Looking For Storys On How Bad It Out There For Us Framing Contractors

topdog

I went from being booked out 3 months ahead to nothing . It has slowed down way to much. ( Looking for some other storys around out there ) thanks..

KentWhitten

It's not gravy anymore. You will need to pull up your pants and get to work. I hope you didn't think it was going to be easy all the time.

Feast or famine. We are just coming into famine.

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framergreg

new homes here in mpls are dead in the water. no good news from this part of the woods.

framergreg

by the way these are the times that framers get use to mac and cheese and weiner water soup.............ive seen it in the 80s 90s and true to form it has returned in 2007. we go down to fall of 08 then up. knock on wood

oldfrt

Nows the time to start thinking about diversifying.Get into another segment of the building trade where you feel comfortable. Remodeling has always seemed to be good in a slow market.If people aren't thinking about building new ,and have to stay where they are, they will add on or up date.
Just a thought for those in this up and down part of the business.

constructionldr

Only bad side is that new construction pricing and remodeling pricing are way different. Ive seen it a thousand times in the midwest...new construction slows.....these peeps bust into remodeling and the whole price curve tends to tilt a bit. I guess the strong shall survive!!

oldfrt

I would be hoping they would ease their way in,after gaining a hold of the scope of work and pricing differences.At least consider learning the remodeling side now so they're ready for the next down turn.
I didn't mean to suggest that they jump into it ,but consider some sort of diversification for the future.

nywoodwizard

Like some say (i do too) You must learn to adapt. Getting into various facets of construction has helped me survive, family needs to eat. One week i'll be indoors installing kitchens,moldings and such, following week i may be freezing my azz off installing railings,fences. This week i'll be over a freinds house installing all his lighting fixtures and building some custom book shelves for another customer. I like doing different things each week it keeps things from getting boring. If all goes well i may have two basements to remodel that should get me thru most of the winter,one is around 800 sq the other around 1600 sq.

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