Is this
the new and easier way to glue down your subfloor?
Cost comparisons? Ease of, or difficulty with, application, versus a squeeze-gun and 29-oz tube of goo?
Performance? Better? Worse? Same?
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Gene, it's not new but it works.
Get a longer gun, it's easier on your bender-over.
Joe H
Tried a foam subfloor adhesive a few years back. It turned out to be a nightmare. The foam cured and "crackeled" when you walked across the floor. We renailed the whole floor by hand just prior to finished surfaces with 8d galvies. I've been foam shy ever since. "Rainbuster" is the best adhesive I've come across.
No ring shanks?Did you nail it when installing?
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Sorry for late reply. Power was out for two days, and I'm justnow gettin caught up.
Piffin, subfloor was installed in August, (dry) and gun nailed with 2-1/2" ringshanks.
Gun foam rocks!
If you are doing floors, I agree with JoeH - get the gun with the 48" tip
Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA
Also a CRX fanatic!
New?
and they tell me I'm out in the bush too far!
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I told you these guys in the Adirondacks are dinosaurs.
How well does the foam glue perform in cold weather? Which do you think is better for those situations where you might be laying down a subfloor in freezing temperatures?
Foam is hard to get to expand / flow in the old so I prefer PL Premium unless we are in under cover.These foam cans that we use everywhere now were first developed for drywall glueups
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Foam is hard to get to expand / flow in the old so I prefer PL Premium unless we are in under cover.I've seen your forearms, they don't look anything at all like Popeye's...who's pumping that PL for you?...it takes me two hands when it's cold<G> Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God say, "No." Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?"
God says, "Out on Highway 61."
We keep the glue tubes warm in the breakroom, take up a few at a time.I was curious about the flipside, my foam won't generate enough pressure to flow well in the cold - end up waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and use three times as much to boot.
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ya know, I get nervous when I see people watching my four arms...;)
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to hell with your four arms, now I've got to set up a breakroom on the job...can you see four fingers flipping in your direction? LOL Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God say, "No." Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?"
God says, "Out on Highway 61."
I framed my house in the winter in the CO mountains and used PL400. I kept the case of PL at home and brought enough to the site with me for what I was doing that day (plus a tube or two) I would crank the heat in the truck for a few minutes when I got to the site so the truck started off warm, and leave most of the tubes in the cab. Pointed the truck towards the sun and kept the tubes on the dash. If it was really cold I would crank the defrost at lunch and reheat the tubes.-Rich
cost more overall than the qt tubes of construction adhesive...
get the stand up gun for the adhesive instead...
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We tried that a few years ago. It wasn't faster and I don't think it was any better.
We bought a pneumatic glue gun and man that is nice. http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL293/2163851/6440753/117514841.jpg
If you have a gun for weatherizing - they are really slick - the cheapest way to buy foam is by the case. It doesn't take much foam to glue the average house, so its no sweat to go ahead and use a tube or two to glue your subfloor.
Its faster than caulk tubes (unless you go pneumatic) and saves the forearm - especially in cold, icy weather. I liked using it, and will do it again. No squeaks yet (1 year so far)
You do need to buy a new gun every year or so - they can clog easily. I paid $30 for mine, but I hear if you check ebay...