Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Bob Harmon Shop idea 3-29-06

For sidewalks that have raised due to tree roots instead of renting a
grinder to grind down the lip which isn't cheap and is a slow process
you can use you're circular saw with a diamond blade and set it at an
angle and cut it, it comes out great and for those sidewalks that are
tall make the angle cut back further the fill in with cement which makes
a nice little ramp. bob
Bob Harmon
Maint Supervisor
Brentwood Apts
WK# 360-896-0290
Cell# 360-921-4953

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Friday, March 24, 2006

Bobby Harmon 3/23/06

From: Bobby Harmon
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:32 PM
To: Shop Talk
Cc: Mike Brewer
Subject:
When ordering Bi-pass doors have them bore the hole all the way
thru,that way when one side gets damaged you can just flip the door
around also for the doors that don't have holes all the way thru you can
by a hole saw and cut your own.
Bob Harmon
Maint Supervisor
Brentwood Apts
WK# 360-896-0290
Cell# 360-921-4953

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Monday, March 20, 2006

Shop Talk idea

From: Misty Johnston
Sent: Mon 2/27/2006 10:29 AM
To: Shop Talk
Cc: Mike Brewer; Rosanna Thomas
Subject: RE: Shop Talk reminder, Rusty Toilet Tank Bolts

Many times, if there is a leak from the toilet tank, it is due to a
rusty "tank to bowl" bolt. Typically, we would drill it out from the
inside of the toilet tank. This can often be very time consuming, and
could also create more damage- for example, when drilling from the
inside it is possible to chip the actual bolt hole. This could make the
bolt hole larger, and harder to seal.
An alternate solution to this would be to take a vice grip and clamp
down on the bolt(from the exterior, between the tank and the back of the
bowl). Using the vice grip and applying pressure will allow it to be
held in place while you are unscrewing the rusty bolts.
This is a simple modification to ensure that it is being done in a
timely, efficient, and effective manner.
Gideon Tkebuchava
Maintenance Engineer
Kempton Downs, Portland OR

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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Bobby Harmon idea 3-16-06

From: Bobby Harmon
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 11:10 AM
To: Mike Brewer
Cc: Jason Wood
Subject: ideas
Heres some of my ideas that I have sent to the Mastermind program
earlier this year, we use all these ideas here at Brentwood.
1) When a mirror de-silvers at the bottom we use a deep pocket J-Bar to
cover the de-silvering, it comes in silver and gold and looks really
nice.
2) We use shower rod covers, they not only look good but you never have
to replace a shower rod do to all the scratch marks and the covers last
for years, they come in white and ivory.
3) When doing the grounds my guys don't use the small black pails from
Hughes we use a big red mouth pail from Home Depot it holds 2 1/2 times
as much garbage which means you're not having to find a dumpster as
often to empty it.
4) Criterion has snap caps for the tile, I use it for the fireplace
tiles, it goes between the carpet and tile it protects the tile from
chipping and the carpet from fraying it looks really nice and comes in
grey or almond.
5) When doing turns I walk the units and make out the parts lists, This
lets me know how much time it should take them to turn the unit and
whats needed, then my guys take all parts with them at once and if they
forget a part they finish everything on the list first before making a
trip back to the shop, also while their in there they will find things
to add to the list, this cuts done on wasted trips to the shop.
6) Each of my golf carts has a 5 gallon bucket and a grabber in it, so
as the techs are driving to there jobs through out the day and see
garbage the pick it up, this has made the grounds a whole lot cleaner
also if the garbage is on the right side of the cart its easy to reach.
7) The scraps of vinyl we have left over, we use it to install entry
vinyl the residents love it, no more muddy footprints at the door.
Bob Harmon

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