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An inspector's note about my corner beads changed my finishing routine

Last month on a job in Phoenix, the inspector flagged where my paper-faced metal corner beads were showing through after two coats. He said to pre-fill the bead nose with setting compound before taping, and now my corners look clean without extra sanding. Anyone else do this pre-fill step, or is it just me?

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the_tara•1d ago

One Tuesday in Boise where everything went sideways but we still finished

Last month we had this job in Boise, three rooms of 5/8 fire rock on ceilings. The lift broke around 10am, so we had to hand stack every sheet with two guys on stilts and a third pushing up. By 3pm my arms were shot, but the GC came by and said, "You guys are animals," which honestly kept us going. We hung all 48 sheets by 6:30, and the crew chief bought us burgers after. Has anyone else had a day where the gear fails but the crew just powers through it?

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the_robin•5d ago

Went to a commercial build in Reno, nobody checked the fire caulking

I did a patch job at a new office build last Tuesday. While I was waiting for mud to set, I walked the corridors. Every single penetration through the drywall had the fire caulk untouched, still in the tube. The GC said they were 'saving it for the final walkthrough'. That's a two day fix if the inspector flags it, plus a rework fee. Has anyone else seen this trend of fire stopping getting skipped until the last minute?

c/drywall-installers

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