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Comments (25)I will pressure wash the deck once or twice a year, but only with it off, only with cold bearings, and only when I am going to fully grease the spindles. Some points. Shields do not keep water out of bearings, and aren't designed to. Sealed bearings will keep out water when new, but even then will not stop water from entering as the bearing cools. Almost any bearing will pull in water (and dirt with it) as it cools, and the only way to get it out is to push it out with grease right away. The water will evaporate out when you run a long time, but it is usually too late. I would not pressure wash around electrical connectors, ignition parts, starters, alternaters, etc. Same if you have plastic sleeve bearings, with no way to grease to push out water and dirt you push into them....See MoreMusty Smell in ONE room of new home (after pressure washing)
Comments (17)Since I last posted, I've narrowed a few things down. One of the rooms that was affected (there were 2 rooms total), has been fixed. The french drain I installed around the perimeter of the front of the house, where water was creeping under the foundation, seems to have fixed the issue in the larger room. There is now no more musty smell in there. However, the other room, which is a "closet" that backs up directly to a bathroom, still has the odor, which has actually gotten worse. The smell is definitely partially sweet, and partially musty. I've cut the drywall all the way around the room to see if there is any signs of water damage, dead animals, etc inside of the walls. Interestingly enough, the inside of the walls that butt up to other rooms, smell fine. The walls that have concrete on the other side, have the odor present (perimeter walls). The only two things I haven't addressed yet are the roof (I'd have to cut the ceiling open because there is no attic access at this point for how low the roof pitches). The other thing would be the foundation (slab). I have fairly expensive laminate flooring and underlayment in that room, which would have to be removed, and the floor would have to be inspected for dampness. However, given the circumstances, it's been narrowed down quite a bit. The room has 4 walls (2 butt up to exterior concrete and 2 others butt up to interior rooms), a standard hollow core wood door, a West-facing window, and a drywall knockdown ceiling. There is only two piece of furniture in the room, which are bookcases. One is MDF (still wrapped in plastic to hold it together before I bolt it in), and the other is pine wood, also wrapped in thin plastic to protect it. I've just put two large shop fans, a big air purifier, an ionizer, and ozone generator all in the room with a big bucket of damprid (although humidity levels in that room are only 49% in south florida, which is fairly average). I've also sprayed half a can of lysol air spray into the room. I'll let you guys know how that works out, and hopefully we can figure it out. and ESMAN - let me know your notes as well. Thanks....See MoreOld Aggregate Concrete Patio: Acid Wash with Pressure Washer?
Comments (0)Hi, I have a large aggregate concrete back patio, about half of it was badly cracked and recently re-poured. Obviously the new area looks completely different than the old area that was poured I believe in 1972 when the home was built. The person who poured the concrete recommended acid washing the old concrete with a pressure washer but wanted to charge $800 for this (including using MY pressure washer) and sealing the patio. This is outrageous so I'm looking to take this on as a DIY. If anyone can recommend type of acid for this purpose, dilution rate and how pressure washer would be used in relation to when acid applied, I would be appreciative. Also if anyone has any recommendations of sealers for exterior concrete aggregate I'd be curious to hear as we get a lot of moss here and sealing perhaps could limit that. Thanks!...See MorePressure wash vs sanding
Comments (3)Pressure washing, if not done correctly, will damage redwood. It's a soft wood and you can easily be left with a raised grain and a rough surface on your deck. I doubt you need either pressure washing or sanding since the deck is only 3 yrs old. As leena said, a good deck cleaner is all you'll probably need. It's the only thing we ever used on our redwood decks. Sanding won't damage the wood like pressure washing could since a sander would remove a small amount of the whole surface, where pressure washing would remove the softer sections of wood....See Moreschoolhouse_gw
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