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We were siding a storage shed addition for a client. Level was left in a stud bay, helper was nailing siding. Helper misses stud. Helper shoots through sheathing, into level standing up in stud bay. Would've loved to see me on video trying to figure out why my level wouldn't budge as I tried to pick it up. Now level has a permanent speed hole. But It's a stabila so it still reads true.

 

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$2 million dollar home in the foothills. 56 Marvin Windows. We were there to install some skylights. Guess the window installers didn't expect anyone to come around and look at the clerestory windows from the outside.

No it wasn't fastened through the jambs on the inside. Just some caulking and a roofing nail at the top fin.

 

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"My Father was a carpenter from the old school" said this homeowner

 

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We're putting our house on the market, can you take a look around and point out anything an inspector might nail us for?

 

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No, he doesn't work for me anymore.:no:

 

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Crap like that is what drove me to self-employment.

 

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It was very important to be able to recess the 2x4 flourescent fixture into the ceiling for this basement bedroom.

H.O. Already removed the flourescent fixture, and will be performing the repairs hisself.

 

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He did ask my opinion on how to fix. But he is a retired architect, and the whole basement project seems to be fun for him. He already had a solution in mind, that was similar to my reccomendation, and I'm willing to bet it's fixed by now.

We were just there to install a double LVL header for a doorway that was going from 3ft wide to 78" wide. He wasn't comfortable doing that on his own.

 

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Going through my Archives and came across this. Was asked to to diagnose leaky window and provide proposal for repair. I gave a proposal, but never heard back. Wonder how that turned out?

 

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Top notch Ice Dam protection here folks. (Spotted looking out the window of my Doctor's office)

 

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My local Woodcraft was either built or engineered by a moron, and the building keeps moving on them. They found a good way to keep the door latch adjustable for the Men's room. :whistling

 

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Wait, what does the code say about access to the panel? Friend of mine was remodeling a bathroom in this house. Took them forever to find the panel.

 

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Why are all of my pics loading sideways?

 

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This would have been a good place for a kickout.

 

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Uh yeah. And a bad place for a ride of line or a window anyway

And that model of tract home is repeated all over town. I'm thinking of sending out mailers.

 

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Who designs something like that with the window like that?

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A well known and popular local tract builder. The homeowner tried to get the builder to pay for the repairs, but that was unsuccessful.

They did come out to investigate, and said it was a maintenance issue on the homeowners responsibility list. Not their problem.

Some of the damage could have been prevented by simply using a building paper as a drainage plane. Or a kickout and gutter at the upper roof. Or not putting that window there to begin with.

Most of the homes around here from that era have zero building paper. No tyvek, no tar paper, nothing. Just siding on top of bare osb.

It now has a kickout and gutter, and a proper drainage plane. I did that repair seven years ago, and still have contact with that client. No problems to report.

 

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Light post in front of the children's therapy services center

 

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Is that a triple dog dare?

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I don't think I've ever had a client that would tolerate something like this in their home. How do people get away with this [email protected]%?

 

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Remember back in the day when the subfloor was the lumber that was use to form the basement walls? We are just spoiled today with floor sheeting and someone else doing the concrete work. :laughing:

A commercial GC I used to work for won a bid to build a brand new historical home for an educational site.

We were supposed to do all of the excavation and form and pour with 1x planks for the foundation, then reuse all of that for the framing etc. It was also to be built with a working gas light system. I was really looking forward to this project, but got transferred to a different project before this one started. I'm still bummed about that.