Template, Scribe or Freehand ?

What are the preferred methods for fitting safety floor these days. in the past I was always taught to template and this has been my choice ( having spent almost 2 years working with traditional lino in the past)). I have also scribed but only freehanded a couple of times.

Opinions or experiences appreciated.

Regards

Ray

 

if self employed chaps do templates, do they SUBscribe

 

depends on the current MARK-IT-OUT there

 

often ill heat and hook it in
if i caN TEMPLATE ILL TEMPLATE

 

same here soften drop in i find it quicker

 

soften up away you go or backmark /scribe if no leccy depends if leccy on n site conditions etc like to template for polyflor xl but ,,,,,think of the trees !!!!!

 

If I have the TIME and SPACE I would template,but mostly working in areas of limited space so normally heat it up and hook it in.

 

The job i have just compelted (always templated before ) was the first time I have tried free-handing polysafe. I found that if i softened it enough i could use my speedcat to crease it, unorthodox maybe but it worked for me

 

I noticed a lot of you lads say you heat up polysafe to make it easier to cut.

I just cut this stuff straight in with no heat with no problems

I know we all do things differently tho

Hippyfitter :smile:

 

I think after my recent polysafe job, warming it up took it to about just above freezing ! there was snow blowing thorugh the main entrance door even when it was closed !

Seriously, i wasn't happy about hooking it in but a lack of space and time gave me no option - i would certainly do it that way again though. You make a good point aswell though, heat it too much and it goes too soft, there was a fine line between to warm and not warm enough !. Trial and error i guess.

cheers

Ray

 

double stick the edges and hook it in and if it is cold then haet it up the double stick stops it curling and shrinking

 

i always hook safetys in sometimes with a heatgun sometimes not depends on how cold the material is

 

Ahem...manufacturer's recommendations?
Don't remember reading anything in their blurb about laying it in subzero conditions.

You wouldn't catch me doing that.
Well not often anyway.

 

It was certainly sub-zero outside, a little bit (not alot) warmer inside even with heating on ! (old draughty building protected by being listed !)

Anyhow i'm a rebel me, not your normal type of rebel but a ........trainee/ first year apprentice type of rebel !! :twisted:

 

I think it was first WEEK apprentice if i remember rightly :lol:
Anyway i see that tosser is upto his tricks again, hope he doesn't come here scaring off the new members.

Matt if anyone called mark comes on here do us a favour and vapourize him!