best of luck to you energetic Sir!
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Dan Rossi wrote: > Well, after weeks of work, the floor is still not done. As a refresher, > we purchased the pre-finished oak hardwood floor and carried ten 60 pound > boxes up the four flights of steps and along the courtyard and stacked > them in the living room to acclimatize. > > Then we moved most of the furniture and the boxes of flooring into the > dining room and ripped up the carpeting. We were quite dismayed to find > some old linoleum in huge sheets under the rug. After cutting out a > corner I was suspicious of asbestos and was worried when Teresa's > brothers, who are contractors, thought the same. I had it tested and it > came up negative for asbestos. > > The backing of the linoleum was a flaky fibrous material that was pretty > itchy so we went through the same process as if it were asbestos. We > sealed off the room and put on full tyvek suits, booties, gloves, hoods, > and masks. We ripped out the linoleum sealed it in super heavy duty > plastic bags and put it outside. > > We then spent the rest of that day, and the entire next day, wetting and > scraping down the floor trying to remove as much of the itchy stuff and > the adhesive. We actually did quite a decent job. > > All last week, I would come home from work and spend a couple of hours > doing battle with the tiles in my fireplace. A small sledge and chisel > worked well, but the tiles around the middle of the fire box were pretty > stubborn. Many of them shattered or sheared off and I had to nibble away > at them. > > This past Saturday we picked up six sheets of quarter inch plywood / luan, > a roll of rosin paper, and a spiffy new neumatic stapler. Over the period > of Saturday and Sunday we thoroughly cleaned the floor, screwed down any > squeaky boards, rolled out the paper, and stapled down the plywood. It is > not a perfect job as the room is definitely not square, or rectangular, > Hell, for a while I thought it might have been a pentagon with as badly as > the walls were out of square. We had to do a couple of cut-outs to go > around the fireplace. > > I was definitely having too much fun with the stapler. Lord have mercy on > the poor bastards who attempt to take up the floor some time in the > future. > > We trimmed and laid out the first couple of courses of oak where there is > a 43 inch wide arched opening between the living room and dining room. > The arch is actually 18 inches thick and we are splitting the difference > with the wood going half way into the 18 inches, and then the rug for the > dining room starting from there. > > This is not the best way to start, but we didn't want to start from the > other end of the room since we are still waiting on the decision whether > or not to rip out the radiator on that wall. > > So, tonight I will nail down the first couple of boards and will really > get rolling starting tomorrow night. > > I know Teresa really wants to get this done, and next weekend would > definitely see us finished, except I have already made plans for a winter > back packing trip and since I am one of the trip leaders, I can't back out > now. > > I'll keep folks informed on how the real floor progresses. > > > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
