Just visited my daughter at her new (not cheap) home in Castle Rock, CO.
Question: How do you tell the trim carpenters from the framers?
Answer: The trim carpenters carry caulking guns.
Just visited my daughter at her new (not cheap) home in Castle Rock, CO.
Question: How do you tell the trim carpenters from the framers?
Answer: The trim carpenters carry caulking guns.
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That western style trim goes up faster tho', by golly!
LOL
hey.....that's not fair......
framers carry caulk guns too.....just filled with const. adhesive!
Jeff
.......Sometimes on the toll road of life.....a handful of change is good.......
Arent the trim carps the ones walking upright????? ( I know whats coming guys) :) Darkworksite4: When the job is to small for everyone else, Its just about right for me"
Jeff,
Trim carps have more boxes filled with little itty bitty tools they hardly ever use.
Ditch
A trim carpenter carries a hatchet AND a Block plane.Do not try this at home!
I am a trained professional!
"T"
Framers leave waffle marks behind when they do trim work.
Ditch
One thing about trim: You got the tunes goin' on, the tee shirt going on, the heat on, good light, and in Jan/Feb to boot!
May the wind always be at ur back!
Dez,
Another good thing about trim: You don't have to carry a sheet of ply walking across the top of joists over a 10' drop.
Ditch
yeah....but sometimes ya gotta drag 16' lengths of trim 6 stories up the side of a building!
Usually just up to the second story and thru a bedroom window.....
Jeff.......Sometimes on the toll road of life.....a handful of change is good.......
Trim carpenters have clean bi-focals.
I was circumcised when I was 3 days old; I was unable to walk for over a year.