I've done a ton of jobs but this is just too weird for me. If it was normal mirrors, not problem, mop squeegee, kill it fast. The thing is I have no idea how long this would actually take so if anyone is willing to ponder this with me, it would be much appreciated. If anyone has done this big a job, then please step to the front of the line.
Definitely a bounty if I decide to bid this job, get the job, and do the job.
It's a mirrored drop ceiling. The other thread just had a section that was mirrored, this is about 3,000 sq ft of mirrors in a cafeteria (the carpet cleaner that gave me the lead says it's 3,000 sq ft so I trust him). I'm thinking it's about 500 tiles since the average ceiling tile is 2x4 or 2x3 or somewhere in there. The height is about 8' and 10' (one section of the floor is raised).
It's a government agency (job corp) that wants it done during their winter break and summer break. In the winter it would be nice since it's a slow season, but the summer is prime residential season.
Everything will be moved out of the cafeteria so I should have free reign to do whatever. I'm not a fan of scaffolding.
I like the idea of the indoor pads, but I'd probably need a butt load of them to get the job done depending on how dirty some of those tiles turn out to be. I'm also thinking I'll need some soap in the solution to degrease.
So I'm leaning towards a wagtail type setup. Get my 24", 18" and 12" squeegees (for different sized tiles), cut up some microtiger or monsoon mops, attach them wagga style and then just squeegee them. The mop should catch the water off the squeegee which would prevent a mess to clean up on the floor. Or maybe a vice-versa squeegee.
The facility guy is really proud of these tiles and had a guy doing them before. But now that their accounting is done out of house, it's a 30 day turn around for payment and his guy couldn't do that. He also said the tiles are cut really tight since they don't have good return on the air conditioning and they need to be tight so they're not pushed out by the air. He also wants the air vents (not ducts) cleaned out but I don't think that would be bad - just get a swiffer and hit it.
This is one of those jobs that I'm not sure I really want. IF (big IF) this goes good, it could be the sweetness. If it's a pain in the butt, I would waste a bunch of time.
Right now I'm leaning towards $1500. I figure maybe 8-12 hours and then add a little PITA padding for good luck. The guy also said I'd have free reign to do whatever timewise. So I can schedule it in parts and do it over a week.
If I decide I don't really like the job, then I'd be at $3000. I'll talk to my carpet cleaner friend because if $3,000 is good for government work, then that's where I should probably start...
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Definitely a bounty if I decide to bid this job, get the job, and do the job.
It's a mirrored drop ceiling. The other thread just had a section that was mirrored, this is about 3,000 sq ft of mirrors in a cafeteria (the carpet cleaner that gave me the lead says it's 3,000 sq ft so I trust him). I'm thinking it's about 500 tiles since the average ceiling tile is 2x4 or 2x3 or somewhere in there. The height is about 8' and 10' (one section of the floor is raised).
It's a government agency (job corp) that wants it done during their winter break and summer break. In the winter it would be nice since it's a slow season, but the summer is prime residential season.
Everything will be moved out of the cafeteria so I should have free reign to do whatever. I'm not a fan of scaffolding.
I like the idea of the indoor pads, but I'd probably need a butt load of them to get the job done depending on how dirty some of those tiles turn out to be. I'm also thinking I'll need some soap in the solution to degrease.
So I'm leaning towards a wagtail type setup. Get my 24", 18" and 12" squeegees (for different sized tiles), cut up some microtiger or monsoon mops, attach them wagga style and then just squeegee them. The mop should catch the water off the squeegee which would prevent a mess to clean up on the floor. Or maybe a vice-versa squeegee.
The facility guy is really proud of these tiles and had a guy doing them before. But now that their accounting is done out of house, it's a 30 day turn around for payment and his guy couldn't do that. He also said the tiles are cut really tight since they don't have good return on the air conditioning and they need to be tight so they're not pushed out by the air. He also wants the air vents (not ducts) cleaned out but I don't think that would be bad - just get a swiffer and hit it.
This is one of those jobs that I'm not sure I really want. IF (big IF) this goes good, it could be the sweetness. If it's a pain in the butt, I would waste a bunch of time.
Right now I'm leaning towards $1500. I figure maybe 8-12 hours and then add a little PITA padding for good luck. The guy also said I'd have free reign to do whatever timewise. So I can schedule it in parts and do it over a week.
If I decide I don't really like the job, then I'd be at $3000. I'll talk to my carpet cleaner friend because if $3,000 is good for government work, then that's where I should probably start...
IMG_20141002_161603_825.jpg IMG_20141002_161607_232.jpg IMG_20141002_161614_552.jpg
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