Finally done with the jackhammering and wrapped up the day by hauling out all the rubble.
Surprisingly little water damage on the floor and walls, considering how bad it looked on the surface. I’m a bit intimidated by the scale of this job, even though I’ve done one before. Just need to break it down into tasks and focus on one step at a time instead of the whole thing at once.
And now that I’ve looked at an image of it I need a shower to get the dust off.
Did it taste like asbestos or silica?
It was inspected for asbestos prior to demolition. I don’t fuck around with that stuff.
When you do any kind of stone work, sanding, or grinding, PLEASE where a dust mask or filter. Its really not worth it to skip out.
I do, and I have a good one too. My issue however is that because of my beard none of them seal perfectly. I’ll likely just have to invest into a powered one at some point because I do this for living and there’s plenty of more dusty work ahead of me.
I very much want a PAPR as well. I seem to recall that there were some units that came out of COVID that are somewhat cheaper, at least.
I used one for welding in my previous job. It has the additional benefit of keeping your face cool by blowing fresh air onto it and being a full face it protects your eyes too nor does it fog up.
I hadn’t even thought of that! I did some oxyacetylene welding many moons ago and I remember the heat being absolutely intolerable at times.
I do machining as a hobby now and I’d really like to filter out cutting oil smoke. My biggest fear using a PAPR is my shop is the hose—I’d need to find a way to keep it REALLY close to my body. I don’t want to get pulled into my lathe face-first.
One like this might work if you don’t want to mess with hoses.
Definitely invest sooner rather than later. Chronic lung diseases are a living hell.
Yeah, I can’t argue with that.
That’s how I do bigger projects, too. I plan the steps, and do one step at a time. I don’t rush, because it’s not a paying job. Although, I suppose if this is your only bathroom, you might feel some pressure to complete it quickly.
I’m a general contractor and I’m doing this for a customer.
