What did you do today?

[Csason]

So this is both sides the previous vid I started on the “west side” this video starts on the east and takes the entire building in

Pretty sure this was my largest LVT job I’ve had four or five come close but 21000 doesn’t include the middle mezzanine

 

[highup]

Wowza, that's impressive. These are put down with pressure sensitive?

 

[havasu]

My back and knees are sore just watching the video. Another impressive job!

 

[C.J.]

It’s been raining pretty damn good all week here, I had to goose it pretty damn good just to get up the driveway to the house today. Thank goodness I have limited slip. All this mud got me thinkin I’m so glad I don’t install carpet anymore cus that would just be a nightmare.

 

[DarisMulkin]

C.J. maybe its time for some crushed rock on that mud pit.

 

[highup]

Worked for the owner of the local Rock company 30 some years ago. The owner's house looked exactly like that. There were big mud puddles in front of the garage door so they had 2x12's spanning the puddles, so that workers could carry in their tool boxes. It wasn't a small rock company either.

 

[zannej]

Do you live out in the middle of knowhere? I see our UPS trucks out off the beaten track all the time. Never heard of delivery issues like that around here.

Yes. We joke that people will hear banjos when they come out. I'm in the middle of a wildlife reservation area with timber company owned lands on 3 sides of my property. But the delivery people in our area are also very lazy. I once saw a UPS driver loading some stuff into his truck. He was literally throwing boxes with the fragile symbol on them into the truck. He was trying to get one onto a shelf. It kept bouncing off and falling back down and he kept picking it back up and throwing it.

Csason, wow! That is a lot of work! It's tough enough to cut around squared off things but having to follower that curved counter must have been tricky. Great work! I tried to comment over on Instagram but it wouldn't let me. LOL.

My circular driveway used to be completely paved with rocks. When we moved back, the rocks were gone and I couldn't help but notice the neighbors had their driveway paved with the exact same rocks. Pretty sure I know what happened there.

Today is my friend's birthday but he's having stomach issues so we're taking a rain check on taking him out to eat and looking at some new work boots. His are literally falling apart. Sole fell off for at least the 3rd time.

Weather shows its 98°F but feels like 111. Still not feeling great today and the heat is not helping. I need to get stuff out of the truck if it gets below 95.

 

[DarisMulkin]

Bad day yesterday, Finally got the keys to the other house where my daughter was living for 20 years. What a mess she left, then to make matters worse my rider mower blew the engine.

 

[C.J.]

Today’s view from my saw.

 

[Floorist]

Drove past Silverline Ranch today. 1533 acres belonging to the family who once owned Silverline Industries. They were a manufacturer of tack strip.

 

[highup]

Today’s view from my saw.
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What a fantastic view. If you were fixing lunch on the barbecue, I'd love to be out there with you, watching you work.

 

[highup]

Bad day yesterday, Finally got the keys to the other house where my daughter was living for 20 years. What a mess she left, then to make matters worse my rider mower blew the engine.

That's sad. That's not the way life is supposed to go.

 

[highup]

Went to a clients home yesterday to see how my unorthodox Drop-N-Done plank installation is holding up. It might have been Easyplank, I don't recall.
This is the 1/4 inch plank flooring that has no tongue and groove. It's recommended installation that is to just lay the pieces in place and fit them tight to the wall and tight to the cabinets and tight everything so they can't move.
This was a mobile home installation a year ago. The floor was soft and bouncy particle board. I cut 14, 12 inch wide openings in the floor between joists to add additional cross supports. Weirdest installation I've ever done.
...........after being 3X over my estimate, he asked:
Can you put that flooring on a wall?

.....absolutely, I replied.
...ok, ......I didn't say that.
It did happen, and it is possible tho.
Anyway, I spent 3 hrs passing the BS with Bob and flooring looks like I installed it yesterday.
I have an installation coming up for a 35 year loyal customer.
I wanted to see Bob's year old installation to see if all was well (no issues). It was all well, so I plan to do this new install the same way, with the same products as I used on Bobs job.
A side note:
A month ago Bob called me in a semi angry tone and said the planks I installed were curling up on the ends.
I replied:
"Go F@#k yourself, Bob"
He laughed so hard
The floor was fine, he just called to update me on his health issues.
I worked off and on there for almost 3 months installing his flooring, between measuring installs for the shop.
Bob is in his late 80s. We've become relatives in a way. He worked for a plywood mill in his earlier years. He had the #1 job at the mill, operating the peeler. At the same time, he also had a ceramic business and raised and sold exotic birds. Even Amazon's for quite a few years.
He's been selling some special parakeets for many years now. One, is his own personal breed. He's sold these to dealers all over the US and beyond ...even Egypt.
Very interesting fella with unending stories. I'm betting not many installers are lucky enough to have a customer relationship like this.
He's an old codger and he'd laugh if I called him that.
Here's a handful of his latest hatch.
Last year, they raised over 150.
When he gets 5 to 9 mating pairs sold, he and his partner will drive 5 hours to Portland, and put them on a plane. Less than 24 hours later, one pair of birds will arrive in New Mexico, another pair in Florida, another in South Dakota......or wherever. He sells breeding pairs to dealers, not the public. Very interesting fella. Late 80's and has lived on the same property his entire life.

 

[Floorist]

Getting hot. 100 or more Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

 

[JPfloor]

This is the 1/4 inch plank flooring that has no tongue and groove. It's recommended installation that is to just lay the pieces in place and fit them tight to the wall and tight to the cabinets and tight everything so they can't move.

I did a job just like that about 20 years ago. First time I saw any kind of vinyl tile that didn’t require adhesive. It was imported from somewhere, very expensive, 20” X 20” ( or close, they were metric). It was heavy with a soft honeycomb design backing, I guessed to create friction to keep it from moving. Installed in a coffee room in an office space. Theory was to “go green”, no adhesive. I said to myself this will never work… But I never got a call back… Never installed or saw the product again either so I dunno…

 

[C.J.]

We installed that stuff one time in a restaurant and we ended up going back and perimeter gluing it down because it was moving due to all the chairs being scooted around by people. I’ll bet if we installed it ‘tight’ we prolly wouldn’t have had any problems.

 

[Floorist]

Reminds of that velcro installed carpet. Only piece of it I ever saw was when someone wanted some repaired. I had no idea how to fix it.

 

[highup]

Reminds of that velcro installed carpet. Only piece of it I ever saw was when someone wanted some repaired. I had no idea how to fix it.

Sometimes they think up new stuff.....
... It quietly disappears. Anyone seen those boxes of cut pile carpet tiles for the do-it-yourselfers?
How about that Mohawk carpet that doesn't need tack strip and has an attached foam back on it?

 

[Floorist]

Sometimes they think up new stuff.....
... It quietly disappears. Anyone seen those boxes of cut pile carpet tiles for the do-it-yourselfers?
How about that Mohawk carpet that doesn't need tack strip and has an attached foam back on it?

I installed hundreds, maybe thousands of yard of Kangaback carpet, when that was a thing.

 

[zannej]

Daris, that sounds like it sucks. Hope things go better for you.

Aww, birdies!!

I stapled up the cheap moving blankets I got from HF. They don't go all the way to the bottom of the window but that works out fine. They still block the sun, keep the heat out and the cats can sit in the windowsill without problems. I did catch one of the cats starting to claw but I said his name sternly and he stopped.

Was 100° when I went out today. Picked up friends and took them to Boot Barn. Male friend got new boots as a late b-day gift. Female friend fell in love with a cardigan on clearance but couldn't afford it so I added that to the tab and used a coupon I got via e-mail. Even with 9.94% sales tax the coupon took $30 off the price. Not too shabby. Went to eat afterward. Our favorite place is closed Tuesdays though.

Samsclub curbside pickup was fast because I showed up late. They hold stuff for 24hrs. Did in-store pickup for HD.

Porch light mysteriously came on after not working for years. Turned it off during the day. Went to turn it back on and it blinked off. Lowered the switch and it made a crunching noise and stuck. Friend said he thinks it probably has something burned inside. Ordered new switches-- this time they are rocker switches instead of toggle. Having them sent to friend's house so Fedex doesn't dick me around again.