Re: Check out how this comcast installer ran wiring

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/29/2012 11:07 AM, Bill wrote:
>>
>> Had a dentist's office whose IT contractor had stapled a blue wire in a
>> meandering fashion along a white ceiling.
>>
>> When he got to a door, he just stapled down the wall and through the
>> open door - which can't be closed without pinching the cable.
>>
>
> I hired a young guy recently to help me remodel my house. He nailed
> in a vertical 2 x 4 for a window frame which was 1 inch further
> to the left at the bottom, than the top (not plumb - slanting).
>
> I pointed this out to him and he said "What's the problem?" I
> said it is going to look like hell after the drywall was up. He
> then proceeded to argue with me that "Things are done this way
> these days, etc. Everybody does work like that!"
>
> I said "Not in my house they don't". (I got more work done without
> his "help" because I did not have to redo his work.)
>

LOL - you've reminded me of my first wall when I was finishing my
basement.  Actually the first wall I had ever tried and I was determined
to finish my basement myself.

I read up on it...

I marked the top plate and base plate with marks every 16".

I then nailed the studs onto the top plate with my marks lined up on the
left side of the stud.  I turned around and nailed the studs to the base
plate with the marks lined up on the left side of the stud.

Yeah... it was dumb and it took me a while to figure what the hell
didn't look right.

But, difference is, I didn't try to justify leaving it as it was and did
it over - this time making them straight...