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| BR4JJD@AOL.COM 2006-03-24, 10:21 pm |
| Some in here will get a kick out of this.
Here goes, in an effort to make some extra cash on the weekends, I
just took a PT job working for a carpet installation contractor. My
understanding is that I am coming in to pull up the old carpet and
throw it out, wile the master comes in behind us and lays the new
floor.
Anyone who has worked or has been in this business, what can you
give me for advice. I know it is all about hustle and moving fast, but
what more can you tell me.
Also, I am an office worker by day so I know I am in for a rather
rude awakening..
Any advice on what I am going to be doing is greatly appreciated!
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You will use sharp blades to cut the old carpet into strips and /
or to scrape the adhesive(s) off slab floors. Sharp blades help
to do a good and efficient job. Sharp blades can be deadly in
inexperienced hands - for that matter, they can be wicked in
experienced hands. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AROUND SHARP
TOOLS.
You will have blisters from floor scrapers and a sore back from
pulling up strips or rolls of old, nasty smelling, used carpet.
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dgriff237@7cox.net
<BR4JJD@AOL.COM> wrote in message
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> Some in here will get a kick out of this.
>
> Here goes, in an effort to make some extra cash on the
> weekends, I
> just took a PT job working for a carpet installation contractor.
> My
> understanding is that I am coming in to pull up the old carpet
> and
> throw it out, wile the master comes in behind us and lays the
> new
> floor.
>
> Anyone who has worked or has been in this business, what can
> you
> give me for advice. I know it is all about hustle and moving
> fast, but
> what more can you tell me.
>
> Also, I am an office worker by day so I know I am in for a
> rather
> rude awakening..
>
> Any advice on what I am going to be doing is greatly
> appreciated!
>
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| BR4JJD@AOL.COM 2006-03-24, 10:21 pm |
| Thank you for the heads up Dan. Dumb question, but are they heavy,
the old carpets? And for that matter, can you just carry me through a
typical house? Where and how it is started and where and how it ends?
Thank you so much!
J
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| Nehmo Sergheyev 2006-03-24, 11:21 pm |
| BR4JJD@AOL.COM wrote:
> Thank you for the heads up Dan. Dumb question, but are they heavy,
> the old carpets?
Nehmo -
Yes, carpet is heavy. You can cut it up to lighter rolls, but then you
waste time with more trips.
BR4JJD@AOL.COM -
> can you just carry me through a
> typical house? Where and how it is started and where and how it ends?
Nehmo -
Assuming wall to wall with padding and tackless, and just talking about
the take-up...
Use a pair of pliers to grab a corner and pull. Cut up the old carpet
to convenient size pieces (cutting from the back is easier). Roll it up
to make it through the doorways. Carry or drag the stuff outside. If
you don't care about piss or fleas, you can reuse the old padding and
leave it in place.
You're working as a helper. That's pretty much labor only. Usually the
carpet layer won't expect you to think much.
And I second Dan's comments. Carpet layers don't have any feeling in
their left thumbs. That's because they've cut it so many times, the
nerves are all segmented.
--
(||) Nehmo (||)
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| BR4JJD@AOL.COM 2006-03-24, 11:21 pm |
| Sounds like fun, after sitting in an office every day for the last 7
years, I am looking forward to it!!!
I will post my experince tomorrow!!
JJ
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| Grumman-581 2006-03-25, 3:21 am |
| In alt.building.construction, "DanG" <dgriff237@7cox.net> wrote in message
news:0v1Vf.357$C85.97@dukeread10...
> You will have blisters from floor scrapers and a sore back from
> pulling up strips or rolls of old, nasty smelling, used carpet.
And after you see the kind of gunk that resides underneath the carpets,
you're likely to decide to not have carpet in your own house...
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| Grumman-581 2006-03-25, 3:21 am |
| In alt.building.construction, <BR4JJD@AOL.COM> wrote in message
news:1143252483.225805.327600@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Thank you for the heads up Dan. Dumb question, but are they heavy,
> the old carpets?
Wet carpets weigh a TON...
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| Jonathan W. 2006-03-25, 1:21 pm |
| BR4JJD@AOL.COM wrote:
> Some in here will get a kick out of this.
>
> Here goes, in an effort to make some extra cash on the weekends, I
> just took a PT job working for a carpet installation contractor. My
> understanding is that I am coming in to pull up the old carpet and
> throw it out, wile the master comes in behind us and lays the new
> floor.
>
> Anyone who has worked or has been in this business, what can you
> give me for advice. I know it is all about hustle and moving fast, but
> what more can you tell me.
>
> Also, I am an office worker by day so I know I am in for a rather
> rude awakening..
>
> Any advice on what I am going to be doing is greatly appreciated!
>
In my younger days as a contractor I sometimes contracted for demolition
work, cause I had a dumping rack body truck. I learned that glue down
commercial carpet is very hard to get up.
It is very hard to get a grip on. After pulling up hundreds if not
thousands of square feet in one old big box store, I learned that there
was a purpose built tool that would grip the carpet for pulling up. It
had a bigger "footprint" on the carpet and grabbed it better than hands
or vice grips.
don't remember what they are called, but if you get in that situation
take a minute, locate a commercial carpet supply business and find a
set. Will be worth your time.
Jonathan
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| Budweiser 2006-03-26, 7:21 pm |
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<BR4JJD@AOL.COM> wrote in message
news:1143251162.458166.125320@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Some in here will get a kick out of this.
>
> Here goes, in an effort to make some extra cash on the weekends, I
> just took a PT job working for a carpet installation contractor. My
> understanding is that I am coming in to pull up the old carpet and
> throw it out, wile the master comes in behind us and lays the new
> floor.
>
> Anyone who has worked or has been in this business, what can you
> give me for advice. I know it is all about hustle and moving fast, but
> what more can you tell me.
>
> Also, I am an office worker by day so I know I am in for a rather
> rude awakening..
>
> Any advice on what I am going to be doing is greatly appreciated!
>
As you are a confessed office wallah of some years---your going to have the
baby soft skin on the hands and no idea what things actually weigh.
You probably struggle with the bags from walmart to the car.
Carpet is heavy--and the reason most folks replace it is either that it is
beyond cleaning or they have just moved into the place and do not fancy
living with the previous tennants bugs and lice.
http://www.laters.com/insects/CARPETBE.HTM
Just remember all the dust under the carpet is generally dead skin cells and
the rest of the garbage that has been trodden into the thing ---hope you do
not suffer from asthma!!
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| CWatters 2006-03-27, 4:21 pm |
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"DanG" <dgriff237@7cox.net> wrote in message
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> You will use sharp blades to cut the old carpet into strips...
Before you cut the old carpet... check they don't want it for something!
Better safe than sorry.
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| Nehmo Sergheyev 2006-03-29, 2:21 am |
| Since OP expects to be the helper, he's unlikely to be responsible for
communications with the customer. But generally, the carpet layer
throws away the old carpet, and he doesn't ask first. It's just junk
really.
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(||) Nehmo (||)
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