I was in a business 100 miles from here recently where I installed some ugly green carpet behind the counter in the 80s. It was still there and now even uglier.
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Nick
In Remembrance
501 dupont ?
So you're saying that it did get waxed once?
So you're saying that it did get waxed once?
The GC hired a concrete guy to mix sand and cement and pour over the existing slab the depth of 2x4s on the short side-----about 1 1/2" throughout. No moisture barrier and we're maybe a mile from the ocean. The screed NEVER dried and he instructed me to lay over it anyways with minimal prep.
I held off nearly a month. He was calling me every week and I just wouldn't show up. Eventually, I think I wasn't working so I went down there and blasted out the whole market in 3-4 days with a helper. 30 cents a foot------tail light warranty. It was just under 20K square feet if I recall correctly. So I walked out of there with about $5-6K only owing my helper a couple days pay. I furnished NOTHING but labor.
Did nearly a hundred stores for this GC before I couldn't take it anymore. Some stores were a breeze. Others were horror stories. He bought white patch and wouldn't even supply latex additive. One size fits all piece work. He wouldn't budge on price....take it or leave it.
I needed the money.
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I once loose laid felt back vinyl in 80 apt. kitchens over busted up gypcrete. Put plastic 1/4 down with a tacker, did them in 8 days by myself.
There's a point in a man's life where he just.......takes the MONEY and runs.
Not proud of any of that except that I've been there......went down the road all the way to see where it leads.
Just look at those pictures of the 99CentsOnly store.
That's where it leads.
i once loose layed sheet vinyl over glued down commercial carpet---the guy wouldnt pay the extra 20 bucks to move the fridge---he ruined it by the time i got my tools in the van
Went into a house once a "carpenter" had installed underlayment over rubberback carpet with roofing nails. H.O. wanted $40 yd vinyl installed over it. I refused and made them mad.
Nick
In Remembrance
Good for you Floorist . Shit falls down .
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Why are those floors so shiny? Flooding?
IDK. Just some pictures an installer posted of his work.
DennisT
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Isn't polished stone supposed to be shiny?
Vinyl plank
Duraceramic
Ceramic
Yuk.
I got some of that pin tape. Used to use it on a regular basis along with the porky pine roller. That is some old carpet and pad. Avacodo carpet and the pad has scrim on it. Late 60's early 70's.
Daris
