On Aug 30, 4:28*pm, FrozenNorth
wrote:
Robatoy wrote:
On Aug 24, 1:41 pm, FrozenNorth
wrote:
-MIKE- wrote:
Pete C. wrote:
DGDevin wrote:
Many of us could handle framing or drywall or painting but
would think twice about trying serious plumbing or wiring.
I would much rather do framing, plumbing and wiring than drywall or
painting. I'm certainly qualified and capable of all of those tasks,
however drywall is bloody heavy and tedious to tape well, and painting
is equally tedious.
A good, detail oriented framer can make a 'waller's job much easier.
Like anyone else, you have to deal with what you were left.
But I never attempt drywall. It's easy to do a half-a$$ jog of it, even
for a so-called pro. Doing a great job at finishing that stuff is a
skill and an art that is maintained by doing it repetitively and taking
pride in your work. I think *anyone* can get great at it, given a few
weeks on the job, but I'll gladly pay the experts to do it.
Amen, the only drywall I have ever done was approximately an 8' by 8' wall,
i.e. two sheets. *I futzed over it for days even when i knew it was going to
be mostly covered by kitchen cabinets and a tile backsplash.

But it will look good, if someone ever takes the cabinets down.
;-)

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Froz...

I suck at drywall. Sure it looks great when I am finally done, but I
really don't have to hold the tolerances of a solid surface
countertop.
I'm in houses, where drywall crews are going at it, at least a couple
of times a week and I clearly see the difference between the hacks and
the pros. It's an art.

Agreed, but it would have been impossible to get a pro in for such a
small job. *I just had to suck it up, and go with it there, I have hired
out for bigger jobs.

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Froz...

Yup, the small jobs take just as much sometimes as jobs 3 x the size.
You have to haul your gear, load up and clean up. Just like the big
jobs.
In my case, it doesn't matter if I glue up 7 feet or 11 feet of edging
on a countertop. It's a 12-foot sheet regardless.
And, in terms of time, I can fabricate a 12-foot job in the same time
as a 4-foot (give or take a few extra feet of sanding).. the 4-foot
job comes with a customer who can't get her/his head around the
price... the 12-foot customer 'gets it' much sooner.
Small jobs mostly suck unless I can use a remnant which makes up for
the PITA.