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420God

420God

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I love/hate it when I post my deck builds on Facebook and I get a bunch of people asking if I could do one for them. Like okay but I charge almost as much as the cost of materials, then they get pissy asking why it costs so much when I can do it so fast. They don't understand they're not only paying for my time but also experience and tools. Sorry but I'm not gonna do it for $200 like most think it costs.
 
GreatwhiteNorth

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420God said:
I love/hate it when I post my deck builds on Facebook and I get a bunch of people asking if I could do one for them. Like okay but I charge almost as much as the cost of materials, then they get pissy asking why it costs so much when I can do it so fast. They don't understand they're not only paying for my time but also experience and tools. Sorry but I'm not gonna do it for $200 like most think it costs.
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I worked at a machine/specialty shop & had a co-worker ask me why I rebuilt a hydraulic pump & charged an hour when I only worked on it for 1/2 an hour. I told him "because I've done a hundreds of these and I'm faster & better at it than most".
 
420God

420God

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
I worked at a machine/specialty shop & had a co-worker ask me why I rebuilt a hydraulic pump & charged an hour when I only worked on it for 1/2 an hour. I told him "because I've done a hundreds of these and I'm faster & better at it than most".
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My own sister hired a "professional" to do her deck thinking the quality would be better than mine. It sat with just the framing done for 3 months and when she finally came begging for me to finish it I ended up rebuilding what the previous guy did because it wasn't code. I still cut her a deal being family but a lesson was learned.
This was the deck. 12ft x 56ft.
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I even added a fancy privacy fence on one end which wasn't part of the original plan.
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Bareback

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420God said:
I love/hate it when I post my deck builds on Facebook and I get a bunch of people asking if I could do one for them. Like okay but I charge almost as much as the cost of materials, then they get pissy asking why it costs so much when I can do it so fast. They don't understand they're not only paying for my time but also experience and tools. Sorry but I'm not gonna do it for $200 like most think it costs.
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I rebuilt a deck for a guy last spring and it cost him around 9,000.00, later I found out that his next closest bid was over 20,000.00 and one bid for 35,000.00 . So you do you and if folks don’t like it…. don’t lose no sleep over it .
 
420God

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Bareback said:
I rebuilt a deck for a guy last spring and it cost him around 9,000.00, later I found out that his next closest bid was over 20,000.00 and one bid for 35,000.00 . So you do you and if folks don’t like it…. don’t lose no sleep over it .
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Those prices are why I've considered doing it as a side job but when lumber spiked and people still wanted it done cheap I decided I'll keep doing it when I feel like it. I've done at least one deck a summer since I was 16 and I'm 41 now, I'm no professional but I have plenty of experience.
 
Aeroknow

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Justin-case said:
12' are sometimes culls or drops, sounds like what you got anyway. Number one and number one select is usually milled into 16' and 20' lengths. It also helps to keep an eye on the end grain. If the board is cut from the center of the tree, it will almost certainly twist as it dries.
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For sure. When i hand pick my sticks i look for if the center is in that stick and i throw that one to the side if it’s got it. Will 100% = a twister.
 
Aeroknow

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Wood fucking sucks. So glad i didn’t get into the nail banger side. We do allot of killer shit too. I’d say that for sure we build more of any building then they do. We are UBC btw.
I’ve never picked up a metal stud or stick of track and seen it fucked up lol. I’ve framed residential with metal too but i’d never frame my own house with the crap though but I fucking hate wood
 
xtsho

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DarkWeb said:
Got out on the boats for a few hours.
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Perfect glass with lots of pollen on top. Saw two loons a bunch of fish and a few turtles......and horse flies :blsmoke: One spot more than the rest. We where paddling fast and hard trying to get out of there :lol:
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This is the entrance to a water trail. It gets to only about 5' wide so paddling is tough and you need a short boat. Fun place to see wildlife though because it's all swampy marsh. All the spider webs where still covered in dew........like strings of pearl's. One year I had a huge snapping turtle right under me. But that's also where we got bombarded with horse flies. So no pics of in the trail sorry. Great morning :blsmoke:
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How deep is that lake? That glass is prime for wakeboarding.
 
DarkWeb

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xtsho said:
That's plenty. Only need 12'. Probably no way to get a boat in though. Sure would be nice to hit that in the morning while it's glass. But it's better that they don't allow power boats on places like that. It reminds me of many lakes I've hiked into just to get away from the noise and enjoy the scenery.
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It's got a ramp. And used to be a very happening place. But the rangers have a house there so never gonna happen. LOL I used to really be into standup jetskis and to ride water like that was always amazing.
 
manfredo

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420God said:
I love/hate it when I post my deck builds on Facebook and I get a bunch of people asking if I could do one for them. Like okay but I charge almost as much as the cost of materials, then they get pissy asking why it costs so much when I can do it so fast. They don't understand they're not only paying for my time but also experience and tools. Sorry but I'm not gonna do it for $200 like most think it costs.
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That was the "rule" I grew up with....whatever the materials cost is what the labor will cost also. So if roof shingles cost 2k, the completed roof job will be 4k...at least
 
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