<nailshooter41@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> But having had employees or being responsible for them I have given
> up. I tried for years to get these guys to understand that THEY
> should be their own supervisors, and that THEY should be their own
> quality control.
Don't get me started. Most of the crews that work with wood around here
aren't worth any effort on that score, but I do have a talented trim
carpenter from Guatemala that could be one of the best.
Polite, well spoken, about 28, and a good family man. When he works only
for
me for a while I can actually get him to slow down, take his time and
concentrate on accuracy and the pride that goes with it, except that, with
only one or two houses going at a time, I can't keep him busy enough. So,
just about that time I get him back in the game, off he goes to another
builder and gets corrupted with the prevailing give-a-****s. When he first
came to me I taught him to how to cope inside miters, and which wall to do
it on, and forbid him to do anything else ... turn my back on the next
house
and it's back to square one.
> I'm paddling behind you Karl with that hope, but I have to tell you,
> I'm gettin' powerful tired...
Yeah bubba ... I needed some variety, and may have just stumbled on some.
Just started a project up close to Austin (between Elgin and Manor), a
single story, 2000 sf, 3 BR, 2 Bath "Straw Bale Wall" house ... if that
don't frost the cake! :)
Actually, except for the walls, its got enough traditional building
elements
to make me feel comfortable tackling the job (it's spec'ed with "modified
infill straw bale walls", which means the roof, and straw bale walls, are
sup****ted by a well engineered post and beam structure). Have had to burn
the midnight oil on this type of building method, which is growing in
popularity in that part of the country.
Who knows where it will lead, but it'll be something new and fun for a
change ... I'm looking forward to it.
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