"Best and Worst for the Week," in the Flooring Potpourri forum, begins: "since i'm always interested in the pics everyone posts,thought it might be good to see the best and worst for ..."
since i'm always interested in the pics everyone posts,thought it might be good to see the best and worst for what we all did for the week,or the best and worst in years past. here is mine for the week...this was to easy,one room 1000sq.
Last Sunday I installed 630sq. ft. of laminate , 12 hours , solo. Up and down so many times I feel like I got run over by a truck. Boy I need to buy a laminate cutter/ sheer.
I just have one worker , we had a pretty busy week and didn't ask him to help out on Sunday. About 400 ft. was a wide open room that took about 4 hours. The rest was a cut up kitchen/hall with a small ramp.
Did the job for $2.00/ft. No floor prep, no base molding, only a couple things to undercut.
Not certain I'd call this the 'best' of the week, but certainly the most fun. That is, for those who enjoy working with carpet. It's a game room in a private home. Axminster, wool pile, three shots. The room measured 35'10" from doorway to doorway, how sweet is that.
Pattern Staright, square, centered and balanced. Of course.
love ur work Dobby.....here is my worst for the week, a vinyl layr fitted this and left town.7 hours later and not even a 1/4 the way through it... had to restick it.
This week our friend Randy {as in Low Down} helped us solve a tricky dilemma on a runner install. So thank you Mr. LowDown.
You see, one really neat thing about forums such as this, is the opportunity to share experiences and insights with others in the trade. But, the really-really neat thing is when others share with us and then, just like happened this week, out in the trenches we find ourselves pondering a particular situation, when, as in my case, I hear my friend Randy saying how he once solved a similar dilemma by doing... and voila! Problem solved!!
But the best part about is, my wife thinks I’m smart,... let me rephrase that; my wife is impressed with the solution, then I tell her about Randy posting his pictures on the web and blah-blah-blah... and the job continues ahead.
Anyhoo, the dilemma we had is shown in the first photo. We were about to fit a custom fabricated axminster runner on a set of stairs in the waterfall method. No big deal, except for the funky column sitting on the edge of the first step. In the original design it was supposed to be on the edge of the step but somewhere between drawing and reality, this is how it turned out. The problem is how to keep the otherwise ‘airborne’ vertical edge of the carpet flat and straight beneath the over hang on the nosing at the base of the column.
That’s when I recalled Randy sharing his solution on a stairway install he did some time ago. So, with snips in hand, I contoured a piece of strip to fit the nosing, tacked it in place and it worked fantastic!
So thanks again Randy, and thanks to everyone who takes the time to share little tips and techniques on these sites. Not only does it really make a difference on the job site, it’s especially nice to know that there are others who care about the quality of their work. Even the aspects no one besides us will ever know about or see.
Here's what we did. Inserted the tack strip vertically from the base of the riser onto the base edge of the tread. The top side of the strip is covered with cushion.
Here's the finished step. The neat thing is, we know it will edge of the riser under the nosing will always look straight, flat and well fit for the life of the carpet.
Here's the whole stairway. Every section has a different width. The fabrication, consisting of 87 feet of hand sewn seaming, 6 outside miters {including upper & lower end caps} and 3 inside miters plus standard machine applied binding.
Boy I need to buy a laminate cutter/ sheer.
