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To all the "interior only" painters......

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#1 ·
Since we had a couple days of rain in the forecast, I scheduled an interior job. So today as I walked around on clean drop cloths, cutting and rolling walls, running trim, etc...... I thought about a couple PT members who only do interiors and I thought to myself..."Man, I could do this everyday" :whistling2: I could defineatly do this everyday. :yes: Nice clean work enviroment. Could care less if its raining. :no: It was a good day, and I wasnt exhausted when I went home. Anyway, just thought I would throw that out there. :thumbsup:
 
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C'mon TJ - don't forget to tell him about bitchy HOs watchin' over your shoulder. Kids messin' with your gear. Dirty bathrooms and carpets. Constant concern about ruining a rug or hardwood floor. Cute girls (legal age) walking through the room in their underwear (uh... forget that last one). You know - all those things that make our world the true hell it is. :whistling2:
 
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Mike, you are saying this in September. By next spring you'll be itching to work outside in some fresh air again.

By that time, I suspect your crew will be moving and running ladders though. ;)
 
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Speaking of ladders....Just drove by this.....

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I looked into one of these and they quoted me $450 a day. Not sure how these guys justified it on a relatively small house.
We need one of these for training, as it is one of the mandatory subjects in the training for painters.

We were hiring them here but I was concerned about how poorly they were maintained so I pressured management to buy one for the safety of our students. They are not that dear to buy actually, I think we paid something around $30,000 for it. The are towed behind you like a trailer and they are easy to set up and position. We bought a Snorkal, still waiting for it to get here from Australia and clear customs.

The cost can be written off tax as depreciation and it will hold fairly good resale so the actually loss in the investment may not be too bad, perhaps even less then hiring. It may even give you a competitive edge and reduce scaffolding set up cost.
 
#21 ·
$450 A DAY????

That big job of the Queen Anne house we did, we got a boom for. Not because of the height but because there was some wood repair and replacement and some ugly wooden things glued on to the fascia that had to be taken off.

The HO tried to do some himself off a ladder and just about killed himself. He gladly paid the extra for a week of a boom (which was $500 for the week) for us to do it for him.
 
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Doing only interiors is the one job-related concession I've made to getting older. Just decided I didn't need the aggravation and added risk factor of doing outside work any longer. I don't want to be slinging around really big ladders anymore either. So far all my joints are still healthy (sound of knocking on wood) so if I can keep this up for another seven years or so I'll be content (or is it incontinent - can't remember which).

Do have to say it's nice not to be obsessed with extended weather forecasts any more and to actually look forward to fall.
 
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Doing only interiors is the one job-related concession I've made to getting older. Just decided I didn't need the aggravation and added risk factor of doing outside work any longer. I don't want to be slinging around really big ladders anymore either. So far all my joints are still healthy (sound of knocking on wood) so if I can keep this up for another seven years or so I'll be content.

Do have to say it's nice not to be obsessed with extended weather forecasts any more and to actually look forward to fall.
I do enjoy working outside when the weather is right. Today was a good day. :thumbup: But........I just saw the weather forecast for next week. :eek: Rain rain rain and more rain :( Interiors are looking more appealing everyday. :yes: Plus, I still dont own a 40 :whistling2:
 
#32 ·
Lined up an excellent situation on a big old house exterior starting this week--scraping and painting on sunny days, taking out sashes and reglazing and painting them in the customer's barn on the rainy ones. :thumbup:

Using Resilience, have had good luck painting in October, even into 1st week of November, for 3 yrs so far, seems to hold up well. Saw a woolly bear caterpillar last weekend with a big black stripe on him, though....
 
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I get a reach of about 40'. Set up it takes a foot print of 11 feet by 11 feet but travels at about 48 inches wide. I can squeeze it into some fairly tight places. I have reciever hitches front and rear on my van to accomodate most any place. On hard surfaces you can just jockey it into place by hand or my golf cart will even move it. Best thing I ever bought.
 
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CajunDavid said:
I get a reach of about 40'. Set up it takes a foot print of 11 feet by 11 feet but travels at about 48 inches wide. I can squeeze it into some fairly tight places. I have reciever hitches front and rear on my van to accomodate most any place. On hard surfaces you can just jockey it into place by hand or my golf cart will even move it. Best thing I ever bought.
Thanks for the info Cajun! I'll have to look into that.
 
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