It happens! Can’t wait for all the “how could you miss this” and “rookie” comments. No shame in my game. 🙏 Happy Friday bangers! Hope you’re all doing well. 😊😊😊
MattBangsWood ,Matt, don’t beat yourself over this. Mistakes happen, your disappointment simply displays your level of care in your workmanship. Sh it happens...
💩 Happens sometimes even with centuries of experience! Fix it and keep moving forward. Everything is looking awesome, keep up the great work and always Bang on Brother 🤘🇺🇸
Hi Matt. In 30 years of being a GC I have found that framing mistakes, like yours, occur every so often but, at least your mistake was somewhat fixable. It’s the concrete guys that have major problems with fixes when they make measurement mistakes and I don’t have to tell your audience why that is so. The moral of the story is that it really helps to have multiple individuals check each other’s work because, statistically speaking, that practice greatly reduces error rates (I was an adjunct professor at the School of Construction at Arizona State University for 15 years and in academia we extensively study error rates and how they can be prevented so as to increase productivity). Good job on letting everyone know that even the best framers make mistakes because that is the first step in not making errors again and I enjoy your videos.
It's all about building in quality controls to the work flow. Framing a house starts with checking dimensions and squareness of the foundation. Then simple things like one guy snapping wall layouts on the subfloor and a different guy cutting and marking plates will catch mistakes before too much work is wasted.
I am a Quality Control Technician and work in manufacturing using very expensive materials and labor. Mistakes are very valuable if you handle them correctly, and sometimes it is just that, starting from the root cause of the mistake and build forward those lessons learned for future decision making. We had an engineer make a decision from my data, and that cost us 400K a year, and made the problem worse, till they asked me to solve the problem three years latter. After that I never allowed management to make decisions from my reports, without my input. Anyways, Kurt Koerner your advice of multiple input perspectives can get a lot of push back from people who think they know what is correct from their education, but speaking up and empowering others to speak up can be a very valuable resource, along with admitting mistakes.
Some of my worst days in construction were when I had to fix my mistakes. I never made the same mistake again. Those mistakes made me hyper alert to similar situations. I like your attitude, assess the problem and fix it in a calm and clear headed manor. By the way, people appreciate someone who takes responsibility for their mistakes. Thanks for the honesty.
It is refreshing to see a young man that can accept a mistake and be honest about it and then work to fix it . I hope and pray that more young boys can become men like you.
Much respect to you. You're on your way to being a great builder. Most people cover up their mistakes and try to patch up the mess they made while compromising the customer's best interest. Its a good lesson for all your viewers. Keep banging.
I've watched a lot of your episodes Mattbangs on different projects and this one by far has been most impactful. I have so much more respect for such a true young journeyman carpenter. Thanks for keeping it real and not being fake. I keep watching and don't know why... Now I know why. I'm hooked, bang on!!
MATT!!!!! YOU CANT DANGLE THAT "LOSE AN ARM" THING & NOT TELL USSSSSSSS... thats horrific! youre a stand up guy Matt even when you fall down, your relatability makes watching your content all the better.
Mistakes happen, but what matters is who catches it. If you catch your own mistake and you fix it then you don't have anything of which to be ashamed. If you let it slide and your client catches it then you need to be ashamed. It looks to me like you guys caught your mistake and are fixing it, so good work!
Hey Matt. Really appreciate the honesty. It says a lot about your workmanship. When I was instructing apprentices, I would ride them a little bit just so the understand what happened. But I would also do my best to encourage the: and let them know “it happens,correct it and move on”. I have worked with many a journeyman and I. Ant stand those guys whose poop don’t stink. We all have done it and will do it again. Take care brother.
Mucho Kudos to you Matt! It's so admirable to see a guy that can share his big mistakes to his followers. In my 40+ years of running framing crews I've done some doozies. One of the worst was we framed a bonus room floor over a quad attached garage , it was huge! anyway I framed the garage walls the same height as the main floor walls, then we built the upper floor over the entire quad garage flush with the upper floor. It wasn't until we sheeted the floor and started chalking out exteriors that I noticed the entire bonus room was supposed to be drooped 3 rises from the upper floor. We had to cut the walls down under the entire bonus room floor and then had a crane come in and hold it up in the air while we completed new top plates and then lowered the bonus room down. It was a very costly 3 day fix! I'm very sorry to hear about your man and his serious injury, mine worst one was an apprentice about 23 years ago was in the basement by himself while we were all up top, and he was putting in joist blocks and shot a 3.25" air spike directly into his eye! he came running up screaming and holding his eye, he lost the eye and the doc said he missed his brain by a 1/4". To this day I'm adamant that my guys have glasses on all day all the time, and clear glasses for inside. Love your channel!!
My biggest mistake was not getting into carpentry, which I love. I'm a painter by trade, and I do have some pretty good skills when it comes to trim carpentry, but framing a house is on a whole different level. Whatever trade your in, have pride in your work. Matt your doing a great service by making these videos. Not only by entertaining us weekend warriors, but also showing people that true craftsmen are still out there. Bang On!
I’m a contractor as well i don’t do wood framing my stuff is all commercial and metal framing ,however came across your channel especially your estimating video I find it helpful now I see you at work .A little trick I used especially doing layouts I wrote the elevation of every walls on the floor so that my framers won’t make mistakes just thought I’ll share good luck🙏
As a land surveyor i seen some big mistakes. A 30 foot error in survey that left a bunch of cul-de-sac lots unbuildable. A new house built with property line through the middle of it. Others too. They were not my errors though. I was the surveyor who found the error. I was just lucky I never made a costly error.
11:35 Some forty years ago a laborer foreman during a concrete pour told me "There's nothing permanent in construction. It is just time and materials to change something." I never forgot what he said. I too have had to demo part of something I was working on and redo it. Along with the self anger at making a mistake is the slip in schedule. Just have to suck it up and "get er done".
Nice job Matt! I have never seen a contractor do what you did, in owning the mistake and making it right. I respected you before the video, and now you are on another level.
Dude i respect you being able to.come out and admit mistakes it does happen but your making it right all that matters now it does suck but at least you caught it now. Love your building series watch all the time. Keep up the good work
when routering everything is clockwise as long as you're on the interior side if your routing that excess off of a wall panel like a Gable it's counter clockwise but it's always fun to tell to help the opposite. I was routering out OSB in 94. Another tip... Don't nail the perimeter of the window until it's routed out. Saves router bits. Sometimes a nail gets in the path.
just rewatched this again .... all the vids are rewatchable. August already seems soooo long ago and it has been great to see Fox on the job again tooo
Thank you for the admission of mistake. Congrats your one of the honest RUclipsrs. We all make errors. Making it right shows integrity. Not having enough chow for my crew underway on a submarine. Was not fun, with a captive audience.
Mistakes happen man it's how you deal with them that counts and you've dealt with this one impeccably. I love doing roofing joinery/carpentry here in the uk(traditional not trussed roofing joinery) so I'm really keen to see the roof go on if it's possible for you to video it matt then that would be cool. It looks pretty complicated from this side of the screen,those are always the best ones!
40 years in the business, fixing mistakes, accepting the responsibility, the heat, and humble pie that comes with them are how you learn to be a PRO.........IMPORTANT to stay positive -.No one was hurt. The key to minimizing mistakes - avoid being fast, instead move with purpose, efficiency, and awareness.
We’re only Human my friend. And when the go gets going, shit Can happen. Was there a change in the blueprints that was overseen. It’s never nice thing taking something apart that looks good. I’ve had my workers take down all inner wall framing because the used floorboards had the wrong thickness on a first floor. Seven bedrooms and a bathroom of framing. That cost me about 24k to redo with right floorboards. Turned out we got sent the wrong ones and did not see it before the owner mensioned it. That was my worst failur and everything has been checked 3 times since. Nothing more to do but chin up and back in the sadle. I Think your all doing an amazing job. 🍺🍻
Watched you before but never subscribed or liked a video. You got both on this just for the honesty and humbleness. Much respect to you brother, fix it and move on. It happens...
I work as a maintenance supervisor at a large, Multifamily apartment complex. I once saw a man who had 30+ years of HVAC experience mistakenly charge a unit with the wrong refrigerant, resulting in the need to replace the entire system. About six months ago I was back washing a pool filter and turned the wrong valve. When I turned on the pool pump the water blew through the top of the water flow diverter. Shit happens man. I tell my guys all the time not to be afraid of fucking something up. We work maintenance and we’ll fix our mistakes.
It's cool to see the different takes on building!!! The carpenters that I used on my house(myself included), would just use a sawzaw to cut out windows...etc.... No need to make a hole... Just hold the blade off an inch or so, and let the blade chew a hole through.... And ALLOT less mess/shavings all over you!!!! That router "might" be a little cleaner, but not by much if you take the time to learn with a sawzaw.... A sawzaw is way faster/easier though!!!! And waaaaayyyy less dust!!!! Also, if you needed a battery powered option(like the battery powered router fail), Milwaukee does a fantastic job with their sawzaws!!!! I'm not a pro carpenter, so take it easy on me... just throwing it out there, as I'm learning....
DawgBone - I have framed 100's of houses.....3 1/2 hp hitachi rounder is the best way! Super clean finished product and WAY faster than Sawzall or circular saw.
Like that you caught that mistake now, then during Sheetrock time😉. You are correct, things happen, & you identify it, make a plan, & solve the problem & get it done.....than move in, Cuz what else gonna do. Great job👍🏻 Cheers✌🏼
I wish you guys were on the east coast. I can't get framers to even start on my project. 5 times they say they show and each time....nope! You guys do great work...mistakes happen
We appreciate you showing your mistakes. It just proves that you’re only human, however costly! Like you said, “Sh** happens!” Couldn’t you have added an extension on both ends of those walls though? Just wondering.
Phyllis Wengert : Short answer is - No. Long answer is - It would create a hinge point in the wall. Super unsafe and it's against code anyway. I imagine "especially" in his part of Cali which is big time earthquake country. Although my guess is you can't do it anywhere in the country. I know at least here in Utah it's also illegal.
It takes a good contractor to admit his mistakes and post them on RUclips for everyone to see! Was wondering why you stand up the OSB and not lay it down and stagger the joints, would make for stronger walls. Keep up the good work and videos!
Good to see that you admit to mistakes and that you went to fix it right away. could have been worse. might not have seen it till putting on roof. I am not a carpenter so no mistakes there from me. Other than that place is looking good. Keep up all the hard work Matt and Team.
I missed a 1 foot offset for the template plan Had to cut every threaded stud Drill every hole for the threaded rod and epoxy and place in the slab for the columns I now thoroughly read the plans before starting any project
My biggest mistake was as an apprentice. No one told me there were upstairs studs. So I loaded an entire downstairs wall . With.....upstairs studs. No one caught it until we raised the wall. I learned a whole new vocabulary from the foreman. That was 1973. Ouch.
Nice attitude. I had a guy pull up to my jobsite and he asked how my was going. I replied not good(because honestly I had several trade, schedule and material issues). He asked me "Well did anyone die here today" and I said no. He then said "well your not having a bad day". I told him I agree 100% and we got to it.
My dad started framing in 1946, I started in 76 and have seen my fair share of problems but the one that really got me was a custom house in whittier ca , stakers set four big tall glue lamb hip beams and at the top plate on the corners of the wall they did not make a beam pocket and drop the bottom of the beams down and the best part it was staked with 2x8 except for the last 4 ft of each corner . I assume that they took the cheapest bid .
Feel bad for ya! Admire your attitude . Big thumbs up ! My biggest screw up on my house Im building this summer. So far. Way oversizing the floor system. Its heavy duty enough I could park a semi on it.
Good video Matt. We all make mistakes. Had a friend years ago (30+)who had surgery on his arm. They operated on the wrong arm. A few years ago I had some surgery on my elbow. They ask you what surgery they are doing and had me write on my arm what surgery they were doing. I wonder why they do that? 😊 Thanks for sharing.
It's how the job turned out at the end, and whether it is right or not that really matters. Everybody makes mistakes along the way even if you think you're perfect. Those that own up to them and fix them are the true heroes as opposed to the people that blame it on everybody else or try to hide it
What a huge mistake. I hate when that shit happens. But you own it and fix it right, Like you did. Keep the project rolling in the right direction. Great job. Sometimes you just have to get through. I was on a project and had a guy turn an anchor bolt pattern 90 degrees on three piers. This was for a commercial building. Man what a pain to fix. The other six were perfect. The three damn middle ones.
👋👋Hola! Matt👋👋 Outstanding video... and all episodes building... The Ridge House 🏠. 🎊 CONGRATULATIONS to All of you.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I am impressed with work and the results... an experiences and lessons learned , 💯 percent. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅 for all of you. Thank you, for sharing that work experience and all challenges 🦺 👌. May God bless each one of you. Sincerely, Mr. Villalba, J 😎JV🇵🇷
To err is human... or something like that lol. Great job mate, you got my respect for showing this. Im a contractor as well and it really sucks if something gets messed up. We build with bricks and cement so if a wall is wrong..... well you can relate
love this series man .. and been a big fan of all of them as you know ... this one is my fav tho!!! my 6 year old and i watch this. edit: also it's been a blast to watch your channel grow since watching it from nearly the beginning
Good guy, everyone make mistakes, and we will learn from our mistakes and have more experience. Happen in life. We are just human. Thanks for sharing this mistake.
I help design and build computer systems for broadcasters. Some of them are big. We generally try to. put 5% of the total project in for “Oh Shit!.” My biggest mistake I have been involved in personally? About $300k. Thankfully it wasn’t really my fault but a misunderstanding between the customer and the prime contractor for the project. It was mostly parts and labor to redesign, remove, replace and reroute wires etc. It was a huge multi-year project and we made up for it in the out years. But that wasn’t close to the biggest mistake on the whole build out for one of my projects. The biggest mistake was a bolt, nut, or part that wasn’t tightened or welded properly or was left loose so it got sucked into a turbo pump feeding the rocket that was to launch a satellite. Rocket go boom! That cost about $450 million after you count the satellite, the rocket, and the associated cost. It was insured but cost them several years to get another one. That was a screw up that several people should have caught.
We’ve all added a triple plate to something, much to the pain of the turd herders and elechickens! Shit happens brotha and you’ll make it up in the future, because you’ll always double check that detail now. A mistake is only a failure if you don’t learn from it. Keep up the good work and great content!
In my line of work, we do "post mortems" on things like this. Not to assign blame, but to determine exactly how the oops happened, and how to mitigate future mistakes. I hope the company does the same thing, and you move on, having learned how to make sure it doesn't happen in the future. Bang on!
Sorry about the walls.. I once misread the heel height on truss specs . WELL heel height is always the length of the total "plumb cut" of a truss... top of truss, plumb with wall down to top plate, but this truss spec print went to the bottom of the truss tail. (Odd and wrong) we need heel height to figure out our "pine line" aka frieze height. We prebuild walls with ply, overhangs (frieze soffit fascia out of cedar and pine) and tyvek on then stand up, here in Michigan. Anyway So I misread the number and built the whole 2nd floor with the wrong overhang height.. Frieze was like 4" too low. Had to raise all window headers 4" and remove whole overhang all the way around the house (skytrak sawzall wedges) and rebuild. 4 guys 2 days. Yikes. Truss company paid for the repairs. It was a "computer glitch" they said. Not a hater... I love your vids. But cutting window openings with a router is quite a novelty.. quick scribe and a circ saw (we use all cordless saws now) would be 5x faster.
At a track home job site, we built a normal single story house roof and everything when someone somehow realized that the house was supposed to be framed at 10’ ceilings (9’ is normal for most of our Jobsites) . It took a crew of 6 a full week to tear the house down ( trusses and everything) . It was crazy!
You guys build pretty high quality - both materials and labor. This house is several million, sure, but how much would you say a typical house your crew frames goes for?
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It happens! Can’t wait for all the “how could you miss this” and “rookie” comments. No shame in my game. 🙏
Happy Friday bangers! Hope you’re all doing well. 😊😊😊
MattBangsWood ,Matt, don’t beat yourself over this. Mistakes happen, your disappointment simply displays your level of care in your workmanship. Sh it happens...
Seas a sanense
MattBangsWood if you blame anyone it’s layout guy where I work the wall height is put on plates by layout guy but it happens
Fox finally got bags to put hammer away with the handle down, finally ! 😂😂nice bags fox
💩 Happens sometimes even with centuries of experience! Fix it and keep moving forward. Everything is looking awesome, keep up the great work and always Bang on Brother 🤘🇺🇸
Hi Matt. In 30 years of being a GC I have found that framing mistakes, like yours, occur every so often but, at least your mistake was somewhat fixable. It’s the concrete guys that have major problems with fixes when they make measurement mistakes and I don’t have to tell your audience why that is so. The moral of the story is that it really helps to have multiple individuals check each other’s work because, statistically speaking, that practice greatly reduces error rates (I was an adjunct professor at the School of Construction at Arizona State University for 15 years and in academia we extensively study error rates and how they can be prevented so as to increase productivity). Good job on letting everyone know that even the best framers make mistakes because that is the first step in not making errors again and I enjoy your videos.
It's all about building in quality controls to the work flow. Framing a house starts with checking dimensions and squareness of the foundation. Then simple things like one guy snapping wall layouts on the subfloor and a different guy cutting and marking plates will catch mistakes before too much work is wasted.
Yeah, the carpentry mistakes may cost money and time, but they seem a lot easier to fix. A concrete foundation is a different story.
I am a Quality Control Technician and work in manufacturing using very expensive materials and labor. Mistakes are very valuable if you handle them correctly, and sometimes it is just that, starting from the root cause of the mistake and build forward those lessons learned for future decision making. We had an engineer make a decision from my data, and that cost us 400K a year, and made the problem worse, till they asked me to solve the problem three years latter. After that I never allowed management to make decisions from my reports, without my input. Anyways, Kurt Koerner your advice of multiple input perspectives can get a lot of push back from people who think they know what is correct from their education, but speaking up and empowering others to speak up can be a very valuable resource, along with admitting mistakes.
Some of my worst days in construction were when I had to fix my mistakes. I never made the same mistake again. Those mistakes made me hyper alert to similar situations. I like your attitude, assess the problem and fix it in a calm and clear headed manor. By the way, people appreciate someone who takes responsibility for their mistakes. Thanks for the honesty.
It is refreshing to see a young man that can accept a mistake and be honest about it and then work to fix it . I hope and pray that more young boys can become men like you.
Much respect to you. You're on your way to being a great builder. Most people cover up their mistakes and try to patch up the mess they made while compromising the customer's best interest. Its a good lesson for all your viewers. Keep banging.
I've watched a lot of your episodes Mattbangs on different projects and this one by far has been most impactful. I have so much more respect for such a true young journeyman carpenter. Thanks for keeping it real and not being fake. I keep watching and don't know why... Now I know why. I'm hooked, bang on!!
Mad respect for showing a mistake you were right anybody hasn’t made a mistake hasn’t done anything
MATT!!!!! YOU CANT DANGLE THAT "LOSE AN ARM" THING & NOT TELL USSSSSSSS... thats horrific! youre a stand up guy Matt even when you fall down, your relatability makes watching your content all the better.
Mistakes happen, but what matters is who catches it. If you catch your own mistake and you fix it then you don't have anything of which to be ashamed. If you let it slide and your client catches it then you need to be ashamed. It looks to me like you guys caught your mistake and are fixing it, so good work!
Hey Matt. Really appreciate the honesty. It says a lot about your workmanship. When I was instructing apprentices, I would ride them a little bit just so the understand what happened. But I would also do my best to encourage the: and let them know “it happens,correct it and move on”. I have worked with many a journeyman and I. Ant stand those guys whose poop don’t stink. We all have done it and will do it again. Take care brother.
Mucho Kudos to you Matt! It's so admirable to see a guy that can share his big mistakes to his followers. In my 40+ years of running framing crews I've done some doozies. One of the worst was we framed a bonus room floor over a quad attached garage , it was huge! anyway I framed the garage walls the same height as the main floor walls, then we built the upper floor over the entire quad garage flush with the upper floor. It wasn't until we sheeted the floor and started chalking out exteriors that I noticed the entire bonus room was supposed to be drooped 3 rises from the upper floor. We had to cut the walls down under the entire bonus room floor and then had a crane come in and hold it up in the air while we completed new top plates and then lowered the bonus room down. It was a very costly 3 day fix! I'm very sorry to hear about your man and his serious injury, mine worst one was an apprentice about 23 years ago was in the basement by himself while we were all up top, and he was putting in joist blocks and shot a 3.25" air spike directly into his eye! he came running up screaming and holding his eye, he lost the eye and the doc said he missed his brain by a 1/4". To this day I'm adamant that my guys have glasses on all day all the time, and clear glasses for inside. Love your channel!!
Thanks for the honesty......Agreed, it's not the mistake that defines you, it's what you do next? Great video.
My biggest mistake was not getting into carpentry, which I love. I'm a painter by trade, and I do have some pretty good skills when it comes to trim carpentry, but framing a house is on a whole different level. Whatever trade your in, have pride in your work. Matt your doing a great service by making these videos. Not only by entertaining us weekend warriors, but also showing people that true craftsmen are still out there. Bang On!
Much respect for owning your mistake and not putting it on anyone else!!
I’m a contractor as well i don’t do wood framing my stuff is all commercial and metal framing ,however came across your channel especially your estimating video I find it helpful now I see you at work .A little trick I used especially doing layouts I wrote the elevation of every walls on the floor so that my framers won’t make mistakes just thought I’ll share good luck🙏
As a land surveyor i seen some big mistakes. A 30 foot error in survey that left a bunch of cul-de-sac lots unbuildable. A new house built with property line through the middle of it. Others too. They were not my errors though. I was the surveyor who found the error. I was just lucky I never made a costly error.
Matt you the man. A true man admits his mistakes. If you’re not making mistakes you’re not learning. If you’re not learning you’re not living.
11:35 Some forty years ago a laborer foreman during a concrete pour told me "There's nothing permanent in construction. It is just time and materials to change something." I never forgot what he said. I too have had to demo part of something I was working on and redo it. Along with the self anger at making a mistake is the slip in schedule. Just have to suck it up and "get er done".
Nice job Matt! I have never seen a contractor do what you did, in owning the mistake and making it right. I respected you before the video, and now you are on another level.
Dude i respect you being able to.come out and admit mistakes it does happen but your making it right all that matters now it does suck but at least you caught it now. Love your building series watch all the time. Keep up the good work
when routering everything is clockwise as long as you're on the interior side if your routing that excess off of a wall panel like a Gable it's counter clockwise but it's always fun to tell to help the opposite. I was routering out OSB in 94.
Another tip... Don't nail the perimeter of the window until it's routed out. Saves router bits. Sometimes a nail gets in the path.
doo doo occurs...I really enjoy your channel, you don't hide the mistakes and you're honest. Great job!
just rewatched this again .... all the vids are rewatchable. August already seems soooo long ago and it has been great to see Fox on the job again tooo
Thank you for the admission of mistake. Congrats your one of the honest RUclipsrs. We all make errors. Making it right shows integrity. Not having enough chow for my crew underway on a submarine. Was not fun, with a captive audience.
That honesty is key man! Keep up the good work!!
Mistakes happen man it's how you deal with them that counts and you've dealt with this one impeccably.
I love doing roofing joinery/carpentry here in the uk(traditional not trussed roofing joinery) so I'm really keen to see the roof go on if it's possible for you to video it matt then that would be cool. It looks pretty complicated from this side of the screen,those are always the best ones!
You’re theme you’re honesty is greatly appreciated
Keep up the good work 👍👌😎
Thanks for showing integrity Sir. 🤝
I truly appreciate the transparency - it happens!
Thanks for being honest. Great attitude and it’s inspiring to see. Bang on bro.
Kudos to you Matt. Not the end of the world, however, yes, you told us. It shows you are a man with a spine. It's rare in this world. Well done mate
It happens brother.... You did it correctly by fixing it and moving on. Big fan of your work! Keep up the good work and be safe!
Respect the transparency
Good job fixing it Matt, great work.
Matt just caught this video Brother. Gutted that it happened but shows integrity for being honest. As always Brother awesome work.
Am a great fan of your videos am addicted. I really appreciate the fact that a mistake was made and you opening admit it, honesty is the best policy.
40 years in the business, fixing mistakes, accepting the responsibility, the heat, and humble pie that comes with them are how you learn to be a PRO.........IMPORTANT to stay positive -.No one was hurt. The key to minimizing mistakes - avoid being fast, instead move with purpose, efficiency, and awareness.
We’re only Human my friend. And when the go gets going, shit Can happen.
Was there a change in the blueprints that was overseen.
It’s never nice thing taking something apart that looks good.
I’ve had my workers take down all inner wall framing because the used floorboards had the wrong thickness on a first floor.
Seven bedrooms and a bathroom of framing. That cost me about 24k to redo with right floorboards.
Turned out we got sent the wrong ones and did not see it before the owner mensioned it.
That was my worst failur and everything has been checked 3 times since.
Nothing more to do but chin up and back in the sadle.
I Think your all doing an amazing job. 🍺🍻
We all make mistakes, you handled this one with class and professionalism. Nice work.
You just got a sub and a like ... for your honesty ... 🤝
Matt, you’re a solid stand up man!
i love that you show it all thats how we all learn
Watched you before but never subscribed or liked a video. You got both on this just for the honesty and humbleness. Much respect to you brother, fix it and move on. It happens...
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Appreciate that man. Thanks for watching.
When I was lead framer, I told my guys, "If you don't make mistakes, you're not working fast enough!" Keep Bangin away Matt!
I work as a maintenance supervisor at a large, Multifamily apartment complex. I once saw a man who had 30+ years of HVAC experience mistakenly charge a unit with the wrong refrigerant, resulting in the need to replace the entire system.
About six months ago I was back washing a pool filter and turned the wrong valve. When I turned on the pool pump the water blew through the top of the water flow diverter.
Shit happens man. I tell my guys all the time not to be afraid of fucking something up. We work maintenance and we’ll fix our mistakes.
It's cool to see the different takes on building!!!
The carpenters that I used on my house(myself included), would just use a sawzaw to cut out windows...etc....
No need to make a hole... Just hold the blade off an inch or so, and let the blade chew a hole through.... And ALLOT less mess/shavings all over you!!!!
That router "might" be a little cleaner, but not by much if you take the time to learn with a sawzaw.... A sawzaw is way faster/easier though!!!! And waaaaayyyy less dust!!!!
Also, if you needed a battery powered option(like the battery powered router fail), Milwaukee does a fantastic job with their sawzaws!!!!
I'm not a pro carpenter, so take it easy on me... just throwing it out there, as I'm learning....
DawgBone - I have framed 100's of houses.....3 1/2 hp hitachi rounder is the best way! Super clean finished product and WAY faster than Sawzall or circular saw.
total respect for your honesty.
Like that you caught that mistake now, then during Sheetrock time😉. You are correct, things happen, & you identify it, make a plan, & solve the problem & get it done.....than move in, Cuz what else gonna do. Great job👍🏻
Cheers✌🏼
Well said Matt, it’s not how we screw up, but how we fix it 👌
Really strange seeing ply bracing the whole way around the external of the house. Is that a normal standard in the US?
yes
I liked you Matt you're an honest young man and keeps Bang-on.
I wish you guys were on the east coast. I can't get framers to even start on my project. 5 times they say they show and each time....nope! You guys do great work...mistakes happen
We appreciate you showing your mistakes. It just proves that you’re only human, however costly! Like you said, “Sh** happens!” Couldn’t you have added an extension on both ends of those walls though? Just wondering.
Phyllis Wengert : Short answer is - No.
Long answer is - It would create a hinge point in the wall. Super unsafe and it's against code anyway. I imagine "especially" in his part of Cali which is big time earthquake country. Although my guess is you can't do it anywhere in the country. I know at least here in Utah it's also illegal.
@@TrailTrackers Here you could have done that but the plywood has to lap the joint at least 2 foot.
@@rogerflanigan6427 : Where's 'here'.
@@TrailTrackers Central Illinois.
Counter clockwise with router genius
good on you. Took it like a champ. Only way to take it!!!!
It takes a good contractor to admit his mistakes and post them on RUclips for everyone to see! Was wondering why you stand up the OSB and not lay it down and stagger the joints, would make for stronger walls.
Keep up the good work and videos!
you should try the thin disk
for the grinder... makes the work smother
I use the thin ones as well. Cleaner, chatter free cuts
👍👍 for owning your cockups and fixing them
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Keep up the good work! Greetings from Finland.
Nothing but respect for owning it. That's the difference between average and top tier.
Good to see that you admit to mistakes and that you went to fix it right away. could have been worse. might not have seen it till putting on roof. I am not a carpenter so no mistakes there from me. Other than that place is looking good. Keep up all the hard work Matt and Team.
At least you did right by fixing it. Good Job Matt
You guys are doing good ..keet it up and thank you
I missed a 1 foot offset for the template plan
Had to cut every threaded stud
Drill every hole for the threaded rod and epoxy and place in the slab for the columns
I now thoroughly read the plans before starting any project
I am glad that fox is back. Good video Matt
I really appreciate the fact that you shouldered the fuck up and just handle it, And didn't push blame!
good on you man-you do your best daily- and humans mess stuff up- great vids- especially showing the errors!
My biggest mistake was as an apprentice. No one told me there were upstairs studs. So I loaded an entire downstairs wall . With.....upstairs studs. No one caught it until we raised the wall. I learned a whole new vocabulary from the foreman. That was 1973. Ouch.
Nice attitude. I had a guy pull up to my jobsite and he asked how my was going. I replied not good(because honestly I had several trade, schedule and material issues). He asked me "Well did anyone die here today" and I said no. He then said "well your not having a bad day". I told him I agree 100% and we got to it.
My dad started framing in 1946, I started in 76 and have seen my fair share of problems but the one that really got me was a custom house in whittier ca , stakers set four big tall glue lamb hip beams and at the top plate on the corners of the wall they did not make a beam pocket and drop the bottom of the beams down and the best part it was staked with 2x8 except for the last 4 ft of each corner .
I assume that they took the cheapest bid .
If only politicians would be as honest as you Matt.
Another great episode start to finish. Good and bad. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Feel bad for ya!
Admire your attitude .
Big thumbs up !
My biggest screw up on my house Im building this summer. So far. Way oversizing the floor system. Its heavy duty enough I could park a semi on it.
Good video Matt. We all make mistakes.
Had a friend years ago (30+)who had surgery on his arm. They operated on the wrong arm.
A few years ago I had some surgery on my elbow. They ask you what surgery they are doing and had me write on my arm what surgery they were doing. I wonder why they do that? 😊
Thanks for sharing.
How did you catch the mistake? Was it from the truss layout?
At least you are a honest carpenter ..most would hide it..doing it right
Nice work! Keep it moving!
We've done SO many mistakes, lol. The build is looking SOLID otherwise, GREAT job men!
It's how the job turned out at the end, and whether it is right or not that really matters. Everybody makes mistakes along the way even if you think you're perfect. Those that own up to them and fix them are the true heroes as opposed to the people that blame it on everybody else or try to hide it
What a huge mistake. I hate when that shit happens. But you own it and fix it right, Like you did. Keep the project rolling in the right direction. Great job. Sometimes you just have to get through. I was on a project and had a guy turn an anchor bolt pattern 90 degrees on three piers. This was for a commercial building. Man what a pain to fix. The other six were perfect. The three damn middle ones.
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Outstanding video... and all episodes building... The Ridge House 🏠.
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I am impressed with work and the results... an experiences and lessons learned , 💯 percent.
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for all of you.
Thank you, for sharing that work experience and all challenges 🦺 👌.
May God bless each one of you.
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I feel your pain man. Can’t count how many dollars I’ve lost @floorrescue. Keep pressing forward!
Did I miss the link in the description for the hammer?
4:20 real talk, never knew a router could cut that fast. Hes putting that thing thru the ringer lmao
I think ur doing a GOOD job..NObody is PERFECT..keep up the good work bruh..
Looks like fox is rockin some new bags right on what are they diamondbacks?
To err is human... or something like that lol. Great job mate, you got my respect for showing this. Im a contractor as well and it really sucks if something gets messed up. We build with bricks and cement so if a wall is wrong..... well you can relate
You handled that like a honorable man. Respect
Is it better to glue the sub floor before nailing it?
love this series man .. and been a big fan of all of them as you know ... this one is my fav tho!!! my 6 year old and i watch this. edit: also it's been a blast to watch your channel grow since watching it from nearly the beginning
So, if the walls were supposed to be 11', where did you use the studs that were most likely 12' to begin with? Or were they ordered incorrectly?
Well from the looks of it those were all rake walls ballon framed, so the material wouldn’t have been a bunch 12’s or 11’ precuts hanging around.
Good guy, everyone make mistakes, and we will learn from our mistakes and have more experience. Happen in life. We are just human. Thanks for sharing this mistake.
I help design and build computer systems for broadcasters. Some of them are big. We generally try to. put 5% of the total project in for “Oh Shit!.”
My biggest mistake I have been involved in personally? About $300k. Thankfully it wasn’t really my fault but a misunderstanding between the customer and the prime contractor for the project. It was mostly parts and labor to redesign, remove, replace and reroute wires etc. It was a huge multi-year project and we made up for it in the out years. But that wasn’t close to the biggest mistake on the whole build out for one of my projects. The biggest mistake was a bolt, nut, or part that wasn’t tightened or welded properly or was left loose so it got sucked into a turbo pump feeding the rocket that was to launch a satellite. Rocket go boom! That cost about $450 million after you count the satellite, the rocket, and the associated cost. It was insured but cost them several years to get another one. That was a screw up that several people should have caught.
I see fox is rocking some Diamondbacks sweet!!
We’ve all added a triple plate to something, much to the pain of the turd herders and elechickens! Shit happens brotha and you’ll make it up in the future, because you’ll always double check that detail now. A mistake is only a failure if you don’t learn from it. Keep up the good work and great content!
In my line of work, we do "post mortems" on things like this. Not to assign blame, but to determine exactly how the oops happened, and how to mitigate future mistakes. I hope the company does the same thing, and you move on, having learned how to make sure it doesn't happen in the future. Bang on!
That’s exactly what we did.
Word for word, the day it happened.. “doesn’t matter, it’s already done, it just needs to be fixed..”
Sorry about the walls.. I once misread the heel height on truss specs . WELL heel height is always the length of the total "plumb cut" of a truss... top of truss, plumb with wall down to top plate, but this truss spec print went to the bottom of the truss tail. (Odd and wrong) we need heel height to figure out our "pine line" aka frieze height. We prebuild walls with ply, overhangs (frieze soffit fascia out of cedar and pine) and tyvek on then stand up, here in Michigan. Anyway So I misread the number and built the whole 2nd floor with the wrong overhang height.. Frieze was like 4" too low. Had to raise all window headers 4" and remove whole overhang all the way around the house (skytrak sawzall wedges) and rebuild. 4 guys 2 days. Yikes. Truss company paid for the repairs. It was a "computer glitch" they said.
Not a hater... I love your vids. But
cutting window openings with a router is quite a novelty.. quick scribe and a circ saw (we use all cordless saws now) would be 5x faster.
Great job Matt everyone else would just hide it.
Matt what’s the purpose for metal strips on sheathing seams? First time seeing that, not done here in Texas
At a track home job site, we built a normal single story house roof and everything when someone somehow realized that the house was supposed to be framed at 10’ ceilings (9’ is normal for most of our Jobsites) . It took a crew of 6 a full week to tear the house down ( trusses and everything) . It was crazy!
You guys build pretty high quality - both materials and labor. This house is several million, sure, but how much would you say a typical house your crew frames goes for?