The post whore thread.

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Originally Posted by driver

Yep, G'nite and stay safe in the am OBC

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Staying safe is for pussies, do a barrel roll!

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Originally Posted by Irving

I had a largish claim today, and it didn't take me quite as long as it would have before, and I was less intimidated by the size. I guess that shows progress, but I left feeling pretty proud for meeting the challenge. The basement of this house is a few hundred square feet larger than my entire house. The thing with nice houses is that rooms aren't just simple boxes, there are all kinds of coves and fancy trim, etc. Where I'm going with this is that it takes a long time to draw all the rooms, then measure everything, then figure out what needs to be done in each room. After that, I get to go home and do it all electronically as I put it into my computer. So today was a pretty good day.

It took me two hours at this house today, and all the mitigation equipment was still there attempting to dry out this 1,500 sq/ft basement. Sometimes mitigation stuff is just fans and dehumidfiers, but in this case, the heat was on as well. It must have been 95-99 degrees in there, and I showed up in a sweater. The marble counter tops were hot to the touch it was so hot in there. I stripped off that sweater right away and got to work. I was afraid all my sweat was going to smudge my pencil blue print. Still working now, but in a good mood about it. I like showing improvement at stuff.

When's the next match and the next Penny Pincher Build video?

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We train our measure guys to take pics or video of the job, in a manner that will help them avoid trips back to "check" something. When finalizing drawings a manager reviews drawings and video/pics with tech to look for pitfalls an accuracy issues.

Our industry is also starting to utilize tablets/pads with software designed to do production drawings on site that can be uploaded directly to the server or emailed to office so that tech and manager can review before leaving site.

I'm going to buy a GoPro and start using it for pictures. The fisheye lens makes capturing rooms so much easier.

That's probably a lot cheaper than buying a DSLR and a fisheye lens.

Unless that basement has dehumidifier going , with all that heat. The issue of mold should be a concern. Too much heat with that water damage, can do more harm than good.

speaking of housing.... has anyone had a house built, or is a contractor?

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Originally Posted by fly boy

speaking of housing.... has anyone had a house built, or is a contractor?

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We are building our own home.

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Originally Posted by buffalobo

We are building our own home.

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Ditto here. We (Me, Wife and a few family members) are responsible for 100% of the work.

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Originally Posted by TheBelly

too late on welcoming him to the PWT, Irving. I think I scared Driver off a while ago.

Penny Pincher video... that dang thing is going to kill me. I'm laid up with the flu, so I'll see if I can get it wrapped up tomorrow...

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Take too long and some people might start asking for their parts back. [Coffee]

Hope you feel better though. Here's a cat with lots of pity for you.

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Originally Posted by buffalobo

We train our measure guys to take pics or video of the job, in a manner that will help them avoid trips back to "check" something. When finalizing drawings a manager reviews drawings and video/pics with tech to look for pitfalls an accuracy issues.

Our industry is also starting to utilize tablets/pads with software designed to do production drawings on site that can be uploaded directly to the server or emailed to office so that tech and manager can review before leaving site.

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We went to tablets back when I worked for the assessor's office many years back, but tablets back then pretty much sucked. The sketch software at the time was pretty finicky as well. I'm sure the modern stuff is much better. Of course I was happy enough when we started using digital cameras.