Funeral Home

FlooringGirl · February 9, 2010, 06:53 PM

cproader said

Tia, yer installer will need a special skivin knife fer that product. It cost about 70.00 I think. He should not try it without it.....

Skivin knife? Are you being funny on me? I already have a pro heat-welder, so I'm not sure what you mean!!!

As for being around dead bodies, I am okay with that. If my installers aren't then they shouldn't be laying floor. LOL hard-ass Tia talking.

I learned today that I raised my 23-year-old daughter to be a ahrd-ass just like me. Then I tried to tell her to settle down, which didn't work!

Tia

rusty baker · February 9, 2010, 06:59 PM

Tia, ever walk into a rental in July, no Ac and find someone who's been deceased in there about 3 weeks? That'll show how tough you are.

Jon Scanlan · February 9, 2010, 07:43 PM

cproader said

Tia, yer installer will need a special skivin knife fer that product. It cost about 70.00 I think. He should not try it without it.....

CP a lot of the guys here extend the blade of the snap off knifes and hold the blade flat to the floor with a wet rag to cut off the weld rod. Saves ruining your skivin knife

FlooringGirl · February 9, 2010, 07:51 PM

rusty baker said

Tia, ever walk into a rental in July, no Ac and find someone who's been deceased in there about 3 weeks? That'll show how tough you are.

Nope, never done that. I have to ask my weld rod guy about the skivin knife!!! He does do a great job, but he's scared of me because he's very religious and I quote the Bible to him, then turn around and tell the other guys to get a friggin' grip. LOL

Tia

Robert Akin · February 9, 2010, 08:02 PM

Remember a slip resistant vinyl is extremely hard to keep clean.

Rob

FlooringGirl · February 9, 2010, 08:04 PM

Robert Akin said

Remember a slip resistant vinyl is extremely hard to keep clean.

Rob

Are you familiar with the Mannington Assurance? I don't feel it will be difficult to keep clean.

Tia

Jon Scanlan · February 9, 2010, 08:04 PM

Robert Akin said

Remember a slip resistant vinyl is extremely hard to keep clean.

Rob

Don't you need plenty of water like a hose? Seem to remember someone saying??

Barry Carlton · February 9, 2010, 08:06 PM

Think again

Robert Akin · February 9, 2010, 08:13 PM

Very familiar with Mannington Assurance. Have sold and installed a lot of it. A very good product and all of it was installed in epoxy. Very slip resistant and very hard to clean. The surface is almost what you would call porous.

Rob

adam · February 9, 2010, 08:59 PM

Tia,

The National Floor Safety Institute (National Floor Safety Institute) maintains a list of materials that includes cleaners, treatments, and floor coverings that are certified as "High Traction." I had the opportunity to observe one of their organizational meetings that was held in Atlanta a few years ago. There is a lot of science behind slip resistance (must be because there were a lot of PHDs in the room along with the Center for Disease Control). Not as boring as it sounds, lol. They actually use a "Robot" to test the slip resistant properties of floorings. The robot reads the floor then prints a report. At that meeting I learned that some cleaning companies are adding that to their list of services. Some large chain businesses have purchased these to do their own testing. Its a lawsuit / liability thing. That "Robot" is expensive.

Anyway, the older "safety floors" contain metal chips to maintain their slip resistance. These floors are hard to clean and destroy mops. As stated below they also do not heatweld as well as the newer safety floors. The newer safety floors are much easier to clean (my opinion) and heatweld better. The surface feels a little bumpy and will catch your finger nails when ran across it. A good one should permanently maintain its resistance without the need for additional chemicals. Waxing these floors is a big no no.

Adam

FlooringGirl · February 9, 2010, 09:23 PM

So now I'm rethinking my suggestion, but still not convinced that I'm wrong on it ... he wanted anti-skid, so this seemed to be appropriate, not seeing how it could be hard to clean. Not at all porous. My best friend's husband is the head of Disease Control in a neighboring county with a large city (sorry about his luck). The floor I'm talking about falls into the lines of Adam's newer floor scenario.

Tia

Nick Arrera · February 9, 2010, 09:25 PM

rusty baker said

Tia, ever walk into a rental in July, no Ac and find someone who's been deceased in there about 3 weeks? That'll show how tough you are.

Ever ride around with one in your trunk , and have no place to put it ?

FlooringGirl · February 9, 2010, 09:30 PM

Nick Arrera said

Ever ride around with one in your trunk , and have no place to put it ?

Crazy ass!

Professional flooring I · February 9, 2010, 10:49 PM

I have 3 funeral homes in the prep / embalming rooms, needless to say I will not be doing any more funeral homes. to many bodies not to mention the concerns about taking something home that soap and water will not remove. i highly recommend Rubber Gloves !!! did i say Rubber Gloves ?

My only concern is your installers protection. On a lighter note one of my helpers had to write a note on the funeral homes dry erase board that said ( I see dead people ) needless to say the people that worked there had to add to it . He thought it was funny until he actually got to see one.