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Ran the Scrape-Away all day at NBC studios office building in Universal City Walk (Hollywood)

Eventually prepping for 400 s/y Nora rubber 4" cove------corridors/lobbies

It's a BIG place.

Probably spend most of tomorrow on the machine as well.

Easy Money.
 
In, is that scrape away just for soft glues? Do they have anything similar for ceramic flooring removal?

There are a few other brands and styles with different attachments that can get tougher, harder, dry materials off like epoxy, paint, thin set.......they are not al effective as other demolition equipment-----HEAVIER----like the big ride-on scrapers, scabblers, scarifiers and shot blasters. The plate I'm using mostly works on the adhesives we use and sometimes the patch. But it struggles with a really good, thick thin set. Makes a big mess bouncing around and blows up a hailstorm of dust. It's dangerous.

When I was out in Ventura a couple years back I went to the warehouse/shop of a subcontractor we were using that is strictly a demolition outfit. The do major resurfacing stuff like airport runways, highways bridges------both flat and vertical work. I was amazed at the size of the shop and how much HEAVY DUTY equipment they had.

Made the stuff we handle look like pipsqueaks. This kind of stuff is very expensive to own, transport, operate and maintain. So they are pricey. But DAMN could those guys rip through a flooring demo. The crews were very hard working guys too. I enjoyed working with them.
 
I just checked back on an old thread I posted on Houzz discussing vinyl plank. Someone told me that since my house is on stilts I'm supposed to use moisture barrier on the underside of the house or it will void the warranty on vinyl plank or something like that. Is that actually true?

I'd never heard anything about that before.

Yesterday I finally got around to burying my cat that died last October. Had his body in a bag in the freezer. I'd been putting it off but finally decided it needed to be done and it was cloudy so I thought it wouldn't be so hot. Turns out I was wrong, but I still got the poor thing buried. I put a plastic tub over the spot in the hopes my dogs won't try to dig him up. I might go put some more dirt on top-- I wussed out and was having trouble breathing so I'm not satisfied with the covering.
 
I just checked back on an old thread I posted on Houzz discussing vinyl plank. Someone told me that since my house is on stilts I'm supposed to use moisture barrier on the underside of the house or it will void the warranty on vinyl plank or something like that. Is that actually true?

I'd never heard anything about that before.

Zannej, here are the installation guidelines for the one I just installed. Note the ventilation recommendations.

http://www.mannington.com/Residential/AduraMax/Installation
 
Was at a restaurant tonight, and the 3 ladies next to us suddenly had their phones all go off on some alert. I freaked because my phone was quiet, so I asked what the alert was about. it seems all 3 ladies were visiting from Oklahoma, and they were having tornadoes touching down. Sucks to be them.
 
Was at a restaurant tonight, and the 3 ladies next to us suddenly had their phones all go off on some alert. I freaked because my phone was quiet, so I asked what the alert was about. it seems all 3 ladies were visiting from Oklahoma, and they were having tornadoes touching down. Sucks to be them.

Tornados all over the area. I am not far from Oklahoma.
 
Finished moving my friends from old Home A to other home B. In six weeks they will move into new home C...... he swears he's never moving again. I believe him. :D
When they move into new home C, everything from home B and the two large storage units will be moved one last time. That's a lot of stuff, most of it heavy or "fragile" My body mind and soul are tired of heavy stuff, loading ramps, hand trucks and dollys.
......that said, given enough Ibuprofen, I'd do it all over again for these good friends.
 
Finished moving my friends from old Home A to other home B. In six weeks they will move into new home C...... he swears he's never moving again. I believe him. :D
When they move into new home C, everything from home B and the two large storage units will be moved one last time. That's a lot of stuff, most of it heavy or "fragile" My body mind and soul are tired of heavy stuff, loading ramps, hand trucks and dollys.
......that said, given enough Ibuprofen, I'd do it all over again for these good friends.
It's very sweet of you to help them out. I'm sure they appreciate it. I have a friend who would give someone the shirt off his back but has the worst luck, so we try to help him out as much as possible. Hopefully home C will be their forever home.

Worse yet, I can't believe mobile homes aren't outlawed there. Seems them tornadoes are attracted to them things.
Yeah, when I heard there was a tornado in town weeks back, the first thing I did was check on my friends in the trailer park. I invited them to come stay with me so they wouldn't be in a damn trailer during tornado watches/warnings.
 
A tree came down and took out my minivan last night. I can't win.

So sorry to hear this. I know how much it sucks to lose a vehicle that way. I love trees, but it really really sucks when they fall or drop branches.
 

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