I guess “hire someone” is always an option, but it’s a difficult task sometimes, especially finding someone reliable. It’s not even that the larger thing is outside my ability, it’s just “ugh, I don’t have time for this”.

Curious if anyone has any tips and tricks to overcome this kind of paralysis.

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    I’ve watched the pros. The foreman’s job is basically running to the supply house before the team need the thing, so they can keep working. They try to show up with everything and to varying degrees they do but every job is slightly different.

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        A while back I needed to widen a doorway that had been built undersized and prevented moving our broken-at-the-time washing machine. It took months until a carpenter was on site and could do it as a side project, since I couldn’t find the precise sizes of wood to match the remaining trim.

        Since then I purchased a table saw, and now being able to rip boards to arbitrary widths I look back on that project and see why the carpenter said it was easy.

        All to say, eventually there’s a critical mass of tools/materials that begins to make jobs faster.