"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
02/14/2018 at 09:02 • Filed to: None
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"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
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Last week the builder asked where he can drill through LVLs (large beams). We gave him the answer. HE was not drilling through LVLs but actually TJI (I shaped floor joists, which luckily have less stringent restrictions) He still managed to fuck it up. I bring this up to my boss and he doesn;t want to talk about it.
if he doesn’t wanna give a fuck why should I? Its times like this when I wanna just walk out and tell my boss to give me a call when he gives a shit.
Party-vi
> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/14/2018 at 09:19 |
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For electric or plumbing? Don’t they have knock-outs built into them?
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> Party-vi
02/14/2018 at 09:31 |
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yes they do, but this was for a sprinkler line which I think is larger, but still allowed, if you follow the rules.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/14/2018 at 09:44 |
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[rubs hands furiously]
EEEEEE! The splinters though!
LOREM IPSUM
> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/14/2018 at 10:38 |
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If the man in charge doesn’t care and the inspector doesn’t notice, it never happened.
I mean, it already passed framing, right? Framing must be fine then. Stop looking at it.
The schedule is the only thing that matters. Focus on those empty coffee cups... hardhats, vests, and fall protection too... Making sure everything is done, on time, without getting fined by osha is job 1. The builder must spend the day chatting in the trailer and bitching on the phone about the subtrades all day. He has no time for what is going on inside the building.
Oh, and they’re delivering drywall tomorrow morning. Plumbing and electrical inspection is tomorrow afternoon. What do you mean they’re nowhere near being done? Whatever, get the firestoppers out here. Insulation inspection is Friday, but we’ll wait till they get here to tell them them...
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> LOREM IPSUM
02/14/2018 at 10:46 |
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yea, i dont think framing inspection has been done yet.
Boss guy cares, he just doesn’t want to deal with it. He’s mad that their problems become our problems.
just hiding the problem is a bad thing to do.
i’m thinking (hoping) most of what you said is sarcasm
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LOREM IPSUM
> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/14/2018 at 11:08 |
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Yes, all tongue-in- cheek, but seems to the way of the construction world sometimes.
I’m really wondering how you muck up drilling through a tji, but more than that, I wonder how someone managed to become a builder and not know the difference between a tji and a poly-lam.
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> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/14/2018 at 11:25 |
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Take a photo send an email and document the condition. Pretty simple, that at least covers your ass if things get to be an issue down the line.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc
02/14/2018 at 12:29 |
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i take them just for the lulz but you have a good point too. here is another from a couple weeks ago
Quadradeuce
> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/14/2018 at 14:05 |
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How are those holes going to get past the inspector? That area of the joist is SPECIFICALLY a no field cut area.
Edit: Also, what builder doesn’t know this? I’m just a DIY guy, and I know this.
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> Quadradeuce
02/14/2018 at 14:26 |
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they are not, the structural engineer went out today and instructed them to add 18" of plywood to re-inforce the oops area.
these guys have fucked up some pretty basic stuff. we’re all wondering WTF is going on
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> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/14/2018 at 20:38 |
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Wow right in the spot under the most shear stress. Somebody didn’t take a basic statics class. Those guys are sharp as a cue ball.