What did you do today?

[Incognito]

That's some nice work Cog. What adhesive do you use on the stair nose?

It's the solvent based contact cement. The nosings were stored in a kitchen across from the MPR......unacclimated. So when they came inside and the AC was cranking the vinyl shrunk and curled creating a very awkward installation.

Everything was a hassle. We leave the rubber tile a hair long. You press the nosing firm up on the step and trace the overlap portion with a pencil or pen, then cut the tile where it needs to be. With the material curling and stiffening THAT itself was a pain in the guzitza. First one I glued and installed wasn't bonding well enough to break down the curl and pull the overlap portion snug down to the tile. That was a test run. So I realized I need 3.75 **** tons of contact cement on the step and a very generous and thorough application on the nosing in order to get that crap STUCK.

Took all of 6 hours to do the nosings, about 2 hours on the stringers and half an hour to pull up the last bits of tape and clean off the site, organizing the materials somewhat and leaving the trash in a monstrous heap for the poor SOB truck driver to come fetch and haul away.

 

[Floorist]

I am so glad that I no longer do commercial.

 

[Nick]

Same Here !!

 

[Jon]

I don't either
To many hassles with all this health & safety stuff , no parking and 50 thousand other trades

 

[Incognito]

I don't either
To many hassles with all this health & safety stuff , no parking and 50 thousand other trades

Occupied schools still technically would require all the same "PPE" hassles but the reality is we only work there off hours. OSHA isn't going to show up to an unoccupied school building in the middle of summer, nights, weekends, Spring Break, Christmas Break, Thanksgiving Break........etc.

Hell, we have trouble getting the place opened up, the alarms shut off and whatnot. If there's a custodian or maintenance guy on site he'll hide from us so we don't ask him to DO anything for us. VERY rarely are any other trades involved. These aren't complete renovations. Just new flooring 98% of the jobs.

Parking is usually very close to the rooms, if not right up to the doors. I wear sneakers, jeans and a T-shirt. I only wear safety glasses, respirators and gloves when I really need to. So that's pretty cool.

Usually the hassles are related to these being older buildings with generally poor concrete conditions. The shops bid the work on a per unit basis-----NO EXTRA on the prep work for "unforseen" circumstances. So you're getting a contract for hundreds or even thousands of classrooms+ gyms, cafeterias, kitchens, administration, utility rooms and such---------you take the good with the bad. The Districts are too large and too busy to haggle each job so they pretty much HAVE to require fixed price contracts. For the carpet guys it's easy money. The hard surface can be more complicated. They do very well on furniture, demo, shot blast, moisture barrier and the mark up on the goods.

So a few extra hours/days on floor prep has to be absorbed into the bigger picture. They like to argue about it when it's crazy awful. But there's not much I can do about it. Prep is prep and it takes as long as it takes. Right?

 

[Jon]

Went to do this the other day
I was meant to go to a 15 min induction coarse but I said lets look at it first
The floor had rotted out and a "builder" question the word builder had replaced a section of particle board. Notice the height difference where he should have packed up the new piece Also the cut on the left had nothing under it so both pieces moved up and down Notice no nails along that join
3.4sq m of vinyl
The job was worth US$72 to me
I walked

 

[Floorist]

Too hot to work here even if I could. Heat index is 110-115 every afternoon.

 

[DarisMulkin]

97 here with humidity to match. You stepped outside and your pant legs instantly stuck to your leg.

Daris

 

[Jon]

97 here with humidity to match. You stepped outside and your pant legs instantly stuck to your leg.

Daris

Daris you wanna swap?
Hasn't effected us yet but we don't get that white stuff at Auckland

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/94613290/live-snow-hits-the-south-island

Click •In PHOTOS: check out the winter storm gallery. for some good photos of if you want to cross Cook Straight and I like the dog having a leak

 

[Nick]

Played Golf yesterday. Melted into the fairways .

 

[Hardwood]

I took Mom to eye doctor on the wrong day, but he saw her anyway. Then did errands, such as purchasing license plate sticker that was due last month and I had forgotten. Was 94 to 97 yesterday.

 

[Nick]

You don't have to have your car inspected Angie ?

 

[Hardwood]

There is some type of car they inspect, which I think is a used car from an individual but I've not had a car inspected in the last 5 cars or so. This is a 8 month old new car. And we don't have front license plates here either. Around here license plates are usually referred to as tags. I'm saying license plates here for around the USA clarity.

 

[highup]

7:50 am here and it's creeping up on 51 degrees. High is supposed to be 66. That's the official forecast for the airport, which is only a couple miles from the coastline. It's always a little cooler there. In town we'll probably get 2 to 5 degrees warmer. 10 miles further inland it might be 10 or more degrees warmer. Overnight lows and daytime highs are often just 15 degrees apart with lows rarely above 60. Typical temperature.
https://weather.com/weather/5day/l/USOR0072:1:US

 

[Floorist]

There is some type of car they inspect, which I think is a used car from an individual but I've not had a car inspected in the last 5 cars or so. This is a 8 month old new car. And we don't have front license plates here either. Around here license plates are usually referred to as tags. I'm saying license plates here for around the USA clarity.

We have inspections in Missouri every other year or any time you buy something different. Only St Louis has an emission test. Kansas had them years ago but the system had so much corruption they got rid of it.

 

[Nick]

We still have it . They check the brakes to. last year the guy moved my seat way back to drive 10' . I went off on him. asked him if he changed my radio stations to .

 

[Floorist]

A friend writes my inspection stickers. He was surprised once that I had the car with me.

 

[Hardwood]

I know when I lived in Colorado (1977-1984) we had to have inspection each year, and front and back license plates.

 

[Nick]

My Brother lives there in Parker . Will see him Friday and ask if it still the same ..

 

[Hardwood]

Your brother may know my brother that lives in Elizabeth and use to live in Parker. My Brother works in Denver with HVAC work.