Construction thread... Show off your work!

[ickyrica]

When you posting your cineplex theater?

The tv studio?

 

[ickyrica]

When you posting your cineplex theater?

Grand opening is supposed to be Monday, pics of that all finished will be posted : )

 

[kap73]

Yea it’s pros and cons. I own my own company. Pros.. you work when you want and how much you want and money is great. Cons.. yep all the bullshit is on you and kissing customers asses and dealing with employees and all there problems become your problems lol. At the end of the day. Me personally I wouldn’t have it any other way. I can’t work for other people because I usually end up telling them how to do there job better and most don’t like that lol.

yeh like you say theres pros n cons, i think for me chasing money off customers would do my head in, but i would love just getting in and doin 6 hours hard work then knocking off.

ive already my own business number, i just havnt started using it yet

KAPCRETE
'you need it, we screed it'

 

[Xragexx]

yeh like you say theres pros n cons, i think for me chasing money off customers would do my head in, but i would love just getting in and doin 6 hours hard work then knocking off.

ive already my own business number, i just havnt started using it yet

KAPCRETE
'you need it, we screed it'

That’s why I typically stick to commercial concrete. You don’t have the hassle of chasing down your money as bad but it still happens from time to time. Businesses just don’t get in a hurry to pay you and some companies I’ve worked for can only pay out every 30-60 days so if you happen to do a job at the beginning of that pay period I may have to wait 50 days to get paid. I usually tell the concrete company and they’ll hold that specific bill for me interest free for that time period.

 

[kap73]

That’s why I typically stick to commercial concrete. You don’t have the hassle of chasing down your money as bad but it still happens from time to time. Businesses just don’t get in a hurry to pay you and some companies I’ve worked for can only pay out every 30-60 days so if you happen to do a job at the beginning of that pay period I may have to wait 50 days to get paid. I usually tell the concrete company and they’ll hold that specific bill for me interest free for that time period.

exaxtly i would have that, i would have 14 day limit otherwise the jackhammer comes out

 

[kap73]

That’s why I typically stick to commercial concrete. You don’t have the hassle of chasing down your money as bad but it still happens from time to time. Businesses just don’t get in a hurry to pay you and some companies I’ve worked for can only pay out every 30-60 days so if you happen to do a job at the beginning of that pay period I may have to wait 50 days to get paid. I usually tell the concrete company and they’ll hold that specific bill for me interest free for that time period.

its another reason why like day rate cash work. turn up smash the work for a fixed rate $$350-$500 cash and get it that day

 

[Xragexx]

its another reason why like day rate cash work. turn up smash the work for a fixed rate $$350-$500 cash and get it that day

Yes those are sweet but few and far between for me. There’s one contractor that’ll call me just to come finish for him for $400 a day but he doesn’t call as much as I’d like him to lol

 

[kap73]

deck finished.. all the glass in and timber top for concrete

 

[kap73]

back into it, shutdown at a cement plant

 

[Logan44551]

deck finished.. all the glass in and timber top for concreteView attachment 104044 View attachment 104045 View attachment 104046 View attachment 104047

Beautiful, nice work!

 

[kap73]

this was a scarey moment during demo. weld failures on 80kg precast arch blocks

death trap

 

[kap73]

spraying a quick repair in the TAD (terciachy air duct), prick of a job every thing is awkward, top lining is just in reach and then the angle of the pipe makes it even harder

 

[Logan44551]

Gravy job on Saturday. 1inch rigid board on the exterior of some apartments.

 

[kap73]

Gravy job on Saturday. 1inch rigid boardView attachment 104565 View attachment 104566 on the exterior of some apartments.

in the top photo i thought that was a blue iphone for a second lol


nice safe scaffold you have there

 

[Logan44551]

in the top photo i thought that was a blue iphone for a second lol


nice safe scaffold you have there

Yea seriously, another non union shit show residential scaffolding setup

 

[kap73]

Yea seriously, another non union shit show residential scaffolding setup

after working in mines and refineries with some of the highest safety standards when i got back to small builder jobs i realise how much ppl dont think about the work groups around them

 

[ickyrica]

Small videowall at a corporate cafe.

 

[kap73]

shotcrete gone wrong lol flash set in the pipes. made it 1metre from the nozzle then went rock hard

trial of a new product, sales rep there advising on mixing procedures.. temp of product was to warm, no ice used in water to help keep the mix cool. shotcrete should set that fast without activater which is added at the nozzle. dare say it was a fail. the boys even had to jackhammer it out of the pump hopper

 

[movingiron88]

shotcrete gone wrong lol flash set in the pipes. made it 1metre from the nozzle then went rock hard

trial of a new product, sales rep there advising on mixing procedures.. temp of product was to warm, no ice used in water to help keep the mix cool. shotcrete should set that fast without activater which is added at the nozzle. dare say it was a fail. the boys even had to jackhammer it out of the pump hopperView attachment 105072 View attachment 105071View attachment 105073

Ugh, yet another reason I hate concrete. I've had that happen a few times on the piping of the concrete pump. With shotcrete do you put a slick pack through the system like you do with concrete?

I know there are different terms, I guess do you prime the tubing before you put the concrete through the tube? I've had the pump operator on the concrete pump fuck up with the slick pack and have had that happen.it sucks when you already have 10+ trucks on the road when that goes down. It's awful

 

[kap73]

Ugh, yet another reason I hate concrete. I've had that happen a few times on the piping of the concrete pump. With shotcrete do you put a slick pack through the system like you do with concrete?

I know there are different terms, I guess do you prime the tubing before you put the concrete through the tube? I've had the pump operator on the concrete pump fuck up with the slick pack and have had that happen.it sucks when you already have 10+ trucks on the road when that goes down. It's awful

like you mentioned we use a lube for the line, we normally lube the line then pump till we get feed to the reducer then connect the 2inch hose and pump till we get to the nozzle.

the sales rep instructed us to use 6% water with a max of 6.5%, we suggested to make the first mix as wet as the tolerances allowed to help get it moving but he knew better.. so we mixed it at 6% and it flash set.. a heap of steel pipes n 2 rubber hoses wrecked.. but hey he knows better. apparently in his trials in a workshop (perfect conditions and not pumping up 2 levels) it worked fine..