[Noisebridge-discuss] Build Team Progress

[Sai Emrys]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Shannon Lee<shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
> Water damage is, I understand, something we're having the landlord take care
> of; although having someone catalog it and take ownership of making sure it
> happens would be good.

This sounds like more a negotiation task than a get-shit-done task, at
least for first pass.

> I am pretty sure we're just talking about roughness and ugliness -- renting
> orbital sanders and slopping urethane around, that sort of thing.

Hm. One thing to consider of course is that we needn't do the entire
space. Rough work rooms, for example, probably don't need the
prettification.

I think it'd be neat to have in the lounge / disco areas, maybe some
in the clean work areas, but I'm meh on whether it's worth the effort
/ expense. And of course it'd mean we'd have to be a bit more careful
with those areas, which I suspect people will find to be a pain.

Is there any way - or need - to fix the unevenness / sagging? I don't
have the requisite construction knowledge, but as a layman it seems
that the floors are sagging between posts (which I'm guessing means
that there are support beams between the posts as well, under the
floor). The floor *seems* solid enough, but it makes me slightly
uneasy.

Another potential would be to put something on top of the current
flooring. If that something is variable-depth (like sand or cement
with tiling / linoleum / etc), then we'd both correct the unevenness -
by filling it in to be level - and not have to deal with sanding the
wood, just with putting some other nice surface on top. One drawback
is it'd be heavier, so more stress on the floor support structure. But
again, I don't know whether this method actually exists, is feasible,
or is a good idea; I'm just thinking in terms of raw physical
manipulation.

- Sai