Pissing vinyl layers

[Maha]

Saw the last 2 guys,everyone pulls the gas bottle by the hose eh.The thought of sanding prior to FLC is a bit ott,he would've seen the glue residue and probably scraped it up with the lifting anyhow.If the pattern was out along the bath,and square all other areas it aint the layers fault the wall isn't square.Agree that it can have detrimental effect on business.

I would question the gas bottle being there in the first place??
Heatgun at best if you must.
One guy put down a skim coat of feather finish by looks, no floor leveling there. Drying it off? yeah I do that, with heatguns though, the heat is more gentle.
The floor should have been overlayed.
As for being square? if you are installing a tile patterned vinyl, almost certainly never have a grout line close to a wall and you can always centre the vinyl.

[ynot slow]

Most of the guys I know use low heat gas to dry off,but only on concrete floors,not wooden,they use heat gun otherwise,my mistake.

Have seen a guy in a new home try to install tile look(25x25cm)in a kitchen coved all round,there was no way he could get it perfect,so laid it straight and square where it was seen,the kickboards were all fine so that wasn't problem,he just adjusted a couple of legs under the bench,packed them out 15 mm,placed toe recess back on and when coved looked primo,and he was bloody happy.He and I kept pissing ourselves as he'd swear at vinyl,then I'd swear that there was no timber for curtain tracks to fix,bloody Friday arvo job which took both of us at least 2 hours longer than we thought.

[allycatz]

I glued myself into a corner one day, was so proud of my trowelling till I realised I was stuck...and the rotten buggers on site watched me do it

[ynot slow]

I glued myself into a corner one day, was so proud of my trowelling till I realised I was stuck...and the rotten buggers on site watched me do it

Seems that happens a lot,most of the apprentices where I used to work got cornered.

Some of the older guys still tell good yarns from 40-50 years ago.One guy went out to the backblocks so took his overnight bag as he thought it was to much for 1 day with travelling,also took his rifle in the van,as he got close to the farm a couple of deer were seen grazing on the verge about a km away,he stopped got out and wind in his face got to about 200mts,boom and tea was gutted.Arrived and told the cockie about his luck,turned out it was one of their pets grazing the long acre.The fact was he shot the older one of the two deer,and it was tough as was some comfort to the grandkids of the farmer.

Another layer did a job on the Maui oil platform back in the late 70's,he wasn't contracted but an employee of our firm,had about 2 days work in the control area,turned out he was stuck on the rig for another day and a half due to weather conditions.

[allycatz]

Was funny sometimes when we turned up for a job and scantily dressed ladies would answer the door. They'd look awfully embarrassed when I walzed in with the underlay instead of my partner...got dressed pretty quickly

[Laava]

Must say I was disappointed! Was hoping to see some wanton domestic urinating but no-the closest they got was pulling their hoses!

[Pixie]

Christ when my ex and I owned floor laying business I was more concerned about the discusting messes we found under beds etc and were expected to shift before we could uplift their crawling carpets and put more down....eww I'd go home and jump straight in the shower

Like the mechanic who used to get his wife to bring customers cars from the yard into the workshop because she had a stronger stomach than he did and could sit in them with less chance of puking.
Some people are worse than pigs

[Headbanger]

You all need to harden the fuck up.

Ever worked on a live sewer?, I tell ya, Its not as glamorous as it sounds.

[Virago]

You all need to harden the fuck up.

Ever worked on a live sewer?, I tell ya, Its not as glamorous as it sounds.

Were you actually working though, or just going through the motions...?

[Headbanger]

The hard case thing was, It wasn't meant to be full, we were hooking up the feed from a brand new subdivision of about 300 units to the main line.

Against strict orders everyone on site over the previous year had been shitting in the toilets, so when we pulled the plug we had a tsunami of poo, The poor fat bastard who pulled the plug was swamped in the shit up to head height, he was screaming like a girl.

[Highlander]

Were you actually working though, or just going through the motions...?

That's Gold. (best Footy Show voice)

[Pixie]

Against strict orders everyone on site over the previous year had been shitting in the toilets, so when we pulled the plug we had a tsunami of poo,

Is that what a poonami is?

[Pixie]

Had an old Greek labourer do that, 17 stories up in the stairwell slipform.....don't know what the guys who happened to be working at the bottom, thought of that......

Guy at the bottom-"Hey, Fred come and see this.If you look up the stairwell,you can see the moon"

[MSTRS:Me]

As for being square? if you are installing a tile patterned vinyl, almost certainly never have a grout line close to a wall and you can always centre the vinyl.

Damned (by Target) either way.