Our Easy 5 Minute Job Turned into a 5 Hour Job...Dumb Move

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Hey Gang! We were super prepared to fly through these exhaust and intake installations, but a quick mistake turned the easy job into a MUCH longer trip and multiple trips to the store. It happens!

[Cincinnatijames]

1st hole: carefully checks clearance on the other side.
2nd hole: YOLO!

[TheRaker]

20:45 that trick with the two hole saws on one mandrel was brilliant

[BrentTech]

Pro Tip: Do yourself a favor and put some critter screen/mesh behind those louvers on the vents. I can't tell you how many homes I've seen birds blocking the ducts with nests... Sparrows can fly up to them and lift the louvers and go in/out at will. I removed a full 5 gallon bucket of nests from 2 ducts last summer. Finally put some stainless wire grid behind the plastic louvers and problem solved (make sure your louvers still move freely). Not the play for a dryer vent due to lint buildup, but there are other styles of lint traps for those that keep birds out. I've removed birds from dryer blower motors and multiple from bathroom vent exhausts... Just not worth the adventure when it can be prevented by a screen. I feel bad for my neighbors when I see the birds making homes in their vents now, but hey, at least mine is finally clear.

[jbuckley]

"Easy 5 Minute Job Turned into a 5 Hour Job" describes almost every one of my home improvements🤣

[suburbanme]

Second generation painter here, your tip is too big on your spray gun and your pressure is to high.
Get a 515 tip . The first “5” is half of the size of what the spray pattern should be at the right pressure and distance from the painting surface, 10 inches. The second number is the orifice size of the tip.
You’ll have a lot less overspray and less waist of product.

[connecticutaggie]

Great idea nesting the hole saws to use the smaller one as a guide. I am definitely going to remember that trick. Making a small hole bigger has happened more than once for me.

[raybode]

As a retired professional painter I think doing the sides edges in your trim colour is entirely up to you and what you like the look of better.
I never did them in trim colour for several reasons but if you like the look that's all that matters. Place looks awesome!

[yolanda]

"Bone Head Move" are one of the many reasons I like this channel. Everyone makes mistakes including the pros. A lot of channels by pros don't always show you the mistakes they make. Keep on keeping on.

[marlysjcollins]

I actually prefer the non-painted edge, matching the body siding color.
Thanks for showing the mishap with the wire… comforting to know even the pros make mistakes and have bad days.

[sbgarza]

I would recommend adding screens to the louvered vents to keep birds and Mud daubers from moving in. 👍

[cttravels]

Great example of the power of humility and humour. Paul. You are class.

[danglin]

40 year painter here, when spraying any lap siding, angle spray "up" so the bottom lip gets a nice coat. when rain hits siding, droplets hang onto bottom lip for hours and will soak into siding material if not painted. Appreciate you guys posting

[resurrectedreconstruction]

That’s the life of construction. No problems just “situations”. Way to adapt

[WillLeingang]

2 things: that painted edge is 🔥 and Paul talking through those 4” vent holes was hilarious. Looking good guys!

[keithosterkamp]

Great idea matching up the original hole saw with the larger one to keep it centered in the original hole.

[MarkRVillano]

I was a painter for 42 years, and spent most of my time on high end commercial interiors, but every once in awhile I did a bit of industrial and exterior work. As far as spraying your exterior is concerned, I agree with the painters who told you that you're better off brushing and rolling it because doing so allows you to work the material into the Hardy Board, and gives you a much better bond.

[KenHill]

My take on the trim painting is that painting The edge with your detail? Brush is time consuming and the end result looks more like sawtooth than anything else. It just looks wonky. I have always just painted the face and it looks fine. In the odd areas where you can see the entire edge of a piece of trim, I see no reason to not paint the edge, but the sawtooth is a no-go for me. Great work you guys!

-Ken from Olympia

[RobertLafata]

Hello Stud Pack! I'm a retired HVAC installer. When installing panduit straps on flex duct. Purchase a panduit strap gun. It will get your straps much tighter than you can do by hand and cut the excess off at the same time.

[jcgarcia]

I been a painter for 15 years and my Pro tip for the edge on the windows tape and apply a thin line of caulk or use yellow frog tape to get crisper lines and is a faster way, and to spray i recommend to lower your pressure and use a smaller tip for less overspray and material waste, is looking great guys

[ncooty]

I don't know what you guys are like off camera, but I marvel at your persistent positivity on camera.

On my own projects now, I sometimes repeat Paul's motivational "Let's get it done."