All you insecure chippies this is your life..

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3rd January 2007, 07:46 PM
ozwinner

All you insecure chippies this is your life..

All you insecure chippies this is your post to,
Have a whinge.
Got a gripe?
Get it off your chest!!

But you know you come second best to BRICKIES.....
So get used to it..... :ohyou:limp wrists.

Wmhahahahaha..

Prompted by this thread. :think2: :bricks:

Al :monk:
3rd January 2007, 08:00 PM
Daddles

I heard a rumour that the modern mortars use some psychotic chemicals. Maybe those rumours are true.

Richard
3rd January 2007, 08:07 PM
echnidna

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozwinner

All you insecure chippies this is your post to,
Have a whinge.
Got a gripe?
Get it off your chest!!

But you know you come second best to BRICKIES.....
So get used to it..... :ohyou:limp wrists.

Wmhahahahaha..

Prompted by this thread. :think2: :bricks:

Al :monk:

I dunno, yer seriously try hard ter help a brickie wif his webpage an see wot happens,

:cry4: :fit:
3rd January 2007, 08:23 PM
RufflyRustic

OK - just for you Al, cuz you asked so nicely :p :wink: :)

I seriously tried to think of a good question for your FAQ but couldn't even think of one because I know so zilcheroo about bricklaying, that your complete site would have to be in the FAQ for me :-
3rd January 2007, 08:34 PM
ozwinner

Quote:

Originally Posted by rufflyrustic

OK - just for you Al, cuz you asked so nicely :p :wink: :)

I seriously tried to think of a good question for your FAQ but couldn't even think of one because I know so zilcheroo about bricklaying, that your complete site would have to be in the FAQ for me :-

Shhhh Wendy, Im just having some fun with the chippies, they love it...
If youre really, really quiet, you can almost get them to eat out of your hand...:p

Al :U
3rd January 2007, 08:36 PM
RufflyRustic

:doh: :D
3rd January 2007, 09:24 PM
echnidna

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Shhhh Wendy, Im just having some fun with the chippies, they love it...
If youre really, really quiet, you can almost get them to eat out of your hand...:p

Al :U

hmmm, wonder if I should sharpen me teeth up wif a file :oo:
3rd January 2007, 11:19 PM
SawDustSniffer

as a door swinger for a builder the block layers really me off , you would think they could get one door frame right in 100 , but no

door heads over 5mm out of level ??? the frame is just chucked on the concrete ( its the concretes fault ) , that's 75% of them

stiles with 7mm bows in them ,they don't put sticks in the opening when they fill the frame as they build the wall , ever hung a door when the hinges aren't in line , CReeeeeeeeeeeK , 95% of them
have to cut the center hinge off the door frame when there bowed 10mm

wined in the frame ,nothing worse than when you close the door , the bottom touches and the top is 10mm from shut ,so you muck with the hinge side to get 50/50 ,only 5mm out on both stiles ,i have one at the moment that's 15mm out and the client's have picked it , i told the builder to send the block layer back to fix it , what am i supposed to do ,wet down a MDF door and let it dry with packers under one corner ( i don't get payed to do that #### )

dented and bent frames , why put them in ????

so you get the ##### and wander over to where there working to have a go at them , oh "me don'nta spearker engwish , youa musta speaka greek " they have only lived here 30 years ?
3rd January 2007, 11:28 PM
Groggy

Quote:

Originally Posted by SawDustSniffer

as a door swinger for a builder the block layers really me off , you would think they could get one door frame right in 100 , but no

door heads over 5mm out of level ??? the frame is just chucked on the concrete ( its the concretes fault ) , that's 75% of them

stiles with 7mm bows in them ,they don't put sticks in the opening when they fill the frame as they build the wall , ever hung a door when the hinges aren't in line , CReeeeeeeeeeeK , 95% of them
have to cut the center hinge off the door frame when there bowed 10mm

wined in the frame ,nothing worse than when you close the door , the bottom touches and the top is 10mm from shut ,so you muck with the hinge side to get 50/50 ,only 5mm out on both stiles ,i have one at the moment that's 15mm out and the client's have picked it , i told the builder to send the block layer back to fix it , what am i supposed to do ,wet down a MDF door and let it dry with packers under one corner ( i don't get payed to do that #### )

dented and bent frames , why put them in ????

Aha! It must have been a brickie that put in three different sized studs in my interior wall. Had to have been, only a brickie could have installed the walls in the house out of square. One actually has a curve in it to meet another wall that was an inch too short. I think the brickie also did the electrical work, because the powerpoints missed the plates installed earlier and put them 3" above using plaster plates :roll: . Oh, and the plumbing, well, let me tell you the brickie and his apprentice must have done that . . .
3rd January 2007, 11:40 PM
martrix

Quote:

Originally Posted by SawDustSniffer

as a door swinger for a builder the block layers really me off , you would think they could get one door frame right in 100 , but no

door heads over 5mm out of level ??? the frame is just chucked on the concrete ( its the concretes fault ) , that's 75% of them

stiles with 7mm bows in them ,they don't put sticks in the opening when they fill the frame as they build the wall , ever hung a door when the hinges aren't in line , CReeeeeeeeeeeK , 95% of them
have to cut the center hinge off the door frame when there bowed 10mm

wined in the frame ,nothing worse than when you close the door , the bottom touches and the top is 10mm from shut ,so you muck with the hinge side to get 50/50 ,only 5mm out on both stiles ,i have one at the moment that's 15mm out and the client's have picked it , i told the builder to send the block layer back to fix it , what am i supposed to do ,wet down a MDF door and let it dry with packers under one corner ( i don't get payed to do that #### )

dented and bent frames , why put them in ????

so you get the ##### and wander over to where there working to have a go at them , oh "me don'nta spearker engwish , youa musta speaka greek " they have only lived here 30 years ?

I hear ya, but:rolleyes: ........ as a Cabinetmaker that installs kitchens and built-ins etc, it is a rare occasion that a wall/floor is square, level or straight or a combination of all three.
At some point along the line, someone has to make things level and square, and it usually ends up the cabinetmakers job to allow for and put in the extra work required to make his cabinets fit. And for the extra work put in by a cabinetmaker, they get paid the lowest rates of all the trades, go figure that.
4th January 2007, 12:28 AM
black1

But you know you come second best to BRICKIES.....
So get used to it..... :ohyou:limp wrists.

Wmhahahahaha..

Prompted by this thread. :think2: :bricks:

Al :monk:
ALL CHIPPIES know that BRICKIES are just carpenters with ther brains bashed out haha:D
4th January 2007, 12:37 AM
journeyman Mick

Al,
As a totally secure, relaxed and "together" chippie this is obviously not the place for me to whinge, gripe or moan, especially about other trades that don't even approach the exalted heights of my trade. :D

A good carpenter can:
set out a site and the go on to build an entire house including all the linings, trims, joinery work and cabinets. In short besides the odd bit of painting (which he could stoop to) and plumbing, gas and electrical which he'd be mad to touch a carpenter's trade encompasses all the skill required to build a house, albeit not a masonry one. There's not another trade that comes close in the range of work covered or the broad knowledge and skill base. But of course, I don't need to tell you that.:wink:

Mick
4th January 2007, 08:34 AM
gnu52

Chippies stacked all the bricks they wanted to in preschool & then moved on........the poor old brickies just could'nt make the leap :D :D :p :p
regards, Bill
4th January 2007, 08:48 AM
echnidna

Quote:

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Al,
As a totally secure, relaxed and "together" chippie this is obviously not the place for me to whinge, gripe or moan, especially about other trades that don't even approach the exalted heights of my trade. :D

A good carpenter can:
set out a site and the go on to build an entire house including all the linings, trims, joinery work and cabinets. In short besides the odd bit of painting (which he could stoop to) and plumbing, gas and electrical which he'd be mad to touch a carpenter's trade encompasses all the skill required to build a house, albeit not a masonry one. There's not another trade that comes close in the range of work covered or the broad knowledge and skill base. But of course, I don't need to tell you that.:wink:

Mick

Right on Mick

:2tsup: :brava :clap3: :thewave: :yourock2: :welldone: :goodpost: :repplus: :exactly: :mods: :way2go: :groupwave: :snopee:
4th January 2007, 10:14 AM
Cliff Rogers

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozwinner

....Wmhahahahaha......Al :monk:

Al, Al, AAAAAAALLL????? :roll: :slap:
4th January 2007, 10:38 AM
Bleedin Thumb

I'm not a chippie so I guess I'm not allowed to have a say. Can I have a insecure landscapers thread?
Please Al, can I?
4th January 2007, 11:20 AM
echnidna

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bleedin Thumb

I'm not a chippie so I guess I'm not allowed to have a say. Can I have a insecure landscapers thread?
Please Al, can I?

Don't let that botha ya, drivel's drivel. :cool:
4th January 2007, 05:15 PM
Christopha

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bleedin Thumb

I'm not a chippie so I guess I'm not allowed to have a say. Can I have a insecure landscapers thread?
Please Al, can I?

Go for it mate, an "insecure Landscaper" can't be as close to the bottom of the pile as a poor smelly, ugly old bricky with delusions of grandeur....:D
4th January 2007, 05:19 PM
echnidna

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christopha

Go for it mate, an "insecure Landscaper" can't be as close to the bottom of the pile as a poor smelly, ugly old bricky with delusions of grandeur....:D

:welldone:
4th January 2007, 07:47 PM
Wood Butcher

Quote:

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

There's not another trade that comes close in the range of work covered or the broad knowledge and skill base. But of course, I don't need to tell you that.:wink:

Mick

Actually there is one. I know a bloke that builds Pipe Organs for a living. He is a cabinet maker, a sheet metal fabricator, an electronics technician and a musician (well he has to be able to play the damn thing to tune it). And thats just the "trades", you also have the designing of the thing as well.