steven
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Depends on the circumstances.
In our state, we can supply the customer with a overage statement to cover
product usage.
I don't know what your state allows for job time exceeding estimations but I have learned that
Your time is one that you eat unless you have made stipulations in the estimate/contract
about the time estimated and have verbiage included to cover IF you go over.
If that is the case, you will have to make substantiations for why.
Rod
Hence the " way more work than I anticipated " clause. lol
I have no idea what I was thinking when I bid that job. I have been doing decks for three years and keep my time frame in place 99 percent of the time.
Square foot or hourly it all comes down to how long it takes to do something.
I am sure you have your system down pat and rarely go over your estimated price.
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But what happens when you go over the time frame allowed for your square foot price?
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I need to put in some kind of " way more work than i anticipated " clause. I finished the deck but was waaaay over the time frame. 22 hours over to be exact. That really bit into my profit margine.
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Here we go. Just finished the deck. Live and learn. I was on this deck for a while. came out nice though.
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wheres the before pics? I am assuming that this is the finished product.
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Soap goods is where I usually get it. Benn buying there for years. But they are out of stock.
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The peel away product is good for the vertical. It is a paste form and after you apply it you put some paper over it And let it sit for 24 to 36 hours. I watched a video of them using it on a wall and if it works as good as the video then yahoo.
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I was peed off today, i had to buy 7 - 12 ounce jars today. $6.50 PER
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20 bucks shipping, I think i am going to buy a bag now.
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searching hi and low for oxalic because my regular supplier is out and couldn't find it at the right price. I ended up paying $130 delivered for 50 pounds waaay to much for me.. then I found this place. forgive my ignorance but this is just as good as oxalic?
http://www.bulkapothecary.com/raw-ingredients/other-ingredients-and-chemicals/citric-acid/
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Yes I am going to strip the TOP rails, I ordered five gallons of peel away 1 and hope that will work, I should. I did a test spot on the floor with some boosted s hydroxide and it came of ok. so my plan is,strip the top hand rails with the peel away 1,
strip the deck boards with the boosted hydroxide.
Oil both hand rails and deck boards with a darker color
Paint everything else white to match the trim.
forgive my editing skills but I am aiming for something like the picture.
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Hello everyone tis the season and here we go starting off with a good one. Please take a look at the pictures and give me some suggestions. No idea what brand of product is on there. just know that its not oil. I was going to pass on this but then I thought why? If I am to expand my horizons and try and really restore decks, there are plenty like this. And by doing these Oil can not be my only option my thoughts where to sand the floor as best I can with my machine and then add another product.. thinking latex is out. not interested in the restore products, so that leaves acrylic. anyone got any ideas?
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the pictures do not do the tables justice. I have given the tops a couple more coats of poly so they look better than the pics.
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So my wife likes the county/repurposed look. I have noticed it in dozens of magazines and decided to give it a shot. here are a couple of very simple to make tables that I did. the wide wood is 150 y/ from a blacksmith shop and the thin green wood is cedar from a larger farmhouse deck.
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Thanks guys,
Of all the picture I took I didn't take one of the view. here is the best shot I got you might be able to see some of it,The view is phenomenal,. Mount Washington is dead ahead. so of course the deck had to be spot on.
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I swung over to the house today to get some after pictures and here is the end result
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A person can drive themselves crazy worrying if they got a good deal. Some will say it is a good deal and some will say it is a bad deal, All that matters is that you are happy with it. And if that's the case then it doesn't matter what anyone says.
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Take some LA awesome and add some blue food coloring and you have a new gutter cleaning product. Only 1.25 a gallon
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Rick,
That tree was huge. To bad it wasn't hardwood they are getting $300 a cord.
I have been in this area for about twelve years. Population 3500. My market up here is a tough one. I have to travel 20 to 40 miles for about 50% of my work. I love it though, I probably do 1/8th of what most southern power washers do yearly ( mostly cuz I want it that way and I charge way to much) and I am happy. That farm with the beef cattle is owned by my wife's uncle. She, the misses, grew up there. milking cows when she was young. Talk about working your property. Uncle David is out there every day doing something with his property. it is a true never ending chore. We have just under two acres here but they have 375 acres across the street.
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Rick,
I agree it is worth the trade off of the big city. here are my neighbors, the best thing about them is that they keep their lawn moooed. HAHAHAHAHAHAH
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I love wood, I love the transformation that happens, I love the customers reaction, their smiles and their appreciation. But do you know what I hate about doing wood? RAIN, all I have here is rain, More than enough rain to last five jobs. If there is one thing that will make me stop doing this it is the aggravation that comes along with the weather.
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Not so much that he wants a solid. It's just what's in his budget. He knows that he waited to long and that there are only two options to make that house look good. And one is half the cost of the otherYeah you're right. It will look much better than it does now. If he's wanting that color then that's what you'll have to do. I know a lot of homeowners like the solid stain/paint look on cedar siding. Makes it look like the Fiber Cement cedar print siding
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maybe you and your team should hire an estimator. I mean if you cant figure out how to make money in something that you specialize in then maybe a pro is in order. at least until they teach you how to.