Roofers, Roofing Contractors in here! All construction trades welcomed!!
undercoverfbi
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I miss HVAC cleaning/minor repair
Its a lesser known service/trade field.
I had incredible fun doing it once as daily job , I experienced all methods approach for it too.
This includes using those badass heavy duty truck mounted systems which runs 10" hoses from an up to 15000CFM vacuum on the truck to your furnace supply and return.
While this suction occurs, you use a good 150 to 200 PSI airline to agitate and blow any shit in the duct system supply boots, working from furthest point back to the furnace unit itself. Its way easy and fun. Very visual selling for customers , plus you can't ignore the noise of the airwhips and rods.
The concept is quite simple, thus I came across portable units, which not as powerful as a truck unit, does the same job.
And of course on the low simple end, one can shop vac shit out n use rotary brushes....even tho it ain't truly ideal.
I created this video back when I cared too much for the company I worked for since they disregarded the power of social media/21st century marketing.
Forgive my crack head quality production I was really strung out back then.
Ive seen everything in ducts. EVERTHING.
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Any other water damage mitigation techs out there?
Ive seen some shit, literally.
Resurfacing ground water in a BRAND NEW home crawlspace. Shit would be sucked up and 12 hours later refloods. The development engineers fucked up bad on this one.
Liquid black shit in basement of late 1800's home in Pueblo CO. I had to extract everything....
Homeowner on vacation comes home to ENTIRE basement affected with inches thick of soil/debris due to window well failure
It baffles me how people don't care to notice or check on their home, mold mold mold!
Its a lesser known service/trade field.
I had incredible fun doing it once as daily job , I experienced all methods approach for it too.
This includes using those badass heavy duty truck mounted systems which runs 10" hoses from an up to 15000CFM vacuum on the truck to your furnace supply and return.
While this suction occurs, you use a good 150 to 200 PSI airline to agitate and blow any shit in the duct system supply boots, working from furthest point back to the furnace unit itself. Its way easy and fun. Very visual selling for customers , plus you can't ignore the noise of the airwhips and rods.
The concept is quite simple, thus I came across portable units, which not as powerful as a truck unit, does the same job.
And of course on the low simple end, one can shop vac shit out n use rotary brushes....even tho it ain't truly ideal.
Forgive my crack head quality production I was really strung out back then.
Ive seen everything in ducts. EVERTHING.
-----
Any other water damage mitigation techs out there?
Ive seen some shit, literally.
Resurfacing ground water in a BRAND NEW home crawlspace. Shit would be sucked up and 12 hours later refloods. The development engineers fucked up bad on this one.
Liquid black shit in basement of late 1800's home in Pueblo CO. I had to extract everything....
Homeowner on vacation comes home to ENTIRE basement affected with inches thick of soil/debris due to window well failure
It baffles me how people don't care to notice or check on their home, mold mold mold!
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Mariosehr
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Holly crap, wow man, that’s upsetting. What safety precautions did you take besides gloves?
How often do you run into these situations?
Mariosehr
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It’s not uncommon for us roofers to answe to a call, that is actually HVAC related. Can’t do nothing but tell client it’s not anroof leak but an HVAC leak, usually clogged drain pan, or pipe leak...but woah...once I ran into a ceiling collapsing from pan overflow it was just a unforgettable smell.
evergreengardener
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Use to do some roofing then I moved to commercial flooring, mostly flash cove linoleum in medical clinics and emergency rooms. Demolition was a fun gig while it lasted. In the end I opened my own business doing landscape design. I put in an expensive ass design, tear-off crews crush and ruin it then I redo it, deck guys come in trample through it and then I redo it, pool guys come and tear everything up then I redo it, and fence guys too. I have been to the same house multiple times like that ( not always but enough to take notice ). It’s not always the landscape that gets ruined sometimes it’s just the lawn.
undercoverfbi
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Every decent, legit emergency loss mitigation/reconstruction company should legally prpvide all the protective personal equipment (PPE) paid for by the business.
My most recent restoration job and last employer since unemployment, gave us techs an arsenal of gear. This was nevcesary because ive never worked for a place with as high a volume of poop/nasty job calls.
I'm not trying to be a bad ass or seem special, but in the past I've acted like tough guy and made the stupid statement of
" I don't believe in PPE think about coal miners back in the day or the sewage maintenance people in like 1800s, besides what doesn't kill you builds your immune system...right?"
I was meth'd up lol.
This time around , this year, I respected myself and my company's liability and suited up fully with tyvex, full face mask, etc.
If I lasted LITERALLY two more days at my last job they was going to fully-
I believe its legally required-
cover my tetanus and HEP B shots.
Insurance companies I believe require, or at least would pay us better, for proving through picture documentation we did the labor while properly equiped.
Two day job of pulling vapor barrier under an old, nasty ass trailer that had sewage loss. Lots of cuss words and weed breaks those days....middle of July hot outside temps.
A real woman will recognize and want a working man, someone has to do the dirty job, I loved taking selfies feeling more badass than I probably was lol
My most recent restoration job and last employer since unemployment, gave us techs an arsenal of gear. This was nevcesary because ive never worked for a place with as high a volume of poop/nasty job calls.
I'm not trying to be a bad ass or seem special, but in the past I've acted like tough guy and made the stupid statement of
" I don't believe in PPE think about coal miners back in the day or the sewage maintenance people in like 1800s, besides what doesn't kill you builds your immune system...right?"
I was meth'd up lol.
This time around , this year, I respected myself and my company's liability and suited up fully with tyvex, full face mask, etc.
If I lasted LITERALLY two more days at my last job they was going to fully-
I believe its legally required-
cover my tetanus and HEP B shots.
Insurance companies I believe require, or at least would pay us better, for proving through picture documentation we did the labor while properly equiped.
Two day job of pulling vapor barrier under an old, nasty ass trailer that had sewage loss. Lots of cuss words and weed breaks those days....middle of July hot outside temps.
A real woman will recognize and want a working man, someone has to do the dirty job, I loved taking selfies feeling more badass than I probably was lol
evergreengardener
Well-Known Member
I can honestly say I’ve never took a selfie. Never had a Facebook or other types of social media either, that makes me weird in my generation haha
Singlemalt
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Temp. false ceiling and air bladders?
Bakersfield
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Carpenter/concrete form setter.
too larry
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I used to work in the Styrofoam business. Was supposed to be truck driver only, but always ended up making, cutting and loading as well as driving. Made mostly sheets for between the studs insulation and channel for shipping. Also did a big business with concrete pouring folks. Culverts and the like are poured in foam molds, then the foam is "melted" away with gas once the concrete had set.
Sandman81
Active Member
Nice to see other floor pros in here. You might appreciate this oneNice floor, well done. Im partially retired from the painting/dryall /floor sanding trade. Floors are damn hard work.
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Novabudd
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Sandman81
Active Member
You like that.......you'll love this one.Nice ! Those Herringbone and randomn patterns can be a bitch to sand. Well done
Novabudd
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UncleBuck
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we managed to not die somehow
step 1 - set blocks tying corners together using tripled up 2x10, bolt them to the timbers
step 2 - A frame side that cannot be posted due to concrete work. minimal pitch for front temp to allow new beam to slide in, use doubled up 2x10, drive a stake in front to prevent sliding and concrete in front of the stake since we had some handy. back temp (also doubled up 2x10) tied directly to house with just enough space to slip in end joist for new deck. ledger lock everything together. tie a-frame together in multiple spots
step 3 - direct post other side slightly away to leave room for beam, joists and posts of new deck. doubled up 2x10 with another 2x10 T-ed off. we also threw another 2x6 in there because why not. drive some stakes as deep as you can and brace it off in at least two directions
step 4 - cut away old posts while praying
step 5 - demo old deck
step 6 - build new deck
we kinda made it up as we went along. knocked it all out on a friday and didn't worry all weekend. concrete guy even got delayed by the weather so it sat on stilts an extra day. concrete cured by wednesday and deck is now complete on friday
step 1 - set blocks tying corners together using tripled up 2x10, bolt them to the timbers
step 2 - A frame side that cannot be posted due to concrete work. minimal pitch for front temp to allow new beam to slide in, use doubled up 2x10, drive a stake in front to prevent sliding and concrete in front of the stake since we had some handy. back temp (also doubled up 2x10) tied directly to house with just enough space to slip in end joist for new deck. ledger lock everything together. tie a-frame together in multiple spots
step 3 - direct post other side slightly away to leave room for beam, joists and posts of new deck. doubled up 2x10 with another 2x10 T-ed off. we also threw another 2x6 in there because why not. drive some stakes as deep as you can and brace it off in at least two directions
step 4 - cut away old posts while praying
step 5 - demo old deck
step 6 - build new deck
we kinda made it up as we went along. knocked it all out on a friday and didn't worry all weekend. concrete guy even got delayed by the weather so it sat on stilts an extra day. concrete cured by wednesday and deck is now complete on friday