My father in law was a highly decorated Marine. He served in WW 2, and in
Korea, surviving the Chosin Resevoir freeze out and human wave assaults
from the Chinese. This is just to let you guys know that he was an
honorable man, and one of my heroes.
When he returned stateside, he carefully packed away his uniforms, put
on a nail apron, traded in his M-1 rifle for a 16 oz hammer and went to
work for his father in law building custom homes. Learned his trade well,
took over the business, got his contractors license, and built custom homes
one at a time for happy owners for 60 years. He passed away at almost 101
years of age, and we buried him in that Marine uniform with full military
honours.
He did it all himself and he hired help when he needed it. He used
only the highest quality products in his houses, they were all stick framed
with full dimension materials, framed his rafters, built his own stair
risers, only used plywood sheathing of the highest and best quality. Made
his own kitchen cabinets, well you must get the picture by now. No particle
board or manufactured trusses in his houses. No pneumatic nail guns either.
Old School all the way. All of his contracts were verbal, sealed with
a firm handshake and a promise from his lips and a look from those steely
blue eyes.
He absolutely hated particle board, and manufactured (engineered)
trusses held together with nail plates. No short cut methods, either. His
subs were all lifelong friends and hunting and fishing buddies. He lived a
good life, raised 2 girls, never cheated on his wife, seldom swore, loved a
good joke and Chevas Regal 18 years old. Chukkar hunting every fall with
his constant companion German shorthair dog. Of which he had 5 in
succession.
He never lost his shooting eye, and was a national champion skeet
shooter well into his 60's. He had a whole shoebox full of awards and
medals that he won. We gave them to his grandkids after his passing.
Anyway, if George had his reasons for disliking a person or product,
you can be sure that there was a good reason for it.
Just my cockeyed take on it. Your opinions will vary.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Sat, May 2, 2020, 7:28 AM Matt Colie via Gmclist
wrote:
> > Back in the early 90's OSB (Oriented Strand Board) was just beginning to
> be used in the Las Vegas area construction arena. Being one of the 'old
> > school' types we inspectors didn't have a warm fuzzy about this upstart
> product. That feeling changed when we had some of that,unusual for Vegas,
> > moisture (rain) attack the uncovered roofs under construction. The OSB
> survived unscathed while many of the typical plywood 1/2" CDX panels needed
> > to be replaced. It was a real eye opener for sure. Some of the modern
> materials are better than the old stuff for sure.
> > Hal
>
> Hal,
>
> If that CDX had to be replaced after a Las Vegas rain, it was not real
> CDX. Counterfeit construction materials happen all the time. The only
> time I
> was exposed to such a problem, the company sued the supplier who promptly
> replaced all the material that we could identify (my job), and then wrote
> that the supplier admitted they made a mistake in processing.
>
> Yes, don't buy marine plywood unless you need it. I used to buy a lot of
> it for jobs customers were paying for and so the price was not a big issue
> to me.
>
> Matt
>
>
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