Construction workers of RIU tell us what you do

TetraHyC

TetraHyC

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I want to know if there are other construction workers on RIU.

What's your trade ??

Show off your skills, POST SOME PICS!!!!!!!!!!

There's a lot of guys and girls out there who can't make stuff.

Lets see what YOU MADE!!!
 
dew-b

dew-b

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TetraHyC said:
I want to know if there are other construction workers on RIU.

What's your trade ??

Show off your skills, POST SOME PICS!!!!!!!!!!

There's a lot of guys and girls out there who can't make stuff.

Lets see what YOU MADE!!!
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use to be a brick layer till i had a stroke.
building most things is just using common scence building a easy to ajust light holder using a shelf, threded rod,wingnuts and plant hooks. drilled holes for the threded rod then put it through the holes hang the light . just have to turn the wingnuts to ajust the hight on eighter side of the reflector till you get it where you want it. works great for a one handed person. might have to figer out how to motorise. cuz i am lazy. mostly when baked but that is when i come up with the best ideas on new projects. sorry no pics. no camera
the best part is that the shelf & the threded rod are both ajustable.the whole cabnet is on caster wheels so it is easly moved from room to room
 
TetraHyC

TetraHyC

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Thanks dew-b, sorry about your stroke.

Makes me think when we say on the job "Man I wish we didn't have to do this shit anymore"

Nice one handed lamp adjuster, maybe you could start a company that makes growing products for disabled growers.
 
HoLE

HoLE

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ok,,I've shown these before,,but I'll get some new ones of the house I'm on now Monday,,,,My nick is HoLE and I'm an alc,,,,,ooops wrong thread,,,,I'm a roofer,,I do some new work,,but mostly residential,,tear off the old,,and make it new,,but I take a lotta pride in my work,,and I am careful not to have huge piles of garbage on the ground,,I take the time to do things right,,I don't want to have to go back,,ever,,to a job,,unless it's 20 -25 years later,,which I have done also,,I climb the roof like Spider-Man at 41 still,,stoned ever since I started roofing,,,,must bring out the Artist in me,,here's some of my work,,first pic I did the cedar on the walls and dormer,,,last three are homes I did,,

Keep on Growin

HoLE
 

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Azgrow

Azgrow

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landscape,irrigation,drywall.....only side jobs cause im tired of working right now....still make good money....peace az
 
HoLE

HoLE

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TetraHyC said:
Hey Hole, I'm 40 , still climb the scaffold like a cat, ripped off my ass, and give'm a class A job.

F@ck all that going back, do it right.
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absolutely awesome work man,,I'll call ya when I'm ready,,cheers

Keep on Growin

HoLE
 
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korvette1977

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HoLE said:
ok,,I've shown these before,,but I'll get some new ones of the house I'm on now Monday,,,,My nick is HoLE and I'm an alc,,,,,ooops wrong thread,,,,I'm a roofer,,I do some new work,,but mostly residential,,tear off the old,,and make it new,,but I take a lotta pride in my work,,and I am careful not to have huge piles of garbage on the ground,,I take the time to do things right,,I don't want to have to go back,,ever,,to a job,,unless it's 20 -25 years later,,which I have done also,,I climb the roof like Spider-Man at 41 still,,stoned ever since I started roofing,,,,must bring out the Artist in me,,here's some of my work,,first pic I did the cedar on the walls and dormer,,,last three are homes I did,,

Keep on Growin

HoLE
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Hey Hole , what are you getting a square to rip and install..? I get $220 a sq with a rip and 30 yr shingles . without a ripp (up and over) $190.00 Im in Pa Im a general contractor going into my 22 yr in business for myself and have a 7 guy crew
 
HoLE

HoLE

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korvette1977 said:
Hey Hole , what are you getting a square to rip and install..? I get $220 a sq with a rip and 30 yr shingles . without a ripp (up and over) $190.00 Im in Pa Im a general contractor going into my 22 yr in business for myself and have a 7 guy crew
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all of a sudden,,,I wanna live there

Keep on Growin

HoLE
 
BIGMIKE13

BIGMIKE13

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korvette1977 said:
Hey Hole , what are you getting a square to rip and install..? I get $220 a sq with a rip and 30 yr shingles . without a ripp (up and over) $190.00 Im in Pa Im a general contractor going into my 22 yr in business for myself and have a 7 guy crew
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thats 20,000 for a (very) small roof...are you for real ???
 
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korvette1977

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Thats the going rate bro.. Now if your doing builders work.. you get robbed bigtime they are paying $27.50 a sq for a walkable roof and unwalkable (bracket job) $30.00 ,No extra for ice and water , no extra for vents and flashing
 
Seamaiden

Seamaiden

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BIGMIKE13 said:
thats 20,000 for a (very) small roof...are you for real ???
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Actually, for a good 30yr, yeah, that sounds about right to me. Let the floor fall out from under me (well, not on that one side of the house, it's probably a 25' drop to the bottom), but keep a good roof over my head!
 
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korvette1977

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there are cheaper shingles , You can get 15 yr shingles ,, and the cost is a little less but if its YOUR house .. why chinz doit once do it right , be done with it .. Ive been doing a lot of metal roofs ... those are 50 - 100 year lifespans .. Thats when you only get that roof 1 time .. if done right it will outlive its owner
 
BIGMIKE13

BIGMIKE13

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Seamaiden said:
Actually, for a good 30yr, yeah, that sounds about right to me. Let the floor fall out from under me (well, not on that one side of the house, it's probably a 25' drop to the bottom), but keep a good roof over my head!
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we were lucky to get 125 a sq. to many illegal aliens...:-?
 
TetraHyC

TetraHyC

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Trades aren't what they used to be, glad to here from some HQ builders.

Always getting undercut by illegals, with the taillight warranty.

Don't have to pay COMP for illegals, plastering comp in cali is 140% wage.
 
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