Remodeling Caution
No remarks
November 19, 2009 under Carpet
Today’s blog concerns remodeling and some of the things you should pay attention to. A local municipality had a pipe break and damaged some of their carpet. The existing carpet was installed tack and pad over level loop nylon carpet throughout the facility. There was a 4” vinyl base throughout. Client wanted to replace the tack and pad with a glue down carpet tile. What are the implications?
1) Remove carpet pad and tackless from the wood sub floor.
2) Wood subfloor joints must be patched to prevent telegraphing through new carpet.
3) New carpet is thinner than existing carpet and pad so taller base must be used.
4) Different height transitions must be used.
Special power needs for Flooring Equipment
No remarks
November 19, 2009 under Uncategorized
Certain types of flooring machines have special electrical requirements. We utilized a shot blast machine that requires 3 Phase Power. In order to get the correct requirements we had to have an electrician tie into the electrical panel at the facility.
Another type of machine used commercially are wood sanding machines to sand down hardwood floors. The building we were in didn’t have adequate power requirements. We had to rent a large portable generator to handle that requirement.
Resilient Tile flooring installation
No remarks
November 19, 2009 under Uncategorized
One of our recent remodel scenarios involves our local bagel shop. The existing VCT floor was cracking. It had been down for a few years and was installed over plywood. We had intended on removing the existing VCT and installing an additional layer of luan to give the substrate more support and a smoother finish for installation. However, when all the various factors came into consideration we realized several things.
1) If we raised the heights of the floor, we would not have enough clearance for a large heavy walk in refrigerator door.
2) Raising it would also cause the bagel racks to have to go over a ramp or bump. Not ideal.
3) Under counter fridge would not be able to be removed if we raised the level of the floor.
The existing flooring was removed, the sub floor was prepared using a