Helluva way to learn. ;<)))))) Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Stupid > A buddy and I were redoing his bathroom and kitchen below, had to take > up the subfloor on bathroom above. Kept telling him to watch out and > only step on joists. he got a brain fart and stepped on the sheetrock, > went through, and landed on his man parts. He rolled around in agony > for sometime and finally got back to work. He had a child some time > later, so I guess he was OK. He learned quickly though. > > --R > > Mitch Haley wrote: > > Archer wrote: > >> Now that you mention it, someone did say something about a smoke > >> test. One problem is that the roof was built using prebuilt trusses > >> that make it nearly impossible to get up there and move around > >> without sticking a foot through the ceiling drywall. I probably > >> ought to hire it done. > > > > I walked the length of my parents' house a couple of months ago. 12" > > fiberglass batts between prebuilt trusses on 24" centers, with 1/2" > > drywall nailed underneath. I put on knee boots and walked on the > > trusses. Since I was threading my upper body through the truss > > bracing, there wasn't any danger of losing my balance. The fiberglass > > popped back up pretty well after I walked on it. Just go slow, don't > > stomp (you don't want nail pops in the ceiling paint) and put your > > feet on wood, not gypsum. Oh, and wear a coat you don't mind getting > > filthy. > > > > Mitch. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
