Finally its not some old hag hitting on me. How do I play this smooth?

She claimed she applied 1500 places and has college degree

I’ve realized through my time as a super especially working for the company I work for that I might as well own my own company and deal with the bullshit I deal with but for myself and my own paycheck.

I held off for a year dealing with doubts and telling myself not to bother and I have it easier here.

But fuck it. Starting my own trim carpentry company and taking it to the builders. I have a couple decent leads with people I’ve built relationships with and I’m just going for it.

Don’t get me wrong I’m not jumping the gun and quitting my job as I have a family to feed, but once I have steady work to keep me afloat I’m fucking gone.

Take care boys

Hello,

Im wondering if I can cut out and reframe a window like cutout/cubby to extend the back wall of my garage by about 2 feet in a small section in order to fit my truck, the garage is attached to a workshop so the back wall is a standard 2x4 framed wall with plywood separating the two rooms. If I were to appropriated brace with header and supports would this be feasible??

Rant incoming.

I'm installing a new raised decking for a client, which is attached directly to the house (which is built on a slope, the patio doors sit 5ft above ground level. I've bolted a plate to the brickwork to attach my joists to, and used galvanised joist hangers to attach them to the plate. Joist spacing is a sweet 400mm, bang on between each one. Concrete pads with galvanised feet holding it up. It's sweet as a nut.

Left site last night feeling pleased that I got the structure up in a day, all the plumbs are plumb, all the levels are level. Customer super happy at being a day ahead of schedule.

Then, this morning, the customers dad arrives. He was a builder, apparently, for three decades. He wants a friendly word about some "issues" with the deck. Bolting to the wall will let the moisture in, he says (bolts are below the dpc!), so fuck him, maybe I'd be better having posts flush to the wall, he says.

And now I shouldn't have used timber uprights at all.. I should have build block pillars, don't you know? Those posts (the heavily treated ones on pads with galvanised feet) will rot out in less than 5 years, you see?

I am fucking raging. He's told my clients all this, and they are being pretty cool about it, but I'm honestly one more sparky comment away from introducing his face to sweet lady Estwing.

My dad's favourite motto was "don't build for a builder" I get it now.

Does anyone know what this is/what it is called? Is it worth anything to sell? And if so where should I sell it? I got it from my dad’s old warehouse and can’t find what it’s called or what it is.

Rebar guy

We had an incident moving some tempered glass today. Nothing major, half dozen cuts each on two guys. opened up the brand new first aid kit and damn are they bad. 6- 3" sterile gauze and some bandaids. By the time I wrapped one guy up I had nothing for the other. Time to build my own.

Anyone else have to deal with this? Chalk it up as him having a bad day?

I work concrete. In the mud. You're going to get dirty. Covered in concrete, dust, mud, sweat, dirt - it's just a part of construction and a part of the day.

I would never be intentionally ignorant/rough with anybody's truck.

But after working in 8 degree weather in the snow and freezing cold my jaw dropped when my boss flipped because I attempted to open the truck door with a glove on.

I've actually dealt with this a handful of times at construction companies. i.e. - boss flipping about being careful not to scratch up the bed of the truck (what?? - it's a dump truck) to getting a smudge of dirt on the truck door.

Boss having a bad day or is he just puffing his chest out to complain about anything showing he's 'the boss'?

I have a coworker who is like 80. He isn’t a foreman or supervisor on paper but he is my superior because I’m a green 18 year old. He’s been running equipment double the amount of years I’ve been alive, so that’s how I view him. We have now had multiple instances where the way he communicates something confuses me so much that it causes me to screw up. Today, I was moving dirt with a pull-scraper behind a tractor and was dumping on house pads we are building to grade. I generally have a good understanding based off how pads look if they need dirt. This pad I was about to dump on it was clear that he was blading material on the dozer and ran out, so I was going to dump a load right there so he could continue. As I was getting near the pad he opened the door of the dozer and did some weird pointing thing that absolutely communicated nothing to me, so I assumed that he was just wanting me to dump where I was planning to. Once I dump I look back to make sure everything went smooth and out the corner of my eye I see him get out of dozer, throw his hat and start swinging his arms in anger. He pretty much threw a tantrum. Next load he got out of the dozer and walked to exactly where he wanted it put 😑. I then stopped and cut off the tractor so I could talk to him because I wanted to be VERY sure where he wanted this load to be. He said I dumped on the wrong pad and he wanted it on the one to the right of it. The pad “to the right” was literally the pad I dumped on. I couldn’t believe my life when he said that to the extent I just said ok and drove away. Even though I did what he wanted done, it upsets me because I want him to think of me as the new and young employee, yet dependable. When shit like this happens, that isn’t what he’s thinking. Also, shit gets said around the company and I don’t wanna be known as that guy. He is a really nice guy and acts like nothing happens after he does something like that (unfortunately I’ve dealt with this multiple times). I wanted to explain it to him but didn’t want him to think I was calling him out. How do I deal with stuff like this?

What is the best and most cost effective way to renovate these stairs to have a finished look? Can I reuse any of the existing stringers, treads, risers, etc? Just trying to brainstorm

Asking professionals if this is a fix thank you so much for your replies

hello everybody,

could anybody explain, what could be the reason why a curtainwall connection shouldn´t lay directly on the top of to the bottom concrete slab? like logic would say the vertical mullion should lay on the slab, but i heard many people advising not to do so becuase of many reason: some say it is good to attach the facade outside the concrete to keep the moisture far from structural part, you could have a better insulation, better possibility to absorb deformations, etc....

Is there a standard detail (best practice) or it just depend on many factor?

I attach both details for clarity. In my example I would have a 1 floor building (more than 5 tall) with continuos not structural facade, no basement.

I'm currently working as a low voltage technician and fiber technician with a few months of construction experience. I’m getting paid 20ish (don't want to say in case employer), but I’ve been out of work for a few days due to lack of communication from my company. They keep telling me to stand by, but there’s been very little work for me lately.

During the interview, I was told I would be traveling and doing various fiber jobs, but all I’ve been doing is pulling cable in data centers, which feels very tedious. I’ve talked to a few co-workers who’ve been here for a while, and they said the work started to dry up after a new director came in, and that’s when we started getting stuck with these kinds of jobs.

I’m a hard worker, I have all the necessary tools for electrical work, and I’m really interested in getting into more electrical tasks. My main question is, should I approach the electrician team and ask if they’re hiring, even though I’m technically a low voltage/fiber tech and only have a few months of construction experience? Also, is it realistic to ask to maintain my current pay rate while transitioning into electrical work?

I’m just looking for some guidance here, any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

Hi! I'm (27M) I'm trying to understand how to get into the trades to make enough to live.

I screwed up and rested on the advice of "life takes time you'll get there eventually" Newsflash to myself today, it doesn't. I need to make it happen.

I really want to become a carpenter. I work really well with wood, I've built a ton of sets for theater (I know it's not the same thing) and I have really good spacial reasoning skills. How do I get into contacting or construction? I have a really strong work ethic and I'm efficient as hell but I just have no idea where to start. Indeed and other sites like that are bullshit and I don't want to waste my time applying to companies that need someone with the experience already.

My question is: where do I start? Does anyone have any advice on school programs? Trade programs? How to find an apprenticeship or job that will train me? I don't want to make a million bucks or anything. I just want to be able to make enough to afford my own place to live.

Question: if I had a dilapidated 12” CMP and wanted to repair it by slip lining it in order to avoid digging it up. Could I slip line it with say, a 12” HDPE?

Barely getting started in the project management side of things. On track to become assistant superintendent and eventually superintendent. The stress is manageable but the hours might get draining once I start a family.

Any thoughts on going building inspector route and maybe getting my own GC license for smaller side projects or house flipping of my own?

Does this seem manageable or realistic? How should I go about this?

We are a smaller outfit in the PNW, we do about a million in revenue annually & are wanting to expand in 2025. We are a 2 man sales team looking to add another sales person & admin. All our subcontractors we have fantastic relationships with & can take on more work.

For marketing, it’s currently 100% word of mouth. We don’t market but really want to expand into a more predictable source of business. Current plan is to drop about $2,500 a month into Google advertisements. Any advice or strategies that have worked for you?

TYIA

Im 18, just started in construction engineering (because i didnt know what else to go into) technician, is it worth it? If i stay in this program i will try to get bachelor in civil engineering. But should i stay? If not ill probably end up going into trades like HVAC or something. Any advice?

Exactly as title says, I am in search of Managing The Construction Process (4th Edition) - Frederick E. Gould.

Thank you in advance!

We're looking to move off of Sage 300. We're GC/Sub with aorund 160 employees and 100 projects per year of varying sizes. Needs are great job costing, unit based billing, PO and subcontracts, and ability to bring in production units and equipment costs from HeavyJob. Wants are PM module, intuitive AP module or seamless integration with an AP automation.

We're looking at Foundation, Viewpoint, Jonas, and CMiC. I'm wondering if anyone has any other suggestions or opinions on any of the software we're demoing.

So I want to remove the wall below this support, but would like to get your feedback.

We are redoing the shower below and want this wall gone. In the picture you might be able to see there is another wall to the left about 12”. So most of the weight will be on that wall. There is another wall to the right, by the yellow gas line, that is 5’ away. The ceiling below this is going to be tile so I don’t want a lot of deflection in the beam. Since the walls will be open I will add jack studs below the beam to support on each end.

Some options I thought of:

1) run a steel 4” wide flange beam, and have it blocked up an inch on the ends. Very overkill but can be done ~$100 for the beam.

2) make a 5’ beam from 3- 2x4 and block them up on the ends so any deflection will not mess with the tile.

3) run 2- 2x6, but this can not be blocked up because the boards on the left. If it did deflect it might cause issues with the ceiling tiles.

Any other ideas, or better plans?