Post by Piez
The only things I didn’t like about super work was upper management shaving days off my completion/possession dates so they could get paid sooner, dealing with building inspectors, and trying to get shit built on budget when the estimators and sales staff missed major parts of the material package in their estimates. They were working off a Timberline estimating database that was four years out of date, so materials and labor they estimated at $X per board or per square foot or per hour were now 50% more expensive. But the contract was already signed with the customer at the old labour and material prices, so I had to find people that would do the work basically for no profit. And try to find bargains on materials of poorer quality. And hold the subs to completing their deficiency lists by withholding 30% of their invoices. And personally run on short notice for all the materials they forgot on the estimates. Exterior wall studs, 2x10 headers, roof sheeting etc. Constantly short. That and framing packages that instantly warped into unusable shape once the banding came off. The company I worked for usually had me on 3-4 new stick builds, 3-4 ready to move homes, and 3-4 renovations at any given time. It was stressful as fuck. I’d stay on the tools myself man lol.
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Yeah I know that’s what I’ve been thinking, but my body is getting beat up with age and I’ve been offered a few times and turned it down. Idk it’s a tough decision to make.
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Depending on the company, it can be good though. If there’s one bit of advice I’d give, develop inspection checklists for each phase and hold your subs to doing their own cleanups. Even if you have to lay down the law and hold back on their invoices. And get a feedback loop going with the estimators
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Here’s another couple of gems:
- memorize as much of the code as you can especially with respect to stuff that you won’t have access to for insulating and vapour barrier after the tin bashers get their ducting in or after chimney flues are installed
- learn the proper lapping of poly on exterior wa
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