/r/Construction
A place for construction professionals only to discuss the industry.
Anybody working or interested in working in this field is welcome! Carpentry, concrete, steel, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, landscaping, equipment operators, etc.
Those with DIY or homeowner-type questions should use the relevant subreddits such as /r/DIY. Those posts will be removed.
A subreddit for construction industry professionals.
If you are a homeowner with questions about a home improvement project, please visit subreddits such as /r/homeowners /r/DIY /r/HomeImprovement This is a subreddit for trade professionals.
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/r/Construction
As the title says I’m an 18 year old male in college at the moment and I want to work in construction as I’ve been working with my dad (a plumber) since I was 7 so I know my way around both power tools, construction sites, and blueprints. I love the physical aspect of it as well and the joking that I would hear while working on sites with construction workers. I asked my dad if he thought it was a good idea but he doesn’t want me to work in the field because he doesn’t want me to be tired when I’m in class and because he says that I would need to buy my own tools. So I guess this is me looking for any chance that it’s a good idea. So is construction a good job for someone in college?
question for masons: do you always shower after work?
Curious how you guys would react. Union construction.
I’m working on a pretty big job for a big contractor. The job is slowing down, layoffs coming, everyone can see the writing on the wall. No big deal, we all know it happens. Here’s the thing… our foreman recently gathered our crew around to discuss holding a little competition. Whoever did the least in said competition, has to buy pizza for the whole crew. About 12 people. 8-10 of these guys at this shit up like candy. They hold their little competition and of course they got a lot done that day. I then find out from the GF of the same trade for a different company on site that our company told our foreman to hurry things up on that floor because they plan to lay about half the crew off in the next week.
Is it just me or is that the rattiest shit you ever heard? To entice people to work faster under the guise of a friendly competition so that you can get to a layoff faster is just mind boggling and weird to me. Also on this job he is considered a walking foreman, but yesterday put the tools on to compete in this said competition. Him and I have an okay relationship, so I relayed the idea to him that it wouldn’t look good that we’re slowing down and he’s doing work. He didn’t care. Maybe I’m just over reacting a bit here but to me that is some wild ass shit, and I’m not even worried about being laid off. I haven’t really ever been laid off and I’ve already been talked to by this company about going to another job for them. So it’s not like I’m mad because I think my name is on the list. I just think this is weird ass, dirty ass shit.
Is this a normal way of connecting the wooden beams with the stone wall? I would expect to see the small wooden pieces beneath the beams?
These were renovation works so I can fully understand that they sometimes have to do things different though. Or is this just bad work?!a
I know nothing about construction, and I thought this subreddit would be the appropriate place to ask questions. There’s a construction site for apartments in my neighborhood down the street right before entering a boulevard.
I woke up at 2AM, hearing some sort of throbbing drone. It varies in intensity. If I can hear it from my room, it must be loud at the construction site. I can hear some sort of machine turn on and off.
I boosted the frequency on the audio file. Now I know it is definitely not some sort of hearing condition.
As I’m typing this, it’s 3AM and the sounds stopped.
WFH in construction means less than 2 hours commute to the job, you can actually go home after work. I'm doing 3 hour drive with no traffic, 4-5 on a Friday afternoon.
Buddy and I are debating and wondering what type of weather stripping it is https://imgur.com/a/FaySW6S It's about 10' long without pre-drilled holes on the metal. We've ruled out exterior edging for overhead garage doors or for the bottom a garage door. Any ideas?
Can anyone help me identify this shower cartridge? I am not certain of the brand of faucet . it is a single handle model. Roughly 25 years old. I am attempting to replace it but have not been able to locate it at Home Depot or local Ace Hardware store .
Thank you
Anybody know of a good strong vacuum I can vacuum some dirt up with? Trying to clean up a bunch of lead that’s on the soil.
Hello, Looking to get some information on these wooden pieces here on our building. We are renovating and our current contractor removed these blocks saying they were just for design. Wanted to confirm if they are for design or also provide some sort of support to the sides of the roof. It seems that water stopped flowing into the drains after they removed these so I’m wondering if the sides are resting lower than they were before. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Do I have any other ready mix operators in here or any other concrete guys lol I wanna hear about your worst pours!
Nothing better than getting fired on a Friday 😞
Turn your fucking head lights off while parked in the morning before work. If you can't since your vehicle sucks, then fuck off and turn the engine off.
"Do you know what happened with the guys not showing up to start that job today?"
"I thought that <my direct superior> talked to you this morning, they had to finish up a job first and if they couldn't start today they would first thing Monday."
"No yeah, that's what I understood. Just wondering if that's why they weren't there."
"Yes. That's why."
"OK."
Hey all. A retired contractor turned project manager at my newest site put me on to "Tornado" brand nails that come from the UK to use in my Hilti DX460 for wood to concrete connections. They work perfect with no jams or anything and are 70% cheaper than genuine hilti. I bought 2000 nails from him with no issues at all.
I'm wondering if anyone knows a better place to find a compatible nail in North America vs ordering these from Ebay UK? For my purposes of strapping on the floor, the savings would be significant without much risk. 1000 nails delivered is cheaper than 300 hilti nails. Delivery is mid November which is why I'm curious if there are any other options.
Thanks
My family knows a guy with a construction business, and being young and willing to get my hands dirty, he has let me join him as an apprentice and learn. I have absolutely zero experience, no tech school, I’m just a senior in high school. He let me know that they do everything from construction, to hvac, to plumbing, they do it all. What is some good information I should know before getting into this? This is the first time I’ll be working every week day for more than 5 hours a shift. This will be my most significant, most work inducing, and longest working period job iv done. I’m not complaining whatsoever, but I’d like to know what I should expect, how to build the capability to work that much especially hands on. Things of that nature. Any information would be really helpful. I’m very nervous.
https://www.whsv.com/2024/10/18/fatal-incident-construction-site-rockingham-county/
Don't know what happened here but Curtis didn't make it. RIP Curtis. Let's go out there and be safe for ourselves and for the people around us.
I am in a bad position right now because I wanna start the plumber apprenticeship but I made a promise to my dad I will atleast complete this college semester because he paid for it. I am just nervous if I can't find the apprenticeship after December when I am done with these classes. After this job I am gonna probably go to the temp agency and see if I can get a job painting walls or building decks
Has anyone bought a Hillcrest Trailer? I’m looking at a dump trailer, and I’m kinda not impressed with the big brands lately. The story of this company is cool (owner was in construction and took the best of each trailer snd combined those things into his design—at least that’s the short version) and I’ve put hands on it and it seems quality. Just trying to see if anyone has actually bought one. Thank you.
These hollow concrete stacked blocks are found intermittently after I demo’ed the drywall. They don’t look to be structural in nature. Some go up to the top double plate, some go up far beyond but don’t connect to anything structurally. They are hollow and most have a hole cut in them. They do seem to post a danger as they sort of wobble and I can see it falling down during a seismic event and breaking through the ceiling drywall.
From Ancient Apocalypse… thought of you trenchtards
If you're using your phone to play music through a Bluetooth speaker: pause the fucking song before you walk away from the mother fucking speaker so I don't have to listen to your already shitty music cut in and out every second because your dumbass doesn't know how a Bluetooth fucking speaker works in 2024