Is your dry room safe?

T Monahan

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Tom Monahan
The following project we completed last week. We replaced all the cables, pulleys and rings. Frayed cables indicated potential danger. Pulley bearings were making a grinding noise. Regan Masi determined it was time to update his rug plant.

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His dry room had a ceiling height of 32 feet,with 19 poles:

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The cables and fittings were decades old:

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Old pulleys compared to the new one we custom manufacture:

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Running the new cable was a two day project:

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But it was worth it! Safe conditions now prevail:

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Everyone is happy at Master Cleaners http://www.mastercleaners.com/ formerly Santa Rosa Rug Cleaners.
 

Nathan544

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Nathan Koets
Yeah, safety is a very real concern, so I'm glad you're getting the old plants modernized. I try not to walk under dry poles in some rug plants. The boys at Atiyeh told me they'd had injuries from falling beams many years ago, and learned from them. With this in mind, I purposely over-built my hanging system.

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Desk Jockey

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We just went in and replaced hardware on our small dry room setup. As you said over built, we can't afford an accident and have OSHA called in.
 

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