Wyoming Wood Floors and Western Sport Floors are regional Gymnasium Flooring Contractors based out of Missoula, Montana. They serve the Rocky Mountain West, Installing, Sanding, Painting, Coating, and Repairing Maple Gymnasium Floors.
Love this innovation in such a niche market. I took over the sanding at my company from the old boy who retired , I’m lucky enough to have access to 2 sets of American 12’s both with hydrostatic old carts and a new rider with super Hummels. I am always looking to improve my sanding knowledge and trying make improvements for efficiency myself. So thankful for your videos .
I have the pleasure of using this new rider with new super Hummels , its mind blowing the silence when running. I still think the American 12 are better at removing the old urethane, but the super Hummel finish is second to none.
We don’t produce these for sale, but it is a very simple build. You need a Bulkhead fitting (from a plumbing supply store) an irrigation valve & a trash barrel.
Thank you! Been using the small ez8 sander for a long time but I bought a Hummel that didn’t come with no cords. It’s time to step it up but I know nothing about the cords. 🫡
Hey Paul, Love the videos. So informative. What do you guys use as your baseline for leaving expansion gaps in a gym floor during install? How many rows do you space between expansion gaps and what method do you use?
Great question, we serve the Rocky Mountain west, MT, WY, Idaho, Eastern Washington. Our primary challenge is to little humidity. We usually install Robbins or Action Maple with an expansion ridge or sometimes it’s call “crush” bead. It holds each board apart .013 of an inch. This allows for some expansion, without board cupping. In areas of the country with wide swings in humidity expansion rows are necessary. In some cases as often as every 18 inches. It just depends upon where you are installing the gym floor. This is a great question, but it doesn’t have one definitive answer. It depends upon location AND upon the facility.
So I have a ? For u I have an old American 12in split drum sander and while sanding the floor I noticed if I drop the drum all the way down it seems to bog down or lose power and want to die.. do u know what could cause that
I am only guessing here Joesph, but start with electrical connections. Check your cord plugs for loose wires, if the are all good, check the wire nuts in the handle where the cord plugs into the machine!
I have a question on the bleacher casters. What should have the janitor dont to prevent the build up with adding another coat? I have a baby grand panio on my floors and i really dont want to tip it on its side to take it out. Is there a way i can add a coat without taking my 3 legged panio on casters out of the room? It lools like a symilar situation to be bleachers.
Hey Mitch, we have recoated rooms with grand piano’s in them. We usually just get under the piano with a paint pad and apply the finish to the floor working around the legs. This usually is less work than trying to move the Grand Piano!
@@WyomingWoodFloors awsome! This great to know I wasn't sure if I could go around the legs and not do under them or not! Have a great day I enjoy your videos!
Hello, I used to work with my dad doing floors and he would connect the Hummel machine directly into the homeowners electrical panel. I was always afraid to do that since I got blasted one time and he said the way to do it was to count every other breaker because they can’t connect to the same one. Can you do a demonstration or a video talking about how to connect them safely so I don’t explode myself? My dad’s not around to show me anymore. Greatly appreciate your video I noticed you can plug into a dryer outlet or something too but does that give all the power the machine needs? I’m trying to get back into flooring
Hey Daniel, in my experience a dryer or kitchen stove outlet will give you all the power you need. Go to a hardware store and buy 3-4 plug configurations for dryer & stove outlets. Then wire on the plug your 220 volt big machine uses. Now you will have adapters that will work in most homes. I agree with you…. Don’t wire directly into a power panel!!!
@@WyomingWoodFloors thanks for the response! That’s the only way he would do it so I never knew that was the better option. Appreciate your quick response
Can you come to Boulder, Colorado and refinish my home's wood flloor? I know I could get someone local, but after watching this video, I really want to go out and have a beer with you.
Hi! For standard gym floors, I know you would typically apply the finish following the grain of the wood (north to south etc) - How would you recommend coating a zigzag (V arrangement/ Herringbone/ Chevron ) patterned floor? I really appreciate your content. Thank you for your time!
Great question! In the case of a Herringbone, Chevron, or Parquet floor, we would still coat the floor in the same direction as the main basketball court. However, depending on where the doors were located (for the close out) we may do it differently. The point is, anyway it’s done you will be going cross grain to some of the flooring.
I just did a few over pours of existing poured urethane gym floors from the 80’s. I used drum sanders to sand that top coat down, then used an auto scrubber 3 times to clean. Hopefully we got good adhesion. I was offered screen and re-coat jobs on wood gym floors, but never tried. Good to know! Love your videos!
. Curious why you guys use a cable to do your circles, instead of the plexiglass pivot plate with telescopic pole. I can see why on abnormally large circles, the cable would be great. When I first started, I had the poles. About 10 years ago, I switched to the telescopic pole, with pivot plate. I absolutely love it
If you get outside the lines when painting a Pulastic or poured urethane floor, just take the leftover top coat in your field color, or whatever the background color is and take an artist brush and touch up over the game line paint before you pull your tape. It will completely disappear.
Hey there in 2023! We have used the SPP method as our sole source of abrasion since viewing your videos last year. So far, so good. We have a project coming up that could use your opinion. We have a floor that was finished with oil and now we are converting to a water based finish. Would you recommend using more than an SPP? Something a little tougher? Floor is in good shape and we want to avoid peeling.
Sitting with Rob right now watching your video on the barrel. We will be using his own barrel this evening in Lakewood CO on a 20,000sf wood floor. I’m looking at getting-R-Done 😎
What is your reasoning with the weight pack please. I have been told recently not to use our weights as the pressure you are able to apply with the pressure dial is suffice. We always used to run the weights regardless but now we are under new management we are being told differently. I’d love to get your take on that please.
It's interesting when you talk about using auto scrubbers on gymnasium floors and worry about moisture, that's a user problem if you ask me. I've been using equipment for my gymnasium daily for 17 years and have had zero issues. Yes I only trust 2 guys doing that but never have I had a single issue and on top of that NEVER NEVER had a slippery floor complaint.
This is a subject that requires some additional commentary. First of all…. During the first year after installation of a new gym floor, the manufactures warrantee will be voided with the use of an auto scrubber. So DO NOT use an auto scrubber during the manufactures warranty period. Secondly…. We agree that MOST problems related to an auto scrubber are operator related. However, daily use maybe too much in high humidity environments. Finally….. we recognize that slippery floors are a safety & health hazard. To the extend that careful use of an auto scrubber can improve the health & safety of your facility, it will be well worth the investment!
