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Re: Construction trades are going downhill [Re: ol' dad] #8479452
Yesterday at 10:07 PM
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Ive got where i tell them i was here before you and if im gone before you i will be ok with it but this is how im going to do this and it will probably take longer than you think

Re: Construction trades are going downhill [Re: ol' dad] #8479473
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Good one Joco

Any trade is a good way to make a living. It’s the individuals that can ruin it! The worst are the supers that were contractors and couldn’t make it.


I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
Re: Construction trades are going downhill [Re: Oh Snap] #8479528
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Just had a 20x70 put up for my honey extraction room for the bee keeping business I’ve started this year. What surprised me was the cost of the concrete and gravel versus what the building cost. Concrete 250$ a yard for a total of 20 grand formed and poured. Gravel was 650 a dump truck load for 1300$ total. Building cost erected ( verse-atube) 13500.00$. Like you mentioned the building company wanted inch and half free board all the way around on the slab. Hired a concrete crew that consisted of 3 guys in their 30’s to dig footing and pour it. They poured it in 2 separate pours and ended up within an eighth of an inch of being square. Was pretty happy with the job they did.
When the building company showed up they called their office and told them it was an eighth out of square and some additional charges might apply if the crew encountered a problem while putting it up. Received another call from their office the next day saying the slab was not level and that a cut off fee was gonna apply. Had about enough of them trying to nickel and dime me so I told their office I had some fees that I was gonna apply also. The one for the new asphalt shingle roof on my house and the repainting of my pristine 1996 dodge trapping truck that their crew had seen fit to throw metal sparks all over while using a cut off saw. Never heard another word out of them and the building was completely done in 14 hours. Had a little trouble communicating with that 4 man crew until that last phone call from there office, then they spoke English pretty darn good. Turned out the concrete was level and their shop and misfabbed a couple rafters.
Get ready for a fight with your building company Ol Dad for your concrete being out of square or anything else they can try and dream up. Might want to bone up on your Spanish too.

Re: Construction trades are going downhill [Re: ol' dad] #8479577
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Made a living doing siding, roofing repairs, window installs and window wraps. Few little odds and ends that come along with being a GC. I like to think im prettyngoodnat the wrapping side of things. I switched trades, but kept my siding brake just for side work.


"You skin that one pilgrim."



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