Hi, all. Newly in business as a carpenter/custom woodworker. Recovering lawyer, too, FWIW!
Had a chance to bid on an office remodeling job today, creating 2 new office spaces inside a larger one. It would necessitate my carrying 30 sheets of 1/2″ sheetrock down a long hall, up an elevator, down another long hall to the job site. I doubt I could have done it by myself at age 29 – I’m 49 now and thinking that for this reason the job might be a good one to pass on. Though I could use the money. Thoughts?
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Call a drywall supplier and pay them to stock the room/area you want the rock. All D.W. contractors do it this way. Costs a little more but is cheap compared with the labor pains.
At your age, (And mine) it profits to pay for all labor intensive work.
Why carry it?
That's why God invented wheels!
Excellence is its own reward!
wait til yea have to haul about 400 sq ft of tile like that......Im 48 it dont get no easier.....but a good swig of geritol in the morning helps..... Darkworksite4: When the job is to small for everyone else, Its just about right for me"
buy a cart. your a lawyer, its not that hard. Buy two carts, Hire day labor.
that's cave man invented the wheel, course, since god made man he could take credit, perhaps you could do a patent search.listening for the secret.......searching for the sound...
Could this be an excuse to buy a drywall cart and let the job buy it for free? ? Yeaaaa! You boys arent thinking ! LOL
Tim Mooney
This must be some big elevator - but it's possible. Aircraft carriers have such big elevators.
Maybe use wheels as suggested. Perhaps a forklift or a boomlift. We're trying to help you out here. Home Depot has these yellow carts with a leaning vertical thing and, according to a previous thread, they don't seem to mind if you "borrow" one. :)
Or you could cut them in half. How about wallpaper?
-Peter
There are 10 people who understand binary and 9 who don't.
>This must be some big elevator
I had an office in a building that couldn't accommodate 4x8 anyway but up the stairs. For a 10 story bldg. No freight elevator for moving in or out. What a pain.
Boss,
This calls for creative thinking. What you do is send the elevator to the basement [I'm assuming you're loading from the 1st floor] and then somehow open the the doors on the first floor and load the sheets on TOP of the elevator. Run the elevator up to the ninth floor [using your example], open the doors on the 10th and Viola! - there's your sheets. Be careful, the cables are very greasy.
-Peter
Think outside the box.
Standing ontop of a working elevator. Is that the looney toons music in the backround? Something about that doesn't seem safe.
Can't I go 1 day without spilling my coffee?
The music you hear is termed "elevator music" but fortunately the speakers ae aimed downwards into the cab.
I am not suggesting anything unsafe but just pointing out something preferable to lugging 30 sheets of drywall up ten flights of stairs. I've just finished the latest Dortmunder novel so my thinking is a little bit under that spell. It would probably have to be done late at night and all kinds of rules would be violated, safety interlocks would have to be by-passed and so on...
-Peter
There are IX types of people -- those who understand Roman numerals and the other 1000 who don't.
My maintenance guys would frequently (twice a year maybe) use the top of the elevator to move things, like really large conference tables. Just coordinate with your local elevator repair man (we used Otis) and follow thier instructions. Works well.
Get out of the game now...if getting the needed materials is gonna stump ya.
Just get's harder after that.
Jeff
.......Sometimes on the toll road of life.....a handful of change is good.......
Never ever pass on a job , let them pass on your price .
Exellence is its own reward!!!! hehehehe
Tim Mooney
Hey Chad lets not forget my all time favorite..working outside in the summertime heat of 90 degrees plus....yea I love that....
Darkworksite4: When the job is to small for everyone else, Its just about right for me"
I have to agree with the very first message from Mark. Pay a DW supplier to put the sheets where you want them.
The best option is to have it boomed into an open window. Just recently I removed a window, casing and all, then reinstalled it after the 12' sheets of DW were boomed in. The time involved with the window was much less than the multitude of butt joints I would have dealt with had I used 8' sheets that could only come up the stairs.
Where there is a will, there`s usually is a solution . Let the air out of the tires was the childs suggestion to the big truck stuck under the bridge.
Tim Mooney
Thanks, all, for the helpful suggestions. Who knew there was such a thing as a "drywall cart"? Or that drywall suppliers would deliver?
I actually did pass on the job, but I won't again. Thank goodness I got a couple of smaller residential jobs over the weekend...