This year, like some years in the past, we are doing more stairs. I don’t mind it, when we get finished it it very satisfying. This week we are finishing a set of them. Trina and I were talking how the home owner is your worst enemy when it comes to someone walking on the stairs before they are done and leaving footprints. About the same time the owner came into the new house. We both explained how important it was to stay off of them.
My first thought was “this guy understands and will stay off of them”.
I think new stairs attract people to them like a magnet. They walk in and must say to themselves, “how nice, they look dry to me” and up the stairs the go walking on the cardboard sign as they go up.
Well it happened again….. Yes there was a sign and all precautions were taken. This is when we left:
Small bare feet and tennis shoes, I should say sweaty bare feet the worst kind to be walking on the stairs before a seal coat is applied. This is what we came back to:
My second thought is there is no way to stop this from happening, so I try to get the prints out even going as far as faux painting the grain over the prints. For the most part they can’t be seen but I know where to look so I see them anyway.
The new home owner is a police man. I showed him the photos and he wanted a copy so he could watch people’s footprints. I’m kinda glad I’m the one doing the stairs and not the one being tracked down!
Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz
PS: My Third thought today, this picture explains it all – Will Smith and Family watching Miley Cyrus at the VMA’s
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3 replies on “Please stay off the stairs!”
I would find that very frustrating to go to the work of getting it nice and have someone screw it up. What is wrong with people? I have seen a lot of freshly finished hardwood floors in newer construction that have prints in them. The subcontractors are in a pinch to finish other things and walk over floors before they are thoroughly dry.
How funny that you put that pic in from the VMAs. I was tempted to use that one as well but my post was getting long winded and I had to quit posting pictures. Wasn’t most of the VMAs a nightmare? Makes our actions in the 60s look someone tame.
Have a great day.
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Oh gosh, that reminds me of how I need to repaint the steps outside my kitchen. It’s just two steps leading from the garage in…but it’s the passageway frequented by my dog. I don’t think he’ll heed any signs not to step there…LOL!
And Will Smith’s family – that’s a priceless shot!!! 😀
I’m with Cheryl … I’d be really ticked off if someone messed up my hard work. The Miley Cyrus bit was unbelievable … who’d have thought Hannah Montana was a slut?
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Bud