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   JeffBuck | Oct 26, 2005 02:06am | #1

   50 and sunny by this weekend ...

    

   and what's with U young kids and this fear of a little cold water? Had to yell at DanteO yesterday for not working out on his siding job yesterday ...

   I'm only 38 .. told him "don't make me break out the "when I was a punk kid" stories!"

    

   Jeff

    

       Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   dustinf | Oct 26, 2005 02:15am | #2

   It's not the cold so much as the rain.  It's not the rain so much as the steady downpour.  I always have to be concerned with melting.

   All this rain is definitely making me consider a festool set up.  I made two small bookcases on site this morning, under a 10x10 EZup.  I think with the festool router, and saw I could have set up in the empty bedroom.

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   DanteO | Oct 26, 2005 05:09am | #4

   It ain't in my contract to work in the rain.  Drizzle...sure.   Rain...Stay inside.  I didn't hear you volunteer.  Unless there is a deadline looming, then I'll work in snow. 

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   JeffBuck | Oct 27, 2005 02:42am | #5

   how about pouring concrete right before it freezes?

    

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   Soultrain | Oct 26, 2005 02:47am | #3

   tell me about it

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   Rackman | Oct 27, 2005 05:38am | #6

   How about 10-12" snow in Oakland MD. Monday/Tuesday power out for 10 hours on Tuesday. Near Deep Creek Lake

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   dustinf | Oct 27, 2005 05:42am | #7

   I saw that Snowshoe West Virginia also had 10". 

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   darcy | Oct 27, 2005 10:54am | #8

   Move out here and have absolutey no "rain" days.

   They don't stop work for nuthin', here.

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   davidmeiland | Oct 28, 2005 01:19am | #12

   That's a dirty lie. I was a California carpenter for 17 years. When it rained we would draw a 12" square on the sidewalk with chalk. If 10 drops fell in one minute we'd roll it up for the day.

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   brownbagg | Oct 28, 2005 03:13am | #13

   around here if it does not rain, you draw an outline of a turtle on he ground and it will be raining by noon. so if we want to get rain out, its the rain turtle. dont take make wax too.

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   wrudiger | Oct 28, 2005 04:39am | #16

   That's a dirty lie. I was a California carpenter for 17 years. When it rained we would draw a 12" square on the sidewalk with chalk. If 10 drops fell in one minute we'd roll it up for the day.

   Yea, but you were one of them wussy East Bay carps.  They grow 'em different in Sacto - LOL

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   davidmeiland | Oct 28, 2005 05:30am | #17

   It's at least 30 degrees hotter out there, no way I could do it. In fact, your side of the tunnel is too hot.

   A lot of Bay Area guys are complacent about the possibility of rain. I remember a few stories about guys running to jobs at 3 AM to pull tarps over the roof of a house before water got in and ruined all the ceilings.

   How's your job going? Who's doing it? Any pics?

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   wrudiger | Oct 28, 2005 06:14am | #18

   David,

   Santilli & Forester did my job.  I'm the cabinet sub - doors & drawer fronts left to finish the job.  Yea, it was pretty funny - the GC and all his subs are from Oaktown, and we had the longest hot spell anyone can remember (& my folks have lived here since '49) - boy did they suffer!

   It's turned out incredible, last thing left is to oil the machiche deck and a bit of exterior trim painting.  It's taken way too long, but every aspect has been of the highest quality so I'm happy.  I've been wanting to post the pics but I'm still too busy in the shop; also will need to do a bit of scanning to get the "before" pics.  Maybe a winter project.

   Thanks for asking,

   Wayne

    

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   ruffmike | Oct 28, 2005 06:23am | #19

   I was working at Travis AFB on Wednesday, it was drizzling, and the landscapers went home.

   The job superintendent is from Washington state, and he was dumbfounded.

   I was going around on T'n'M putting plastic on the windows, trying to protect my drywall. No frames until mid Nov.                            Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

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   barmil | Oct 28, 2005 06:32am | #20

   Travis was my departure point to Vietnam, on Tiger Air. I believed Tiger to be a family venture, with the boys up front flying, and their Mom in the back as a stew. I had the aisle seat, and Mama hipped me to death as she went up and down the aisles. By the time we landed in Saigon, I was ready for whatever came to be, after the torture on that plane.

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   TDRucker | Oct 28, 2005 02:00pm | #21

   After the Oakland Hills fire a buddy of mine got a job rebuilding an incredible home that was clearheart redwood inside and out. It simply couldn't be rained-on so he hired (and eventually bought) this huge carport looking thing that covered the entire jobsite.
   It worked beautiful. No lost rain days and the white cover (I think it was herculon or something) gave a nice even light over all the jobsite.
   The workers loved it and the job got done really well.
   Almost.
   The wood finishers left oily rags in the wine celler and.. well you know what happened.
   Fortunately, he got the contract to re-re-build. Never found out what happened to the lawsuit....hmmm Bruce? Are you reading this?
   Anyway about the only drawback was the noise level was a bit higher.
   Wonder what those things go for??
   Terence

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   Jer | Oct 27, 2005 01:42pm | #9

   Yeah, my son goes to Pitt Johnstown and he's been telling us about it.  It's been pretty wet here on the other end of the state too.  It'll dry out, hang in there.  We all know the frustrations when your work is so at the affect of the weather.

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   dustinf | Oct 27, 2005 01:55pm | #10

   My sister graduated from Pitt-Johnstown in 2003.  Great campus.

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   Jer | Oct 28, 2005 12:25am | #11

   Yeah, it really is a great place.  A little isolated for my taste, but my son likes it fine.  Gets cold  in them thar hills.

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   dustinf | Oct 28, 2005 03:24am | #14

   Johnstown is about 1hr from here, but they get way more snow.  I've done quite a bit of work there.  Next time you visit, and it's warm out, ride the incline up the hill.   There is a community, Westmont, tons of turn of the century homes.  Wonderful place to work on quality old homes.

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   Jer | Oct 28, 2005 04:24am | #15

   I'll just have to do that.  Thanks.

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   txlandlord | Oct 28, 2005 04:05pm | #22

   When I was a framer and it was rainiing...if you rolled up , the rain quit and the sun came out about the time you got in the truck..if you decided to wait it out,  the rain would continue. Conclusion...roll up when it starts to rain, go rent a good movie, and don't look back.

   It is getting cold down here in Texas too....suppose to drop down to 75 today.

   
   

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   Edited 10/28/2005 9:08 am ET by txlandlord