Problems after wicking
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To wick or not to wick
Comments (2)Nice test but at best your results will be inconclusive. Your sample size is far to small to be able to make any sort of accurate statistical conclusion. You need at least 9 plants (3 of each) for your results to be statistically meaningful. With a sample that small you cannot rule out the possibility of random chance. It will be interesting to see which does better, but all you can conclude is that you need to test further. Now if you can find more people to join you in this test then you will be in business! I think it is wonderful to experiment with gardening concepts. However, I don't want you to think can stick it to Al based on the results of the test as you have it laid out now. I know of Al but I have not read his work. I can promise you that no amount of holes will speed the draining process of the pot. The reason is because of the capillary action of the soil that holds water in. Water will only drain from a pot where there is enough water for the gravitational force to overpower capillary action. Once you reach that equilibrium point the soil will stop draining. What the wick does is uses capillary action to your favor and pulls more water than gravity alone can out of the pot. I am sure Al knows this and he has great science backing his claims. But again it is always important to question scientific claims, because science wouldn't be science if the results weren't reproducible....See More(Bill) Subway tile/ shower installation... problem after problem
Comments (6)Go to the owner and put a stop to this crap immediately. Sit down with him, explain everything you've just told me, and let him know that you're not going to accept "thrown together" work just because his installer and salesperson are having a pissing contest, and the installer is pressed for time. The tub REQUIRES either a vapor barrier behind, or waterproofing over, the backerboard. End of story, no questions asked. You will not give him another dime until it's so. You'll also not give him another dime until all work is completed to industry standards, and you've got someone on call with both a TCNA handbook and ASNI 108 and 118 to guide you on what is acceptable and what is not. Tile setter works on installing backer boards since we have no tile. He works maybe 5-6 hours a few days and the bathrooms are ready - minus the shower pans (2). Also, if he's NOT using a surface waterproofing, I'm curious how he's putting up the backerboard BEFORE the shower pan. He started the walls on Monday, starting around the tub from the top down. I would have thought he would start from the tub up? Doesn't matter. Personally, I also prefer to work from a level line down , because I can't count on existing surfaces to be level and plumb, so I'd rather go from a line I KNOW is level, and then cut in the abutting surfaces. However, no matter if you work from the bottom up, or the top down, you KNOW what your pieces are going to be before you start, and make sure you won't have any slivers. You adjust your level line to MAKE SURE you avoid it. As for the 6600.00 for the master bath tile, You'd have to have an incredibly big bathroom with all kinds of custom touches to it, or located in a penthouse across from Central Park West to justify that price to me. But you've agreed to it, so you have to honor it. That IS, however, just one more reason why they should be bowing to any request you make....See MoreHave a question after flushing wicked violets
Comments (2)That's an excellent question. I would fill the reservoirs as usual for this reason: if the wick drys out, you may have to top water again to get it restarted. If your soil is properly light (plenty of perlite) and your wick is the right size, you should not have any trouble with it over-wicking extra water into the already wet pot....See Moreshower curb has an extra hole after door installation- problem?
Comments (6)It has red guard over cement board and some sort of red guard tape/liner over the liquid red guard on the inside of the curb. This is not the best picture to show it because it is covered with messy tile installation debris. I do believe they screwed/nailed the cement board into the inside of the curb though which isn't a good idea. Second photo shows a screw or nail. Under the cement board is the shower liner which was pierced a few times due to the shower door being installed backwards and after that, they got a new faux marble curb because the old one had multiple holes in it....See Moreperle_de_or
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