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I would assume that you are not a carpenter: As a carpenter, I would include: Knowledge of Universal Building Codes, knowledge of local building codes, Local co

I would assume that you are not a carpenter: As a carpenter, I would include: Knowledge of Universal Building Codes, knowledge of local building codes, Local code checklists, Blue print reading, Site survey reading, and first hand knowledge of your local building department. (AHJ) Concrete forms, soil management, concrete testing, that is more than a rabbit hole, its a whole immense specialty. ( Ask Richard Sloan, who literally taught me how to finish concrete like glass... over very large areas. ) Tiling is deep also. ( Thanks Alejandro ). Even after more than 10 years work, texturing as a skill is still beyond me, and like far beyond me. Your point is well taken, but... This is an amazingly LARGE amount of work. Environmental skill?I cannot wait to see this one: I should make a Building a Desktop PC, Coaching, Transform your life. Truck Driving and Taking no sh*.

linsomniac 2y ago
>Tiling is deep [...] texturing is a skill beyond me. Interesting. Sounds like you have way more experience than me, but I feel pretty comfortable doing tiling and do a decent job, after doing a kitchen floor, backsplash, bathroom floor, and shower. The biggest risk with doing tiling is once you learn how to do it, you'll start noticing bad tiling jobs everywhere. Particularly lippage. I've also done decent jobs of texturing the couple attempts I've done. I don't love them, if I stare at them I think they look terrible but if I'm walking past I don't notice them. What in car racing they'd call a 50/50 paint job: looks good from 50 feet when it's going 50MPH. :-) But, what I'm starting to do, and what I did on my bathroom remodel, is doing a level 5 finish. It took me a while to get to where I was happy, but not having to texture and instead just painting the untextured wall came out pretty nice. I guess it's more common in "the west" to texture and level 5 in "the east" (USA).
- ethbr1 2y ago
  Perfection is just making sure any flaws are smaller than the observer's perceived level of detail. > you'll start noticing bad tiling jobs everywhere To me, that's the crux of it. There are structural and system jobs (load bearing carpentry, electrical, plumbing) and there's everything else (tiling, painting, countertops, cabinetry, etc). If you screw up the latter... it looks bad, and that's about the end of it. Which is to say, give it a go. Most people, with the proper investment of time and care, can do a better-than-contractor job on non-code/permit type work, simply by virtue of caring about it more.
  - linsomniac 2y ago
    >simply by virtue of caring about it more. There is a lot of power in caring about your work. My philosophy is: Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Contractors can't affordably overdo their work, generally. They need to bang it out and get on to the next one. Their experience lets them work faster, but their budget limits the level of work they can do. Plus, I love the level of knowledge it gives me about the house. For example, when our drier started blowing the breaker every load, I was comfortable enough to open the panel and take a peek and notice that one of the legs on the breaker was heat damaged, and the breaker was cracked, and that leg wasn't torqued down very well. Cut off the damaged wire, replaced the breaker, and I'm back in business. And that work was done by a pro 7 years ago.

linsomniac 2y ago

>Tiling is deep [...] texturing is a skill beyond me. Interesting. Sounds like you have way more experience than me, but I feel pretty comfortable doing tiling and do a decent job, after doing a kitchen floor, backsplash, bathroom floor, and shower. The biggest risk with doing tiling is once you learn how to do it, you'll start noticing bad tiling jobs everywhere. Particularly lippage. I've also done decent jobs of texturing the couple attempts I've done. I don't love them, if I stare at them I think they look terrible but if I'm walking past I don't notice them. What in car racing they'd call a 50/50 paint job: looks good from 50 feet when it's going 50MPH. :-) But, what I'm starting to do, and what I did on my bathroom remodel, is doing a level 5 finish. It took me a while to get to where I was happy, but not having to texture and instead just painting the untextured wall came out pretty nice. I guess it's more common in "the west" to texture and level 5 in "the east" (USA).

ethbr1 2y ago
Perfection is just making sure any flaws are smaller than the observer's perceived level of detail. > you'll start noticing bad tiling jobs everywhere To me, that's the crux of it. There are structural and system jobs (load bearing carpentry, electrical, plumbing) and there's everything else (tiling, painting, countertops, cabinetry, etc). If you screw up the latter... it looks bad, and that's about the end of it. Which is to say, give it a go. Most people, with the proper investment of time and care, can do a better-than-contractor job on non-code/permit type work, simply by virtue of caring about it more.
- linsomniac 2y ago
  >simply by virtue of caring about it more. There is a lot of power in caring about your work. My philosophy is: Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Contractors can't affordably overdo their work, generally. They need to bang it out and get on to the next one. Their experience lets them work faster, but their budget limits the level of work they can do. Plus, I love the level of knowledge it gives me about the house. For example, when our drier started blowing the breaker every load, I was comfortable enough to open the panel and take a peek and notice that one of the legs on the breaker was heat damaged, and the breaker was cracked, and that leg wasn't torqued down very well. Cut off the damaged wire, replaced the breaker, and I'm back in business. And that work was done by a pro 7 years ago.