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Further basement work...
myntik1:
So I check my home email address this morning to find that I have about 30 emails from people who want to pick up some cash helping me with my basement. I thought I was going to get 5 or 6 and narrow the list from there. Then I get an email from a girl I work with who also lives down the street from me. I had a training class with her a few months ago and she raved about the job her boyfriend did on their basement. She says that this is the slow time for her boyfriend, he does siding full-time, but he used to do framing and drywall. So I explain to him that I have a small basement. I知 framing it, putting in a couple of closets, putting up some drywall. No plumbing and I知 not putting in a ceiling yet. I知 looking for someone to help me do it after work. I explain that it痴 a low pressure atmosphere. I expect work to get done, but I知 not a slave driver. He says that he値l be more than happy to help me for 25/hr. I was thinking in the 10-15 under the table range especially since I'm providing the tools. Thanks buddy, but no thanks. If I didn稚 have project OCD I would already be halfway done with this job. At times I agonize over little decisions and wonder if cutting a corner is going to have catastrophic effects. For instance I had to make sure every single pinhole in my concrete walls was covered with drywall. And to add to my OCD when we were looking for houses I saw so many houses with shoddy work done to them and I can't stand it. When I moved into my house I had to remove wallpaper and paint every room. I did a sloppy job in the last room and everyday I have to fight the urge to primer and paint the walls again. Everytime I walk into the room my eyes immediately go to the couple of blemishes.
ChadTower:
$25/hr doesn't seem that bad for someone who can work quickly and do quality work. It is better to pay $100 for four hours from someone who can do the same as the $15/hr person can do in seven hours.
Then again, having experienced this doing landscaping as a teenager, working for someone with that level of OCD is a major headache. Nothing is ever good enough - they actively seek out flaws even when those flaws are of no consequence. I figure you are exaggerating but goddam - every pinhole in a poured concrete wall that is going to be hidden anyway?
myntik1:
the good thing is it's only with work I've done. I can accept less than stellar work from other people, but I'm overly critical with my work.
and because it's hidden and I fear mold, I started to agonize over it. I started asking myself why i was going to let another couple of hours of work weigh on my mind. So I went back to the store and got another can of drylok to cover up the pinholes
ChadTower:
Drilok (I can never remember that dumb spelling) doesn't cover that much anyway... takes a lot of cans to do a whole basement.
myntik1:
Chad I'm in the western part of the state, so is 25/hr the going rate for an unlicensed guy to do work on the side. I can understand if it's tile work, plumbing or electrical but I'm talking general construction here.
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