Construction laborer here. My boss specifically hired me on with the intent of me being the during construction cleanup guy. My whole job is to make sure the jobsites are somewhat cleaned and organized while the house is being built. And as a sidenote all the electricians that work with us are normally really good about cleaning up after themselves. It’s our trim carpenters and our framers that leave a massive mess after they’ve finished.
Thanks guys. I look forward to this each and every week. By the way, next to the drywall crew my sparkies are the world’s worst at cleaning up after themselves. I kinda cut the drywall crew some slack because I know that they actually try hard and that it is just naturally messy.
I think some subs might not price in clean up if it's not regular practice for their guys to clean up. If it's gonna be your expectation as GC that all sub trades fully clean up after themselves gotta tell people from the get go. Also some GC's may opt to have a laborer on their payroll Sweep up after rough ins, like if you've got multiple sub trades working on top of each other who's cleaning up all the wood chips after the rough in? Me I usually clean my work areas before and after work and sometimes during depending on the context. Before because I don't like working in a mess, easier to stay organized when you start from a clean slate. Then during I like to really stay on top of vacuuming in finished spaces because I don't want to have dust and debris sitting around to scratch finishes or get tracked through to other areas. And of course during is the garbage box or bucket coming with you as you work so your final clean up is just dust and small debris.
Coffee break question: Is the money your making as a GC worth more than just being a carpenter? Not looking for a tax return, but are the numbers going through your accounts simply larger or are you actually earning that much more? I understand a single pair of hands will earn you a single wage, but I’ve been a carpenter for 25 years. I’m always torn between hands on work gratification, sustainability, and money...(notice, I mentioned money last, if you provide a quality product, the money always works out.).
What do you recommend for a young contractor, that took over another contractor job due to them not staying on schedule and not having the quality the homeowners were expecting. To make a budget, and to go to them about mistakes that need to be fixed due to quality issues. With them not feeling like I'm trying to take there money, but give them a house they want?
Great content thanks so much for shearing, every day thing love it, a video of job cleaning and malarial managing be awesome also, how do you deal with very talented people but assholes, sorry for my french, do fired them right away or chance after chance, thanks nick I wish I could be part of the team, greetings from Santa Cruz Bolivia,
Electricians are the worst! Not even close, I spend more time picking up wire cuts and sawdust. AND I’ve changed electricians a few times. No Diff. My plumber, finish carpenter are fantastic.
Do you pick up after electricians through the day or end of day? I'm asking because electrician trash is not the same as plumber/carpenter... It's a lot smaller. I worked as electrician for 7 years and always cleaned up END of day, maybe sometimes end of second day. Because it's not realistic to expect them to sweep after every wire strip, etc.
@@sergeyb8 finish carpenter's (also known as trim carpenters) create sawdust yet they can keep clean (with the use of dust collecting bags on tools). So saying they have larger trash and that somehow makes it ok for electricians to leavr copper strips/insulation layers/E-tape and scraps of drywall everywhere is foolish. Drywallers typical get blamed for other people making a mess out of the cutouts and honestly when they go to sand ain't nothing stopping those micro particles from travel in the air (it takes hours before the dust settles). There really isn't any process Drywallers can do except spend 50 minutes vacuuming unlike a electrician who can sweep wire into a dust pan in 5 minutes or trim carpenter's who use Dust collection bags on tools while they work.
@@aaaaaaaaaa697 Exactly this, if you don't clean by the time you leave, homeowners that check the house after hours will complain to the builder and than the builders going to light somone a new one. I've done jobs where I just did a sweep clean and got called back to it 1 hours before going home despite the fact I would be their tomorrow to create a bigger mess that I will clean. Its sounds stupid to clean twice but at the end of the day the builder is the one who is paying twice, not me.
@@h3llblaz3r12 I'm not arguing that they have a pass on cleaning. I'm saying don't expect them to clean under every outlet (just an example) after they prep it. I used to clean end of day because it's more efficient.
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Construction laborer here. My boss specifically hired me on with the intent of me being the during construction cleanup guy. My whole job is to make sure the jobsites are somewhat cleaned and organized while the house is being built. And as a sidenote all the electricians that work with us are normally really good about cleaning up after themselves. It’s our trim carpenters and our framers that leave a massive mess after they’ve finished.
Thanks guys. I look forward to this each and every week. By the way, next to the drywall crew my sparkies are the world’s worst at cleaning up after themselves.
I kinda cut the drywall crew some slack because I know that they actually try hard and that it is just naturally messy.
This is a metaphor for life Nick.
Tips worth more than gold (ok, not if it's 1 metric tonne of gold).
I wish you the best for you and your family. Thank you and take care!
Thanks for answering my question, my man. 💪🏻.
Apprciate you watching and contributing!
Definitely going to share this video with some of my coworkers. Thanks for the video.
Appreciate you folling along. Glad we could help.
Love the storage idea. Going to try it out.
Can you provide a link to the book your mentioned, Scaling Up? There are a few out there with the same name. Thanks
Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less, by Hayagreeva Rao, Robert I. Sutton
Haha Nick the 55L gallon bucket is hilarious, I once sliced my finger open with a 38mm chisel.
I think some subs might not price in clean up if it's not regular practice for their guys to clean up. If it's gonna be your expectation as GC that all sub trades fully clean up after themselves gotta tell people from the get go. Also some GC's may opt to have a laborer on their payroll Sweep up after rough ins, like if you've got multiple sub trades working on top of each other who's cleaning up all the wood chips after the rough in? Me I usually clean my work areas before and after work and sometimes during depending on the context. Before because I don't like working in a mess, easier to stay organized when you start from a clean slate. Then during I like to really stay on top of vacuuming in finished spaces because I don't want to have dust and debris sitting around to scratch finishes or get tracked through to other areas. And of course during is the garbage box or bucket coming with you as you work so your final clean up is just dust and small debris.
my rule is if it takes less than 10 seconds to pick something up and put it in its proper place do it when you see it.
Love the rule. Just makes sense
My question is when are you allowing Littleman with Glasses into that workshop?
C.A.Y.G.
clean as you go.
Pays so many dividends forward.
Love the acronym and the mentality behind it.
Is a good idea to be your own contractor on a reno
Coffee break question: Is the money your making as a GC worth more than just being a carpenter? Not looking for a tax return, but are the numbers going through your accounts simply larger or are you actually earning that much more? I understand a single pair of hands will earn you a single wage, but I’ve been a carpenter for 25 years. I’m always torn between hands on work gratification, sustainability, and money...(notice, I mentioned money last, if you provide a quality product, the money always works out.).
What do you recommend for a young contractor, that took over another contractor job due to them not staying on schedule and not having the quality the homeowners were expecting. To make a budget, and to go to them about mistakes that need to be fixed due to quality issues. With them not feeling like I'm trying to take there money, but give them a house they want?
We actually made a video on this exact topic a few weeks ago th-cam.com/video/rW-Mg_8CdH8/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, love your videos definitely helping a 26 year old contractor in Nebraska. Will be watching and taking advice thanks again.
Great content thanks so much for shearing, every day thing love it, a video of job cleaning and malarial managing be awesome also, how do you deal with very talented people but assholes, sorry for my french, do fired them right away or chance after chance, thanks nick I wish I could be part of the team, greetings from Santa Cruz Bolivia,
We're working on a cleaning and site protection video. Stay tuned
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Electricians are the worst! Not even close, I spend more time picking up wire cuts and sawdust. AND I’ve changed electricians a few times. No Diff. My plumber, finish carpenter are fantastic.
Do you pick up after electricians through the day or end of day? I'm asking because electrician trash is not the same as plumber/carpenter... It's a lot smaller. I worked as electrician for 7 years and always cleaned up END of day, maybe sometimes end of second day. Because it's not realistic to expect them to sweep after every wire strip, etc.
If it doesn’t get cleaned up the same day it will not get cleaned up, and that is unacceptable by anyone’s standard.
@@sergeyb8 finish carpenter's (also known as trim carpenters) create sawdust yet they can keep clean (with the use of dust collecting bags on tools).
So saying they have larger trash and that somehow makes it ok for electricians to leavr copper strips/insulation layers/E-tape and scraps of drywall everywhere is foolish.
Drywallers typical get blamed for other people making a mess out of the cutouts and honestly when they go to sand ain't nothing stopping those micro particles from travel in the air (it takes hours before the dust settles).
There really isn't any process Drywallers can do except spend 50 minutes vacuuming unlike a electrician who can sweep wire into a dust pan in 5 minutes or trim carpenter's who use Dust collection bags on tools while they work.
@@aaaaaaaaaa697 Exactly this, if you don't clean by the time you leave, homeowners that check the house after hours will complain to the builder and than the builders going to light somone a new one.
I've done jobs where I just did a sweep clean and got called back to it 1 hours before going home despite the fact I would be their tomorrow to create a bigger mess that I will clean.
Its sounds stupid to clean twice but at the end of the day the builder is the one who is paying twice, not me.
@@h3llblaz3r12
I'm not arguing that they have a pass on cleaning. I'm saying don't expect them to clean under every outlet (just an example) after they prep it. I used to clean end of day because it's more efficient.