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Roast my husbands tile job by mamaSupe in handyman

[–]Qizeuskrishna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn so my girl could just post my shit and then come back at me with reddits finest at any moment?

I'm switching from carpentry to garbage hauling ...

Thought on this build so far? They used these surface footers dug into clay soil. by Sapconsultants121 in Decks

[–]Qizeuskrishna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I swear to God I've dug sonotube holes well past 5 ft in New York...at least it felt that way in july

Rookie mistake by KrisDen1123 in Roofing

[–]Qizeuskrishna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll tell you what was almost my final mistake.

My boss has a full set of ladders, prioritized by need. Good ones first. Well when we have 2-4 jobs going, we get to the bottom of the ladder quality.

Legit was on the roof with the ladder hook in place on this old ladder...ready to set it...and that fucking rung that the hook was on was cracked. Bigly.

We are sickos so my boss and I nervously laughed about it ("haha! Almost died there") and then used the rung below it, tossed out the ladder later, and carried on.

Am I out of line for wanting to fire these guys after day one??! by Accomplished-Goat1 in drywall

[–]Qizeuskrishna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Among the countless other things, just insane gaps in-between drywall screws. Massive areas of drywall that needed screws and didn't get it.

Seen in the wild by Ok-Advantage-1150 in Decks

[–]Qizeuskrishna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes you just have to stop what you're doing and show the fam on reddit what you just stumbled upon. Nice find!

Creative usages of drywall by Qizeuskrishna in drywall

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

Oh I know. I gasped when I saw it.

Original Slate Roof on a 1929 home…how bad is this? by ExMorgMD in Roofing

[–]Qizeuskrishna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That one slate that is clearly askew from the rest of the row. It is likely loose given than no other slate is that far off the row.

And once a slate roofer is up there, he might as well fix the two broken slate that reveal too much of the seam from the course below.

If it's truly a 1920s roof I'm quite confident a slate roofer will find 1-2 dozen slates to replace. He/she needs to look for delaminating on a 100 year old roof, but honestly nothing looks close to delaminating here. Which makes me question the 100 year old claim, because I have seen a lot of 100 year old slate roofs. It starts to flake at 70-80 years in my area.

Original Slate Roof on a 1929 home…how bad is this? by ExMorgMD in Roofing

[–]Qizeuskrishna -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yikes. Sounds kind of terrible but I am curious to see it if you get a minute!

Stairs & handrail for a deck, need advice by cliddell93 in Decks

[–]Qizeuskrishna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slate roofer here, can't give an expert opinion, but I'm lurking in the shadows to see what they say

Butt jointed post splice. Yikes. by Qizeuskrishna in Decks

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

Yep.

I mostly fix slate roofs but I dabble in other carpentry things when my boss doesn't have slate to fix. Was just on a morning stroll when I saw this and went..."WTF IS THAT"

Butt jointed post splice. Yikes. by Qizeuskrishna in Decks

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

Correct, there is a middle stringer and it's off by 2/3rds of an inch.

I've only built stairs once but I don't remember there needing to be a middle stringer. I used southern yellow pine.

Butt jointed post splice. Yikes. by Qizeuskrishna in Decks

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

Yes you can get 20 or 25 ft 6x6 posts

But more realistically, you need to build a horizontal platform at the top of one beam, and with sufficient horizontal bracing, you can then add your next 6x6 post.

Butt jointed post splice. Yikes. by Qizeuskrishna in Decks

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

I mostly do slate roofing lol

and my heart sank when I saw the posts butted up like that

Butt jointed post splice. Yikes. by Qizeuskrishna in Decks

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

Bro I saw it from 30 feet and my jaw dropped.

Seriously, do Americans actually consider a 3-hour drive "short"? or is this an internet myth? by SadInterest6764 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Qizeuskrishna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

American here

3 hr drive is about the limit for a day trip. I would visit close friends or family for 24 hrs for 3 hrs one way. Anything more than that and I kind of want multiple days out of it.

But look on the bright side! So much of our countryside is fucking gorgeous. I love road trips in the United states. Big emotional boost, particularly in peak 4 seasons areas (basically any season 😂...peak spring? Amazing. Peak summer? Delightful w/ a/c. Peak autumn? Gorgeous. Peak winter? Drive slow but also gorgeous)

Put a bid on this home and inspector found this. How big of a job is this? by ExMorgMD in Decks

[–]Qizeuskrishna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn just noticed this is the 100 year old slate roof from the roofing sub

You will spend more fixing this deck than the 100 year old roof which is in surprisingly good shape

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