The Carpentry Jobs We Never Get Credit For

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[tmvvk]

As an electrician, every day is low percepch day! Nice fuse box…said no one, ever.

[DexBunny]

When I used to work as a painter I hated low percepch because it meant the homeowner felt I did absolutely nothing all day long because I was sanding the walls to prep for primer. So what you end up doing is sanding some of it, applying primer, sanding some of it, applying primer. That way the homeowner comes home and has the perception that work is being done, when in reality I'm actually getting less done, it's just that it looks like things are moving along faster.

[dann]

Bruce is my father n law and john is my brother in law, I am also a builder here in nelson myself, and can confirm, Bruce is a good old school true kiwi man, nice, genuine, welcoming, and honest. classic Bruce humor that sq space plug, love it! haha.

[seanhamilton]

The multiple camera angles when the beam was being lifted 👍👍

[cernunnoskali]

I find, in the end, it's faster to plumb all the external corners as you go. Much easier than when everything is connected, all the lintels in. If you're using metal cross bracing ( hoop iron/strapping) it's really easy to plumb the wall with the hoop iron, as you go. Bottom of the strapping is fixed under the bottom plate, which ever way you need to pull the wall, you put a roofing screw in an angle the opposite way, in the larger hole in the strapping. Then another screw the same way in the opposite strap. Both straps will be tight and the wall plumb. If you need to make adjustments later in just undo one screw and tighten the other, both straps will be tight again. Then when walls are all up nail the strapping fully off.

[rosej]

Oh man music to my ears. I also find that “high percepch” days were always the “easier” activities, and “low percepch” activities were always the tasks that took true craftsman.

[picosoftware]

We used to make walls plum with lasers. Dot top to bottom. Easy peasy.

[ronwallace]

Absolutely dealt with this. I tore down and rebuilt my deck. The DEMO of the old deck was HI PERCEPCH. Laying out the new deck, putting in posts, replacing ledger board was all LOW PERCEPCH.

[bevanjones]

Bunch of guys I used to work with call it "VP" - visual progress.

[mandyleeson]

Lovely dog. Dogs always have low percepch days. They bring us all this love and loyalty and fun and we carry on as if they’re not there!😉

[sakadaicebear]

9:31 Scott i know u work so hard on ur videography and my word has it paid off, this shot alone is so breathtaking wow.

[athenarocar]

I think whereI am from, we call it momentum or motivation, but also satisfaction.Whatever people call it... it is the small details that allow the project to move forward. They still need to get done.

Onlookers (clients, owners, diyers, etc) don't understand that those small jobs are the reason why a project either gets finished or stalls out.
The lack of understanding of what needs to happen before say hanging plasterboard is huge. Electrical, plumbing, nailers/deadwood, cover plates, insulation, airsealing... making sure all load-bearing points are properly transferred, etc. The second that plasterboard hits the walls, it becomes more difficult and expensive to repair. The small details is what takes time. They tend to create a lull in the timeline, where it seems like nothing is getting done, even though the project is on time or even ahead of schedule. Visually, if there is change, then the project is moving forward. Most people dont care about what is behind the walls as long as there are walls.

[frumrr]

As a landscaper i know what you mean, its gotta get bad before it gets better.

[ostudija]

Thank you Scott, for "Dodger block" tip! Last week, it help me to straitened foundation blocks for our shed.

[kevinetheridgemakes]

Man oh man do I relate to this. I don't work in any of the trades - I'm a stay at home parent who tackles a lot of small things around the house as part of that deal. Almost all of these things are Low Percepch items for most people I talk to. Really resonated with me… your saying this. Cheers, Scott!

[thehodgi]

this is such a good way to think about the same problem in almost every industry. Its always fun when you need to communicate the low percepch tasks to the client in a positive way.

[kattenfrederik]

Love the story about how you met Bruce, and how everything turned out fine ❤

[katrinabell]

Great to learn about your percepch days!! Every career appears to have its own lingo, language 😁. Keep the good work up SBC!

[Erik_The_Viking]

"Percepch" also happens in software engineering and data science. There's a lot of "boring" work that doesn't get much (if any) attention or respect, but is required to make things work properly. Love that trick with the pencils on the level! As you showed with the bracing, details matter.

[bigrobbo]

love this channel . Saturday morning with a cup of tea . I miss the 'Flying Dutchman' Ray's wry wit