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Our new way for hanging radiant!!
Warmfoot
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I hired a guy a few months ago who used to be in the accoustical ceiling trade so he spent much of that career on stilts. We just started a 3,000 sq ft. hanging radiant job and I decided to try doing it on stilts. WOW, what a difference. sure beats lugging a ladder every 5 feet...up & down, up & down!! We are not done yet, but I am figuring that we may have saved close to a full day in labor. We are gonna start using them for rough-ins when he have a lot of drilling. Has anyone else tried this, or am I a pioneer in the industry?? hahaha...
Ernie Bogue
Master Hydronics LLC
PO Box 779
Keyport, WA 98345
(360) 394-2049
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Ernie Bogue
Master Hydronics LLC
PO Box 779
Keyport, WA 98345
(360) 394-2049
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We use
those too. Actually a young apprentice I worked with a few years ago started using them after watching tapers.
I know of a few less coordinated tin knockers that use taping compound buckets (real men use full ones!). They screw a piece of band iron to them and slip their feet in under it.
The stilts work great as long as you aren't afraid of heights!!
Mark H
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staple-up
if you're doing a staple-up and are afraid of heights.
watts/heatway has an extension for a pnue. staple gun.
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I saw DVW
screw his shoes to a pair of 5 gallon buckets to CLOMP around at a demonstration site for the RPA. I was impressed...
My partner has used stilts on jobs before. They don't make stilts strong enough for my , er how should I say this, not so svelt frame. Yeah, that's the ticket, a NOT SO SVELT FRAME...
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Buckets
I think it was Dave H of RTI doing a installation demo for the RPA.He screwed his shoes to the bucket.
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8' ceiling
for a demonstration???
I can't believe you actually kept those pictures. I was just about to search my hard drive for them. Thanks for saving me some time.
Real men screw from from the bucket side into the shoes !!!
They actually were very easy to get around on but I'm sure the stilts are alot lighter and faster.
See ya
Dave H.Dave Holdorf
Technical Training Manager - East
Taco Comfort Solutions
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From the photo
> I think it was Dave H of RTI doing a installation
> demo for the RPA.He screwed his shoes to the
> bucket.
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It looked like different height buckets. I thought one was for standing under a joist and the other was higher to get your head up into the joists.
Turns out he had one foot up in the air....0 -
From the photo
It looked like different height buckets. I thought one was for standing under a joist and the other was higher to get your head up into the joists.
Turns out he had one foot up in the air....0 -
Mark,
As usual your always teaching! I have learned this new word today!
Main Entry: svelte
Pronunciation: 'svelt, 'sfelt
Function: adjective
Etymology: French, from Italian svelto, from past participle of svellere to pluck out, modification of Latin evellere, from e- + vellere to pluck -- more at VULNERABLE
Date: circa 1817
1 a : SLENDER, LITHE b : having clean lines : SLEEK
2 : URBANE, SUAVE
- svelte·ly adverb
- svelte·ness noun
I also, do not have a svelte frame!
Hence the name bigugh
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I sit..
corrected. I knew it was one of the Daves, just could remember which one for sure. Thanks Felcie!
The Svelted one...NOT!!!0 -
I bought my first set of stilts
over 18 years ago after watching tapers. You have to be careful pushing on a hole hawg w/ a 4 5/8 self feed bit though, they don't have a lot of grip on the floor. Sure is a bummer when you drop your tape or something. Also, practice some before trying stairs! Terry0
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