Hi GuysnGals, just wondering have any of you suffered from fluid on the knees, I have developed fluid on my left knee and I would like to hear what you / your doctor recommends. I have been floorlaying for over 35yrs and never wore knee pads.So any ideas what I can expect to have to go tru to remedy the problem are appreciated . Thanks.
Hi mine came up last year it looked like A tennis ball. My Doctor did not want to drain it at first said it will go on its own after 2 weeks it was still the same so he drained it but that only lasted 4 days and it came up again so he put me on tablets and that sorted it touch wood
I had it on my knee and it sorted itself out after a couple of weeks. My dad also had it but ended up having operation which basically put him out of action for a long time. He has a scare from the top all the way to the bottom of his knee.
I used to get it years ago,i use't to use the kicker not extended and i got it ever year till some one told me to extend it.the kicker i mean! Steve
Funny you should say that, I was doing a re-fit the other night. To cut a long story short the carpet had fitted before (huge bedroom) but new bedroom units etc had been fitted and I was really struggling to get the carpet onto the gripper and hitting the kicker was like hitting a brick wall with my knee. Anyhows working under a unit I extended the kicker out and it stretched in a damn sight easier than when the kicker was in the normal position. Feel like I should have found this out years ago !
LOL, Its daft how many people (not picking on you mate) work away using tools 'how they think' they work. Simple training courses are designed to show you 'simple' tips on how to set up your knee kicker for instance. With me out assessing people for NVQ's every day i get to see 100's of fitters in action. I would say most fitters are doing things the 'hard' way. But when i ask them if they have been on any trainning courses in the past i always get told " i have fitted more carpets than you have hot dinners, nobody can teach me anything etc!" However i do get the odd chap that says "ye i have thought about it but not sure what i could learn" . Well the chaps with a postive attitude i show them a few tricks like setting up your knee kicker and they are always impressed that such a simple thing can help them out so much.
i have had fluid on the knee in the past, but not for a while noe though. I use knee pads all the time for preperation work and it makes it so comfortable.
I agree iv never been on course im 54 this year but all ways willing to learn, have picket some tricks up on here. still never fitted a stairs from the bottom! Steve.
Strange I always fit stair carpet bottom up just the way me grandfather taught my father and my father taught me. Never had fluid on the knee though not yet touch wood.
My mate works from the bottom up with carpets, as i say i do the opposite, but all that matters really is you do it the way you are comfortable and if the job looks good then thats ok.
Quite right Ted like it do what works for you, I've tried going down but I feel like I'm gonna fall down the stairs which I know sounds strange because if I work bottom up you would think by the time I get half way up I should feel the same but I don't weird.
The correct way to the the standards is 'bottom up" However, me personally i cant see any issue from starting from the top if you can get the job tight and the same finish. As you know Alan, i go out every day observing people for there NVQ. If im not happy with what they do in front of me i would not pass there NVQ off. I have not failed one person due to them starting from the top as i belive they have fitted the flooring to a acceptable standard. BUT, i do belive it could be better if they did start at the bottom. This again turns back to training, if you are not shown the difference and the 'correct' way of doing it you will never know! Its all well and good giving it a try from bottom up but unless you are shown how to do it the correct way you again may get poor results.
ive never fitted stairs from bottom to top to be honest, tried once before and found that the underlay gets pushed up and bellies on the nose. would like to know how to prevent this. cheers
im not sure what your doing wrong then. I think i would have to watch you fit a stair to see where your going wrong. Its like most things tho, unless your shown how you will never know.
thats where the svq will come in handy. Quick question....if you where fitting an open ended staircase carpet, binded on the open end and fitted in waterfall style. do you still fit the underlay gripper to gripper?
yes, still fit gripper to gripper. There are different methods tho on how you hide the underlay from view. I dont even know how to explane. Personally tho i would cape and band each step (no underlay or gripper on the riser)
