Shed building 102

[intocarss]

http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/showthread.php/146566-Build-to-Fail-Fail-to-Build.-What-is-this-I-don-t-even.....

Pictures on pages 1, 5, 7, 11, 17 [don't miss the time lapse

[Sieg]

:headscratch: :idea: :question: :headscratch: :idea: :confused59: :lmao:

[JKnight]

Wow...what a waste of (some) perfectly good lumber...I can't wait for the first weather event of some kind and the after pics.

[ccracin]

I'm sitting here at my desk eating lunch and almost spitting food on my Monitor! :hairpullout: :headspin: :wow: That's funny stuff right there! I love the guys comments!

[GrabberGT]

Im about to blow a gasket trying not to laugh.

[Rod P]

that was awesome :trophy-1302: best build ever!

[Track Junky]

Who needs a tape measure and a level? Just eyeball that MF'er :lolhit:

[toy71camaro]

thats great!

Just sent it to a coworker, who happened to show me some pics of the shed he's building this morning (working on foundation) i told him to call up this guy and get it done. (mind you, this coworker of mine is an extreme perfectionist). He thought it was quite funny. lol

[Tony_SS]

most common phrases the builder mumbled to himself:

"That'll work"

"Close enough"

"F**k it"

:lol:

[Bucketlist2012]

Meth and Construction should not be mixed....Either do Meth or Construction, but NEVER both...

[Sieg]

In this guy's life to date I can't help but wonder how many other disasters he's left in his wake.

"Make a statement, your own"

[Sparks67]

Actually, it looks like the home construction industry in Florida. Actually, a co-worker of mine had a home built, and they had to re-frame the entire house. Maybe he worked in Florida in the past..

[Track Junky]

most common phrases the builder mumbled to himself:

"That'll work"

"Close enough"

"F**k it"

:lol:

Dont forget, "If I cant toe nail it I cant fix it" :lol:

[skatinjay27]

wow! thats actually a good chunck of change for material wasted on that p.o.s.

[Che70velle]

I see a reality show in the making. Who would not want to watch this guy build stuff? Somebody needs to contact Christo Doyle. This is way more entertaining than watching guys mine for gold. Maybe call the show "The shotty shack guy"
All in all, it's a big waste of good paint.

[Shmoov69]

That is awesome!!!

Caulking and paint make a carpenter what he ain't!!! LOL!!:trophy-1302:

[intocarss]

That is awesome!!!

Caulking and paint make a carpenter what he ain't!!! LOL!!:trophy-1302:

Don't forget wood putty

[Sieg]

Don't forget wood putty

Journeyman in a can. :D

[GregWeld]

So I just have to show you that this stuff really does happen....


I hired a crew to put up my simple "shed". Since the instructions for construction were in my possession for several weeks prior to the building arriving - I read thru them a couple times. They were step by step - and written so that Bubba and cousin Jeb could buy a building and erect it out on the farm in BFE. Anyone could read and understand the steps.... except this crew -- which didn't need (or couldn't) to read.

Day one had them opening everything - scattering it all about the build site - and then mostly scratching their asses....





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There were no shims used to plumb anything....


The instructions were very clear that you built one section at a time - starting at the back corner - install both corners - then proceed to the next upright plumb them and corner measure to get square - and installing one perlin at the bottom - one in the middle and one at the top to hold everything plumb and square before proceeding to the next two uprights... that way EACH BAY was square and plumb before moving on....


Who needs instructions....





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Let's put it this way.... Even I understand CROWN --- and especially when it's a roof we're dealing with.






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This is DAY THREE ---- and I had been watching from the kitchen window as these clowns "worked".... and grousing to Gwen that I'd never seen people build a building by installing something - then taking it apart... then re-installing something. Usually they just kind of go together and stay that way.

It was the end of day three that I finally understood the word CLUELESS BOOBS.....






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It was at this point that I decided when they came to work the next day -- that we'd have a little discussion about their 'technique' -- and that I'd become foreman. That discussion was about 30 seconds in -- when it was massaged to YOU'RE FIRED COLLECT YOUR STUFF AND LEAVE....





REALLY?????







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[GregWeld]

I called my retired buddy Ray --- said "we have a building to take down -- and rebuild".



We disassembled the entire building and started over. It was so easy a 3rd grader could have built it.

[Bucketlist2012]

I called my retired buddy Ray --- said "we have a building to take down -- and rebuild".



We disassembled the entire building and started over. It was so easy a 3rd grader could have built it.

Better you take it down and rebuild it......Because it was coming down anyways...Sooner or later:disgusted:

[GregWeld]

This is the kind of stuff that just absolutely drives me INSANE!!!!





Note the nut isn't tight..... and then in the second picture you'll see why! Look at those galled up threads! OMG.....






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Here's another quality example of "you're fired!".......






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I was wondering why there were so many WASHERS in an unopened bag.....







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There is supposed to be a "rocker nut" UNDER the nut and washer.... these tensioning cables are used to keep the building square in windy conditions... because the building will rack...







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Let me ATTEMPT to explain this..... This is a back corner post/upright.... it's the outside corner. When THEY put this together --- 3 guys standing around staring up -- so I went out to see why they're all staring and scratching their sack..... and they're discussing cutting the brackets off where they extended beyond the angle the next day and re-welding the part that extended beyond the angle - around the corner so they could put on the board that should come from the back side... In other words -- they had run the board on the side (on the left of this picture) of the building all the way to the end of the bracket and attached it -- then they couldn't land the backside board anywhere since they'd covered up the entire bracket... their SOLUTION was to remove the boards -- cut half the bracket off - and re-weld it to the back side of the angle upright.


I looked at this "problem" and said -- why don't you just unbolt the board and slide it back to where the end meets the corner of the angle upright --- and then you'll have a place for the back side board to land (NOW AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE).... It was a total "huh?" for them. I had to explain it TWICE.

The next day - they were fired.








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[Tony_SS]

That is why I have a VERY hard time hiring ANYONE.

[Shmoov69]

Man you're picky Greg!!! LOL!!:poke:


Really, it's so freakin difficult to get anyone that has a single "give a crap" bone in thier body!! Especially in construction! My guys can't stand that I'm so picky about things, but I tell them over and over "if I'm going to pay someone to work on my house or work on my car or whatever, then I want it right"!! I EXPECT that for my customers. No ifs, ands or buts!! I'm in commercial roofing and needless to say, it's not too glamorous and the labor "pool" is not very deep!! LOL!! But good enough is not an option if someone is paying me.