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Additional Information: Surface rust, as the name implies, is rust that is beginning to form on the surface of a metal object which has been neglected.
Metaphorically speaking, this blog suffers from a bit of surface rust.
Has anyone seen my wire brush?
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Location: Lewes, Delaware
Additional Information: I saw this odd colored squrrel at break time the other day.
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Additional Information: Paint brushes come clean with the aid of a wire brush.
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Location: Frankford, Delaware
Additional Information: I believe this porch was a casualty of the extraordinary snow loads our area experienced this year.
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Location: Lewes, Delaware
Additional Information: Someone devised an interesting way to keep folks from climbing their fence.
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Additional Information: Kitty is a Skil HD77 Worm Drive Circular Saw. Kitty and I partnered up after I arrived to work in Truckee California and was told my sidewinder wouldn't fly on the west coast.The Kitty sticker came from a machine at the entrance to a local supremarket. For years, whenever I let someone use my saw I said: "Don't let Kitty bite you."
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Location: Bethany Beach, Delaware
Additional Information: A porch on a seaside rental had some structural issues which required fastening. I countersunk screws about 5/8" and glued wooden plugs into the holes. The plugs would be made even with the surface using a chisel once the glue had dried.
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AKA: Tie Back, Shutter Catch, Shutter Holdback, Shutter Fastener
Location: Lewes, Delaware
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Location: Bethany Beach, Delaware
Additional Information: Crane Forks excel at lifting compact units such as shingles, brick or block.
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Location: Delaware solid waste authority
Additional Information: It is amazing how much these birds are part of the process.
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Additional Information: For winter construction.
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Location: Lewes, Delaware
Additional Information: A roof leak allowed water into the walls behind a tiled shower. An ant colony took up residence behind the Hardie-Backer. I searched for and found a spray to kill insects. I could not get the concept of genocide out of my mind.
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Location: Rural Southern Delaware
Additional Information: GODWIN’S SCHOOL – DISTRICT #190 - On March 10, 1896, the State Board of Education approved a resolution recommending the creation of a new school district to serve the needs of local residents. The recommendation was forwarded to the Sussex County Levy Court with a petition from fifteen property owners stating that the neighborhood possessed more than the 35 “scholars” required to consider their request. The creation of District #190 was formally approved the following June.
A subscription was circulated to raise funds to construct a school here on land provided by local storeowner Jacob Reese Godwin. The new school was named in his honor. Classes were held here until 1936, when the district was consolidated with Millsboro School #23.
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Location: Lewes, Delaware
Additional Information: Tongue and groove southern yellow pine - painted.
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Additional Information: In my early twenties I went to work in a lumberyard, next to a railroad track, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Location: Bethany Beach, Delaware
Additional Information: A thin coat of cementitious mortar applied over masonry to smooth the surface and/or aid in waterproofing.
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Location: Bethany Beach, Delaware
Additional Information: Replacing a disintegrating aluminum foundation vent with a new self closing unit requires a little surgery.
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AKA: Liquidambar styraciflua
Location: Roxana, Delaware
Additional Information: In winter, a leafless sweetgum can easily be identified by the presence of "Monkey Balls" or seed pods.
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Additional Information: Abrasives can do more harm than good if not well suited to the job.
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Location: Bethany Beach, Delaware
Additional Information: By the ocean, a wind swept bush scratched the shape of a fan into traditional cedar skin.
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Additional Information: Digital photography has infiltrated the building trade! It is not an invasion but sometimes it can feel that way as along with film-less photography comes the ability to click away seeking quality from quantity. All those pictures need to be kept and catalogued and thankfully there is a variety of software out there to help us do that.
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AKA: TORX Head, Star Head, Star drive
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Additional Information: Hex means 6 and lobular or lobe means a rounded projection. Torx is not an acronym.
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Location: Roxana, Delaware
Additional Information: An ice dam has formed on the coldest part of this cedar shake roof. Water from melting snow over the heated interior flows down and freezes over the unheated eave creating a dam. As the word implies, water is backed up behind the dam and can eventually make its way inside of the building causing all manner of moisture related problems.
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Location: Roxana, Delaware
Additional Information: The Johnsons Corner Sanitary Sewer project re-commences as a front end loader arrives on scene and moves some snow around.
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Additional Information: French curves are used in drafting. They are templates which assist in drawing curves along pre-plotted points. French Curves come in many shapes and sizes.
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Additional Information: This picture was taken during last weekends winter storm. It is of one of two pumps that have been working overtime dewatering the area around my house. When I first keyed into all the commotion commencing down the road I noticed what looked like a pump with the words Silent Knight on the side. As the system moved closer to my house the Silent Knight was replaced with an unshielded Thompson unit and then, after we got a good snow, a second pump appeared. For one or two full (24 Hour) days both were running.
I can handle noise fairly well but some constant sounds really wear me out. I did not mind at all when during this last storm one pump shut down.
Tonight I noticed there was no sound. I know this most likely means a lot more sound down the road but along with the crazy weather, I'll take the break.
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Additional Information: I am working outside this winter so I feel a real kinship with the folks installing sewer lines in my neighborhood. Last week, I mused on how fragile momentum can be as I watched this crew come back to work after one storm only to be sidelined by a second. Now, with roads almost passable, a third winter storm warning is in effect.
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Location: Southern Delaware
Additional Information: With only wide open fields on either side, three utility poles failed in fierce winds.
Their replacements, here, are being re-connected.
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Location: Roxana, Delaware
Additional Information: 5 days after a foot of snow, traffic control arrives early and prepares the site for "back to work."
Meanwhile, new blizzard warnings threaten momentum further and highlight the hardship of winter outdoor work.
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The old Indian River Inlet Bridge is supported by piers that have been steadily eroding in the swift tidal currents between the Atlantic ocean and Indian River Bay. There have been five bridges built on this very site since 1934. The state of Delaware is building a cable stay bridge across the inlet in 2010 but back in 2005 there were plans for a very different bridge in the works.
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Additional Information: Whether human, canine, tool or machine, your friends help you find your sense of direction. They encourage you to explore your potential and to constantly re-define success. It is impossible to be too hokey when discussing the value of friends.
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Location: Lewes, Delaware
Additional Information: These 5 masonry piers and the 2 connected to the foundation wall are designed to support a girder that will be a primary structural element in the floor system. The close proximity of the piers to one another also hints that they are intended to support structure beyond the first floor.
The fact that the piers are built to the same height as the foundation tells us that the beam they support will be within the floor system and require joists to be connected to it by joist hangers. This will also allow any load bearing walls to be built directly on the girder.
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Location: Johnson's Corner, Delaware
Additional Information: With the help of a Cat 345B excavator, workers laying sewer pipe, are about to lower a steel trench box into the ground. Trench boxes are used to temporarily shore the sides of excavations so contractors can perform their duties safely, without fear of collapse.
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Location: Milford, Delaware
Additional Information: Lighting can play a huge part for businesses trying to draw in customers from America's highways.
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Location: Lewes, Delaware
Additional Information: The color of caution tape and caterpillars.
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Location: Delaware Memorial Bridge
Additional Information: Looking up from directly beneath one of two towers on the northbound span.
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Location: Route 1 - Dewey Beach, Delaware
Additional Information: Streetlights were being lowered in this houses path.
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Location: Roxana, Delaware
Additional Information: Dewatering is a long process.
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Location: Indian River, Delaware
Additional Information: A Nacelle is the streamlined enclosure which houses the inner workings of a small wind turbine. The term holds a similar meaning in the aviation industry where a nacelle can house an engine, fuel or even crew members.
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Location: Roxana, Delaware
Additional Information: Channelizer Drums are made by many different manufacturer's whose models offer a number of small variations on a theme. One important difference is between the high and low density models. High density channelizer drums are more rigid than low and are often used in hot desert regions where the low density drums might collapse in the heat. The softer, more expensive, low density drums are employed in colder regions where they are more likely to dent, rather than crack, on impact.
The channelizer drum pictured above has a rubber base. The rubber bases can weigh between 25 - 40 pounds. Plastic bases are also available which fill with sand or are meant to hold a sandbag. Wind speed and speed of traffic factor into weight needed to keep the drum in place.
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