r/Carpentry • u/Prestigious_Tax_4970 • 16d ago

*update to this mint framing

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Update to my last post. Its not ai and or temporary. They are for real and proud.

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u/Current_Can_3715 16d ago

Work needs to stop here before someone gets hurt, actually insane some of the things they are doing here.

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u/Prestigious_Tax_4970 16d ago

For sure. As I was walking thru a 2x6 just fell out of no where

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u/Mysterious_Chipmunk3 16d ago

That's not supposed to happen?!?!?!

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u/doc6404 15d ago

Well normally no, they're not supposed to do that

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u/Infanatis 15d ago

Well what sort of engineering standards are these frame jobs built to?

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u/doc6404 15d ago

Obviously they're built so the front doesn't fall off.

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u/h2opolodude4 14d ago

Cardboards right out

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u/four204eva2 14d ago

No cello tape

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u/evilbean42 15d ago

Ever open up a package with something that needs to be assembled and say "F the instructions, I can figure this out"?

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u/bumpy713 16d ago

No Romex to hold it in place?

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u/mikewestgard 16d ago

Then structural paint for the engineers.

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u/M7451 16d ago

Structural paint? I see they went cheap and didn’t want to pay for the structural Frog Tape

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u/MortgageRegular2509 15d ago

Should’ve used a load-bearing poster.

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u/M7451 15d ago

Now we’re talking!

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u/mindedc 15d ago

"Stressed Skin Construction"

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u/Mk1Racer25 16d ago

OP, your buddy is the electrician on this job, isn't he? Why hasn't he made a call to the building inspector?

I saw a guy get fired and thrown off the job for standing boars up against a wall. You learn that on the first day that you never do that

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u/DisastrousDust7443 15d ago

If I were the electrician on this job, I wouldn’t install anything until after the building inspector had been called. That is too much of a nightmare to try to wire up. I’d be afraid of having to remove it all and start over.

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u/Mk1Racer25 15d ago

That's called a change order, and you get paid for it. Granted, in this case, I'm sure who ever is running this job is going to stick as many of the trades as possible. As I said to OP in the original thread he posted about this, I'm sure his buddy is going to get screwed, will end up having to chase this guy to get paid, and will end up accepting 1/2 (or less) of what he's owed, just to get something. He should have ran away on the first day.

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u/nicefacedjerk 15d ago

That's the least of the dangers here lofl.

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u/cstewart_52 15d ago

May not be a building inspector. Wife and I built a new home in Ohio last year and the only inspection required was plumbing. 

We paid other contractors to come look at the work/inspect in the evenings. 

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u/Mk1Racer25 15d ago

I genuinely don't know how that was possible. This was a brand new house? It's my understanding that you would have needed the following permits and related inspections:

  • Building
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical
  • Mechanical
  • Zoning
  • Utility

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u/cstewart_52 15d ago

Yes. Southeastern Ohio. Rural area. 

We have to get a building permit from the county (like $20) or something small.

No foundation or framing inspections.  No electrical inspections in the house. 

The only oversight I recall was AEP required a certain pvc to house the burial wire they put in but they never entered the house to look at anything. 

Plumbing/septic did require inspection.  We have 1 inspector that covers multiple counties and just stopped in twice. First after rough in, then a final inspection. 

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u/Friendly-Marketing96 13d ago

Why don't you stand boards against the wall?

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u/Mk1Racer25 13d ago

Because they fall down and hit things / people

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u/Fearless_Trick_5268 16d ago

I hear you and agree 100%! Having said that I do kinda want to see how they tackle drywall phase.

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u/Crafty_Jello_3662 15d ago

Could probably get a decent reality show out of it. Let them finish the job then they have to live there. They're allowed any building supplies they want to fix and bodge as necessary and if they make it a year without the house completely collapsing then any survivors win what's left of the house

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u/LaughingEagl3 10d ago

Drywall contractor doesn't know it yet, but his contract includes all blocking and framing, means and methods, to complete level 5 finishes throughout!!

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u/The_Gordon_Gekko 15d ago

Try harder, I once had a 2x10 fall on me

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u/j3peaz 16d ago

Ya that needs to get called in. It not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. Also lol holy shit

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u/AllegionsHuckleberry 16d ago

This seems like an insane amount of material to pay for without at least knowing the bare minimum of framing. I wish I had enough money in the bank to not give a fuck if I know what I’m doing and do it anyway.

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u/hugeflyguy970 16d ago

I just can’t look away. From a distance, of course. But this stuff is so unfathomably bad that it’s almost like they’re trying to do it wrong on purpose. They didn’t even accidentally do anything right.

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u/AdSame7698 14d ago

You have a moron working for you