Fr3nzy
In Bloom
Price, speed, quality pick 2 lol deffinetly dont get price with us. But we tend to go above and beyond, try and make them feel good about the extra money.
Concrete life
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Sometimes if you really want quality it's the only one you get to pick too. Can't rush perfection, and it won't be cheap. But customers don't seem to get that, especially in my industry. Everyone thinks fences should be cheap, but also perfect. They want my guys to be finish carpenters getting paid like Walmart greeters. I could go off today. I'm about ready to find a new profession.
Frimpong
š„Freak Geneticsš„
I am almost done w the trades myself
This picture hurts my soul. If this was my patio I'd lose sleep over these lines.
Frimpong
š„Freak Geneticsš„
I'd be like see honey I told you!!!! Yeah even their forms were crooked as s***. Probably used Luan to form it up lol
Fr3nzy
In Bloom
The homeowners didnt mention anything about it probably becuase we said we can do it and they persisted they wanted these guys to do it....fucking rookies lol
Fr3nzy
In Bloom
Sting even more when they poured that around a $80,000 pool. Even worse you hop in the pool and get eye level with that rolled shit haha.
Buck5050
Underground Chucker
I think we all are like this to some degree. Want raises because the cost of living goes up but bitch about the price for a gallon of milk or a pound of hamburger. As I get older I try and judge things by fairness. Is it a fair wage for a fair amount of work? Instead of paying fair wages for quick and dirty work like ole' wobble boards from the above post. If he was cheap then hey, that's what cheap looks like.
Fr3nzy
In Bloom
Got the flat rocks in to start setting more of the waterfall and seen these beauties we let a sub do...this is the first set of steps I havnt done on any of our pools. Guess what I get to do them now lol.
A dog saw 12 lbs sledge and a few concrete stakes, me and another dude made them disappear.
when they get there on monday to fix there half ass grading and finish wire, and they ask where there steps went
There it is ?
Talked the homeowner into something a little better then a square step
A dog saw 12 lbs sledge and a few concrete stakes, me and another dude made them disappear.
when they get there on monday to fix there half ass grading and finish wire, and they ask where there steps went
There it is ?
Talked the homeowner into something a little better then a square step
18B
In Bloom
Nope...never...I am an electrician by trade...I had just watched it done before...that is also a 16" x 16" footer with steel inside of it and steel uprights to go into the courses...after 3 courses there is a steel bond beam that runs and is tied to the uprights, then they are filled with concrete...lol...I had my concrete guy here for a cookout and he checked it out...said damn...you over built that and do I want a job....well, since it almost broke my back doing all of it by myself...NO THANKS!
Much respect to those of whom do this for a living!
Fr3nzy
In Bloom
By the looks of it I wouldnt have guessed it was your first time, you killed it man. On anything like that going the extra mile is sure worth it. We replaced wingwalls on a guys walk out basement. Whoever did it before didnt back fill correctly nor pin it to the house very well and it fell over one night. 12' tall 20' long it tapered down to 4'. We rebuilt it with multiple dead man, them walls will not fall lol. I'm sure the original would have lasted longer if they did a better job to drain the water behind it.
18B
In Bloom
You can clearly see my drains...this fall I will put in a pipe behind the wall and backfill with gravel all the way to the top where I will lay sod on it after I fold the sheet over...thank you sir...I did it all by myself...I cannot find, hire, kidnap, enslave anyone around here who is worth a shit...they will work 1-2 days...get enough money for weed beer and cigarettes they are done...or their grandmother has died for the third time this month...or...even better...they are all heart broken because their sister broke up with them...complete shit show!?
You can see here how I tied it into an existing brick wall...I drilled holes and epoxied the steel in the brick wall to tie it in, then filled with concrete.
18B
In Bloom
Thank you kindly sir!
My kids were counting on me...they have friends over to ride horses, so a pool to cool off with was "the deal"...I kinda like it now too.
Fr3nzy
In Bloom
I have seriously neglected my pool last 2 years. Been working on the house past 5 years and finally about done with the inside and then move outside lol. The amount of time it takes while working with kids is unreal lol. I need to get it back going we have had kids in swim lessons past few years and there doing great swimming now. Plans on drain and new liner in spring and start fresh. I have called it Cess for the last couple years haha.
How has been getting chlorine for it been this year? At the store we are selling 3 3"tabs for $25. Buckets are around $500 now. Fucking nuts lots of people getting salt cells.
