We started core drilling again this morning. The core actually got stuck in the hole and it took almost 30 minutes to get it unstuck! The Walmart Maintenance guy stated talking to us and informed us that he core drilled quite a few holes in the building. He said he was surprised that we had to go so deep. He suggested that we try another hole and maybe even skip one. So we did…
This is when things got very exciting! About 9 1/2″ deep, the water disappeared! That means the water must be draining through the bottom! Yes, we finally made it through to the bottom of one of the cores! I was so happy, I literally started running around trying to find something to pull the core up with! We actually decided to leave it in so we would have something to run the big saw over. I’d hate to have it sink in the middle of an 8″ hole with the 48″ blade halfway through the cut! That wouldn’t be good at all!
The other crews only worked a half day and took off. It almost seems like we get more done when it’s just the two of us working alone… with 800 other Walmart employees watching our every move! Not really. I don’t even think they know we exist unless we’re checking in and out! We called it a day so we could leave the job on a happy note.
Feb
13
A Surprising Turn of Events
We started core drilling again this morning. The core actually got stuck in the hole and it took almost 30 minutes to get it unstuck! The Walmart Maintenance guy stated talking to us and informed us that he core drilled quite a few holes in the building. He said he was surprised that we had to go so deep. He suggested that we try another hole and maybe even skip one. So we did…
This is when things got very exciting! About 9 1/2″ deep, the water disappeared! That means the water must be draining through the bottom! Yes, we finally made it through to the bottom of one of the cores! I was so happy, I literally started running around trying to find something to pull the core up with! We actually decided to leave it in so we would have something to run the big saw over. I’d hate to have it sink in the middle of an 8″ hole with the 48″ blade halfway through the cut! That wouldn’t be good at all!
The other crews only worked a half day and took off. It almost seems like we get more done when it’s just the two of us working alone… with 800 other Walmart employees watching our every move! Not really. I don’t even think they know we exist unless we’re checking in and out! We called it a day so we could leave the job on a happy note.