What did you do today?

[Floorist]

Feeling pretty proud of myself. The Sesame Street puzzle I bought said 3-5 years, but I finished it in 18 months.

 

[Floorist]

My wife decided to open the car door for me... except at 75 mph, I didnt think it was all that nice

 

[Incognito]

Went to a 1PM-9PM shift on the scrape-away/prep/cove 3MM Nora rubber. I got a lot more done without all the swinging dicks in my way. We should have done that from the start but generally I refuse nights. The shop doesn't have anyone to cover the job. It's funny, they pulled a guy off a huge job in Barstow to cover another night shift job I refused and I still wind up here anyways. They told me it was 3K square feet but they only send out 14 rolls (4' x 39.75')
think we're gonna be short.

 

[Incognito]

By myself again today. It's just under 300 s/y of Nora. Not sure when they expect to finish but I did the main layout, and dropped in 7 relatively short shots----roughly 40 s/y. They're running me off to another site tomorrow AM so I screwed out of there an hour early-----7 hours.

 

[Nick]

Looks good IN, How is that stuff to work with ?

 

[Incognito]

Looks good IN, How is that stuff to work with ?

Tricky.

The substrate will telegraph nearly 100%.
Adhesive is a constant challenge to TIME as far as laying in wet but allowing enough open time to get significant tack and gas off.
Dropping in the sheets is critical how you press out the air and roll with the 100 lbs. roller to avoid displacement. The glue will smoosh around and AGAIN all that telegraphs through and looks like **** unless you use the perfect notch, spread perfectly and time the drops perfectly. Also you need to use kneeling boards to do whatever freehand work you can get away with.
Pretty much impossible to freehand anything the least bit.........irregular. I use felt on most inside corners.......especially if there's an inswinging door.
RIPS super easy.
Dulls the utility blades in a heartbeat.

Looks and performs VERY nicely when properly installed. I like it.

 

[Nick]

Thanks , Think i will leave it alone .

 

[Jon]

Incognito have you tried 100lb broom roller?

 

[havasu]

As a layman, I sit here and wonder who in the heck can actually install that stuff and make it look perfect. Well, I have now met someone!

 

[Floorist]

As a layman, I sit here and wonder who in the heck can actually install that stuff and make it look perfect. Well, I have now met someone!

It is out of my league too. Did a little of that many years ago. It is not for me.

Job looks fantastic.

 

[Incognito]

Incognito have you tried 100lb broom roller?

The 3MM rubber is a very........dense and stiff material. A broom would work initially to help push out the air from under the sheets but we use a 2x4 wrapped in carpet to improve on that method prior to the 100 lbs roller which primarily is used to SMOOSH down the trowel notches so they don't telegraph through AND allow wheel marks eventually when heavy cart traffic/ladders or whatever set on the goods.

You know, imagine if you used your broom trick and then left a 100 lbs roller in the middle of the room over night. When you mover that roller there would be an indentation, right? With the sort of heavy commercial traffic the flooring I install is subject to if we don't get the perfect bond established and press down those adhesive ridges when they eventually roll something heavy down the corridor those wheels WILL flatten then down whilst the rest of the flooring stands proud of that indent. So it will look like ****.

 

[Jon]

The 3MM rubber is a very........dense and stiff material. A broom would work initially to help push out the air from under the sheets but we use a 2x4 wrapped in carpet to improve on that method prior to the 100 lbs roller which primarily is used to SMOOSH down the trowel notches so they don't telegraph through AND allow wheel marks eventually when heavy cart traffic/ladders or whatever set on the goods.

You know, imagine if you used your broom trick and then left a 100 lbs roller in the middle of the room over night. When you mover that roller there would be an indentation, right? With the sort of heavy commercial traffic the flooring I install is subject to if we don't get the perfect bond established and press down those adhesive ridges when they eventually roll something heavy down the corridor those wheels WILL flatten then down whilst the rest of the flooring stands proud of that indent. So it will look like ****.

What about going over the spread glue with a paint roller to get rid of the ridges from the trowel then your 100 lb roller?

 

[highup]

The 3MM rubber is a very........dense and stiff material. A broom would work initially to help push out the air from under the sheets but we use a 2x4 wrapped in carpet to improve on that method prior to the 100 lbs roller which primarily is used to SMOOSH down the trowel notches so they don't telegraph through AND allow wheel marks eventually when heavy cart traffic/ladders or whatever set on the goods.

You know, imagine if you used your broom trick and then left a 100 lbs roller in the middle of the room over night. When you mover that roller there would be an indentation, right? With the sort of heavy commercial traffic the flooring I install is subject to if we don't get the perfect bond established and press down those adhesive ridges when they eventually roll something heavy down the corridor those wheels WILL flatten then down whilst the rest of the flooring stands proud of that indent. So it will look like ****.

That's some impressive stuff you do........ commercial scares the crap outa me. I gave up cove work a long time ago......... even before the paper goods got replaced with soft solid vinyl crap. There never was enough cove work around here to keep a guy in top form, so every time I got one, it felt like I was like relearning how to do it.

 

[highup]

25+ years ago I started to make a BBQ from a stainless steel beer keg. I cut it open with a dozen or so jig saw blades. (that keg steel is HARD)
I temporarily put some small steel hinges on the lid part and since I don't weld, bulding a grate for the coals and for the grill put the project on hold. It's been setting under my deck ever since. I found an old heavy duty coal grate and cut it to fit the lower contours. A friend was tossing out his old rusty gas BBQ and one side of the top grill was like new. It's cast iron and the grill is about to be modified into a two piece grill so I can add charcoal from one side while cooking if needed. Tomorrow I'll trim the grill to fit the inside of the keg contours. Today I bought some 3/8" stainless steel rods and drilled holes in the front and back of the keg to become the surface for the grill to lay on.
......then it's back to re-doing the old rusty hinges and blocking off the keg holes so I can control the inlet of fresh air. I also need to make some sort of a stand for it.
.........hope to have it done before Christmas.

 

[Floorist]

Forecast for tomorrow, heavy rain, large hail, high winds and possible tornados.

 

[highup]

Sunny, mid to upper 70's light winds no tomatoes.

 

[Don Monfils]

The garage came down on Thursday.
It took this guy just 1/2 of a day.
Two 30 yard dumpsters filled to the brim.View attachment ImageUploadedByFlooring Forum1495884173.462417.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByFlooring Forum1495884198.996168.jpg

 

[Nick]

You going to build another Don ?

 

[Floorist]

First batch of severe weather went about 10 miles south of us.

 

[Floorist]

hail, just north of us 4.25"