hello this is my first post have been lurking for quite a while and have enjoyed it immensley.have learnt a lot, and laughed a lot, anyway the reason i am posting is i thought you might enjoy my story of what happened to me the other day.
first off i am a maintenance carpenter so i get all the jobs nobody else wants to do.
we have these planter boxes, made out of single brick and renderd. and we have to re waterproof them as they are leaking. they all have a drain at the bottom.we are using bitocrete a black water based tar like substance i have 6 planter boxes in each unit sized about 1m high 1m wide .500 deep.
these are quite expensive apartments being close to the city a couple of million each for sure.
i only have 4 units to do they are on top of each other and they have a lift from basement to the 6th floor. i have to waterproof units 2,3,4,5 so 6 planters each unitx4=24 three times=72 coats.
so i buy 20 liters of waterproofing and i load up my 5 litre plastic bucket in the basement and start my job. i go up the lift come out in the living area take my shoes off. walk through to the balcony where all the planters are located no problem. have been doing this for 3 or 4 days weather permitting allowing 24 hours to dry between coats
every thing is going good load up in basement come out on another floor walk through unit and then it happened plastic handle broke 5 liters of black sludge all down my sweatshirt and on my right sock and all over white wool carpet what a feeling goes through all i could say for a couple of minutes was sh1t sh1t. little dog wanted to run through it but we got him ok.tennant was pretty good about it he was renting. but what to do.
took a little while but then my brain came back to me phone jim he is our Greek contract cleaner he will know what to do jim said i`ll be 20 minutes and he was.
up the elevator we go and soon as jim sees it he saws sh1t jim saws i`ll phone Dave my Irish carpet cleaner he does Dave says i`ll 30 minutes and he was. Dave has a magic machine sucked it up sprinkled some magic stuff on it sucked it 5 or 6 times and its gone couldn’t belive it still cant.
this happened on anzac day the day we remember our war dead i know who my digger mates are now to respond so quickly to a situation. sorry for the long post. mike
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Nothing wrong with a little help from our friends. I'd say luck was on your side.
Hope Irish Dave was rewarded properly!
Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
Great first post Mike! Don't be afraid to post more.
Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
maybe he could have fixed this!
Fix what? Flat tire? Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
great picture
my dw wounderd what i was laughing at hystericaly this morning at 5-30. she was makeing my lunch. made my day thanks mike