Great Stuff and Crappy Stuff

My goal last weekend was to get the office wall and long wall of the craft room plasticed - mission accomplished:

I got absolutely nothing done during the week, unless EX coming over to bolt down my long gun safe to the basement floor counts :)

Unfortunately, this weekend is commited to getting a whole lot of little stuff done, so I'm not going to get much sense of accomplishment; I've already replaced the minimum fiberglass batting insulation over the livingroom bay window and door with foamboard, sprayed foam around the front door frame and the window in the bathroom, given all the front windows 2 coats of polyeurathane, and taped the joining edges in the plastic to the BR and CR.

I also spray foamed around the frame to the door to the garage that was put in last winter. Unfortunately, I used a different type of foam than I did for the front door (although one supposedly for windows and doors, that wouldn't put pressure on the frame), and now the basement door sticks badly. I'll have to figure out how to dig the foam out, but it really ticks me off and will tell you NEVER use Touch-n-Foam No Warp! Only use Great Stuff brand Window and Door as that worked well for the front door even though I over filled it (heck, the basement door frame gap is only half filled and the TNG stuff still turned a nicely working door into a barely useabe door)

Here is the note I sent to the TNG makers thru their website, "I am extremely disappointed in your "No Warp" window and door. It turned a nicely functioning door into a barely functioning door. I would have understood if I overfilled the gap, but the gap is only filled half way. I used a competitors formula on another door, way overfilled the gap, and the door is still working nicely. Now I have to figure out how to get your stuff out from around the door frame so I can actually get the door to close without slamming it so hard that it shakes the whole house."

The only reason I switched to the TNG stuff was that is what our local hardware store carried - I got the Great Stuff from one of the big box stores. Guess I learned a lesson the hard way.

Comments

[Cop Car]

Sorry about the way the TNF worked out. How long did it take to become apparent that there was a problem?

Everything else looks and sounds superb. You accomplish so much in so little time (and always have) that I just shake my head in wonder. Fab-u-lous!

[bogie]

I probably tried to use the door less than 2 hours later and realized the difficulties.

[Secret Agent Woman]

Just reading back through the remodeling posts. The window seats are great and score on the shower door! You seem to have a very helpful ex.

[bogie]

The EX is helpful because that was part of the deal when I let him have the house - I wrote into a contract we signed before I bought this place. After what he put me thru, he damn well better be helpful!

[bogie]

I did get the door back into good working order by the way. Managed to dig out enough of the gunk that the frame settled back into place. It still seals the outside gap, and I was planning on finishing off with insulation anyway, so all is good at this point.