Trim carpenter installed Ipe floor

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Permalink Reply by Fast Pasquale on June 18, 2010 at 8:10pm

I'd document all the bad work now so u don't get blamed for it.

Permalink Reply by Pappa Chubby on June 18, 2010 at 8:26pm

From the video it seems to me that there are less than 5% milling defects present. And the butt joints that are very close to each other will go unnoticed because they will be under furnature. Trowel fill will take care of any gaps or openings. But let me ask you a few questions before I give my answer. When was it installed, what was the nailing schedule, who made the wood. How wide are they, how long are they. What color are the walls painted, what color is the tile, what color are the cabinates, How hot outside is it now, what is the humidity in the house at the time it was framed? Is it a finished basement, what kind of TV do they have in the house, whats the address??????

Permalink Reply by Dale Rosilio on June 19, 2010 at 5:05am

I was gonna say that the sliver cut off the board around the hearth border was my favorite until I saw the undercut of the door casings...LOL

Btw: Tell Gabe to wait til the video is shot before he makes such a racket! The nerve of some people.....;)

Permalink Reply by Fast Pasquale on June 19, 2010 at 3:28pm

Amen..

Permalink Reply by Dan Hawkes on June 19, 2010 at 7:27pm

Everett that last door thresh is a sweet one. I suppose they figure you can sand out their install errors. I see the pricks put the kitchen cabinets back in too.

Permalink Reply by Everett on June 20, 2010 at 4:53am

Truline,
Back in? This house is new. I have no idea why they did the trim before installing the floor, but yeah, they're really hoping the trowel filling will hide all. lol

This is probably the first time any of these people have worked with Ipe, we keep getting these comments like "you could throw this wood in a lake and it wouldn't hurt it" or "this wood won't cup" and "well this wood isn't going to move, right?". So it's kind of frustrating.

And Nor,
With 6 of them total, it's too much of a coincidence, I think they did that on purpose. LOL

Permalink Reply by Kevin Megginson on June 19, 2010 at 7:55pm

Did you have to clean that place before you started sanding or did they? There was alot of shit on the floor

Permalink Reply by Everett on June 20, 2010 at 4:40am

We started to clean it all up then the painter showed up and did the rest...

Permalink Reply by Nabonidus on June 20, 2010 at 5:03am

Are you going to post a video of when you're done with sanding and finishing this floor?
Thanks.

Permalink Reply by Everett on June 20, 2010 at 5:21am

Yes of course, usually I wait till it's completely done and edit together a video of the whole job from beginning to end. This was so good (or bad lol) that I wanted to get a pt 1 up as soon as I could. Only possible problem is that we're not doing the finishing so I'm gonna have to make a special trip out there to get the after video when she's done with it.

Permalink Reply by Stephen on June 20, 2010 at 10:33am

Ironwood tree; http://www.desertmuseum.org/programs/ifnm_ironwoodtree.php

Harder than mesquite and used for figurine carving mostly

Permalink Reply by Stephen on June 20, 2010 at 2:43pm

This could explain it. You know how those ppl like to make up names for exotic trees.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironwood

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