Let me get you all up to speed on the last week and the start of this week...
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Let me get you all up to speed on the last week and the start of this week...
I was asked to present a service class for Clarke American Sanders some time back; we got it done Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The class was a ton of fun but the real treat was seeing so many friends during my visit at the plant. I had not seen so many of them, well, for two years, and they were just as happy to see me as I was to see them.
The service class has not been done in some time and my fear was that I forgot half of what I knew, but it was like falling off a bike-it just came to me so fast and it was FUN to get my hands on the units one more time. We had 12 service techs in for the class from coast to coast... Boston to California. Terry Martin, A.J. and I were all presenting the class. Terry was the main QC input, A.J. brought the sales points to the class and I was the hands-on guy from service to everyday use. Here is the funny thing: We ate like kings-no wonder I was so fat back in the day.
Today I started the sand and finish on the high RH job, and it looks good and flat. The floor sat for five days now before we started the sanding, my hope is that it did what it will do in those five days. It sure is looking good; I started with 40 grit, then 60 grit, then spot filled the floor. It is ready for me to final cut and soft plate. There is not much edger work on this job-two halls and one closet is all we got to work on.
My next blog will be on the crawl space steps we took to get the RH down. Howard, thank you so much for the info, you're a great source of insight. I hope we can get your book written on crawl space RH and the floorman corrections.
Look at how we stacked the flooring on the job:
We allowed the air to flow around it on all sides, we did not stack it all in one spot, and plus we made sure the subfloor was clean and dry. Our plywood was down to 12% and the wood flooring was 9%, so the numbers all added up; let the good times roll.
My fear on every job is that something goes wrong; it will not happen on my watch. As floor folks we take on all the responsibility if it fails, so what more can we do than inform the homeowner, do the due diligence and be the best we can be. I still say that if you are not taking the NWFA classes you are missing out. I must give credit for all my install skills and knowledge to the many instructors over the years.
In the next post I will have photos of the crawl space and the readings we get, plus a look at the floor as we sand it. It may seem so easy, but being the point man for every job is rough at times. My hat is off to every floorman and woman making it in this tough economic times. Let's lift each other up and get it right and get it tight.
