my condolences - hope the insurance treats you well

well insured, co. said they'd sent an adj. to see if they were repairable, sent them pictures and said 'don't think they will "buff" out" cars are covered with 19a agreed value , house insurance will cover shop & contents, & daily driver policy had the aluminium trailer covered[which melted in fire] but still in shock & hurtin from my fall on ice trying to put it out!!!

Very sorry to see.

That is a terrible feeling,hope everything works out.

Sorry to here Pete. Hope all works out ok for you.

That really sucks Pete.
Sorry.

Sorry to hear about this Pete. It is one of my biggest fears. Theft or fire out here in the Rural freaks me out. The work and tears you put into the cars to be destroyed in a matter of minutes is prolly the hardest and the Insurance only covers..........

I'm sooo sorry again.

Brad

Just devastating...........  Wow...............  Wish I was closer to lend a tool or two if you needed..........................  Rhys.

Thanks ground pounder but no more projects!! I'm too old to start another one, will be looking for a turn key replacements!!!!

Hmmmm a new toy for some one...

www.impactauto.ca/Vehicles/VehicleDetails

An a toy hauler....

www.impactauto.ca/Vehicles/VehicleDetails

All the best in finding what you're heart desires.

Geez man, the guy just went through every guys worst nightmare. Why don't you wait a few weeks before posting stuff that reminds him of what he's lost. No different than posting links to single's sites after someone loses their spouse. Not cool.

-- Edited by Petebil on Sunday 19th of February 2017 06:36:19 PM

Sorry for your loss... that's horrible!

I am sincerely sorry for your loss Pete, heartbreaking to say the least!

Sorry to hear , real terrible thing to happen, No one hurt is good thing.
Good luck .

Update. Insurance for cars has settled, as well as trailer Insurance. all within a 2 week period. My contractor put a bid in against the Insurance co's contractor & won the bid!! Whew, theirs wanted to "skim" coat the pad & mine is ripping it out!!! Now the permits have to be issued and everyone has their hand out for money!! Even Durham region Health Dept wants $$$due to septic tank even thought they passed it before?????

Hi Pete: Are you thinking about putting

In Floor Heating in. Just my two cents worth

What does everyone else think?

wuga wrote:

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In Floor Heating in. Just my two cents worth

Actually, not a bad idea. I have it in my shop along with the gas furnace. Mine is electric and I keep the floor at 12 degrees. These 73 year old bones can't take the cold concrete any more. The floor creates a mass that basically gets heated over night when rates are lower. It doesn't come on that often because the air is heated by the furnace but it sure is a nice way to work.

Warren

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 Would like to say I am glad to hear Pete that things are starting to go well.

An as to not hi jack the thread...just a simple question directed at wuga;

You mention your in floor heating is electric? How was this done?Was it done with simple heating cables I;E :eves trough/Roof heating cable?

If not do you think the Trough cables would work?

 

Also Pete when are you pouring the pad?

I ask cause my friend owns a concrete mix on the spot business,an could cut a deal.

 

Thank you to all.

-- Edited by Ground Pounder on Monday 27th of March 2017 09:37:29 AM

I just tried to post the above comment and this came up

 

You have recently posted a comment. Please wait a moment before trying to post again.

 

When it finally posted, it double posted.  Never had this happen before.

 

Warren

-- Edited by wuga on Monday 27th of March 2017 05:50:06 PM

We tie the wire securely to the 6" mesh and score the finished floor hoping it won't crack. My 30 x 40 floor is five years and no cracks. We have never had a wire break in any floor. The wire is pretty tough and the crack would have to be fairly severe or a shear to break the cable. We did my shop in 4 quadrants to minimize the potential for damage and that allowed us to heat only the area that we wanted. Also, if you were to put in a hydraulic heating system, there would be a greater potential for damage from a crack. The electric system is price competitive if installed and utilized with common sense. It can also be set to heat the whole shop but I think that would really be costly. I like the combo of floor heat and furnace air heat.

Warren

When I built a shop about 10 years ago, I installed in floor heating, and used a propane water heater. Propane, cuz there was not NG in that area. Used pex, and had 4 zones, so I could heat whatever area I wanted. Like Warren, I secured the pex to the 6x6 wire mesh. That really worked out well. If you go with in floor heating, make sure you isolate the floor from the wall/foundation, otherwise you end up heating the wall too, cuz it's just like a giant heat sink.

Awesume news..
Not sure who's doing Pad pouring..
However as mentioned before my friend can help you out!!
Call D.R.B. Concrete @ 705 324 2409...

Local contractor that "won" the bid doing the whole job! Having a "pumper" truck on site to pump concrete from street to back yard, don't want ready mix trucks backing across "interlock" driveway and damaging the 'paver's" Yes, I'm installing a gas "unit" heater, had a 75,000 BTU one in there before and did the job nicely!!