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That job at the Denver convention center hotel lobby where the carpet glue froze
We had a huge contract to do the main lobby area, about 15,000 square feet, in January. The GC insisted we could work with the loading dock doors open for ventilation. Big mistake. The temp dropped to 10 degrees overnight, and the adhesive in our buckets and on the slab turned to solid rubber. We showed up at 6 AM and couldn't even spread it. The foreman wanted to use propane heaters to warm the floor, but that would have taken hours and created a crazy moisture risk. I had to argue hard to shut the doors, rent industrial space heaters for the whole zone, and let the concrete come up to temp slowly over a day. We lost a day of labor, but the install went perfect after that. Now I always check the overnight low and the building's heat plan before I even unroll a single piece of padding. Has anyone else had to fight a general contractor over basic climate control on a big commercial job?
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adams.cameron13d ago
My old landlord tried to paint our apartment hallway in a Chicago February... the latex just froze in streaks on the wall.
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anna_foster4813d ago
My uncle tried that in Milwaukee once. The whole place smelled like wet paint for months.
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