Homeowner Forum / Construction / August 2005

You guys are cracking me up.

I saw some neighbor with a green bottle attached to his hose. It looked like
he was spraying the gutters, fascia, and soffit. I'm going to ask him what
the stuff was. I keep a spray can of wasp killer around and hosing their
nests also disrupts them real good but that's only useful for ground level
response. Getting up to the high spots like the attic grille and the attic
window frames and the rake boards on the gables is not easy. On an older
house like ours the bottom edge of the rake boards on the gable ends curl
away from the brick veneer over the years making a great entry point for
wasps.

So, two years ago I tried using insulating spray foam marketed to retard or
prevent heat loss. The same foam stuff they market to spray around electric
junction boxes and other exterior entry points and so on. The spray cans
include a tubing attachment for the spray nozzle that allows the tube to be
inserted between the rake boards and the brick veneer of a home so the
insulation can be sprayed into small spaces.

I tested in the area of the front porch between the curled fascia boards and
the brick veneer. The spray insulation has remained  intact for two
Wisconsin winters now. I think I've found a good solution. I'm going to
carry through and do the rest of the gable ends to seal the whole exterior
this way. The only problem is foam control as the foam expands like crazy.
Use sparingly as the foam will expand and fill up any voids on  its own.
Once the foam dried I used a wire brush to clean the stuff that expanded out
of the space I inteded to seal.

My ground control will continue to be RAID wasp spray and a water hose with
a jet spray attachment.

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take up something that you like, and that has an element of
danger  to it, then arrange to start doing it again.   Your
body will respond by becoming up to the task...you will live a
lot better and longer.

There is an anti amyloid plaque drug being tested on humans
successfully now, that gets ride of these in the nervous
system.  I managed to do it my self by accident over the last
8 years and know first hand the effects... one of the test
subjects was on the tee vee a week ago... he reported the same
gains I have.    so we will all be living a lot longer and
stronger shortly. One must plan for that I think
...accordingly besides the bike racing Ive taken up chasing
women again.

You can do it too.  You have a good start with the tread mill
etc.    You might do some research on the issue of loss of
enzyme production with aging..it drops off fast..then
digestive trouble and ulcers set in and the body fades...
enzymes cure that..but theres all kinds you need to some
research and also go easy...the stuff I was using said 3 tabs
a day... Im down to one a week now.. 3 tabs a day would hurt
me bad.  none of my doctors knew about enzymes but its a huge
issue with aging.

Your corronaries are probably clogged too... its almost 100%
prevelant at our age.. if you want some clues on that say so I
will post them here.

Phil Scott