keeping busy

with this one. i mentioned it a couple weeks ago. we just started it yesterday. strip and retint. east, west, and south sides. the old silver film is flaking off into a meeeeelion pieces. luckily i don't have to remove any. i'm just doing the tinting part. Silver 20...about 450 windows total. all slider sized. bouncing back and forth between offices. standing on desks. moving computers. all the not-so-fun stuff.

i was there for about 6 hours today and did only about 500 square feet. bouncing around offices like this really sucks azz.

luckily 3 of the floors are vacant. we'll be hitting those floors last.

3rd floor up you can kinda see which ones are done. it's grey glass so it's kinda hard to tell.

looks like alot of fun there blade. ..and some bank...that should keep you busy thought the winter

we plan to have it done by christmas. 2 tinters (me and nick)...1 scraper/cleaner (Ken)

hope you have luck with that...i know how nick (speedy) is...and tell that dam boy to close his mouth...inside joke

Damn that is a helluva building there Blade

Good luck with getting it done by Christmas

Very nice!

Nice hit buddy!!!! You gonna have any time for boardin????

holy crap man you werent kidding

2 tinters and one scraper? see you in 6months i guess that shiat is gonna take forever, especially if your moving crap out of the way.

congrats on the job

the dude doing the scraping started a few days ahead of us and he's working longer days. he's steaming them with clear liners and moving along pretty damn fast.

tht's a good idea.

just thank god your not doing exterior install doing safety film on all those windows

i remember doing that when i was in high school on a local building, the platform we were hanging from kept going side to side downward

Hey Blade,
From what I'm constantly reading, you USA guys have as much if not more film failures that we get downunder. (Or is it something to do with the 10 fold population you have on us so therefore more film up?)

How old was that stuff and whose film? Pretty pee poor performance by the sound of it. Nice one to have over winter and to keep you off the streets.
Devil

If all films really did last a lifetime who would really be the losers in the long run think about it, this guy wouldn't have this job on (nice one at that) so really its better this way it makes sense does it not. I mean how much would be lost if all the films lasted forever at the end of the day we are in the real world and nothing lasts forever.

the film's about 15-20 years old i think can't remember what the boss said. think it's 3M. but i'm not positive. some flake off into a million pieces. some come right off glue and all. they are all cracked, all the way through. top to bottom. i did some removal today...it wasn't too horrible. the single window i stripped came completely off with glue.

Daaam nice job, we would love something like that right about now.Oh well I'm burnt out anyway. Is that building in Spokane?

yep...downtown spokane. one of the smaller ones we've done in the downtown area.

awsome dood, nice winter work. We just got done with a 40,000 sq job R&R inside and out. That was a nice one except for the fact that when we were removing the film it was 100 degres outside.

exterior remove and reinstallation?

Well how would you like to cut your teeth into this one Blade?
The whole friggin building is like this.
Devil

devil did you have fun doing that?

Is that one of Leo's DECO FUNDARTS films ???

yes it was also installation of madicos kynar film on the spandrel pieces. There was film on all the windows on the outside. We installed kynar just to the spandrel pieces and then sl180 to the inside which was also removal.

Thrilled to the back teeth as we say downunder.

You know what we need? A new emoticon that reads "this sh!t will last for a lifetime."
Devil

well things have changed slightly (for the better). originally we were doing floors 3-8. they're so happy with what we've done they want the bottom 2 floors done now too. i don't see how this job is going to be done by christmas.

oh come on..you guys and do it....just put in some OT..maybe you will get a huge bonus from rick for it

they won't let us work after 5 or before 7. so we're stuck with those hours everyday. no real OT.

then work faster..

i can see you finishing ending in january?

If ya need some help, I'm 1.5 hrs away and I work for beer Oh, but not that watered down US stuff

Nice job, though

hey ash....tell rick if he flies me up there..i will give you guys a hand

7 till 5....well it sucks to tint after it gets dark anyway...how many pieces (panes) are there....have you figured how many a day your getting done?

No...It sucks to tint for 9 hours..Period.

yes, 9 hours of tinting sucks, hell more than 6 or 7 hours strait sucks.

went to baton rouge back in May to do an install for a dealer there and it was 3000 sq, 40 foot off the ground with about 54 i think skylights and the other windows were 70x120 and it took 2 of us 3 days working 14 hour days. We had to hurry and get back to town on friday. finished the job at 8 pm thursday night and drove back right after we left the job didnt get home till 4 in the mornin and then had to werk in like 4 hours.

That sh|t sucked but it was worth the time.

i beeen there brotha, not so long ago we did a local supermarket, we worked through the night after working 2 days prior, we finished at 6am and went straight to the shop but like you said, its worth it sometimes $$

amen brotha

Really I'll Bet it's almost as bad as playing golf all freaking day

another 9 hour day. we'll be done before the end of next week.

way to bust some arse..good job dude

I just now read this thread That's one big job

There's never enough time for fun stuff.