What did you do today?

[MikeAntonetti]

Or “Rusty” but it’s not rusty, reminds me the same friend said Hey Dick to a family friend, so after they talked his friend said why did you call that guy a Dick? Classic stuff still makes me laugh.

so, what’s the value of that car?

 

[Floorist]

Programmed a remote for the Chrysler. It only came with one. Bought a new one on E bay for $10, Took about 30 seconds to program.

 

[Incognito]

I have a well-equipped woodworking shop. Wood is just too expensive.

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All dressed up an nowheres to go.

 

[C.J.]

One reason why I don’t like working far from base.

That’s why my van looks like this. We all want to see what Mark’s van looks like inside Nothing worse than having to run back to the house or adding an extra day on to a job because you don’t have something you need. You pull a trailer all the time? Or just when necessary? Is that something you put on and off as needed? Prolly not worth it to pull around an extra couple thousand pounds if not necessary.

 

[Don Monfils]

Chris, where do you put the 200 yards of carpet / cushion

 

[C.J.]

Chris, where do you put the 200 yards of carpet / cushion

In the dumpster!

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Chris, I don’t like loading the scraper, getting it into the house and the potential damage to poorly set tile, then potential of hitting something in the house, pipes close to drywall, etc. yes, the truck and trailer stay attached almost all the time, except estimates and couple days off. The other truck going to shop for heater core(1200$) then A/C so I can hop in that, I called my regular mechanic and he said he didn’t have the manpower to do both, and the speedometer computer chip. I don’t like disconnecting trailer either, minor hassles but still.

 

[Mark Brown]

I always thought it was insane what they charged to do a heater core.... then I did one. I stand corrected.

 

[Floorist]

Just remembering Nick, we lost him 2 years ago yesterday. What a great friend he was. Still hard to believe that he is gone.

 

[Floorist]

I always thought it was insane what they charged to do a heater core.... then I did one. I stand corrected.

My little brother wanted to help me put carpet in his house. He lasted a half day. He is 20 years younger than me. He said "never again".

 

[Jon]

Just remembering Nick, we lost him 2 years ago yesterday. What a great friend he was. Still hard to believe that he is gone.

Yeah everytime I turn the puter on or see something about golf I think of Nick
One of the good guys
Rest In Peace Nick

 

[highup]

This was my last project. A tree fell on it end to end. One of 300 made.

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Is that because it's partly because it's a two-door?

 

[highup]

Puttin a move on 320 LF of 7.25” base today. Got my anti booger dust hood in action.

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That's a really neat hood for the chop saw. The lighting is a fantastic idea.
I like your for the stupid plumbing location on the toilet. Nobody forced you to do that did they?
I think it'll be a kick in the ass to sit coffee and watch you work. you're set up for a production, something I've never been able to do.
....oh, and when I say watch you work, I don't mean to help you, I honestly mean sitting in a chair and watch.
Great work. That's way beyond the type of stuff that I do.

 

[highup]

Man, I hate having to go back home to get something.

I would have said I was going home but then I wouldn't actually come back.

 

[highup]

I finish up my last three stairs today and then had four other jobs to look at while I was out of town..... By out of town I mean 25 miles not 100.
I'm guessing the first time this set of stairs was done it was just waterfalled. The next installer did cap and band, but didn't remove the tax strip on a riser. Oh well, it's gone now.
The carpet was a woven dense polypropylene. The bullnose and risers on the sides of the carpet we're relatively consistent but varied a little bit from step to step. I did the steps one at a time starting from the top and going down. I used the sealer tip in my glue gun and seal three sides of each step before installing.
Way too many hours for a single set of steps.

 

[highup]

Being woven even my stair stretcher didn't want to grip into this material.
I ended up setting the back of the stair tread onto the tack strip with just enough to tuck in then walked it in so it would stay put on the back of the tread. I cut each stair section long because the only way I felt I could stretch this one, was by standing on the carpet to pull it downwards. While stretching the carpet in this manner I put sheetrock nails across the nose of each step to hold the tiny bit of tension I was getting with my weight. Once I got all the way across the step I could tuck it under the nose and staple it, then pull out the sheetrock nails. This is one of those wovens that does not stretch in length or width...... OK, warp and weft in case there is times in.
initially the customer was b***** because it wasn't going to get done in one day. Her husband told me she's thrilled to death with the work and appreciated the time I spent to do it. Then he hands me 20 bucks and said, here, this is for lunch. Nice people I enjoyed working for them.

 

[C.J.]

That's a really neat hood for the chop saw. The lighting is a fantastic idea.
I like your for the stupid plumbing location on the toilet. Nobody forced you to do that did they?
I think it'll be a kick in the ass to sit coffee and watch you work. you're set up for a production, something I've never been able to do.
....oh, and when I say watch you work, I don't mean to help you, I honestly mean sitting in a chair and watch.
Great work. That's way beyond the type of stuff that I do.

Man how I hate lookie lou’s in my way when I’m tryin to bust a move. Don’t mind you watchin, just don’t be in my way. I’ve had several occasions where I’ve set a chair somewhere for granny to sit so she could watch me do my thing but wasn’t in my way. It’s a win win for everybody. Besides, do you really wanna piss off the person who’s writing the check?

The toilet supply line usually gets some sort of trim piece to finish it off. This way that trim piece has something flat to sit on. Looks so much better. If I just ‘case it out’ ahead of time. It gets caulked n painted the first go around and saves me and the painters from going back and doing it on punch list.

 

[C.J.]

I would have said I was going home but then I wouldn't actually come back.

People have asked me if I normally pack my tools up every night. Yes I do so don’t worry I’ll be back tomorrow but if you see me packing my tools up for lunch...

 

[Floorist]

People have asked me if I normally pack my tools up every night. Yes I do so don’t worry I’ll be back tomorrow but if you see me packing my tools up for lunch...

I have worked places where I packed them for lunch so I would have them. I have had stuff stolen while I went to the truck to get something.

 

[DarisMulkin]

I need to get me one of those!
Do you suppose if I got two it would work better?

I have worked places where I packed them for lunch so I would have them. I have had stuff stolen while I went to the truck to get something.

I had a bag phone stolen from the time we unload a piece of carpet and took it in a dropped it and back to the van for the next piece. This was at a church.