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Comment on Removing Baseboards by Baseboard help!!!!!!, a discussion at The Floor Pro Community

Baseboard help!!!!!!, a discussion at The Floor Pro Community — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:48:45 +0000

[...] Pro Community. I feel like I have another friend in Minnesota and I've never even been there. Glad my baseboard article could be a little help. I'm especially pleased that some of the advice you got here echoed my own. [...]

Comment on Removing Baseboards by tim

tim — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:47:00 +0000

Thanks that was useful

Comment on Removing Baseboards by Flooring cleats sometimes going into face of board (Page 3), a discussion at The Floor Pro Community

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:22:50 +0000

[...] By the way, this kind of tool makes a great nail puller for a lot of different applications, including misfired cleats or staples in hardwood flooring. Rest the shoulder of the tool on the subfloor, grip the cleat (not too tight) and rock it over. I showed its use in an article I did about R&R baseboards: How To Remove Baseboards Without Damaging the Wall or Base | a Flooring Professional [...]

Comment on On Being An Independent Business Person by A TFP Flooring Forum Topic about: How do you fill up your days?

A TFP Flooring Forum Topic about: How do you fill up your days? — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:32:45 +0000

[...] seem to know when to shut up. So, rather than take all that space here, you can read it here: A look back at being an independent flooring installer | a Flooring Professional Here's an [...]

Comment on Do I Need To Blog? by Jim McClain

Jim McClain — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:10:47 +0000

We’re ALL opinionated, Bud. Yes, even you. When our opinions are strongly disagreed with, we become the SOB. When we say something that makes one see their own faults, we are the SOB. When our observations, in the form of opinion, make someone look bad (or at least makes us feel like we look bad), we are indeed the S – O – B.

I had no doubt that others would agree with me about my self-appraisal. I try to be truthful about myself. I ain’t all that. I think most people who look within hard enough, will realize they aren’t all that. But it doesn’t keep us from trying to convince others that we ARE all that. Sometimes, unfortunately, we may begin to believe it ourselves.

Comment on Cant We Right Write? by Jim McClain

Jim McClain — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:58:29 +0000

Nope, not just you, Bud. By the way, thanks for the comment. It gave me an opportunity to re-read my article and find a typo – after a year. I should practice what I preach.

Comment on Do I Need To Blog? by Bud Cline

Bud Cline — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:28:25 +0000

Jim McClain begins this message with the words: “I am an opinionated son-of-a-bitch”, Hi Jim. I wonder if Jim would expand on that self-appraisal just a little. By the way Jim, many of us agree with you, would you care to diagnose yourself as to why you are that way? (smiley face here)

Comment on Cant We Right Write? by Bud Cline

Bud Cline — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:21:06 +0000

Huh! And I thought I was the only one that was bothered by the manner in which people present themselves on forums these days. So it’s not just me!

Comment on Removing Baseboards by Kimberly

Kimberly — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:30:31 +0000

Thanks for this DIY on baseboards. Luckily my baseboards are brand spanking new and no paint or caulking was done yet. My husband and I get to remove these prior to our floors being done (concrete staining). To avoid more unnecessary funds spent on the construction people who put them on when they should not have in the first place, we are removing baseboards by ourselves. If I want the job done correctly, I learned that sometimes I can rely on the professional and then there are those times I just can’t rely on the professional to do things the way I need them done. I have no choice but to research and do it myself, unfortunately. You have taught/written well. Yours by far is the best step by step instructions and it’s well written where “I get it”! Although i know baseboards I have are a “no-brainer” but I want to salvalge as much as I can of the baseboards to reuse and not make new holes in my new drywall. Thank you.

Comment on Email Address Brand Recognition by A TFP Flooring Forum Topic about: Whats the best way to promote yourself on the net?

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:39:25 +0000

[...] in email addresses being an asset, not just a convenience. I wrote an article about it here: The Importance of Brand Recognition In Your Email Address | a Flooring Professional You can register a domain name and use it only for email, if that's all you want for now. Later, [...]