Vent: The bricklaying crew showed up two hours late and threw off my whole schedule

We had a tight deadline to finish this chimney stack before the rain hit. Now I'm stuck waiting AGAIN while they sort their tools, and the mortar is going to be a nightmare. Does this happen to you all on residential jobs too?

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danielh811mo ago

What gets me about the "tight deadline before the rain" part is that the crew might be late because their last job ran over for the same reason. A lot of these guys are booked too tight by their bosses, jumping from one emergency weather patch to another. So they're always leaving one site in a panic and showing up late to yours, making the whole day a mess for everyone. It turns one delayed job into a chain reaction of rushed work and bad mortar. The schedule problem isn't just your site, it's the whole way some companies try to pack too much in. You end up paying for the last guy's rushed job with your own timeline.

paigen521mo ago

Yeah that "chain reaction" part is exactly it. The pressure just keeps getting passed down to the next homeowner.

danielm4827d ago

Ever wonder why the mortar fails later? This is how it starts. Rushed jobs make lasting problems.