I think this is an introduction to a future DVD.

 

My Gawd! Your floor ate your bottom plates! No worries, bottom plates on walls are over-rated anyway.

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Cheaper than fixing the foundation... :whistling

 

I am afraid to ask but ,Why do all that shimming? Why not rip out the crap and build a solid floor?


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^^^ Because it would cost owner like 5 time more money. Even that big shoot guy that I work for from time to time do not replace joists. If you think why I do not rip subfloor I would again have to set shims at top of joists like at this old project.

 

Plus if you pull up the subfloor, you're going to have to deal with anything you find. I like surprises, but not in renovations.:whistling

 

Getting a good scribe and cut on an 8-12' shim requires a lot of concentration and control.

Maybe a basic for trim carpentry, but not framing, and it's still easy to mess it up.

 

My framer and I laughed at this pat on the back. It's pretty easy. Mark, cut (freehand on the table saw) and install. Like I said, basic stuff, not a huge accomplishment.

 

looks like sq edge plywood....

no t&g? glue?

 

Nothing to see here, he's mastered it and he has his defenders, so your questioning the master Griz...probably is going to say it would cost the customer too much.

 

I've done that work in old houses, it is tedious and you need patience. You also need to start it out right with a laser, to figure where you need your height to be, so it all works out at the end without any huge F ups..

I've seen jobs where someone attempted to level a floor, and was a cluster f&@#. Started in one place, got to spot B and now the two floors are an inch and a half out. Rip it out and start over..

So good job with the shims.. another vote for glue and T@G, I will mention..

 

Never used a laser.

 

I will admit that it is a pain in the arse to cut them. But it's just monotonous and mind-dumbing, not complicated.

If you go back and read my OP, I just said what is there to master here. You guys decided to turn it upside down. As usual, I get the blame for responding to responses.

 

I come here and put good topic and expected technical comments. Just a few usual clowns highjacked my tread, like always. And that tread about bankruptcy is for you a joke. Where only I stand out from 40 creditors. You are man that I would count at if would be war. F clown.

 

This is the third time you have posted this. The second time two years ago Warren called you out on it as well.

The thread isn't a joke, you are.

 

Everything is ok I'm not angry. I just call here TNT to explain how I'm joke with my bankruptcy tread. Explain man. Fight to last drop of blood for money that I earned and this low life call me joke for it.
I bet you call yours war veterans that lost limbs idiots behind closed doors.

 

Well, I guess it's time for me to weigh in. Big website. Lots of variety here. In skill level, experience, intelligence, English fluency, where we came from and what we had to go through to get where we are, etc; As well as in our personality types.
I am new here, so not completely familiar with everyone just yet.
I have enjoyed translating tipitop's posts, as well as the light hearted and usually humorous ribbing they engender. But man, this one was rough. We could probably do a little better than this if we tried.
Your words are extremely powerful. They can tear down, or they can build up. I thought this was a place to help build each other up. If that is true, the tone of our replies can either help or hinder us in achieving that goal. You can be right, but wrong, at the top of your voice. I can't think of a situation where calling someone a joke will edify them or anyone else at all. Sounds like high school on this thread. Which is fine, just depending on what the point is of our community.
Personally, I am a fan of HELPING those less fortunate. There are many ways of doing this.
Calling B.S. for what it is can be helpful.
Sandwiching CONSTRUCTIVE criticism between encouragement is another. ( and usually goes a long way in helping your criticism be received.)
Sound advice is helpful.
Referring someone to proper resources is helpful.
But bashing, name calling, tearing down only without offering solutions, tit for tat exchanges don't really help anybody. It does make one think twice before posting, which might be viewed by some as helpful. Personally, I enjoy the entertaining responses to the more basic questions, and the light hearted ribbing makes me smile.
I joined this forum mainly for entertainment anyways. It was only after reading through so many of the articles that I realized just how much I had yet to learn.
As quoted from one ancient text:
" any man who thinks he knows something knows nothing yet as he ought to know."
And this coming from a self titled Construction DR.
Alright. Rant over. For now.
Can't we all just get along?



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Sorry, but if you worked with a guy for 7 years and they run their mouth all the time you wouldn't have an issue calling them a joke. When they tell you the same story several times over the years looking for attaboys and pats on the back you would roll your eyes and leave the room.

It's the same here. The new guy might see the eye roll and turning their back on someone as an insult and un-necessary, but you don't have the context. I don't give a rats ass about giving tipi any constructive criticism. He doesn't listen, doesn't care and will go on and on about it. Look up his coping crown thread or the bankruptcy one. You will find a pattern.

Like in construction and contracting there isn't a whole lot of coddling and massaging. Take it or leave. Do it or don't. Drop the purse, take off the apron and get to work.

 

If there was no ball busting I would have left the site couple of years ago.


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FIFY... :whistling

 

7 years? Wow! That's one hard headed SOB. I don't think I would last that long under the same circumstances.

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Just one more thing before I let it go. There are a bunch of real tough talkers online. I just wonder how rough and tumble we all would be in the same room. Hopefully, the same. Now that would be entertainment.

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I can give you the phone numbers to my guys.

I can also give you the number to the Health dept at my daughters school. Had a meeting with them today. They stormed out after I said that I would keep interrupting her if she was going talk crap and lie.

However, I am a bit different in person. Not softer, just more aware of your reach when I do say something. :laughing:

 

 

That's awesome. And very true in my experience.

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Wow Rob!!

For a thread that I never posted in, ,my name has been dropped a lot here in the last few pages.

For what it's worth, I have always been somewhat of an instigator. I am one of those guys who will blurt something out that seems funny, but at the same time can be a biting critique. It often takes awhile for the meaning to sink in, and by then someone else has picked up the torch and run with it.

 

How is it these threads are more popular than my bucket scaffolding rigs and highwire acts?...you guys suck :laughing:

 

Looks like your time in the spotlight is over....

 

Much ado about nothing.

How hard is it to just not read a topic posted by Tipi?

Nearly impossible it would seem.

 

^^^--- And now you are one of us.

You are a Tipi Zombie.
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Tipi seems to be like a train wreck :jester:

 

TNT, You're absolutely correct, but I think what Tipi is saying (emphasis on think since who knows what Tipi is really saying) is that there are cases where people/companies take advantage of the bankruptcy laws. When I was a kid my father's company took a six figure hit from a client who had a habit of subcontracting out big jobs, collecting, paying his family and himself a huge salary, then bankrupting the company leaving the subs holding the bag. It's the reason I couldn't go to college and we almost lost our house over it. So yeah, there are legitimate bankruptcies that allow a person to get back on their feet, but there are also those that are opportunistic scammers.

 

I agree with that, but as long as they are within the law they can take advantage all they want.

 

Them TNT you. I disclosed proof in bankruptcy tread and it get deleted. At another hand I show you guys ugly true. You live in matrix. Have no energy nor money for supreme court. Now is stage of reporting this case to all news stations in world to rest of my life.
District court did move this time. Decision is from 5/16 and I get letter 5/24. So it give only 6 days to prepare appeal to supreme court. I didn't stand chance.

 

You wouldn't have stood a chance with a year to prep. Just more excuses. Again, no one cares. It's over. Move on with your life and go cope some crown.

 

Well, city inspector was very impressed whit my floor leveling. Everything else pass to. A couple roof framing, stairs framing. So good to go 10 more days of touch up and all done after 4 months. Just another house completely reframed.

 

After 4 months, you could have upsold that 4500 bucks if you hadn't spent so much time trying to get it.

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