Unpopular opinion: Bringing your kin onto a job site ruins more than just the floor

Last month, I saw a crew where the owner's son was handling the saw. He cut the planks too short, wasting a whole box. The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Why do we keep pretending that personal connections beat professional training?

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blairm931mo ago

Yikes, saw that same thing play out on a siding job. You gotta put the kid with a mentor on some scrap in the corner, not on the actual install. That's how you burn through material budget and piss off the whole crew. Seriously, set up a separate training pile away from the real work.

leo6361mo ago

Man, we learned that the hard way too. We set up a practice wall in the back with some scrap plywood and old siding bundles. Let the new guy get the feel for the nail gun and cutting angles there first. Saved a ton of wasted material on the actual house.

hernandez.eric1mo ago

Scrap plywood's useless if it's not like the real thing.

wren_mitchell1mo ago

Watch the kid turn a stack of planks into a pile of expensive kindling. That's not training, it's just a really bad magic trick where money disappears. Maybe start with the scrap wood next time, huh?