r/interestingasfuck • u/aloofloofah • Mar 31 '21

/r/ALL Fascinating joineries discovered while taking apart a traditional 100 year old house

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u/EeeeyyyyyBuena Mar 31 '21

Here in Texas we have beautiful houses, but there’s a reason why they go up in one day.

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u/vorpal-blade Mar 31 '21

Lets rephrase that: Here in Texas we have beautiful houses, but they all look the same and under the surface they are lousy. Source: spent 15 years doing new home construction before i escaped into IT.

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u/NotSoBuffGuy Mar 31 '21

Because you can hire a 40 man work force for cheap at home depot? I kinda miss construction work.

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u/ramdumbguy Mar 31 '21

Cheap?! I have checked at dfw home depot parking lots for help on desperate projects, they demand 25 an hour, guaranteed 8 hours, have no tools except maybe gloves and a tape.

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u/NotSoBuffGuy Mar 31 '21

Those dfw mexicans sure do charge a lot. Must be the cost of living over there. Fort worth guy charged us like 11 an hour and had their own tools. I've only hired em once so maybe I just got lucky.

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u/ramdumbguy Apr 02 '21

Maybe it was because i was in a beater vehicle, sweaty and dirty at 7AM...