So I get a call from a guy who I've done some work for in the past. Nice guy but unless the directions say open beer first he's pretty much lost. Last week he wants to know if I want a old bench from the basement of his business. His way of getting it gone for free. It's a 3/4" plywood laminate covered bench with locking doors. Weighs about 3/4 of a ton. Wouldn't even make good firewood with the laminate on it. I counter offer to bring my saws-all over and make it smaller. He thinks that's a good idea.
So today he calls and asks if I have a Dremmel Tool. I ask for what? He has "some bolts that are imbedded in concrete and stick thru drywall and hold wood on". He needs them cut off flush because they are "wallpapering the room and can't have the bolts sticking thru the wallpaper" . I figure this is a angle grinder job with heavy extension cord not a Dremmel tool job. Load up and off I go.
These are the "Bolts" 4" common finishing nails. Two have pulled thru the wood and are stuck in the wall. Two minutes to grind them off.
The "wood" is a chair rail on two of the walls of the room. He used a crowbar to pull it off the wall. With either a dent or hole thru the drywall every 6-8"
His wife wanted the chair rail gone so she could wallpaper the room. I told him it will take me 3 days to fix this now.
Him "can't you just wallpaper over the holes"
Uhhh No!
