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Post by TDHofstetter on Oct 31, 2009 14:18:09 GMT -6
I just finished carrying twenty 85-pound boxes of good rock maple flooring from the barn to the 2nd floor of the house & stacking 'em across the joists. That's enough for one-half the upstairs. The other half hasta' wait till this half is done & we move into it & clear out the other side. Whew. I can barely move my arms. Hey, this part is finished... and it's flat... and it was a lotta' work...  Patrick (Re's son) wasn't even there to help this time. |
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Post by admin on Oct 31, 2009 14:25:27 GMT -6
What'll really getcha is in an hour when everybody and their brother shows up ready to help tote stuff...
It'll make ya cuss!
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Post by cabinetman on Oct 31, 2009 14:40:18 GMT -6
Hey, this part is finished... and it's flat... and it was a lotta' work... Yep...that qualifies it as finished flat work. |
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Post by TDHofstetter on Oct 31, 2009 14:59:22 GMT -6
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Oct 31, 2009 15:58:14 GMT -6
Looks great!
Is that going to be a 'floating' floor or 'nailed' to substrate?
That's a lot of hauling... if I had tried that as fast as you did it, it probably would've killed me!
Thank you for the pics... Look really good!!
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Post by TDHofstetter on Oct 31, 2009 16:36:57 GMT -6
It's all naildown, 3/4" thick solids. I bought a flooring nailer for the project - the purchase'll pay for itself just on this one house, since I've got 2000sf of the stuff to put down. I did know to buy the rosin paper... that red-colored roll in the closet doorway is the first of several, should be plenty for this room. Room's gonna' be one NICE bedroom. Four windows, all facing the river and the noon sun. Nine twinned outlets - one unswitched, one switched. Color'll be very light brown. Door is fifteen-lite glass with cut-glass doorknob and cast/machined brushed nickel hinges. I'm still torn about the baseboards & casings... cherry (expensive) or stained SVG pine? Probably going to have to be cherry, although I cringe to think of the cost. Good contrast with the maple floor, and it'll be consistent with all the cabinetry (which is to be maple with cherry panels & trim). I'll just have to find a cheaper sawmill, that's all. |
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Post by Leo Voisine on Oct 31, 2009 17:43:33 GMT -6
MAN - I just gotta get up there to see you and the work you been doin.
I remember the "before" from 2007
Must be loking really fine
BTW --- the Pic of you is WAY better than Gumby
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Post by TDHofstetter on Oct 31, 2009 17:48:35 GMT -6
Tonight I figured... that (Gumby) was then... years & years of it. Since I've made a good ol' change, whyn't I make it a pretty dang complete change? I still wanna' keep the "TDHofstetter", though. Hmmm... I s'pose I should try & get it capped right... EDIT: There we go. Capped right now. |
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Post by vicnb on Oct 31, 2009 19:22:32 GMT -6
Its too bad you arent closer by. I could probably help you out with some of that moulding. At the day job we have piles of reject moulding. Casings, baseboards, crowns, quarter round/ shoe moulding, threshholds, t-molds, reducers, stair nosing & and many more. Its a cryin shame but most of them have nothing more wrong with them than a quarter inch split or a little pin knot and we have to reject an entire 6-8 ft piece because of that.
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Post by TDHofstetter on Oct 31, 2009 21:52:22 GMT -6
It's a shame to see such stuff go to waste... it happens all the time, though. The world junks some TERRIFIC stuff. Ya ever consider cutting out the defects & eBaying the remainder? There's a worldful of opportunity for things like that, if the place will allow it. Some places BURN it, though.  |
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Post by vicnb on Nov 1, 2009 6:03:47 GMT -6
We do try to make use of as much as possible. Some of the larger stuff we rework into smaller profiles.Some gets sold to local contractors. One of the best parts of my jobs though is having the option to buy the some of the rejects for pennies on the dollar. ;D
As for the Ebay thing it was actually suggested recently by one of our salesmen. I think it is a great idea, but I am not sure it the higher ups have made a decision on it yet.
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Post by sachbvn on Nov 1, 2009 21:54:02 GMT -6
IMO - when we shingled my grandpas garage roof - the most work was carrying the damn bundles up the ladder and onto the roof..... barf.... the laying wasn't so bad, though the next day I walked bow-legged and struggled at that!!
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Post by rhull on Nov 3, 2009 9:30:05 GMT -6
I just finished carrying twenty 85-pound boxes of good rock maple flooring from the barn to the 2nd floor of the house & stacking 'em across the joists. Wow - lotta work! I'm glad what you finished was moving flooring, because based on the subject line, I thought this was going to be something else you finished.  |
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Post by TDHofstetter on Nov 4, 2009 10:22:58 GMT -6
Poooooped AGAIN. It's here - the first installment, anyway... now I hafta' wait till they get more in that I want.     Guy laid the two pallets (75 sheets) of sheetrock in place for me with his tagalong lift truck, but the ply & hardwood got unloaded & stacked by hand. I'm gonna' hafta' go restack the hardwood (poplar, maple, cherry) and doublecheck it - I'm not positive they brought everything I had picked out. |
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Nov 4, 2009 11:04:26 GMT -6
Quite a bunch of stuff there! Yep, the wood part of it looks a little lacking compared to the other stacks. ;D ;D   Did you check with the invoice? ;D    ;D |
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Post by Mark T on Nov 5, 2009 8:56:03 GMT -6
Vic, does any of the molding go to outlets or the like? I'm awfully close to you, would love to load up on some of the stuff, but understand that selling stuff off the back of your tailgate is not cool. I used to work in a Johns Manville plant that made insulated ceiling tiles, and of course we could have all of them we wanted. They were called rejects, but none were. Anyway, some SOB sold a few rooms worth to his neighbors, and then started advertising in the local sales rag. Yep, we all got shut down. Wanted to beat this guys ass if you want to know the truth.
So, if there is any kink of outlet or reject source, I'd love to know.
THX,
MArk
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Post by TDHofstetter on Nov 5, 2009 9:21:01 GMT -6
Quite a bunch of stuff there! Yep, the wood part of it looks a little lacking compared to the other stacks. ;D ;D Did you check with the invoice? ;D ;D Just checked against it... and I think their grader is on drugs. Their numbers and my numbers are WAAAAY different - some higher, some lower. Ah, well - it's close enough that I'll keep buying from them until I find a good local sawmill that sells green rough-sawn I can air-dry myself. They're starting to get scarce... |
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Post by sawduster on Nov 5, 2009 10:42:46 GMT -6
Vic, does any of the molding go to outlets or the like? I'm awfully close to you, would love to load up on some of the stuff, but understand that selling stuff off the back of your tailgate is not cool. I used to work in a Johns Manville plant that made insulated ceiling tiles, and of course we could have all of them we wanted. They were called rejects, but none were. Anyway, some SOB sold a few rooms worth to his neighbors, and then started advertising in the local sales rag. Yep, we all got shut down. Wanted to beat this guys ass if you want to know the truth. So, if there is any kink of outlet or reject source, I'd love to know. THX, MArk One of the last cases I worked before retiring from the El Paso Police Dept was a fella working at the loading dock of a plant that made residential and other electrical products. Switches, outlets, porcelain light fixtures, breakers etc. Seemed there was always extra stuff made its way to the loading dock and he would stash it somewhere and come back and pick it up. I did an undercover "buy" from him and he took me to his storage locker to pick up the stuff. He had an 8 X 12 foot storage room stocked to the ceiling with 'lectrical stuff. |
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Post by rhull on Nov 5, 2009 11:37:33 GMT -6
I did an undercover "buy" from him and he took me to his storage locker to pick up the stuff. He had an 8 X 12 foot storage room stocked to the ceiling with 'lectrical stuff. Did you get a good deal?  |
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Post by CajunRider on Nov 17, 2009 1:10:43 GMT -6
It's all naildown, 3/4" thick solids. I bought a flooring nailer for the project - the purchase'll pay for itself just on this one house, since I've got 2000sf of the stuff to put down. I did know to buy the rosin paper... that red-colored roll in the closet doorway is the first of several, should be plenty for this room. Room's gonna' be one NICE bedroom. Four windows, all facing the river and the noon sun. Nine twinned outlets - one unswitched, one switched. Color'll be very light brown. Door is fifteen-lite glass with cut-glass doorknob and cast/machined brushed nickel hinges. I'm still torn about the baseboards & casings... cherry (expensive) or stained SVG pine? Probably going to have to be cherry, although I cringe to think of the cost. Good contrast with the maple floor, and it'll be consistent with all the cabinetry (which is to be maple with cherry panels & trim). I'll just have to find a cheaper sawmill, that's all. I wish you told me about the nailer. I could have shipped mine to you for use for as long as you need. |
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