That week in Phoenix where we had to hang board in a half-finished house with no AC

It was 115 degrees outside and the job site had no power yet, so we were working with headlamps and battery fans. The heat made the mud set up in like 10 minutes, which was a nightmare for taping. We got through it by starting at 4am and quitting by noon, but man, it was brutal. Anyone else ever had a job where the weather or site conditions just wrecked your usual process?

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blair9905h ago

We had to pour a foundation in a monsoon once, the mud was so bad the trucks kept getting stuck. Lost a whole day just pulling equipment out.

sethm585h ago

My buddy had to frame a roof in January up in Flagstaff. They were nailing with thick gloves on and the lumber was so cold it would just shatter if you hit it wrong. They ended up having to pre-warm all the plywood sheets in a job trailer with a heater before they could even lift them up.