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Posted by Lou on March 14, 2007, 1:33 pm
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> > > A question to any of the other tradesman/contractors out there. Do you
> > > have problems working on your own home? Motivation? Coordination?
> > > Frustration?
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> > > I get so sick of the old analogies that an auto mechanic always drives a
> > > clunker, electricians house is never trimmed out, plumbers house never
> > > finished, carpenters house the same, on an on. However as much as I am
> > > sick of them they always seem to be true.
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> > > I am sure it is no different for us than others where your tools are
> > > perpetually on a job or jobs, never have the time, last thing you want
> > > to do when you get home is what you did all day, on and on. I thought it
> > > may be an interesting thread to hear others thoughts on it all. Perhaps
> > > some input from some who may have been able to break off jobs for a
> > > period (weeks/months) to get their own house done. Or perhaps you just
> > > had the mindset to work all day in the trade then come home and put in 3
> > > hrs each night and two 8 hr days on the weekends to get your own home done.
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> > > This makes about 20 years we have been doing this and about 20 years we
> > > have lived in 3 homes in states of perpetual incompletion heheeh.
> > > Somehow we manage to schedule and complete countless jobs for ecstatic
> > > customers throughout the year yet our own is never there.
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> > > Mark
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> > I am building our house after 8 hours of the day job, in at 5 out at
> > 130 at the house til 9 or so. I REALLY like doing the house work
> > since I work on data bases all day, I can't see what I've done at the
> > end of the day. All I have to go on is the stink'n task list.
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> > I had a neighbor just like you...he worked for a small home
> > construction company, and it pained him beyond belief to lift a hammer
> > at home. BTW--I SELDOM turn on a computer at home.
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> > Don't let it bother ya...it's just the way it is. Take pride in what
> > you do...and do it well...the rest will be all right.
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> > DanG -- I'm with ya brotha! I've been saying that same prayer for
> > YEARS
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> > Good luck...
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> Several friends and I call it the 95% Club. We do the job to 95% and
> then it sits unfinished. One friend spent $12,000 on a kitchen
> remodel and after 5 years still has a wall switch without a cover
> plate and a 2 feet piece of missing baseboard.
Man, do you guys make me feel good.
I thought it was just me.
Lou
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