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Any floor installers.........

COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
This weekend I'm having the pleasure of installing about 250
self adhesive floor tiles......After removing the carpet and
grouting and sanding the plywood joints then sealing with a primer
thats when the real fun started..........Have only the closet
left.....

Those of you that do this for a living you do not make enough
money........If this GOOD idea ever comes up again by mrs *
I'll be callin you............

I'm just now starting to feel my knees again..........Thanks for the
break.........

ms *'s cracking the whip,,,,,,,,,,,,,See Ya.........

We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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    I helped some friends do that just once. The sanding was the hardest part. Once the carpet was torn up, the floor had to be nice and smooth. We pulled up nails, staples, all kinds of junk. Funny thing though, when we got done sanding, we liked the hard wood so well that we varnished the darn thing and left it. The manager's only comment was, "I'm not paying you for any of this!" You'll actually hear your knees saying "thank you!" when you sit down after you're done.

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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Offeror , I really appreciate your post, I was kinda thinking
    I was becoming soft.......

    I'm on break #2...........Just have moulding left.......Thank GOD...
    OH can I say GOD.......LOL.........

    ms * just left to hunt us down a good ole fresh sea food platter,

    coonass














    We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Boy!, can I relate to this.....Mrs Rembrandt and I have been doing our version of "This Old House". We didn't do the self adhesive type but laid ceramic tile in the kitchen, dining room, hallways, entrance, and bathroom....I felt the same way, back and knees were aching for months...was told by a flooring contractor it would have cost me $6000 to have it done professionally, got it done for $1400 in materials....absolutely beautiful when finished.

    We tore up carpet, the old loose oak flooring, went clear to the sub floor, added more subflooring and laid/glued/screwed ceramic backer board and thought I'd never get it done. Those flooring guys rank right up there with roofers and concrete workers in my book.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    Ceramic. The way to go. We recently did the kitchen, dining room and hallway in ceramic. It is A LOT of work. You EARN the money you save by doing it yourself, but it is fairly easy to do, even if it is labor intensive.

    It looked so good, Mama wants to do our bedroom in ceramic, as well as the living room and the kitchen counters.

    Pick something you like a lot, because it will be A LONG TIME before you wear it out.

    Tough on the knees, too.

    I have used the self-adhesive stuff, and found it to be not too durable.



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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Break #3.........finish moulding.........have to touch up paint....
    My 10 yr old son loves it.........He cut most of the miter cuts...
    After all the wall paint and floor tile he just told me, "Daddy I'm
    gonna take good care of it." ...............This all was in his room,
    he picked all the colors , looks nice.............

    coonass

    We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.
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  • Richie RichRichie Rich Member Posts: 439 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey you guys, I am a laid off telcom tech and I am helping a buddy out that does hardwood floors. Right now we are finishing up a 9,000 sqft rec. hall with unfinished parkay that will take about a week to sand. My knees are just starting to get some feeling back, and you are correct we don't get enough money to do this.
    Rich

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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i did all my own floors when we built our house & i can attest to the value of the best knee pads you can buy.
    congrats on a job well done.
    barto

    the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
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