The Floor Pro Community http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/ TheFloorPro.com is a Resource and Information website for the flooring industry, supporting professionals, do-it-yourselfers and consumers. Its focus is on manufacturing, distribution, sales, installation, maintenance, cleaning and inspection of floor covering. TheFloorPro.com offers discussion forums, a business directory and articles about all aspects of flooring. en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:49:02 GMT vBulletin 720 http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/images/tfp3/misc/rss.jpg The Floor Pro Community http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/ Looking for a crew supervisor http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/looking-for-a-flooring-professional-product/8418-looking-for-a-crew-supervisor.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:46:20 GMT Established commercial carpet installation company seeking crew supervisor with following skills: ... Established commercial carpet installation company seeking crew supervisor with following skills: experienced commercial carpet installer-patterned woven is a plus; strong proven leadership with ability to manage crew of 10-15 installers; ability to communicate proficiently with clients; professional appearance. Supervisor will be responsible for seeing that the crew adheres to all company policies on the job site and at all times while on an assigned project. Supervisor will be responsible for meeting deadlines, tracking job materials, reporting daily man hours & work completed, keeping job on schedule while working alongside installers. Must have valid driver's license, reliable transportation, hand tools and willing to submit to random drug testing. Company works throughout US - involves alot of travel (may be up to 2 wks away from home). Pay based on experience. Must have references.
Contact Gary @ 918-630-1119. ]]> Looking For A Flooring Professional or Product gary http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/looking-for-a-flooring-professional-product/8418-looking-for-a-crew-supervisor.html Something has taken over my computer! http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/computer-related-discussion/8417-something-has-taken-over-my-computer.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:10:17 GMT I'm on my daughter computer now to type this.

Booted up today, and opened Firefox and a page comes up... Internet Explorer Warning: Visiting this website may harm your computer. It is my homepage FCI.

I try to go elsewhere and the same crap. I cannot get on the web. It wants me to buy some virus software.

I cannot run a system restore. Clicking on it or my spybot will not open at all.

It pops up warnings that this file and then that file are infected.

AVAST says nothing is wrong. I have it running now doing a full deep scan?????


What the heck is happening and how did it take over my computer.

How do I get rid of it??

HELP!!!!:mad: ]]> Computer Related Discussion Floorguy http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/computer-related-discussion/8417-something-has-taken-over-my-computer.html Looking for sheet linoleum on Long Island http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/looking-for-a-flooring-professional-product/8416-looking-for-sheet-linoleum-long-island.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:21:09 GMT I want to use LINOLEUM (NOT vinyl) in my children's playroom. Is there any other brand besides Armstrong? That's all I seem to find online. I also would like a fun pattern for kids. I saw a Tarkett Fiber Floor that has roads and buildings-my boys would LOVE that, but I DO NOT WANT any PVC . Can anyone help me_please and thank you!! ]]> Looking For A Flooring Professional or Product Nancy Holliday http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/looking-for-a-flooring-professional-product/8416-looking-for-sheet-linoleum-long-island.html Too thin MVP layer...what now? http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/hardwood-and-laminates-q-and-a/8415-too-thin-mvp-layer-what-now.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:53:24 GMT Hi all - I'm so excited to find this site.

I'm trying to lay down engineered hardwood over a concrete floor. It is not the basement - it is on the main floor.

My installer didn't lay down thick enough layer of MVP. He used 1 5Gal pail over 550 Sq. Ft. instead of the the 2 pails everyone says he needed to use. He claims he can just lay down a second layer without any detrimental effect.

Is this true or is he blowing smoke?

Thanks! ]]> Saila http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/hardwood-and-laminates-q-and-a/8415-too-thin-mvp-layer-what-now.html carpet boulster and dead weight hammer http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/tools-equipment-and-supplies/8412-carpet-boulster-and-dead-weight-hammer.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:20:21 GMT Wow you guys use a diffrent language when talking about flooring interesting reading. Use to have... Wow you guys use a diffrent language when talking about flooring interesting reading. Use to have one of those dead blow hammers myself its ok, but my grand father always said if you've got to smash the hell out of a carpet on the stairs to get it tuck into the grippers, then clearly your gripper is too close together. You should only every have to push your stair tool as you all call it, here in the uk its called a carpet boulster, as i was saying push down vertically against the riser then horizontally on the tread. You see you're only hooking the carpet onto the gripper not jaming it between the gripper. I still use the dead weight hammer its great for freeing up your wheel nuts on the van when you find yourself with a puncture, without inflicting any damage to your NUTS. ]]> Tools, Equipment and Supplies twomly http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/tools-equipment-and-supplies/8412-carpet-boulster-and-dead-weight-hammer.html Wolf electric groover http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/tools-equipment-and-supplies/8411-wolf-electric-groover.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:53:13 GMT Hi all i'm in London UK i invested in the Wolf electric groover @ £700 and also purchased the diamond wheel @ an extra £500. Now take out the standard wheel fit the diamond wheel, this wheel will groove any material and will not fail you. It hasn't worn out yet in 4 years of grooving all types of safety flooring and lino.
For a perfect seam every time this is the toy to have, i use mine every day wether i've got 10 metres of welding or 1000 metres its perfect. ]]> Tools, Equipment and Supplies twomly http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/tools-equipment-and-supplies/8411-wolf-electric-groover.html basement glue down with or without padding http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/carpet-q-and-a/8407-basement-glue-down-with-without-padding.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:29:11 GMT Long story short: South Jersey floods my basement 4 times this year (1st time in 15 yrs I'm told) after I had finished the basement last year. Murphy lives here. I rip out everything, including vinyl sticky flooring squares from LW and 4 vertical feet of drywall & studs. I ]]> barebasement snj http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/carpet-q-and-a/8407-basement-glue-down-with-without-padding.html Woven Wool Runner in a Home From The 1800s http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/carpet-q-and-a/8406-woven-wool-runner-in-home-1800s.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:48:50 GMT Just did this last Thursday. Went out to the home with 101 ft, two flight's of steps with 3 pie's on each flight. Bottom little cure on one flight. Also 3 hall's almost like and H with two striaght and one coming in from the side. Had to make end caps on everything. they wanted them to meet, even the steps but not seamed together.
Why I am showing this is on pie's you need to take things apart and start remaking the pc. This is a 30 inch pre made wool woven runner.
1829 house.

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Yep 3D them're crapet tiles. Four different tiles. Gripes me to have to do random. See why Brian drinks........:)
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Years ago they sent one of my apprentices to lay the Toli wood planks in an Albertsons. He snapped two perpendicular lines and laid all the planks in a straight pattern meaning no stagger whatsoever, let alone random. I've never seen suc a thing in all my days of staring at every floor I walk on. Next week or so another journeyman went out to do more work at the store and his head almost exploded. I never got sent out to see that job so to this day I'm incredulous. That dude has been running big work at another shop and called me 2-3 times a year to help out when they're slammed. He's not a dummy. He was just totally unfamiliar with either wood flooring or vinyl planks. He was obviously also unfamiliar with the concept of a telephone or consulting a superintendent.

They complained about the look but never made the shop replace the work. He also screwed up a diagonal layout with standard VCT and feature stripes. They were so pissed off about that they forgot about the planks. That's what you get for sending apprentices out alone. It's pretty funny when you're not involved. Had I been involved in that I'd have lost sleep, hair or turned completely gray from stress. Ultimately the whole job was accepted and paid for. I doubt I would have ever gotten away with that. ]]> BrianM http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/industry-training-and-organizations/8410-union-rules-and-standards.html Recommendations for concrete thickness http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/flooring-potpourri/8398-recommendations-for-concrete-thickness.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:00:32 GMT Just curious as to whether you went ahead with the project and what materials you finally used. ... Just curious as to whether you went ahead with the project and what materials you finally used. Wanting to do a similar project on a portion of my house. Currently have double plywood subfloor under carpeting and padding. Floor joists are maxed out for their span length, so I'll probably need to install some sister beams as I don't think I'll meet the deflection criteria. Anyone have a recommendation on a min/max thickness of concrete that is best? Looking for a stained and sealed concrete finish surface. Any good suitable SLC manufacturers that anyone can recommend? Thanks! ]]> Flooring Potpourri stlcards http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/flooring-potpourri/8398-recommendations-for-concrete-thickness.html <![CDATA[Adura replacing LocNGo with "click" system? Mannington in San Jose?]]> http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/vinyl-flooring-q-and-a/8397-adura-replacing-locngo-click-system-mannington.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:55:45 GMT Has anyone heard about this change? I was told yesterday that Adura will soon come out with a... Has anyone heard about this change?

I was told yesterday that Adura will soon come out with a new snap-in system, displacing the current LocNGo design.

A flooring salesman in San Jose suggested I wait a "month or two" for the newer placement system to come out. He thought it was odd that Mannington would introduce a new system so soon after bringing on LocNGo. I gather, that to him, this suggests the possibility of something unsatisfactory about LocNGo.

He said this info comes from his wife who works for a distributor of Mannington and other products in San Jose. He also told me that Mannington will soon open a a major western US center in San Jose. Thus, inferring that Mannington's customer service in this region would likely improve.

Anyone heard about Mannington is moving to San Jose? ]]> Teellbee http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/vinyl-flooring-q-and-a/8397-adura-replacing-locngo-click-system-mannington.html Cove base Outside Corner Brace http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/floorcovering-installation-and-maintenance-tips/8394-cove-base-outside-corner-brace.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:10:08 GMT ok picked up this trick several months ago when I had no "special glue" fer my outside corners. Well it worked real well, so since we had a ton of out corners to do on our current commercial job, I broke 'em back out. Great little helpers. Yhey will hold the corner tight until base glue has cured. It is just a little lumber bracket..........so there ya go.......:coffee:
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]]> cproader http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/floorcovering-installation-and-maintenance-tips/8394-cove-base-outside-corner-brace.html Digitizing Negatives http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/computer-related-discussion/8392-digitizing-negatives.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:34:32 GMT I have a ton of negatives I would like to digitize. anyone have suggestions as to what machine to... I have a ton of negatives I would like to digitize. anyone have suggestions as to what machine to look into? I have read that the inexpensive ones are not very good. ]]> Computer Related Discussion Barry Carlton http://www.thefloorpro.com/community/computer-related-discussion/8392-digitizing-negatives.html