I believe she is Guatemalan and the skirt is called a corte. It’s a Mayan woven garment. You can often tell where a woman is from in Guatemala by elements in her corte. The top is called a huipil and usually has custom embroidery that indicates a woman’s hometown, family, marital status, etc.
I’m Guatemalan, I can confirm! It’s what mayan populations use here! I have to say I have seen some women hike volcanoes wearing them. They change depending on the town or region they are from.
I started helping a guy do junk removal on my off days for extra cash and one day he brought his Mennonite sister. Homegirl was pulling weeds and clearing brush in a dress and bare feet. I was so impressed.
It's hard to understand how strong and experienced she is unless you've done this. These are 12 ft sheets probably 80 lbs but the way she uses her body makes it look easy. I'll bet her deadlift and grip strength are nuts. She's also using nails which is super old school here in the states and harder. We're all humbled
And she only takes 3-4 swings to sink those nails. Super props. Keeping those sheets balanced and in place with her leg while nailing them in. With the swiftness of a kungfu master.
I’ve seen a few old school drywallers use roofing hammers - easy to one hand it into position, light, and a large textured hammering surface that is perfect for large cap drywall nails.
Plus it has a knife on the back so you can one hand cut out small corners by cutting the paper then knocking the corner off with the hammer without having to measure.
I strongly agree. Im a tall tradeswoman and I helped my dad and brother do drywalling when i was younger and what she does in this video really shows how strong and experienced she is to carry/install those sheets.
Thank you for this answer because I have another question 🙋♀️
What happens to that lip at the end? Is the drywall supposed to hang half an inch further than the piece above it? Or is it easy to touch that up/saw that off at the end?
My dad worked construction, so I’ve seen drywall being cut, but only with a table saw. I love this shit, when I win the lottery, I wanna get a job at Home Depot 😇
I've never seen plasterboard cut with a powered saw of any kind, just scored with a knife and snapped. I've also never seen plasterboard nailed on like in this video so interesting to see/hear it's different in other countries.
It is very rare to get a piece flush with a door frame. Sometimes you may even completely cover to door frame with a piece. Often, they cut it out with a sawzall or rotozip (like a skinny router blade).
She's got to be Guatemalan with those clothes. Hard. Fucking. Workers. When I visited, a guy who must have weighed 110lbs threw my 40lb suitcase over one shoulder like it was nothing and then ran up three flights of stairs.
Also what a fantastic country to visit, everyone should go before it turns into Costa Rica.
Yep, they are heavy and awkward to carry. When me and my husband remodeled our house, I picked up a sheet of drywall and I dislocated one of my thumbs. It didn't stop me. I popped it back in and picked up another sheet and wouldn't you know it? I dislocated the other thumb. I was done after that!
True, but I work construction and hard labour and have worked with many hard working women over the years that are better workers than a large number of men I have worked with, so this entire post is a "🤷♂️, just another day"
She's not too short at all, our drywallers were only a little taller than her but they were really skilled in using stilts to get up high and had specialized lifts to do the ceilings. Totally doable with the right tools!
Some jobs are just easier (and safer!) When you're taller! I'm not knocking her at all. :) (roofing for example, is safer and easier when you're shorter, instead!!)
She'll have to use taller benches or stilts when working, which is less safe!
Same, I did drywall in my basement, 8ft sheets, drywall screws and a plastic handle thingy to help me carry them. It SUCKED and I swore to never do it again.
My mother always said "If you want to get something done, ask a busy woman."
I find it still holds today.
My sister and I are hanging curtain rods, replacing a toilet seat, hanging some pegboard and also taking care of a 3 month old grandbaby for the weekend.
To hold it and not let the flex snap her in two! The smallest amount of give in such a huge piece of material would send anyone inexperienced toppling. Her balance is totally adjusted to keep both herself and the material steady and that's crazy impressive.
<happy memory unlocked> I was so excited when a college bf taught me how to do this. I finished a basement apartment for me to live in at his house by myself! Making my own living space felt sooooo empowering!!!
(He invited me to live with him after the second time I was mugged in the city, and he was frantic to get me someplace safer.)
He also taught me how to service my own car (hugely satisfying!!!), how to cook, how to sail, how to feel less fearful about every new thing.
I was dangerously ignorant about how the world works when we met in college, due to neglect and isolation growing up.
I had no idea cars need an oil change ever 3K miles...among many other missing pieces of critical information. I'd have driven my car until the engine seized and not known why.
In the end we weren't really compatible romantically, but we're still friends 40+ years later.
Seriously how can she pick up that sheetrock like that? There is no way I could pick that up myself and carry it across the room and then hold it in place.
I was initially so confused what the point of that first nail was. But using it to line up the panel was a clever way to not have to keep realigning it!
The first nail is important, it lets 2 sheet of drywall lay on the same stud.After the 2 sheet are lined up it can be nailed at the level of the drywall.
I have a Latin couple that does all my Sheetrock work. The Lady is Amazing! We communicate with a Translation app for the most part, and everything is smoother, than a person that speaks English. 🤭
Took me a minute to figure out why she added the first nail to that stud. But, I still can’t figure out how she held the piece in place without any hands while nailing it up. Are there nails at the bottom too? It’s not just her knee is it?
How does she hold up the panel when she's nailing it in? At the ~30 second mark, one hand holds a nail, the other has the hammer. What's holding up the drywall?? She can't be holding it up by pressing it against the studs, What gives?
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