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My brother-in-law who does concrete said something about our trade that stuck with me.
We were having a beer after helping him pour a garage pad, and he said, 'You drywall guys are the last line of defense for the framers' mistakes.' He wasn't being mean, just honest. It made me think about how often I'm just filling gaps instead of calling out bad framing from the start. Now I'm way more picky about checking the studs before I even pick up a sheet. How do you guys handle it when the framing is just plain wrong?
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grantc807d ago
Honestly I call it out and make them fix it first.
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alex8207d ago
Right on, that's the only way to get things done. But what do you do when they push back or give you some weak excuse? Do you just stand your ground until they actually do it?
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Took a job once where the framers left studs 20 inches apart in a couple spots. I called the GC, told him straight up I wasn't touching it until it got fixed. He tried to say it was fine and I could just shim it. I told him no, I'm not making his problem into my problem. He got pissed but I held firm and walked off the job for two days. When I came back, every stud was 16 on center like it should have been. That experience taught me to always have a backup job lined up so you can afford to walk away. Now I check every damn bay before I even unload my drywall. It saves way more time in the long run than fighting with bad framing.
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