28Nov
Is there more than one way to skin a pig?
Well with floor preparation, quite often there is. Here are a few ways in which you can prepare a floor prior to applying a coating.
23Jun
Ripping Up Ceramic Floor Tiles
Ripping Up Ceramic Floor Tiles
A tiled floor often has a mixture of loose and ‘pooh to a blanket’ areas so it can be easy to be conned into thinking these will be up in two shakes. A couple of dozen tiles and it’s getting progressively harder, and then there’s the adhesive and grout. Time to apply a bit of mechanical assistance.All tilers will be familiar with the breaker and tile lifting blade which is...
15Feb
Floor Grinder or Floor Scabbler?
Floor Grinder or Floor Scabbler?
Shot blasting, floor grinding and floor scabbling are three methods used to prepare concrete surfaces before applying floor coatings or overlays. I want to look at the last two, grinding and scabbling. They are quite different in terms of the equipment used, the task ahead, the process involved, and the results achieved. Floor grinding uses a heavy-duty grinding machine equipped with diamond abrasive discs or shoes to remove the top layer of the surface, typically concrete. This...
29Mar
Floor Scraping; Easier Said Than Done!
How many times have you been caught out underestimating just how stubborn and difficult that stuff is to take up? ‘Oh, it should come up with a sturdy hand scraper and a bit of elbow grease.’ Well Multi-Hire stock a wide range of hand floor scrapers at low low prices (click accessories tab / Floor Scrapers) but they’re unable to supply tins of elbow grease!Often though, elbow grease just isn’t enough and in a moment your quote is looking a...
30Sep
Just Scraping By
The three options available are –Grinding – very this layers or resinPCD (scratching up) 1 – 4 mm resin or screed Scabbling – 2 – 8 mm resin, screed or asphaltScraping – lifting up with a blade. There are no fixed rules so the above are very rough guidelines only.The best solution will be dependent upon the consistency, make up and texture of the material that is down as well as its bonding to the base surface.In this article we’re...
17Dec
Do us a Deal on a Short-term Hire
We can help you make small and med sized jobs very profitable.They tend to have bigger margins anyway without a long list of tenderers eating each other on price, completion and other sweet promises to land the job.More easily managed, less hassle and hic-ups and less strain on the cash flow. The downside risks are that costs can double with a short delay, particularly labour costs if you're having to pay digs. If a stubborn floor really needs a machine...
15Oct
Get it Right First Time
‘This machine just isn’t up to the job!’ Is a cry that we hear all too often. Rarely there may be a fault with the machine or a problem with the site’s power source but more often than not, when we delve a little bit deeper and ask the operator to describe the job that they are trying to undertake, it is patently obvious that they have got the wrong machine altogether.We are not decrying small machines, they do have...