is what I would do. Them 1 1/2" Teco nails are made for some holes in some connectors. Not necessarily all of each. The nail slots on good joist hangers, that are on the joist are meant be for nails driven at a toenail. These are supposed to have 10's in each. Think about it. A toenailed hanger does twice the job. That said, around here I get prints with specs for 304 on this (mainland) side of the bay, and 316 for the other side. One mile away.
  4. Back in the day we kept it filled with bourbon, so it wouldn't freeze and was easier to see. Hadda refill it often though... I think it leaked somewhere.
  5. Ok so, not my job. The picture was sent to me and I have no info at all on it. I assumed the oven door swing dictated it. But I have no idea if space, budget, or both contributed. To me, this was more of a "making lemonade out of lemons" exercise. I'm fine with situations where some things are not as linear as others. So long as they please the eye, or provoke thought. Past the obvious fixes already mentioned above, there are a few other things that could have ben done. The pulls could have all ben installed offset to the left equally. The top and bottom (possibly) pulls could have ben installed o.c. and the other three offset. Etc. Creating a graceful curve, with even a bit of a "return" on the bottom took some careful thought and planning. I don't mind being alone in saying that I like it. What I really wanted to see was the reactions here. Very interesting.
  6. Most creaks/squeaks ya hear from floors are fasteners ( nails or screws) rubbing the wood. Fasteners too small, not enough of them, poorly placed, or plain old fashioned the wood dried up and the hole got bigger than the fastener. Easiest/best solution is glue the plywood well to the framing before fastening. Use 3/4" t&g decking. Use extra fasteners. Be sure your framing is well fastened. Add solid blocking between joists. Past that, I usually staple strips of sill seal to the underside of the frame/joists ( use ACQ even if you lay poly ). Will give you a little more insurance from any contact to the slab for several advantages.
  7. The closest motel is just down Rt.9 in Bayville. But I would not recommend that place to anyone! Decent to good motels are on Rt.37 in Toms River, minutes away. Tried and true is the Island Beach Motor Lodge in South Seaside Park. On the beach at the entrance to Island Beach State Park, and across the street from Bum Rogers where any official pre and post Fling activities happen. Thirty minutes away.
  8. Ice on a pond is for hockey, in my view. Never ice fished, but many of the bogs round here and certainly the creeks, stay ice free for most winters. That's when I look for them big suckers. It's a once a year, winter meal.
  9. Don't set your hair on fire. Mother Nature always has and always will do what she wants. The fallacy's that man is the cause, or that we can "do something" about it are just such old de-bunked crap that is still being forced fed to us by the government(s) elite. Hell, just a weather wonk pontificating about ( Insert name here )"storm of the century" this week drives me nuts. "We've never seen a storm like this!!!" So because this particular storm isn't on record, then it must have never, ever, ever happened before. And we must be to blame. Sound like worshiping a false idol ? I'd guess human sacrifice might be the answer we're all looking for. Accurate, recorded temperatures and weather conditions go back about 170 some years. 170..... The earth is approx. 4.543 billion years old. Mankind has existed for maybe 2.8 million years. Before us there was all sorts of critters that ruled the planet at different times. Earth has ben a "snowball", and has ben mostly water, long before we showed up. 170 years is a second ago in earths timeline.
  10. Best method I've found for cooking them green rockets is ; Gut and clean, Lay on belly and slice down the spine to lay it open. A couple of tabs of butter and a few lemon slices tucked in the cut, Italian breadcrumbs on top, then bake. Par-boil some taters first, then toss them around the bottom of the roasting pan along with some peppers. Done right, the meat falls off the rack and you have no issues with the bones. Best done with a good sized fish.
  11. Not for nothing but this really makes me feel like a dinosaur... Layed is the extinct or archaic form of the Past Indefinite and Past Participle form of the verb - Lay. That means there was a time when English language users used Layed as the standard Past Indefinite form of Lay. To refer to an era old, people still use Layed instead of Laid in their writing.
  12. When I replaced the slider a bunch of years ago I pulled the deck course of siding and the j-channel, as well as the one deck board against the house. I noticed that it was lag bolted to the house and not flashed, but lagged nonetheless. I remember because this home was built for chit, as it was the model for the development and just needed to "look great quick". No vapor barrier under the siding, and so many more things... I dont remember, but I probably added a few ledger locks to the sill board, lol. Definitely not sheetrock screws. They would have disintegrated long ago. Certainly never would have come back out. The screws they used must have ben hot dipped galvys to be in the shape they are after this long time. Everything was "inspected" and passed long ago man, lol. What get me is how flat and well all of those deck boards layed there ... All those years. With just 1 5/8" screws....
  13. Seriously, what's up with that third floor thing over the stairs? WTH is that?
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