[Build] floors: mainly its the timing

[jim]

   the reason for going ahead with floors now is 
that it'll take days to do them so to get the 
place ready for move-in, we have to start now. 
   we've agreed that we can do the floors while 
others work in the space (other than build the 
partition walls): 
   we don't care what the result looks like; our  <----- 
only concern is to get the holes and cracks       <----- 
filled and the surface sealed for easy subsequent <----- 
cleaning.                                         <----- 
   if people scuff or mark or otherwise screw up 
the surface of the wood or filler or finish as 
they're doing other things (electrical, paint, 
etc.) , that's fine. 



On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 13:19 -0700, neil maclean wrote:
> Hi Lamont,
> 
> Lamont Lucas wrote:
> > neil maclean wrote:
> >>
> >> I want to underline this by saying that we have already made some 
> >> rather large mistakes and that, as things stand, we are planning on 
> >> making more mistakes this weekend.
> >
> > While I can admit to some mistakes made with the floor so far (over 
> > applying putty, returning the drum sander in exchange for the rotary), 
> > I would like to hear more specifics as to what mistakes you feel we 
> > will be making this weekend.  Obviously, I would like to prevent such 
> > mistakes from happening in the future, but I do not know what your 
> > specific objections are to this weekend's flooring activities.
> >
> I don't mean to crit your work or your learning, I think its great and
> the second half of the floor work looks really great, better than I
> thought it could in the amount of time you invested. So you deserve
> congratulations.
> 
> About this weekend its mainly that its the wrong time to do the floors.
> The various projects in the space deserve to be completed in a way that
> doesn't make extra work. Doing the floors this weekend makes it harder
> to paint and to do electrical work. I asked several people last night
> about why this was the schedule but didn't get any good answer.
> 
> Second, there are lots of details with the floor like edging, and
> buffing between coats, and getting enough coats down. These are all
> really important to the work actually being concluded as a great job,
> which it is on the way to becoming.
> 
> What I am recommending is that you continue as the floor team leader, at 
> which you are doing a great job, but that your get additional help from 
> Zedd who also coordinates with the other teams and helps all of us get 
> to the endpoint, of a really great space and a really satisfying 
> experience working on it.
> 
> 
> > I'm perfectly happy to cede leadership of the floor project this 
> > weekend to someone with more experience who is willing to step up.  
> > But I strongly feel that if we're going to do the floors, we need to 
> > do them quickly, so as to free up the space for other work.
> > I'm going to head to the space in 1 hour to return some of the rented 
> > equipment and attempt to test the sealant on the sanded patch.  if 
> > you're there, perhaps you can tell me your objections.
> >
> 
> 
> 
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