worked as a metals fabricator for about 9yrs did all sorts of welding and fabrications for a large alum foundry, took a job welding in the oil feilds of oklahoma for about 2 yrs then when they shut down production in 1986. couldent find a welding job to save my rear so I picked up a job instaling floorcovering one thing led to another and in 1990 I started an instalation/tearout co. been lucky with this economy and am still running both crews. been doing all types of flooring/tearout commercialy and residential since 1990. holy cow! thats 25yrs and 21 yrs on my own.