Bought my gym floor off Craigslist from a guy who salvaged it from a high school remodel. Yeah, the box truck. Mine was individual boards, no sections. Lots and lots and lots of moving,stacking, moving and stacking. It went into the first floor of the house I was building. When the plumber came in to do his part, he saw the unsanded pattern and I had to tell him the story. He got a funny look on his face. "I played on this floor." Then I got the columns salvaged from a Duke University frat house....
I was almost certain that you would put up a basketball hoop at each end just to make the flooring feel at home…or maybe a pickup game of HORSE once in a while. Looks great Paul!
All of a sudden my 2021 beginner-woodworker-pallet-disassembly summer doesn’t seem so tedious. Fantastic work and awesome video, per usual. Thanks for sharing!
1). I am deeply interested in finding a use for that much rubber footing. 2). The gag with eating the shaving spaghetti put the fear of god in me. 3). I am now compelled to check past videos to see if I can spot the gym wood.
1. Me too!! For a sense of scale, I think I have 4 full trash cans of them kicking around 2. I still have an after taste in my mouth 3. I'm honestly not sure how much it showed up, but it's definitely in the background of some videos if you look hard enough ;)
I'm surprised you haven't learned to put down sacrificial paper to catch drips, overspray, blood, snot, & other random emissions that may occur when the occasional thing goes BOOM in the shop
I often watch your videos to watch you self-flagellate over some intensely work intensive pieces. This takes the cake. Well done sir. My favourite - "I am just an Instagram model who is installing flooring"
using lane boards from a bowling alley is a much better idea, both the wood and synthetic lane boards are basically indestructible. We ended up using it as workbench tops for the mech room at the alley I worked at
Saw the post on instagram with the consumption of the curl… but after watching the whole video, all I can think about is tasty, tasty skin cells…. Great edit as always.
When you sanded the finish off the boards did it have one of the most unique chemical smells you've ever smelt? Almost sweet??? It's unmistakable... Just wondering...
That is a crap ton of work, my back hurt just watching you, but good job man, looks great. When doing the last row you broke out the track saw for something, what did you need that for? I thought you got rid of the tongue on the table saw…
Good question! Due to the imperfectness of the flooring, there were a few spots that had developed a bit of a wave when installing the main field of the flooring, so I had to trim off a little bit to get the final piece to fit in the gap
I definitely thought about it, but figured that long term it wouldn't hold up as well as just installing it piece by piece. Plus, I feel like that would have made for a boring video if I left it in panels (not that I factored that into the decision 😂)
Great looking floor! Also, my boyfriend needed to get a pair of steel toed boots for his new job about 6 months ago and I suggested Carolina partially on Jackman's support. He absolutely loves them, wears them at least 5 days a week. I know there are a lot of crappy and shady sponsorships on youtube, Carolina makes legit great footwear.
i think he meant that not sarcastically. if you mark the piece directly you don't have the opportunity to misread the tape measure, misremember the measurement, mark the piece incorrectly, etc.
Agreed! It’s not too bad once all the tools are back on the floor, but I do plan on sanding the whole floor down and refinishing it, hopefully this summer
I knew you'd shopped at Brick & Board, but I did not expect to see a poster that I printed hanging on their window in your video. My shop used to be a few blocks from their old location. It's the BLM poster seen very briefly at 1:29.
Had a buddy reclaim cedar strips from an old boyscout camp cafateria. Took us a few days to get it all. Said he wanted to do his basement. Sat on it for months and then sold it. I was PISSED. Many years later, we're no longer friends. Did shit like that a lot. If i ever got a cut for helping, maybe we'd still be talking.
Wow I have never seen such creative affiliate link whoring in my life. Thank you RUclips algorithm for popping this in my feed bucket. Other than the elephants in the room awesome floor dude! I'm jealous!! EDIT: I'm totally Subscribing Now!!
If nobody else will say it, I will... Don't refinish the floor. The almost 8-bit like effect from the previous finish tells a great tale and is something very few, if any, can say they have in their shop.
Although it's visually a bit busy, I honestly really like the unique look of it and kind of want to keep it, because once it's sanded it just looks like any old maple floor. My issue is that there is unevenness in the height of each piece of flooring since it's been installed and sanded once before, and then I shuffled all those pieces around. We'll see with time if that unevenness annoys me enough, if not, then it might just stay as it is, we'll see!
One of the main reasons I subscribed all those years ago was to see thixo do his-I mean-it's job. Man he's beauti-I mean-the beard-I MEAN, DAMMIT, the floor is beautiful. The floor, I like the floor.
Background music, jokes, incredible hard work, I realized I have a certain style with the videos I like to watch. And you sir checked all the boxes. Bravo.
What a phenomenal job! That flooring is gold, 1inch thick maple is such a resilient material but the prep work would be a bear. I love to recycle wood but unless I had all the equipment I would never tackle a project such as this.
I won a pair of boots!! I can't believe it, I took a few days to figure out which pair to get (because they all look great) and ordered them tonight! Thanks Jackman and thanks Carolina shoe!!
So… couldn’t the flooring be laid down in the 5 foot squares? The 2x4 would be an air gap and some of the 5 foot squares could be sliced up to fill in the edges or the spaces between the intact squares -
Check out reclaimed bowling alley wood. I made a desk from it a few years ago. Typically pin in the middle and maple at the ends. It is also a couple inches thick. Really great material.
amazing video on the story of the floor......also me not spending 30 mins trying to pause at the right time to see the auction website .....nope not me haha
heck yeah. I picked up very little of my kids old jr highs old gym floor. they put it in a dumpster and before i could get there most of the good stuff was gone.
WOW! Huge disappointment... after it was installed I was expecting you to strip the old varnish and apply a new finish-you can't imagine the let down 😆. As always fantastic video in all aspects and what a megalithic huge undertaking.
haha! Not to worry, this story isn't done yet, I have a couple things up my sleeve still for this floor, including a separate video all about refinishing it -- just waiting for it to warm up a little before I do it
Me at the beginning of the video: wow that looks like a lot of work
Me at the end of the video: wow that was a lot of work.
Very astute, LegalEagle.
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I'll see you in court sir, that ain't got nothin.
All the effort you put into the filming (tight angles/spaces), editing, jokes/gags; is all appreciated and very much enjoyed. Thanks Jackman!!
Not going to lie, this was a particularly tricky one to film. Thanks for appreciating all the effort!!
i dont understand why he wouldn't just keep the plywood whats he gonna do next time stuff drips on the floor its a workshop use it as one
@@JackmanWorks Jackman20 does not work. Not even in all caps. Just letting you know. Already contacted Carolina.
No lie - the effort on the video is on par with the work in general.
I would've been so tempted to put the floor logos back together. It would've only set the project back another 2 years (at least).
Not going to lie, I definitely thought about it... because of coarse I did
Bought my gym floor off Craigslist from a guy who salvaged it from a high school remodel. Yeah, the box truck. Mine was individual boards, no sections. Lots and lots and lots of moving,stacking, moving and stacking. It went into the first floor of the house I was building. When the plumber came in to do his part, he saw the unsanded pattern and I had to tell him the story. He got a funny look on his face. "I played on this floor." Then I got the columns salvaged from a Duke University frat house....
The next owner is really going to appreciate all the work you put into that shop when your wife gets transferred again.
I was almost certain that you would put up a basketball hoop at each end just to make the flooring feel at home…or maybe a pickup game of HORSE once in a while. Looks great Paul!
I actually bought a rim so I can hang it on the french cleat wall, it just hasn't shown up yet 😂
Did you re-paint any 3-point arcs for throwing scraps into a bin?
All of a sudden my 2021 beginner-woodworker-pallet-disassembly summer doesn’t seem so tedious.
Fantastic work and awesome video, per usual. Thanks for sharing!
I feel like I've graduated from pallet disassembly to flooring disassembly and I want to go back haha
@@JackmanWorks Haha, understandable. But man, you can’t beat the results of that basketball floor. I wonder if that company delivers to N Texas.
That's a really nice ruler there at 11:04. Would be a shame if something happened to it.
I don’t know how to feel about this comment #toosoon #rip (rest in pieces)
Now that the workshop is all finished, it’s time to move again 🥺 that flooring looks amazing! A lot of hard work but definitely worth the sweat 😊
If the rest of the world was as hardworking and patient as Jackman we would have a cure for cancer and be living on the moon.
1). I am deeply interested in finding a use for that much rubber footing.
2). The gag with eating the shaving spaghetti put the fear of god in me.
3). I am now compelled to check past videos to see if I can spot the gym wood.
1. Me too!! For a sense of scale, I think I have 4 full trash cans of them kicking around
2. I still have an after taste in my mouth
3. I'm honestly not sure how much it showed up, but it's definitely in the background of some videos if you look hard enough ;)
Better than the previews on Instagram! Very nice, thanks for sharing. 👍
Wow, thanks!
Soooooo..... did you save all that varnish encrusted children's dead skin? Asking for a friend...
I'm surprised you haven't learned to put down sacrificial paper to catch drips, overspray, blood, snot, & other random emissions that may occur when the occasional thing goes BOOM in the shop
I often watch your videos to watch you self-flagellate over some intensely work intensive pieces. This takes the cake.
Well done sir. My favourite - "I am just an Instagram model who is installing flooring"
using lane boards from a bowling alley is a much better idea, both the wood and synthetic lane boards are basically indestructible. We ended up using it as workbench tops for the mech room at the alley I worked at
Из ничего конфетку сделал!😅
Dude, that would have killed my back, not being accustom to being bent over so much. Nice job!
I definitely felt this project in my body for weeks 😂
Appreciated the commitment to the ‘staple gun’ bit. All the way to the end with staple gun sound effects when walking in the boots.
Probably one of your best videos. Writing, shooting, gags, all of it was great!
Yeah!! That’s was awesome mate
You gonna play some hoops after the hockey game? I bet Graz could dunk on your court. It does look cool! Nice…
I'll put the hoop on the french cleat wall so that we can lower it to his height ;)
I’m proud of you for taking the easy route and cutting the ends square! 😂
While I question your sanity in general, I admire your determination to do things right. :) Great project!
Saw the post on instagram with the consumption of the curl… but after watching the whole video, all I can think about is tasty, tasty skin cells…. Great edit as always.
I’ll be honest, it tasted spicer than I expected… maybe that was the added skin 🤷♂️
When you sanded the finish off the boards did it have one of the most unique chemical smells you've ever smelt? Almost sweet??? It's unmistakable... Just wondering...
This video really had me floored. You totally nailed it. Think it's time to get hammered now. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing. As I was watching I was thinking about all the work, time and thought that went into it. Love your stuff.
thanks so much for the love David
That is a crap ton of work, my back hurt just watching you, but good job man, looks great. When doing the last row you broke out the track saw for something, what did you need that for? I thought you got rid of the tongue on the table saw…
Good question! Due to the imperfectness of the flooring, there were a few spots that had developed a bit of a wave when installing the main field of the flooring, so I had to trim off a little bit to get the final piece to fit in the gap
I love it! Did you ever consider just using the 5x5 sections? I know it would have reduced your ceiling height… But giant parquet!!
I definitely thought about it, but figured that long term it wouldn't hold up as well as just installing it piece by piece. Plus, I feel like that would have made for a boring video if I left it in panels (not that I factored that into the decision 😂)
Great looking floor! Also, my boyfriend needed to get a pair of steel toed boots for his new job about 6 months ago and I suggested Carolina partially on Jackman's support. He absolutely loves them, wears them at least 5 days a week. I know there are a lot of crappy and shady sponsorships on youtube, Carolina makes legit great footwear.
“No measuring means no mistakes”….sarcasm is your love language, like mine.
i think he meant that not sarcastically. if you mark the piece directly you don't have the opportunity to misread the tape measure, misremember the measurement, mark the piece incorrectly, etc.
very cool. very durable. very visually distracting.
Agreed! It’s not too bad once all the tools are back on the floor, but I do plan on sanding the whole floor down and refinishing it, hopefully this summer
I knew you'd shopped at Brick & Board, but I did not expect to see a poster that I printed hanging on their window in your video. My shop used to be a few blocks from their old location. It's the BLM poster seen very briefly at 1:29.
Nice, Builders lives matter 👍
Had a buddy reclaim cedar strips from an old boyscout camp cafateria. Took us a few days to get it all. Said he wanted to do his basement. Sat on it for months and then sold it. I was PISSED. Many years later, we're no longer friends. Did shit like that a lot. If i ever got a cut for helping, maybe we'd still be talking.
Urban Dictionary has a slightly different definition for WAP.
Very interesting, in my world it's always meant Warped As Pringles, but I guess kids these days changed things on me
Absolutely love the floor! And I get a real kick out of your sight gags, transitions and overall sense of humour! Keep on keeping on!
Does this mean the Merman needs to have a basketball floor case?
Always love seeing what you come up with. That looks great man
Glad you enjoy it!
"I'm just an instagram model whose installing flooring." lol
Next video: "I'm MOVING!"
Always enjoy your videos and humor. Keep on creating you you you instagram model you.
Wow I have never seen such creative affiliate link whoring in my life. Thank you RUclips algorithm for popping this in my feed bucket. Other than the elephants in the room awesome floor dude! I'm jealous!! EDIT: I'm totally Subscribing Now!!
If nobody else will say it, I will...
Don't refinish the floor. The almost 8-bit like effect from the previous finish tells a great tale and is something very few, if any, can say they have in their shop.
Although it's visually a bit busy, I honestly really like the unique look of it and kind of want to keep it, because once it's sanded it just looks like any old maple floor. My issue is that there is unevenness in the height of each piece of flooring since it's been installed and sanded once before, and then I shuffled all those pieces around. We'll see with time if that unevenness annoys me enough, if not, then it might just stay as it is, we'll see!
@@JackmanWorks good point, wouldn't have thought of that but it makes sense.
@@JackmanWorks could you do a flood coat of epoxy to address the level issue?
One of the main reasons I subscribed all those years ago was to see thixo do his-I mean-it's job. Man he's beauti-I mean-the beard-I MEAN, DAMMIT, the floor is beautiful. The floor, I like the floor.
Background music, jokes, incredible hard work, I realized I have a certain style with the videos I like to watch. And you sir checked all the boxes. Bravo.
What a phenomenal job!
That flooring is gold, 1inch thick maple is such a resilient material but the prep work would be a bear. I love to recycle wood but unless I had all the equipment I would never tackle a project such as this.
I won a pair of boots!! I can't believe it, I took a few days to figure out which pair to get (because they all look great) and ordered them tonight! Thanks Jackman and thanks Carolina shoe!!
Down below for entry…..and it’s gone.
RUclips decided it was a good idea to delete my whole video description 😭. Links are there now!
Reminds me when I was freshman in high school. Brand new basketball court was being installed. Nice job - looks great
That flooring looks awesome.
it is always a good idea to repurpose something, specially something valuable and beautiful. Your work has added more value to it.
This whole process looked so painful 😂 but totally worth the outcome 100%!!
So… couldn’t the flooring be laid down in the 5 foot squares? The 2x4 would be an air gap and some of the 5 foot squares could be sliced up to fill in the edges or the spaces between the intact squares -
Check out reclaimed bowling alley wood. I made a desk from it a few years ago. Typically pin in the middle and maple at the ends. It is also a couple inches thick. Really great material.
Could you cover your mouth when you sneeze?! Please and thanks!
😁😆😁
Dude, it may have taken a long time and LOTS of hard work but the result is brilliant.
amazing video on the story of the floor......also me not spending 30 mins trying to pause at the right time to see the auction website .....nope not me haha
I'm surprised you didnt cut all those strips into matchsticks and glue them back together in some fancy pants pattern.
I like the way it looks. This might not be the best time to ask this, but, how much weight can your loft hold? just wondering.
Крутой пол👍
Nicely done! I would also be reluctant to start a project like that, but the end result was very satisfying!
You needed/wanted flooring for your business, got to max out material reuse and film it for YT. Win.
put some down in my man cave a few years ago. I felt your pain the whole way through! Wish could show you a picture.
heck yeah. I picked up very little of my kids old jr highs old gym floor. they put it in a dumpster and before i could get there most of the good stuff was gone.
Dude, pretty floor. Did you include washer rows so the floor can grow seasonally?
I have a basketball court .. can you dribble.. no it's for my tools 😕
What I like, you have no clue how to do it, but figure it out. Perfectly fits my team out here. 😛
Don't forget to put a basket ball hoop up on the wall, probably on the sloping wall. Cheers
12:53 your comment bait worked, mister rabbit, this silliness also earned you a sub
Just was you in a boat paint commercial! I didn't know you were an actor lol.
Amazing project. And amazing editing skills
12:20 - nice little nod to dave portnoy's pizza reviews, there!
Id be curious to know the inside baseball on over under of the cost vs buying new.
OMG I love watching your vlogs!
Would have sorted them in colours and made a beautiful pattern
How's that basketball floor spaghetti taste, does it have the right teenage shoe seasoning
I really enjoyed your 'well done' video and project it showed.
I just found your channel today. This floor looks rad.
somehow this man found a way to get pallets made of floor, to then turn around and make floor.
Now you can practice your fadeaway while you get faded.
That spaghetti slurp of the shaving caught me so off guard 😂
Eating the noodle gimmick made me subscribe
Wow great video that’s a lot of work but it looks awesome great job.
pretty cool result!
Thanks!
I think you left out the links
RUclips decided it was a good idea to delete my whole video description 😭. Links are there now!
a Like just for the spaghetti eating of the plane shaving!
Sounds like Mike Rowe, good narration
Shout out baltimore and Brick and Board!
Isn’t everything you do unnecessary?
Holy smokes! This is incredible
Looks good brother
Thank you!
Awesome - and super impressive as always :)
Мне и раньше нравился твой пол, но сейчас вообще обалдеть!
Damn man editing is top notch, great project
Never refinish the floor, it looks awesome!
I really like the floor as it is. I hope you keep it that way.
WOW! Huge disappointment... after it was installed I was expecting you to strip the old varnish and apply a new finish-you can't imagine the let down 😆. As always fantastic video in all aspects and what a megalithic huge undertaking.
haha! Not to worry, this story isn't done yet, I have a couple things up my sleeve still for this floor, including a separate video all about refinishing it -- just waiting for it to warm up a little before I do it
When the sweat falls, don't forget to mop
Does Carolina Boots make size 17s?