Stripping the Floors
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Part of the kitchen project
required stripping all the VAT (vinyl-asbestos tile) from the kitchen/family
room floor. George had already done a few rooms in the house and it
was totally a PITA. So, we found a contractor to do the rest of the house- the kitchen, family room, gallery, master br and office. All we had to do was pack up everything in those rooms and move it all out... for 1 day! HERE's the office- stripped- temp internet connection has been moved into the guest room. |
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HERE's the gallery- stripped- the bookcases got packed up and all moved outside. [ed- its pretty terrific that here in CA it doesn't rain for months at a time, so we just threw everything outside...] |
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The atrium got pretty full. |
| Random stuff from the gallery went out the side yard. |  |
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2 girls, cleaning (sort of ;-) |
| What a nice grouping- we'll take it! |  |
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Everything from the master BR got shoved in our atrium. |
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Then the contractor showed up with 3 large trucks. The blue thing in the middle is his compressor/vacuum cleaner that he uses to screw the mastic off the floor after the tile is removed. |
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what a mess! HERE's the gallery with the VAT removed, before the mastic was scrubbed off the floor. |
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Master Bedroom, pre-scrub. Everything is soaking wet to keep the tile dust down while the tile is being removed. |
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The scrubber in action- this thing is like a massive floor cleaner with an 18" swath. It took them about 2-1/2 hours to scrub 1700+ sq. ft. We liked these guys a lot- contact them at- Steve Glen Riverbank interiors 3131 atchison street Riverbank, CA 209-869-3684 209-652-9206 (cell) Steveg-13@sbcglobal.net |