Combined Experience of Flooring Professionals at TFP

dick · July 14, 2009, 09:52 AM

I have 46 years and still going

Tandy Reeves · July 14, 2009, 10:00 AM

1401 years.

FlooringGirl · July 14, 2009, 03:38 PM

Sorry, I've been away - busy, busy!

13 years here and Tommy has 31. I know he's not signed up, but many of my comments come from us both, so you can count him or not as you wish.

Tia

cproader · July 14, 2009, 03:41 PM

FlooringGirl said

count him or not as you wish.

Tia

.......oh yeah, we wish.........

fact I think we should ad how many years we estimate we will end up workin too..........

......... ..

rgfloor · July 14, 2009, 03:43 PM

cproader said

fact I think we should ad how many years we estimate we will end up workin too................... ..

Probably till we die!!

cproader · July 14, 2009, 03:45 PM

rgfloor said

Probably till we die!!

..........so ya can ad another 50 yrs to my total.....thanks Rog........

rusty baker · July 14, 2009, 03:49 PM

I always figured I would die on someone's floor. Isn't that a pleasant thought?

Tandy Reeves · July 14, 2009, 04:06 PM

1414 years.

pblnslee · July 14, 2009, 07:57 PM

12 years

FlooringGirl · July 14, 2009, 08:14 PM

Tandy didn't count my hubby's years - shall I sign him up?

Tia

san diego jim · July 14, 2009, 08:33 PM

San Diego Jim 32 years. Since August 1977

Chris Flynn · July 14, 2009, 08:47 PM

36 years..... fall of 1972...when I actually did something productive. never forget ... put a whole room of tack strip down with the nails backwards.. I was 12, got a ass chewing that I will never forget... pretty funny now when I think of it.. Makes me appreciate what my father taught me. and kinda miss the fatherly ass chewin's/..... I would go with him before then but just stand around and have a blank stare on my face...... not unlike a lot of 20 something helpers that I have had in the past....

the cool thing is I still have several of the tools that we used then...

FlooringGirl · July 14, 2009, 08:54 PM

Chris Flynn said

36 years..... fall of 1972...when I actually did something productive. never forget ... put a whole room of tack strip down with the nails backwards.. I was 12, got a ass chewing that I will never forget... pretty funny now when I think of it.. Makes me appreciate what my father taught me. and kinda miss the fatherly ass chewin's/..... I would go with him before then but just stand around and have a blank stare on my face...... not unlike a lot of 20 something helpers that I have had in the past.... the cool thing is I still have several of the tools that we used then...

Ya know, Chris - my husband has been unable to keep helpers very long. They stay at their percentage because they're afraid to try learning more, as he is too particular. They are afraid to try new things for fear of him cutting on their work. Yet, I met the man who trained him a long time ago, now many years retired, and he told me how hard and picky he was on him. We need more people to be able to pass down this trade!

Tia

ArtisanConst MN · July 14, 2009, 09:01 PM

I have 11 years in the flooring industry.

Seeing all of your experience has really put this website on a new level in my mind.

I need to start asking more questions....