I measured a very nice large home on Friday. It's going to have a wide plank LVP throughout.
After drawing the layout, I went around with my 6' angle aluminum straight edge..... Oh dear
The slab has 1/4 inch wide saw cuts about 10 feet both directions. Some may have been separate pours. Where they meet, some edges have curled up a little or one side sunk a little bit.
The home is 36 by 75 and only 45' is concrete. Where the wood framing and concrete meet up, it's fine. The slab joints are the issue.
The worst is where you walk into the kitchen through a 4' opening. The slab on one side seems to ramp or curl upward a quarter inch over just a 20 inch span. That needs to be taken down, not ramped up. So that area is roughly 20 inches by 6 feet. The other 10 feet in width isn't as bad and will be covered in cabinets.
The home sits on top of a hill facing west and overlooking the bay...... so lots of light which will make any ramping or unevenness an issue.
The 20 by 30 living room has a similar issue with the hump being parallel to the windows and 8' sliding glass door.
Homeowner is very concerned about dust, so containment is a big issue.
What type of grinder would be best for this.
I borrowed a 7" Metabo from another shop years ago. It was fit into a cart thingamajig. You could stand up to use it. It had a nice rubber dust shroud that I hooked to my shop vac.
The shop might need to buy one if it can't be rented.
We live in wood country. Slab issues aren't usually a problem.
This is a very nice new home, so we need to make the owner happy...... especially so, in the dust containment department.
The red areas are the worst.
I'm driving back up there today with my lazer level to do more checking and to see if self leveler can play a part.
The lower side of the drawing faces west, where all the light enters.
After drawing the layout, I went around with my 6' angle aluminum straight edge..... Oh dear
The slab has 1/4 inch wide saw cuts about 10 feet both directions. Some may have been separate pours. Where they meet, some edges have curled up a little or one side sunk a little bit.
The home is 36 by 75 and only 45' is concrete. Where the wood framing and concrete meet up, it's fine. The slab joints are the issue.
The worst is where you walk into the kitchen through a 4' opening. The slab on one side seems to ramp or curl upward a quarter inch over just a 20 inch span. That needs to be taken down, not ramped up. So that area is roughly 20 inches by 6 feet. The other 10 feet in width isn't as bad and will be covered in cabinets.
The home sits on top of a hill facing west and overlooking the bay...... so lots of light which will make any ramping or unevenness an issue.
The 20 by 30 living room has a similar issue with the hump being parallel to the windows and 8' sliding glass door.
Homeowner is very concerned about dust, so containment is a big issue.
What type of grinder would be best for this.
I borrowed a 7" Metabo from another shop years ago. It was fit into a cart thingamajig. You could stand up to use it. It had a nice rubber dust shroud that I hooked to my shop vac.
The shop might need to buy one if it can't be rented.
We live in wood country. Slab issues aren't usually a problem.
This is a very nice new home, so we need to make the owner happy...... especially so, in the dust containment department.
The red areas are the worst.
I'm driving back up there today with my lazer level to do more checking and to see if self leveler can play a part.
The lower side of the drawing faces west, where all the light enters.
