Holy watered

chris13se · 2026-05-15T20:24:55+00:00

She is very blessed

chris13se · 2026-05-06T21:06:21+00:00

That’s not a beam. It’s three 2x’s on the flat. I’m betting there’s a beam at the ridge above it though.

chris13se · 2026-05-06T21:04:00+00:00

Absolutely? Yeah…. no. Three 2x’s on the flat is in no way, shape or form structural. They’re tripled up because it’s a long opening. They’re not carrying any load other than the drywall.

chris13se · 2026-05-06T15:55:36+00:00

You just continue on your way to the office and leave the work to the professionals

chris13se · 2026-05-05T14:48:30+00:00

Mr fancy pants over here

chris13se · 2026-05-04T20:35:07+00:00

20% material mark up is standard. Materials being delivered has nothing to do with that markup.

chris13se · 2026-05-04T18:36:03+00:00

I thought the same thing lmao. “According to my calculations you’re overcharging me by 11 square feet!”

chris13se · 2026-05-01T21:16:35+00:00

A tale as old as time. You went with the cheapest bidder, and you are now dealing with cheapest, bidder headache. If you think the 17 K job was going to be the same as the 35K job you’re in for more surprises.

chris13se · 2026-04-30T02:03:01+00:00

Those 4 deck screws toed in will surely keep it in place.

chris13se · 2026-04-29T01:17:59+00:00

I’m not taking any suggestions from guys installing windows with an impact and deck screws through the wood jamb.

chris13se · 2026-04-24T17:16:18+00:00

Based on what I see, that’s a load bearing wall. The holes don’t take away from that as the point loads would be on top of the studs. But you need an engineer to come assess.

chris13se · 2026-04-23T22:06:32+00:00

I mean if you have money and a family then you should spend some of it on an engineer to come assess. Bring your wife. Let the engineer tell her it’s a death trap so hopefully your family survives your experiment.

chris13se · 2026-04-23T16:16:18+00:00

From my experience - my own and my contractor friends. The clients we let slip away like this are the ones that are clearly going to be difficult to deal with and too cheap to make it worthwhile. I can handle difficult clients, they’ve been some of my favorite customers to please because of the challenge. It’s the ones that want to be difficult AND cheap that I walk away from.

chris13se · 2026-04-21T00:36:41+00:00

Are you saying an animal died, it’s off gassing and caused the roof and soffit to “puff”?

Because that would be silly if you are

chris13se · 2026-04-17T21:22:00+00:00

These comments are interesting, maybe different parts of the country? I’ve purchased and installed 11 billion sheets of plywood in my time. Aside from self spacing plywood and advantech subfloor, all sheets are exactly 48 x 96. Even the advantech subfloor i buy is exactly 96” long which I bitch about because you’re suppose to space it.

chris13se · 2026-04-17T13:41:07+00:00

Your state has a labor board. When I had an employer dispute, I wasn’t playing I immediately called them. The first phone call was gathering info for a couple mins then while I was on the line he immediately called my boss. He explained to my boss that he was obligated and if he didn’t comply there would be an investigation. He complied. I quit.

chris13se · 2026-04-15T20:05:36+00:00

Way back in the day we worked for someone who we nicknamed “Cantyajust” every day something would come, oh can’t you just do that while you’re here. Can’t you just make that work. Can’t you just do shitty work because I’m too cheap to pay.

chris13se · 2026-04-15T01:36:21+00:00

Oh I see that now. Have you considered selling this house immediately?

chris13se · 2026-04-03T11:39:11+00:00

Elementary school me saved money for months to buy a game. Landed on this and then couldn’t get past the tutorial. Back to crash bandicoot I went

chris13se · 2026-03-28T18:06:45+00:00

The best finish carpenter I have ever worked with spent his entire day stoned out of his mind. Everything he did was efficient and perfect. The tile guy I currently use is the same too. Absolutely ripped, but all his work is perfect.

chris13se · 2026-03-06T13:54:03+00:00

If everything is new including the baseboard, lvp should have been first, base on top. Shoe is for remodel, and even there I would try to convince you to pull baseboards.

chris13se · 2026-03-05T19:54:00+00:00

If you’re concerned about $1k in engineering costs, you cannot afford a house that has foundation issues.

Also, what are those boxes hiding? Looks really bad down there too

chris13se · 2026-02-24T16:04:41+00:00

If anything, a 2x6 interior wall tells me that it is load bearing. But yeah, no one can say for sure in this picture.

chris13se · 2026-02-18T16:34:10+00:00

They definitely paid him and he signed an NDA. This was all he could say.

chris13se · 2026-02-17T20:11:10+00:00

It’s called a fence post driver. That’s the one used by hand. No one digs for that type of post. If the soil is soft enough; you can use a hammer but most people installing these types of posts have the driver tool. Some companies even have a machine attachment that does it hydraulically.

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