The most disgusting thing I have ever done

[revhead347]

And I've done some pretty nasty things in my life, but taking up old flooring glue is by far the worst. More like transferring glue from the floors to the walls, windows, pants, hair, shoes, etc.

Four and a half hours straight with a grinding wheel and the job is done. Pants, shoelaces and socks went straight in the trash. Not sure if my sneakers can still be saved.

Owning a house has brought me closer to Jesus. I have more respect for the man, not just for being crucified on a cross so we can get a free pass on our sins, but also because he was a carpenter who had to build houses in the time before power tools.

Kurt

 

[BlackVert]

yeah, that looks pretty grungy. i hope you wore a mask ... that kind of thing can make for some pretty nasty dust

ever seen "The Passion of Christ"? in my opinion, it is one of the best depictions of what it was probably like the day he died.

The Passion of the Christ (2004) - IMDb

 

[cjrpony]

You got more patience than I have

 

[revhead347]

Never seen the passion of the christ. I heard it was a pretty distasteful movie. Yeah, I wore a mask. I figured it was probably a good idea. You have to soak the glue in this nasty emulsifier to soften it first, and it makes a hell of a stink when you sand it off.

Kurt

 

[BlackVert]

i didn't see anything distasteful in it ... to me, it just seemed like a pretty realistic depiction of the events of the day based on what was written in the new testament about it. some parts were really hard to watch, especially the whipping.

 

[revhead347]

Yeah, I've never seen it, so I can't comment from experience. I think a lot of people felt it was distasteful because it was a movie focussed around torture.

Kurt

 

[95BlueStallion]

I just tore up my sub flooring and laid down new. PITA? Yes. Messy? Not as much. I am almost done with my housing projects, just have the kitchen and tiling my laundry room left. And that kitchen isnt getting touched for a couple years.

 

[revhead347]

I can't imagine pulling up a subfloor, but I've heard of people doing it. The boards go under the studs and walls, so I imagine I would have to cut the boards near the walls.

Kurt

 

[95BlueStallion]

I must have had a sub-subfloor in my bathroom. I pulled up the linoleum, and thought "**** that" when I saw the glue. I then pulled up 1/4" subflooring, and still had the main subfloor underneath. I was then able to lay the concrete backerboard down, and tile on top. Guess I got lucky that the builder laid that extra 1/4" board down.

 

[Pops Fun]

Toilets and plumbing are probably the nastiest thing for me. Changed one at the local speed shop a couple days ago... gross..

 

[revhead347]

I've done my fare share of toilet swaps. They aren't that bad. Poop washes off with water and Dawn. This glue doesn't come off with a scrub brush and gasoline. I have to change the toilet flange in my upstairs bathroom. That was a lot of work. I figured out the best way to do it was to torch the PVC and peel it back.

My bathrooms have that 1/4" raised subfloor in them too. I'm still not sure why that's there.

Kurt

 

[95BlueStallion]

I bet if you were to try to cut out the actual subfloor in those rooms, it would have been just as big a PITA as the glue ended up being. One nice thing about doing all that work is that once its done you will either never move out, or your next house will be exactly what you want so you dont have to do it again. Thats my mindset now after all the work Ive done to my house. Pops Fun, toilets arent too bad to replace, but sucks you had to mess with a public toilet! Thats much worse than one in your home thats kept clean.

 

[revhead347]

I actually had to trim back the subfloor a little bit in one of the bathrooms to get the flooring transition in. It was a huge PITA. I had to do it with a dremel router.

Kurt

 

[stillridin]

I've got you all beat. My first house I bought (fixer upper) had a crawl space uner it. All the drain pipes were rotted or missing so when you flushed or used anything in the house it drained into the crawl space. after about a month of this started smelling pretty bad. found the access door, and
Nasty

 

[stillridin]

First post and already talking *****.

 

[revhead347]

Oh wow, that is disgusting. You definately have me beat. I remember when I had to crawl up under the corner of the house to change the drier outlet. I was in coveralls crawling on my back through the cob webs to get to the corner of the house in that Georgia clay. I remember distinctly thinking that if I suddenly had an emergency bowel movement that I'm just going to go in my pants. There was no way I was going to crawl out from under there, get clean enough to go to the toilet, and then get back into that nasty coverall.

Kurt

 

[Rick 91GT]

Lmfao Kurt


I agree I had a similar expierence with "the glue".