What did you do today?

[zannej]

You need to take up golf. The distraction of the game seems to be helping him.
I never has a twisted or broken ankle. What's the best recovery method, walking lightly on it or not using it at all?

It depends on how badly it's injured. It could just be a sprain or lightly bruised or there could be pulled or torn tendons. With my left ankle, the tendon partially detached and now sticks out if I bend my ankle a certain way.
I've had twisted/sprained ankles numerous times before, but that one took the cake.

In general whenever you have a sprain or injury like that you need to remember RICE (Rest Ice Compression Elevation). So, stay off of it, keep it chilled with ice, wrap it up tightly, and elevate it. This should reducing the chance of ruptured blood vessels pooling in the foot and causing severe swelling. It's important not to keep it completely immobile though. Flex the foot to stretch the Achilles tendon so it doesn't lock up.

If the pain lessens and it doesn't stay swollen for too long with the RICE method, you should be able to carefully walk on it within a day or two (again, depending on the severity). If it really starts to swell and bruise up or the pain does not subside, then it is best to go to the doctor.

One of the times I sprained my right ankle, I wasn't able to walk on it for a week-- I twisted it while rappelling off of the fire station with the boy scouts (my father was teaching them how to rappel). I didn't have my foot oriented properly as I was swinging down and I landed with my full weight plus the force of inertia on the side of my foot.

I think this time it helped that I didn't have to go to classes or do anything strenuous so I was able to rest.

I hope that answer made sense. LOL.

 

[highup]

I helped some friends begin their move a couple of weeks ago and I was given their old Coleman generator. He said, use it, sell it, whatever.
Gas had been setting in it for well over a year, maybe two. It was real stinky.
I took apart the carb and cleaned it, replaced the fuel line and filter, cleaned a lot of gunk out of the plastic tank that sets above the unit. The rubber seal on the cap was crumbling so I replaced that. The fuel shutoff valve was totally full of crud and wasn't allowing fuel through it. Took out the needle from the valve and ran a 1/8 inch drill bit through both ends by hand and 'reamed' out dry whitish crud that was in it.
I put in a new spark plug and it ran well, started on the first pull, but it ran with that "hunting" sound. ...engine revving up and down slightly. Tool a lot of googling and discovered that the "pilot jet" had a plugged orifice. The hole is about as big as the wire from a wire brush........ really tiny. The hole was totally plugged up and I didn't even see it when doing the first cleaning. Now it runs perfect.
A little early in the season........ but does anyone want to buy a 5000K generator?

 

[Nick]

Neighbor got a pop up from MS saying she was infected . She called the number .

Been fixing the damage it caused .

 

[Floorist]

Trying to get some work done around here, back is killing me. My 12 year old grandson came over to weed eat.

 

[Floorist]

Flag Day

 

[Incognito]

Demo glue down carpet and vinyl Corlon sheet goods-------4 rooms of carpet and a rest room with Corlon. Scrape away existing adhesives, sand, Kleensweep, shop vac and float/skim with Feather Finish.

Total to be installed: 16 ctn VCT.

Got it almost all prepped with a helper and two rooms tiled. There's a couple of Corlon rest rooms with curling at the doorways. We're going to install top metals over that edge as the rest of the room has held up relatively well for a 20 year old building.

La Habra CA insurance company records storage------industrial warehouse type space. 2 adjacent buildings. Each room is in a different unit. So none of this is contiguous.

Iphone Health App shows I walked 3.5 miles. It doesn't measure how far I crawled but I guarantee it wasn't a hell of a lot. Mostly legwork today. Had a good helper. Tomorrow I have to finish the repairs, 3 rooms of VCT and about 250' rubber topset cove base. Should be a full 8 hours since I'll probably have to go to Home Depot to get anchors and screws for the door metals. My hammer drill shit the bed last year. I so rarely use one that I haven't replaced it yet. So I may have to buy one as well as a few masonry bits if what I have doesn't cut the mustard. Site shuts down at 2PM promptly so there's no OT whatsoever.

The race is on.

 

[Incognito]

couple more photos

used 6 bags FF

will need to sand and lightly skim in the AM

whilst that glue is drying I'll be dicking around with the GD door metals fastening into concrete

took a few experimental drill holes and I think it's going to be easy money

One Never Knows

 

[Floorist]

Just looking at the pictures makes me tired.

 

[Ernesto]

Nasty!
I used to do lots of commercial back in the day. Reminds me of the old VA hospital here in town that was built in 1940.

 

[Ernesto]

I measured a 3,000 sqft engineered hardwood job, half glue down, half naildown with 2 boxed in staircases. All rooms and closets, rezidential.

Looking for volunteers as i have no idea how im gonna get this shit done in 3 weeks.

 

[Floorist]

I measured a 3,000 sqft engineered hardwood job, half glue down, half naildown with 2 boxed in staircases. All rooms and closets, rezidential.

Looking for volunteers as i have no idea how im gonna get this shit done in 3 weeks.

I gave up a huge new church here all because I could find no help. It would have taken a crew to get it done in time and crews are already booked weeks ahead this time of year.

 

[Incognito]

Nasty!
I used to do lots of commercial back in the day. Reminds me of the old VA hospital here in town that was built in 1940.

Yes, the restroom had multiple plumbing issues. We were contracted to remove and replace the toilet. There was an obvious leak in the water supply from the wall so I refused to replace the toilet til that was fixed . They had a plumber then within an hour. I needed another hour to complete the install as it was already glued up when he arrived. Upon completion he told me not only did he need to replace the water supply valve but the toilet tank was also leaking.

See the photo with the mold blistering the paint off the walls 3-4 feet up by the sink? The funk in the room was sickening.

This horror story is VERY COMMON for commercial vinyl guys who do a lot of rest rooms-----demo, remove and replace the stool etc.........Glue down carpet demo typically has multiple layers of multi-purpose from my experience. Only the salesman expects it to rip out easy peasy and thinks in terms of "minor" or "minimum" prep. Those words mean as much to me as.........The check is in the mail, Black is beautiful, and I wont........

I do a couple jobs like with with toilets to R/R per year. WAY more than I want to. I've had "side job"/piece work offers that involved many hundreds and even thousands of units that were condo/apartments with R/R wood base, underlayment............ALL the crap I'd rather jump head first off a skyscraper than get stuck doing. Jobs like this suck ass in every way.

When I pass I can never understand why the folks trying to contract me out think I'm a Prima Donna for not being interested. From my perspective I frankly don't understand how desperate a man would need to be to commit to doing this kind of work day in and day out months on end.

I'd retire in a heartbeat if that's all there was out there for me.

The carpet glue, patch, sloppy trench work and heaved cold joints mess is very typical for me so that doesn't phase me in the least. It's what I expect on a demo.

 

[highup]

Just looking at the pictures makes me tired.

I broke out a cold sweat and passed out. I can't begin to imagine working daily at that pace.

 

[Floorist]

I broke out a cold sweat and passed out. I can't begin to imagine working daily at that pace.

I can still install carpet at a good pace, but that stuff would kill me.

 

[Jon]

Hasn't Corlon got that word we are not allowed to talk about as a backing?

 

[highup]

I can still install carpet at a good pace, but that stuff would kill me.

I never could do volumes of any material. I only have two speeds. Slow
........................and you won't like the other one.
I can nit pick a job to death, but don't give me a deadline. I work at my pace and it ain't done till I say it's done. Shops never like my pace till a hard job and a picky customer comes along...... then a get all kinds of praise and suckin' up. It's nice to be thought of and appreciated on those special occasions, but it's never paid the bills.
Tomorrow I go 30 miles south of town to reinstall a laminate stair nose molding that popped loose. I just hope it's in good condition and "re-installable"

 

[highup]

Hasn't Corlon got that word we are not allowed to talk about as a backing?

Depends on the age. They went from ......that stuff, to fiberglass in the mid 80's

 

[highup]

Looked at a tiny Hartco install this morning to see if it was possible, then trimmed the ends of some 3 1/2" maple flooring straight across a doorway with my Fein Multimaster. I used a wing bit to cut a groove into the ends of the boards so I could cut and fit a header board of the same material for a neater transition to the carpet in the room. The Chemrex polyurethane adhesive was drying when I left. (it's on concrete) I'll add the tackstrip and tuck it in tomorrow.

 

[Jon]

Depends on the age. They went from ......that stuff, to fiberglass in the mid 80's

With Armstrong written on the back?
Laid heaps of Corlon and never seen fiberglass backing

 

[highup]

With Armstrong written on the back?
Laid heaps of Corlon and never seen fiberglass backing

It was paper backing but they replaced the asbestos with fiberglass. Looked the same, but at the end of the day when you put your jacket on, your arms felt itchy. The asbestos didn't give you the itch.