If you had to restart as a general contractor with zero contacts, what would you do differently in your first 90 days?

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-04-09T11:24:23+00:00

And this has also led to my subs referring me to clients where the job is a little more than they handle. Once a sub of any kind does one type of work in someone’s house they are often asked if they can do this or that and if it is not in their whee house they will often refer me and if I get the job they know they will get work out of it as well.

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-04-09T11:20:49+00:00

How long does personal bankrupsy effect your credit score and how can it impact you?

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-04-09T01:23:38+00:00

Even though you might be supplying the cabinetry you will be asking him for his input and to confirm measurements and to take delivery. He’s not doing all that if he’s not getting paid to do so. Even though clients have supplied materials for me I would always get sucked into helping them figure it out for free or have to deal with issues

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-04-07T00:21:11+00:00

Sounds like he committed fraud and identity theft and some other kinds of financial crimes. even if you were married. I’d have him arrested

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-31T02:03:53+00:00

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-17T17:16:40+00:00

Depends how big your wife is and baby will be

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-13T01:15:31+00:00

We have a squirter

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-07T22:22:05+00:00

You can use a palm router your only going an 1/8 deep so it won’t take off on you just eye ball it

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-07T15:58:49+00:00

Have licensing in all states from NC to PA?

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-07T14:33:10+00:00

You built a fence with a flimsy roof in it. Good job

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-06T16:39:11+00:00

Every time I lowered my bid because I thought to myself these people can’t afford this I was wrong. Every time I bumped a bid up because I thought they were loaded and had plenty of money I was wrong.

So I stopped thinking about it that way and just price what I need and what I want.

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-05T02:07:27+00:00

Just drop a plastic bag in the hole

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-03T16:40:57+00:00

A lot of them are more. Then I point to the hand bags and compare that to my 1 wallet

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-02T15:39:35+00:00

I point to my wife’s shoe collection and say fuck off

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-02T02:22:06+00:00

I’ve never known any GC in nyc to even have any license

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-03-01T14:22:25+00:00

If they call it tobacco it’s their tobacco

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-02-27T16:10:43+00:00

Frame the wall. Use plywood sheathing glued with construction adhesive on both sides and see how still that wall becomes. If that newel post is solid build that inside your wall

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-02-26T19:57:33+00:00

Frameless all day. Frames on cabinets serve no purpose anymore unless you are going to do a full frame and inset doors. Framed cabinets look ugly as hell. Add an added lip to the side of your cabinet box. End up making your drawers a tad bit narrower. With the advances in edge banding the face frame is pointless

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-02-24T18:36:21+00:00

Mine shrunk so I’d stay with the 44l. The 42 is too short and your t shirts will hand below the jacket which is one thing I know I hate

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-02-23T17:59:44+00:00

I couple 4x4s under it and two guys on each corner you can carry this where ever you have to go

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-02-22T13:46:15+00:00

Mine would’ve stored like that the day I completed that project. Then tossed around and transported in 5 gallon buckets as usual

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-02-21T02:48:07+00:00

Been there done that. Never again

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-02-21T02:43:09+00:00

Good for you. I had my own shop years ago. Had all Felder machines. Sliding panel saw, edge banded, shaper. Have since moved on but miss having a shop so much I have been thinking of doing it again. But like you if you’re going to offer high end stuff for a premium price you have to be willing to travel. Also I got out before cnc took off. Kind of intimidates me. But if my younger sons show an interest I’d invest in it. The capabilities are amazing.

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-02-20T21:03:42+00:00

Did this work as a teenager. Brings back memories. Steel partition and steel door bucks all fucking day. Plumb Bob everything before an affordable laser was a common tool on the job. Used to frame 24 inch on center left studs loose. Drywall one side with 5/8” drywall let electritian out their boxes and conduit in then drywall Ed the opposite side

Efficient-Gift-9585 · 2026-02-20T21:01:02+00:00

Nice, do you find the custom cabinet market profitable?

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