"Swingman" <kac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <nailshooter41@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
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>> 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.
>
Just keep tha livestock away from it when building! <G>
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