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Showerthought: I chose a 10-inch block over an 8-inch for a basement wall in a Duluth spec house because the client wanted 'heft', and now I'm dealing with a foundation crew who can't read a plan.
The extra cost and labor for the thicker block was a headache, but the real issue was the footer wasn't poured wide enough, so what's the most frustrating plan misread you've had to fix on site?
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charles_green5mo ago
I mean, that's brutal. Had a crew once frame a whole wall an inch off because they misread the window detail. The fix was way more work than just paying attention would have been.
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caseyc305mo ago
What did the GC say when they saw it? I've seen guys try to hide that kind of mistake with trim before anyone noticed.
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riverf344mo ago
Come on now, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to make it work on a Friday afternoon when the GC is breathing down your neck. Hiding it with trim is a classic move if you can pull it off. @caseyc30, you know the drill better than most, sometimes the "better to ask forgiveness" approach wins over holding up the whole job for a tiny detail nobody will notice in two years.
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