Aimed at anyone and everyone when "how much can you lay" becomes part of a topic.
(meaning this isn't aimed at any one person)
I see words here that could be a bit confusing to almost anyone reading them. It seems the wording is meant to be a wee bit deceptive.
When speaking of production capabilities, one can't use the words:
"Local guy here "
and "they", for a second time in the same reference.
Was it a local guy, .........or a local crew?
If
a "local guy" did 4500sq ft per night including pullup, prep and install.......... he'd put superman to shame.
How many men are "
a local guy"?
.........and how long is "per night?" 8 hours, 14 hours?
I think when people do the bragging thing, there needs to be
full enclosure of the details to avoid the obvious confusion that's goin on here.
I'm quite guilty of bragging too, so not playin favorites or trying to put anyone down........ just need to put all the cards on the table. My own bragging is how slow I am.
I don't think many here do Wal Marts on a regular basis, so it's hard for many of us to comprehend that kind of volume.
I think if one is going to do chest beating on volume work, one also needs to tell the entire story.
If "A" man (reference meaning singular) is installing VCT, it should include the
actual time it takes to lay a given amount.
If you did a 16 by 28 foot utility room in a hospital with 4 metal door casings and with 2 round posts in the room, ...that's a lot different than doing a wide open center section of a Wal Mart with a handful of helpers, and not including the spread time and cutting in the trim pieces in your installation time.
Now that said, a box per minute is still quite impressive to me in a wide open installation with glue spread and ready to go..... so don't take my comments wrong.
How fast without a helper?
how fast if adhesive spreading was included?
How fast if trim cuts were included too?
I once installed almost, .....but not quite, ......13 square yards of woven carpet once........and it took well over two days. ...working alone.
The cotton thread in over 40 feet of hand sewn seams in the bunks on that tug boat were 100% invisible.