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1.65sHa-ha!
3.65s"The Half-Assed Approach to Foundation Repair."
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1.72s
1.92sHello, I'm Troy McClure.
2.3sYou might remember me from such instructional videos as...
4.87sMothballing Your Battleship and Dig Your Own Grave and Save.
2.2sNow, over the next six hours, I'll be taking you through...
3.5sthe do's and do-not-do's of foundation repair.
1.67sReady?
1.35sReady!
4.19sFirst, patch the cracks in the slab using a latex patching compound and a patching trowel.
3sHand me my patching trowel, boy.
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1.73sHmm.
2.19sNow, do you have extruded polyvinyl foam insulation?
1.55sNo. Good.
3.2sAssemble the aluminum j-channel using self-furring screws.
0.47sInstall.
0.72sWhat do I do in case--
2.3sAfter applying brushable coating to the panels--
2.59sWait a minute. you'll need corrosion-resistant metal stucco lath.
1.42sWait a minute!
1.57sIf you can't find metal stucco lath--
3.07sUh-huh? use carbon-fiber stucco lath.
2.75sOhh! Now parge the lath.
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