Nope. I work on the tools all the time. Always working. Our whole discourse this morning I was helping one of my installers reset about 30 washer/dryer stackers after the sprinkler guy replaced the heads that the painter managed to hit. $50 bucks a pop. Later this afternoon I’m heading over to a hotel that I’m redoing myself (drywall on this one) one unit at a time (it’s a Ministry funded place where they place addicts for housing). Then tomorrow I’m doing a bunch of appliance installs at another job…then I gotta work on a quote for a 15 story- rough carpentry on that one. I have a big 35 story rough carpentry and closet organizer install starting in august. I do all the measuring and material cutting for my installers

I like doing these appliance installs. I charge $500 a unit…so can be worthwhile To do some of this myself when you get into a 200 unit situation

…hence me being able to explain to them what’s required and what they will actually have to do for positive outcome to occur and how much money that will cost. No. I haven’t rented in about 30 years. I’m a hustler when it comes to making money and have always invested in a variety of things including properties

It’s mostly wealthy asians and Indocanadians that run the market here. Very particular. Sometimes they’ll change the wall color as soon as your finished the whole job and ask you to re do the whole thing They always expect the world

Let’s say your a tenant and your trying to repair a hole you’ve made. Let’s say it’s a party wall. So you need 5/8 drywall. That’s $50 a sheet here in van. Then you need a knife to cut it with. $16. Pan, 3 taping knives. $100.00. Tape $2.00. Bucket of mud $30.00. That’s around $200.00. Only to pump out a crappy job that the landlord is gonna take your whole damage deposit for. Rent here is minimum $1500 for a bachelor. A whole house in the burbs might be $3800 or more. $200 is a chunk when Your paying these rates here

So I could let people have the benefit of my extensive experience and knowledge. I figured I might be able to help people avoid costly mistakes

Yeah. What kind of houses are people living in. Here in Vancouver that wouldn’t fly at all. Our housing market is probably the hottest in North America right now. Cheapest most rundown house in Vancouver proper is over 2 million. People are always looking to flip their house and make a quick 100k. Everything has to be spot on all the time. And the homeowners know this so workmanship has to be top notch

I’m dealing with 150 million dollar developments. My portion might only be 400000 or less. Trust me it takes days of pouring over blueprints on the computer to calculate installable items or linear footage of something like parapets. Only to find out some other larger company is throwing in your items for cost so they go with them. It’s a real pain in the ass

I am asked to do a quote. If it’s accepted it’s accepted. Then 8 months Later I start t he job

I don’t understand the image thing your talking about

Uh no it’s competive bidding

I think the problem is that we are in a diy forum. What one homeowner or tenant may find acceptable won’t fly by industry standards. My company does a variety of different types of jobs. I used to do a bunch of restoration work but now I concentrate on larger jobs like rough carpentry for a new tower complex or installing appliances for same towers. When I do restoration work it’s larger jobs like dealing with the drywall issues in a hotel after mold remediation. None of the scrape down with a 6” knife would fly on any new tower project or townhouse develoment

Never. I own the company. It’s all quotes. Or a value per unit

It’s to prevent debris and floaters when you skim. It’s not about being stuck in old ways it’s about production and high end workmanship that dOesnt need a ton of filling afterwards. Scraping a joint might work on small patches. Try that on a whole townhouse complex and watch yourself get kicked off site. Plus….I’m only 51. That’s not old. I’m still learning all the time And I’m the first one to do something new…if it makes sense.

I’d say it’s the most difficult to master or at least make look serviceable

Yep. That’s why my son won’t do it. I do high end work. I also specialize in texture and making ceilings dead flat from texture

We always sand. There and in th e towers

For a whole house?

I haven’t checked him ouT. But a carpenter isn’t a drywaller. HavIng said all I have said….I suppose it’s possible to not sand a very small patch and recoat it. Not a great idea but possible if under duress. I do whole houses or hundreds of feet of cutouts at a time. The sanding between coats isn’t meant to be a grind down…just a buff. To make things easier. Bear in mind I’m only doing 1-2 coats after tape coat.

For reference I work out of the lower mainland in British Columbia, canada

Hit send by accident. The bits of dried mud will then cause difficulty in skimming the coat. Your also going to contaminate your pail. The next reason is really an extension of the first. Any kind of fast setting compound is naturally going to be tougher than your top coat…again A quick buff sand to take any bits of grit off is going to go miles in providing a super slick top coat. I’m 51…and I own a construction company. It’s literally what I do for a living. Every drywaller I know sands in between coats. If you don’t…you do not make money at it. Amateur.

Where are these pros operating? What part of the world. Couple reasons why you sand. There is always going to be slight imperfections in the mud…these will break off as your adding your next coat

As a professional drywaller…you always sand in between coats. Always