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Old 03-21-2009, 10:46 PM   #21
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Ok RBS ...do you hire painting subs or do you pay one of your carpenters to slap a little paint on a bathroom?

I have two in house painters anything over 2000sf or extremely intricate is subbed out to my painting subs.

My guys can paint with the best of them but they make too much money for them to spend more than a few days painting.

Their speed would not make it worthwhile

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Old 03-21-2009, 10:49 PM   #22
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Im guessing your doing track homes or working in the hood in DC? I dont do the projects.
NO I do mostly mid to high end work. DC doesn't have tract homes. 100 year plus remodels and historic homes.
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I have two in house painters anything over 2000sf or extremely intricate is subbed out to my painting subs.

My guys can paint with the best of them but they make too much money for them to spend more than a few days painting

Ok then ...They are carpenters that know a little about painting.

I read here that you have trouble finding decent painting contractors. Be honest .....do you hire the low bid? the guy you will be most profitable from? In my experience a contractor as established as yourself that usually has a hard time keeping subs is usually pricing the good subs right off the job.
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I mostly just caulk and paint the seam where the 2 pieces of the DoubleWide hook together, that and the ocasional barn is all we got here in Indiana
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Ok then ...They are carpenters that know a little about painting.

I read here that you have trouble finding decent painting contractors. Be honest .....do you hire the low bid? the guy you will be most profitable from? In my experience a contractor as established as yourself that usually has a hard time keeping subs is usually pricing the good subs right off the job.
No they are drywall/painters/tile. Thats all they do. average paint job is about 12-15k 200-3000 sf foot remodel nothing to fancy.

I take their bids and put a mark up on it. So the bid is whatever you give to me I don't care what the number is. Vary rarely have I been given a number i did not account for or was blown away by in any division. I do remodeling so I don't have to nickle and time like a new construction GC
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You sure? I think Ive seen you in south east doing a row house one time.
Might be we don't refuse work anywhere.
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Just curious what do you bill out for your high end painters............

I do work in Potomac from time to time and my fair share in DC also just curious what "good painters" are making these days.
I don't know since I don't run a paint only operation. My two drywall/painter/tile guys range from 22-25 per hour with bene's
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How did you get the squirrel to hold the Bazooka?
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Ive never met a dywaller who could paint......and I never met a painter who could tile.......so how did you get so lucky....
You teach good guys and have then focus on specific tasks.

You have them work and learn from the best, don't let them pick up bad habits to early on and pay them well and reward good traits.

They don't have to be the best, just really good at it
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How did you get the squirrel to hold the Bazooka?
Gorrilla Glue
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How did you get the squirrel to hold the Bazooka?
He found mexican squirrels
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So you have a painter working for you? because only a good painting can teach good habits IMO. I have a fealing your paint jobs could probley use a repaint. Maybe I should give you a stack of cards to hand out?
Sounds like a plan. Where can i get them from?
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He found mexican squirrels
They are Guatemalan Squirrels bastid
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I'll be in DC next month. I can stop by any job you are curently working at. Will the weekend work or after 4 pm
For you I will make an exception just choose which is best
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Well, the pros are out tonight!
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Well, the pros are out tonight!

Now I am.
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Well, the pros are out tonight!
Don't you mean in?
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Don't you mean in?
Thats what I meant
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Don't you mean in?
Hold up your making fun of the squirrel with that crazy ass frog in your sig? Man did we **** Mike's thread up
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Thats what I meant
Thought so.

Mr. Mike is going to be bent to see what happened to his thread. Turn your back for one minute around here....
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