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Is it normal for a skid steer to handle salt water like this?

The guys are out on the shoreline today acting like the local A-team, but I’m honestly a bit stressed watching how they...

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CedarSpark582

3 3mos CedarSpark582

Tips for bullnose baseboard that nobody talks about

Dealing with those rounded outside corners is a total headache if you haven't done them before. Most beginners try to f...

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Mike_Forge_1971

4 3mos Mike_Forge_1971

Why is there an orange cone sitting on the foreman's truck hood?

I pulled into the staging area this morning and noticed a weird setup on the boss's white pickup. There is an orange co...

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BirchJoe92

6 3mos BirchJoe92

Are these 2x2 metal poles actually enough to hold up my second-story deck?

I’ve been staring at the supports for my back deck lately and it’s starting to give me some serious anxiety. It’s a ful...

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RidgeMax13

3 3mos RidgeMax13

Thoughts on the daily climb vs. elevator for tower cranes?

I was walking past a big Goebel Forming job site today and just stopped to watch the crane operator for a minute. That...

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copper_finder

4 3mos copper_finder

Finally stopped caring about the chirping over my sun gear

I've been on this current job site for about ten weeks now and I finally reached a point where the daily comments about...

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Jake_Drift_1974

5 3mos Jake_Drift_1974

Spent the afternoon playing hide and seek with the utility crew’s equipment

Some utility crew showed up at my place today without a word and absolutely trashed the area around my storm culvert. T...

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Lee_Ember_1960

3 3mos Lee_Ember_1960

Why is my mortar skinning over so fast in this humidity?

I’m trying to finish up some tiling on a back porch project and the heat is absolutely killing my work time. The humidi...

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ForgeMaker18

5 3mos ForgeMaker18

Tips for managing site pain that nobody talks about

I've spent twenty years on my feet framing houses and I’ve seen way too many guys treat their bodies like a dumpster ju...

4 3mos

stone_scout

4 3mos stone_scout

Finally made the site rental feel a bit more like home

Dealing with a long-term residential flip means living in a construction zone, and the bathroom situation is always the...

3 3mos

BirchRunner_1989

3 3mos BirchRunner_1989

Is it normal for my crew to call me out for refusing to jump in a 6-foot trench?

We’ve got a hole dug out right next to a concrete edge for some utility work, and it’s sitting at about 70 inches deep...

6 3mos

ZincAlex63

6 3mos ZincAlex63

15 years in and I have finally perfected the site survival kit

I hit the 15-year mark in the trades this week and I’ve officially mastered the art of the morning fuel up. It’s not ex...

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Ray_Pike_1984

5 3mos Ray_Pike_1984

Thoughts on office-to-residential conversions vs starting from scratch?

Seeing those reports about columns buckling in that Manhattan building conversion has me thinking. It's wild how much c...

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ArrowHawk

5 3mos ArrowHawk

Why does a simple subfloor patch always turn into a whole-room teardown?

I went in Saturday morning thinking I’d just swap out one soft spot by the shower. It was supposed to be a three-hour t...

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RunnerEmber

4 3mos RunnerEmber

Is it normal for an exterior block wall to just sit on the slab edge?

We started digging around the side of the house to fix some drainage issues becuase the floor was starting to slope tow...

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dusk_walker

5 3mos dusk_walker

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