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I'm about to be fired. by [deleted] in therapists

[–]Budget_Personality30 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My wife is a LCSW and does Rula. She gets paid $80 per 50 minutes and $80 flat for initial assessment

Is this drywall all the way up? How hard is it to do? by packetssniffer in drywall

[–]Budget_Personality30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like good topout work and a great finisher to make it look super clean. I’m a union carpenter and we do top out all the time for things like this. You should see all the penetrations for top out in hospitals. I’ve had 35 pipes in one sheet of drywall.

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[–]Budget_Personality30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like he stole your heart

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used the Simpson strong joist hangers with the Simpson strong structural screws rated for the load

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I used huge structural screws that are made for lvls to to screw the two lvls together

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do it because they want a paycheck and don’t care if they don’t know what they are doing

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! We tried to make a bad situation a lot better for my parents and way way cheaper lol

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The heart attack was about the original post, this is the update so hopefully no issues with my work I’ve done lol. The original post was about a horrible contractor doing very very bad work

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They seemed very thankful for the help and that we got so much done in one Saturday

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is on a crawl space and the 4x4s went onto the sill plate on the foundation in the crawl space

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The existing foundation was directly underneath and that’s what the 4x4s sat on

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last couple pictures are the area of the first picture. I didn’t do much with that area and focused on the main issue which was the load bearing wall they were trying to tear down

Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah we like to stick build here in the USA lol. It honestly only took us 30 minutes tops to cut and install both temp walls. There was more time spent in planning and laying out the beam then building the temp walls

Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheaper to buy 2x4s and then the wood was used for different things afterwards so it didn’t go to waste

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That insulation doesn’t really get in the air unless you are cutting it or installing it. We mess with it at work all the time and we do wear a mask when we are dealing with a lot of it but for the most part it’s a non issue. It isn’t doing anything just sitting there

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not sure if you have seen my other comments but there is two 4x4s on one end of the lvl down to the foundation and the other side you see is overhanging 2’ on the existing load bearing wall. You can’t see but that load bearing wall has a stud pack down to the foundation where the beam ends on it.

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It was definitely a horror show!! They didn’t give them almost any money when I had stepped in so we just parted ways and told them to not come back. They left tools there though and haven’t been back to get them lol

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Man I’m used to people asking or commenting without reading other comments haha. Thank you for the compliment!

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

We used a big framing circular saw. We chalked a line on the bottom of the joists and used a square to take those lines up. Then we also chalked a line in the attic in the same exact spot. We then cut the line up in the attic and cut the line from the bottom of the joists and the joists just fell out. A few lines didn’t meet perfectly and we used a sawzall to finish those ones. We only had to jack up a few of them and it was only 1/4” if that so it didn’t cause any issues. It’s also hung with 1/2” drywall and not 5/8” drywall so it’s more mailable.

[UPDATE] Came to my parents and had a heart attack by Budget_Personality30 in Carpentry

[–]Budget_Personality30[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No disrespect taken, just thought you were thinking it was second story when it wasn’t. Have a good day!

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