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A Guide to Fishsticks

unclefishstick

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Ichabod Crane

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You could fight me for it.

But I will remind you I have fallen off several roofs and walked away. One was 21 feet and imbedded sand in my skin because I hit the ground so hard. I went home ate lunch cleaned the sand out of my skin then went back to work. Put down another seven square that afternoon.

After the 21 foot fall I did leave early. Left at 7:00 instead of 9:00. So just 11 hours that day.
 

Ichabod Crane

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When a ladder broke on me once and I feel about 14. The thought that I had was damn that's a lot of dust. Lol.

Had a ladder kick out on me one time and I was hanging by a roof jack. I caught the ladder with my foot. So I was hang onto a roof jack with a ladder hanging by my foot. I was thinking I hope none of the neighbors are watching because I won't get any more roof jobs here.
 

Ichabod Crane

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That's the hard work. I sub out my clean up. I make much more stripping and installing it. But I am a pretty quick installer. Plus it is hard to find someone who has the upper body strength to strip it consistently quick. So I do that as well.

If it is a decent day I can put down 1.75-2 square a hour average for a 6/12 or less. That includes everything in that total. Drip felt water shield flashings and ridge vent.

I am slower at stripping and my numbers are all over depending on the roof. I have ripped off a square in as little as 3 minutes and as long as 9 hours. It really depends what the condition you start with.

But yeah there is great money in roofing. Last summer I was averaging $165 per hour. But that is working hard. But most of my bids were half the labor charge of my competitions bids. At least the ones I saw.
 

unclefishstick

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:tumbleweed:mornin campers...oh yeah? well i fell 25 feet to the ground 3 times in the space of 10 minutes on the same boulder problem and 30 feet to the ground then about 100 feet of rolling down a hillside...and then fell less than a body length and broke my ankle....so there!:biggrin:

garden chores today,and waiting for the doggos daddy to come pick them up...they were as pesky as usual,waking me up far too early and wanting to go outside...just a baker's dozen of up-pots left to deal with today,and moving some lamps around and getting a couple tents set to flower..
 

big315smooth

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ya the guys up top make big$. i dont mind the hard jobs help one friend with tree business and another siding they pay good and dont mind im high on job
 

unclefishstick

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🐕 the doggos are gone,back to pester their peeps instead of me...so off to the store then time for garden chores...already got a tray of clones stuck,need to get some into cups later...
 
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