Cordless Caulk Guns?

[kootenayskier]

I notice they make battery powered grease guns, I'm thinking that would be handy if you had a lot of heavy equipment to grease

When I’m greasing 15 pivots on our excavator every morning, the battery powered grease (Milwaukee M18) gun is a godsend.

[Name Redacted]

When I’m greasing 15 pivots on our excavator every morning, the battery powered grease (Milwaukee M18) gun is a godsend.

Damn, you have to grease those every morning?

[kootenayskier]

Damn, you have to grease those every morning?

Yes we do.

[XXX-er]

imagine greasing a fleet of diggers or a bunch of 5th wheels, I guess there has always been pneumatic but the battery just makes it more convenient

my son the heavy duty electro-mechanical guy tells me the Milwaukee battery impact gun is more powerful than a pneumatic

[RShea]

(Cuing Kiwi Accent)
Hell, I didn’t even know these existed. Is it worth spending more on a fancy one if I have a pretty good amount to do? (But not nearly pro level)
I have Bosch batteries, but theirs is $289. Alone.
Ryobi is $150 with a battery.

You mean battery operated power caulk guns. Even the old school hand held trigger type are "cordless"

[Djongo Unchained]

Rideit would be the first to tell you this ain't his bailiwick.

GFY

[rideit]

Yeah, not my wheelhouse. Bikes? Easy. Houses? Not so great.

[Core Shot]

A house is just a bike without wheels.

Work harder. Study more. And one day you shall be a master of caulk.

[rideit]

Hey, I can tig a pretty clean bead on steel tubing, I would imagine I could do the same with a tube of caulk. (I can) But I would rather not, I’d rather be out riding.

[carpathian]

So last week I did this deck job and the home owner had very specific plan when I arrived.

On the lower deck we put strips of ice and water on the treated joists and installed Trex planks accordingly

The upper deck is right above and on the underside ie the ‘ceiling ‘ of the lower deck is nice cedar tng.

Problem: any water snow lands on upper deck (in the future this is new build) , will go through gap in planks and leak through/ stain cedar underneath.

The ‘solution’ which I did not like was to use a sheet of epdm roofing rubber on top of the joists to ‘stop’ the water.

We used a dewalt cordless battery caulk gun to put caulk on top of joists then stretched rubber tight across ( with 4” tuck up under house wrap to prevent water from going to house at least )

So now the rubber will hold water until it leaks out front or space fills with grit and greenery will grow up between planks

Better way?

[kootenayskier]

So last week I did this deck job and the home owner had very specific plan when I arrived.

On the lower deck we put strips of ice and water on the treated joists and installed Trex planks accordingly

The upper deck is right above and on the underside ie the ‘ceiling ‘ of the lower deck is nice cedar tng.

Problem: any water snow lands on upper deck (in the future this is new build) , will go through gap in planks and leak through/ stain cedar underneath.

The ‘solution’ which I did not like was to use a sheet of epdm roofing rubber on top of the joists to ‘stop’ the water.

We used a dewalt cordless battery caulk gun to put caulk on top of joists then stretched rubber tight across ( with 4” tuck up under house wrap to prevent water from going to house at least )

So now the rubber will hold water until it leaks out front or space fills with grit and greenery will grow up between planks

Better way?

https://trexrainescape.com/?gclid=Cj...4aApEiEALw_wcB

[Foggy_Goggles]

The "Better Way" is to correct the customer everytime he says "deck" and say "you mean roof". I've repaired, replaced and built a ton of these. All designs have their problems. MasterSeal over treated ply seems to perform pretty well.

[Core Shot]

https://trexrainescape.com/?gclid=Cj...4aApEiEALw_wcB

I did trex rain escape.
Not cheap but stupid easy.

Prior to that you needed to cut your own tapers of rubber roof material.

I love a dry deck when you get usable space underneath.

PS. They can clog with leaves and pine needles.

The only other system is a certain teed brand vinyl ceiling.
I didn’t want to lose the height with the pitch
But if you can spare the height it’s probably cheaper.
And you end up with a finished ceiling.
And you can retrofit an existing deck.

[rideit]

We used a decking material that interlocks together. Our contractor had never used it, and I think was too dumb and lazy to research how to install it, so he completely fucked up a few necessary steps where it meets the house and ends. Totally preventable, and now our headache. We fired the dude due to incompetence, so no recourse but to go back and do it right.
FWIW, Djongo is fucking amazing to work with. Straight shooter, does what he says he is going to do, does it right, and does it reasonably.
Major Kudos.