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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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