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[MileHighGrowler]

(01-30-2022, 10:37 AM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: mount of people who no call no show, or call and say they're coming and no show, is amazing. I think it's the only business to be able to get away with this behavior? lol.

My electrician neighbor said he's closing about $10,000 of electrical invoices a week (him and 1 other in a company he started). It's probably all new home construction so when I ask him to install a ceiling fan for me (although I can but I don't want to get on a 15ft ladder lol), it's not worth $150 lol.

I usually make a lot of mistakes the first time I do something lol. I'm finding there is some creativity involved with carpentry/finishing things, and a lot of math involved. I have a carpenter friend I get help from on things I want him to show me (that google didn't lol), and I noticed the main thing is carpenters can fix their "mistakes" while our DIYers are afraid to make a mistake. I usually end up foiling something up worse than when I started before learning how to fix the problems and finish lol. I guess 1 way to learn is by messing it up first.

I'm not working full time anymore (by choice) which has given a lot more time to working on the basement. There are a lot of times I'm tired and say "Kobe wouldn't do this" when I try to stop lol. I think Kobe practiced 3 times a day IIRC and didn't sleep much. Even though I'm a Jordan fan.

My first sink/tile job, I've done very little plumbing before this, other than putting PVC together with glue. The tile took me way longer than anyone probably because I don't know what I'm doing and I didn't have the right cutting tools to bevel the cut pieces.

That's awesome.  It's great to bring craftsmen in to get the job done, but there's something (a lot, actually) to be said for rolling up your sleeves and learning to do it yourself.  Obviously there are some things best handled by people with a lot of experience and knowledge of code, but the pride in doing a job yourself is great, and it's just cool to learn new skills.  I worked for a GC through college and was amazing how much those guys just got after a project and had to hack it together.  Yes, there were some amazing carpenters and welders and electricians etc I worked with.  But it seemed most guys had to guess at how to solve a problem and then troubleshoot as they went.  That gave me a lot more confidence in doing home projects knowing you didn't have to perfect every skill of the project to start it. 

Since Covid hit, it's also been so hard to find contractors.  I had a couple things I was going to do at my house about 18 months ago (refinish all the hardwood floors, replace all my kitchen cabinets/counters, some finishing work in my basement) and I'd get one returned call from a contractor for every 10 calls I was making.  And then those guys were telling me it was going to be 6-10 months before they could fit me in.  I ended up scrapping the kitchen project and doing the rest myself.  It's been the wildest time finding anyone to do work because they're so busy and overloaded with people spending more time at home and many having extra money. 

You're doing some solid work there, and I love seeing the pics!