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   Message 256 of 2,445   
   Dave Drum to JIM WELLER   
   slab jacking   
   05 Feb 22 06:20:00   
   
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   -=> JIM WELLER wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-   
      
    JW> shrinking permafrost ...   
    JW> As they slowly melt the mud jackers fill the void.   
      
    DD> I assume they are using some form of plastic - which may cause   
    DD> other problems down the road.   
      
    JW> Yeah, in the old days they used a mud-like mixture of soil, lime-   
    JW> stone and cement, and forced it through holes in the slab using   
    JW> enough hydraulic pressure to raise and level the slab. Hence the   
    JW> name mudjacking.   
      
    JW> Today they use quickly expanding rigid foam. They shoot two   
    JW> chemicals through the slab which quickly react with each other to   
    JW> make a quick drying, very rigid foam that fills air holes, displaces   
    JW> water and is strong enough to lift the slab (and the building on top   
    JW> of the slab). They can even run it in narrow strips to lift a   
    JW> foundation wall. It is more properly called slab jacking or foam   
    JW> jacking. The foam is called polyurethane and it's a polymer. The   
    JW> two starter chemicals are monomers called isocyanate and polyol.   
    JW> Every jacking contractor has its own proprietory secret formula.   
      
    JW> PU is pretty inert and remains buried so it isn't a future hazard.   
      
   Polyurethane is a plastic that I'm somewhat familiar with.    
       
    JW> Buildings sitting on really bad soil structures may need repeat   
    JW> treatments every decade of so.   
      
    JW> Loblaws also owns Shoppers Drug Mart now   
      
    DD> They sure sound like the 800# gorilla, though.   
      
    JW> They are. Our anti-combines people barely allowed the merger and   
    JW> imposed all sorts of conditions.   
      
   Sorta like Farcebook (now Meta)    
       
    DD> by comparison shopping I've learned that Amazon is not always   
    DD> the lowest price.   
      
    JW> That's been my observation too. Roslind uses it for speciality   
    JW> textbooks not otherwise available.   
      
    JW> we also have a (non-practising) Mennonite BIL   
      
    DD> in this area / Most are Lutherans ... but not all. There are Roman   
    DD> Catholics, etc.   
      
    JW> Ours are either Amish-like Mennonites or randy, whisky swilling   
    JW> heathens. No middle ground.   
      
   Mennonite - Amish with a car.  Bv)=   
      
   MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06   
       
         Title: Amish Pork Chops   
    Categories: Five, Pork, Vegetables, Soups   
         Yield: 6 Servings   
       
         6    (8-10 oz) center cut pork   
              - chops; bones optional   
         1 c  Ketchup   
       1/2 c  Chopped onion   
    10 3/4 oz Can cream of mushroom soup   
         1 tb Worcestershire sauce   
       
     Place uncooked pork chops in baking dish. Combine soup,   
     ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and chopped onions. Mix   
     all together and pour over chops.   
        
     Bake, covered, for 1 1/4 hours. Remove, cover, and bake   
     1/2 hour longer or until tender.   
        
     RECIPE FROM: http://www.cooks.com   
        
     Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen   
       
   MMMMM   
       
   MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06   
       
         Title: Old Recipe Rhubarb Jam   
    Categories: Five, Jam/jelly, Fruits, Nuts, Citrus   
         Yield: 12 Pints   
       
        15 c  Rhubarb; cut up   
        14 c  Sugar   
         8    Oranges   
         1 c  Walnuts   
       
     Put oranges through food chopper.  Put sugar and   
     oranges over rhubarb and let soak overnight.  Next   
     morning cook slowly for 1 1/2 hours. Add walnuts and   
     put in hot jars.   
        
     This makes 5 to 6 quarts (5 to 6 liters).   
        
     This recipe is about 50 years old.   
        
     Source: The Recipe Book Committee of the Mennonite   
     Traditional Cooks publication of "GRANDMA'S COOKING"   
        
     From: http://www.recipesource.com   
        
     Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives   
       
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