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Sister Beams Reinforce a Sagging Ceiling by Patrick Ropp—GBI Technical Advisor Above: The sister beams reinforce the failing ceiling beam to easily carry the load, with capacity to scare. Rebar is embedded into the bottom surface of the sister beams where the tensile load is at its maximum. (Figure 6) While working in my shop/converted […]
By Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor We recently did adhesion testing to Corian and Wilsonart surfaces with WEST SYSTEM 105 Resin and 206 Hardener at the request of a composite panel manufacturer. Corian and Wilsonart are mineral filled acrylic panels that look like granite and are often used as countertop material in kitchens and offices. […]
by Brian Knight—GBI Technical Advisor I was in my basement applying some 2×4 furring to a concrete block wall in preparation for insulating and hanging drywall when I noticed a crack in a horizontal mortar joint about halfway between the floor and the ceiling running nearly the length of the wall. This crack was an […]
By Bruce Niederer — GBI Technical Advisor If your kids are like mine, they manage to break stuff you didn’t even think could be broken—constantly. As parents, we can either get inventive at repairing things we know little or nothing about, or we can get second jobs and pay someone else to fix everything. I like […]
This unique spiral staircase was designed and built by Dean Wolfe of Manchester, California. Dean used WEST SYSTEM® 105 Resin with either 205 Fast or 206 Slow Hardener, depending on the time need to assemble a part. 403 Microfibers was the adhesive filler for all bonding operations.
