Things NOT to do...

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Studio construction can be entertaining, fun, and a moving experience. I've decided to share some tips, for those who are like me - extremely clumsy.

1. Do not use a circular saw to cut through other tool cords. My electric drill is on its second cord :(

2. Do not use a piano stool as a ladder. A leg can snap, sending you, and a piece of plywood that you were holding over your head, to the floor in a hurry.

3. When falling off piano stools, do not keep three multi color sharpies in your back pocket, unless you want to stain the floor, your jeans, your underwear, and your ass. Ass Mosaics are not fashionable.

4. Make sure when buying sheet rock at home depot, all the sheet rock in the stack are the same thickness. Notice this as you're purchasing the sheet rock, not after you've installed it on the ceiling, where its a bitch to take down by yourself.

5. When removing a radiator so you can insulate, plywood and sheet rock behind it, make sure you remember to turn off the heat. 30psi of hot water in the face isn't pleasant.

6. Shop Vac the sawdust on the floor regularly.

7. When using a shop vac, always attach the suction hose to the suction side.

8. Avoid having assistants that smoke (I quit a few months ago), as while they work, with lit cigs hanging out of their mouths, the ashes fall into the aforementioned sawdust you haven't shopvac'd yet.

9. Do not stand cold, frothy beverages on items you are constructing, even if you've overdone the consumption of cold frothy beverages. Those underneath what you are constructing will thank you.

10. When screwing sheetrock to the wall, make sure you remove the 5lb half eaten bag of mini reeses peanut butter cups first, so the sheet rock can lay flat on the wall and not split.

:rolleyes:
 
Can I come out and watch you work?

I'll bring my own lawn chair and Bass.....................
 
Hey Frederic, got yer web cam live so we can witness this "how not to" firsthand? At least we'd know when to call 911 for you - be careful, man, it's much easier to play musical instruments with all extremities left intact... Steve
 
knightfly said:
Hey Frederic, got yer web cam live so we can witness this "how not to" firsthand? At least we'd know when to call 911 for you - be careful, man, it's much easier to play musical instruments with all extremities left intact... Steve

heh-heh, there's one mounted in the back left corner, except I haven't punched down that ethernet drop in the basement patch panel yet. :)
 
You must not be a bass player. They are all professional drywallers :D
 
hehehehehehe...love it. Add one more I seen a guy do. Don't lay a 2x4 across your knee to cut it with a skill saw:rolleyes:

And if your RE-sheetrocking a wall, make sure ALL the old nails are pulled. Don't ya just love construction!

fitZ:D
 
hehehehehehe...love it. Add one more I seen a guy do. Don't lay a 2x4 across your knee to cut it with a skill saw:rolleyes:

Right, use a circular saw :)

And if your RE-sheetrocking a wall, make sure ALL the old nails are pulled. Don't ya just love construction!

Nails? WTF? I haven't used ONE nail, and I'm darn proud of it!
 
Nails? WTF?

You misunderstood me frederic....You know, when you tear out old sheetrock to remodel or somethin....I KNOW you don't use nails in YOUR studio. It was just a tip. Nothings worse than layin a sheet up and partially fastening it, and discovering the sheet won't pull up tight to the stud. Big ole warp. Then you try and tap the damn thing flat, and whamo, you got a crack or a broken piece. NOW, you've got to patch it.

Kno wha 'm sayn?:D
fitZ;)

ps..a skill saw IS a circular saw. Bet he won't try that again.
 
I guess Skil makes several types of saws, I have a small skil reciprocating saw.

Gotcha on the tip about the nails... all the cedar paneling in this room on the walls and ceilings were put in with angled finishing nails of random length and diameter. I spent three days pulling them out one at a time. about 1/3 of them had to be yanked with vice grips because none of my five or six hammers would grab the heads.

Point taken and yes, I totally misunderstood what you were saying. I'm still sick and heavily medicated, but construction (and posting!) continues lol. Sorry about that man.
 
"I guess Skil makes several types of saws, I have a small skil reciprocating saw" -

You're right, Frederic - as near as I can remember (this was back when I was still perfecting the formula for DIRT) Skil was only making circular saws, and may have even been the first - anyway, if you say "Skil saw" to a carpenter, 'specially one as old as Fitz or me, they automatically think of a circular saw. Kinda like all copiers are "xeroxes" to most people...

BTW, those Laminating screws working OK for the sheet rock layer? So far, I've yet to even SEE one, only saw them mentioned in the USG handbook and couldn't find them locally... Steve
 
anyway, if you say "Skil saw" to a carpenter, 'specially one as old as Fitz or me, they automatically think of a circular saw. Kinda like all copiers are "xeroxes" to most people...

Gotcha :)

BTW, those Laminating screws working OK for the sheet rock layer? So far, I've yet to even SEE one, only saw them mentioned in the USG handbook and couldn't find them locally... Steve

Laminating screws? I'm using 1" drywall screws, with a course thread, after applying chaulk. What I've been doing is buzzing the screws in most of the way, backing them out, putting in some chaulk, then buzzing the screw in all the way.

I hope thats right :)

Or are you poking fun at my 20lb box of chinese made highly inferior deck screws I secured the plywood with, except when the heads snapped off :(
 
Also ........

Don't step between the walkboards as you turn around on the second tier of scaffolding just because the guy on the other side of the room yelled for help as the 10' tall piece of sheetrock was falling on him :D :D :D

Don't assume that 8' piece of lumber really is 8'.

Don't assume your trailer will haul as much as you can possibly pack onto it.

Don't assume it won't rain as you're hauling the above open trailer loaded with sheetrock.

DD

Almost forgot - Don't start recording until you're completely finished with building. 3 bands in the last month and I still have trim to do, bathroom door to mount, hallway paneling to install, etc, etc, etc.......
 
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The look on the face of an Home Depot clerck when asked about laminating screws: PRICELESS!
 
RaGe said:
Computer: $800
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knightfly's advice: free

The look on the face of an Home Depot clerck when asked about laminating screws: PRICELESS!

Aaaah, so you guys WERE busting my chops!!
 
You guys are killin me:D "LMFAO" Love the tips there Darryl..ain't it the truth.

Hey Steve, if you said "laminating screws" in the shop I worked in they would probably laugh you otta the shop.:p (you know, Formica....get it?)hahahaha! Nevermind. Hey, what are those? Some kinda special "grabber"? I just noticed the otherday, a lot of the hardware and fasterner places are starting to stock a "torques" head screw. But I'll stick with my ole square head recess. Just bought 50lbs various sizes. If you buy them in bulk they're cheap..otherwise you pay by the screw... oops...better not let my wife hear that!:p Just kiddin.... "whats that honey? honest honey...it was about hardware...please... believe me.......what are you gonna do with that frying pan dear?... shit":eek: OMG.
fitZ
 
mmm let's see:

Do not mistaken drywall glue and sound sealant when caulking plywood for the floor, although they both come in 29oz tubes.

Pick up those screws that have been on the floor forever, they will save you a trip to HD, esp. useful tip while you're hanging drywall on the ceiling.

Try not to knee down on one of those screws. It hurts.

Speaking of knees, always bumping right knee into ladder when attempting to climb the said ladder is also very painful, esp. to the right knee.

Buy three tape measurers so you'll always have one handy (in theory).

Cranberry juice is great for the rockwool-particles-in-throat syndrom.

Avoid going to the bathroom right in the middle of laying rockwool.

Always shower with cold water first after handling rockwool.

Don't use sheetrock pile as a dining table. Cranberry juice will spill.

FIN (for now)
 
Don't leave a hammer on the top step of an 8' step ladder. :(

Not... not a good thing to do. hmm mmm. nope.
 
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