I have now, officially, seen EVERYTHING.

[readydave8]

Painting floor is great idea but has never worked for me, sheetrockers ignore and finish floor usually installed when I come back for trim-out

 

[Jberg73]

One doesn't need to be a rocket surgeon or brain scientist to figure it out.

Everyday I say to someone, "common sense is a super power"

 

[Smart $]

Painting floor is great idea but has never worked for me, sheetrockers ignore and finish floor usually installed when I come back for trim-out

If you continually get buried boxes from a 'waller, drive 16d nails in studs adjacent to each location, leave about 2" exposed. Enough they can't be pulled by hand or easily knocked out. It's not a foolproof method but it will incite a reaction.

 

[Besoeker]

Stopped by a kitchen remodel today to take care of a few small items before the cabinets went up. I know the HO wanted plywood instead of drywall 'just in case the cabinet crew missed a stud".

I thought I had seen everything.........but this at a hydro dam......a cow fell in....takes the biscuit in my experience. The little 400kW turbine was still in operation.......

 

[ggunn]

Painting floor is great idea but has never worked for me, sheetrockers ignore and finish floor usually installed when I come back for trim-out

When my house was being built someone spraypainted a bright pink "6" on the slab in the kitchen, then the builder covered the floor in vinyl. Ten years later the paint finally migrated up through the vinyl. Not knowing where it came from, my wife tried and tried in vain to clean that pink 6 off the floor but it wasn't until we tore up the vinyl that we saw what had happened.

 

[kwired]

There was a building in a nearby town that was years under construction for a pretty long period of time. At one point most of it was sided, but one side still just had "house wrap" exposed. Presuming the owner spray painted a message on the "house wrap" that said "I never finish anythi".

Same guy has a backhoe usually parked at this place and at Halloween time puts a sign next to it with grave digging rates posted on it.

 

[electricguy61]

An of ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: Ben Franklin

And this is my 1000th Mike Holt Post. Do I get a prize?

 

[Lectricbota]

An of ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: Ben Franklin

And this is my 1000th Mike Holt Post. Do I get a prize?

Probably not, but let me give you a thank you.:thumbsup:

 

[peter d]

One doesn't need to be a rocket surgeon or brain scientist to figure it out.

We can't all be as awesome as you are.

 

[480sparky]

We can't all be as awesome as you are.

Aww.......

 

[shoon]

I wonder if he's run into really bad drywallers more than a few times.

This is what I found in my house after I bought it. The water pipe screw had sealed itself. The insulation was damp but not soaked.

 

[kwired]

I generally try to avoid horizontal runs in places where cabinets will be fastened to a wall, even if 1-1/4+ inches from face of studs.

I would probably avoid it if I were plumber also. Drain piping doesn't always leave you with much choice though.

If no choice but to make a horizontal run, I at least try to avoid the areas of the wall where cabinet fastening generally takes place.

 

[Besoeker]

Or this:

 

[peter d]

I wonder if he's run into really bad drywallers more than a few times.

This is what I found in my house after I bought it. The water pipe screw had sealed itself. The insulation was damp but not soaked.

No nail plates, plumber at fault.

 

[peter d]

Or this:

That must have made an interesting sound.

 

[Besoeker]

That must have made an interesting sound.

An oilfield in the Saharah so nobody much around to hear it.

 

[sii]

I wonder if he's run into really bad drywallers more than a few times.

This is what I found in my house after I bought it. The water pipe screw had sealed itself. The insulation was damp but not soaked.

The process in our plant leads to a lot of inconsequential leaks. I have a co-worker who always says, "meh, it'll candy over."

Also I remodeled my bathroom about ten years ago. I did that with the VERY LAST screw I put in. Too bad I didn't find out until the next day.