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evolve991 · 01-24-2008, 05:24 PM

Hanger since 86, self employed since 91. I do mostly new residential work but have some commercial experience....mostly

experiences which is why I prefer houses

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savant · 01-24-2008, 07:14 PM

Hello Evo. How's the pace down there? Does proximity to DC stabilize your market?

bob16 · 01-28-2008, 01:05 PM

Worked in Maryland for about 12 years.

Forget about trying to find work on the massive project in Parole (high rise).

My contacts have already checked it out.

They are importing a bunch of latinos from North Carolina to do the work.

BTW - when they got their permits they slung all the right BS about how they were gonna hire locals.

evolve991 · 02-06-2008, 09:12 AM

Hi guys. Proximity to DC does indeed stabilize the market! You can be pretty sure if you're a citizen you're out of work,if you jump the fence,swim or float over on a door and say "No Habla" you'll have work 7 days a week. The real kicker is that the Mexicans now get about the same as taxpaying workers here. It isn't the cheaper wages that make them the new work force,it's the fact that you can now have 6 or 8 days of quality hanging/finishing reduced to 2 or 3 days of 'make it white'. The homeowners are too busy ragging the supers about tub fixtures to notice the half inch gaps and pulverized corners. My coverage area has ranged from south and west of Baltimore up to York/Lancaster/Chester counties PA and down thru Delaware to O.C. MD. All these areas are now overpopulated with illegals which is why even though the construction industry kept the ecomony creeping along most small companies have been scraping week to week like a new labor for the last 3 years.

bob16 · 02-06-2008, 12:36 PM

>> The homeowners are too busy ragging the supers about tub fixtures to notice the half inch gaps and pulverized corners.

Yeah i worked with them and couldn't understand why they had such a small scrap pile.

Then i looked at the man on the scaffold and noticed he was using 2 and 3 foot long pieces of bead.

I couldn't believe it when i saw him doing it.

evolve991 · 02-06-2008, 03:27 PM

LOL that should stick out forever LOL

AtlanticWB · 05-02-2008, 11:16 PM

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01-24-2008, 05:24 PM	#1
evolve991 Walking Contradiction Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North East,MD Posts: 120	Hello from Maryland Hanger since 86, self employed since 91. I do mostly new residential work but have some commercial experience....mostly experiences which is why I prefer houses .

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01-24-2008, 07:14 PM	#2
savant other guy Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hudson valley, NY Posts: 80	Hello Evo. How's the pace down there? Does proximity to DC stabilize your market?

01-28-2008, 01:05 PM	#3
bob16 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 44	Worked in Maryland for about 12 years. Forget about trying to find work on the massive project in Parole (high rise). My contacts have already checked it out. They are importing a bunch of latinos from North Carolina to do the work. BTW - when they got their permits they slung all the right BS about how they were gonna hire locals.

02-06-2008, 09:12 AM	#4
evolve991 Walking Contradiction Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North East,MD Posts: 120	Hi guys. Proximity to DC does indeed stabilize the market! You can be pretty sure if you're a citizen you're out of work,if you jump the fence,swim or float over on a door and say "No Habla" you'll have work 7 days a week. The real kicker is that the Mexicans now get about the same as taxpaying workers here. It isn't the cheaper wages that make them the new work force,it's the fact that you can now have 6 or 8 days of quality hanging/finishing reduced to 2 or 3 days of 'make it white'. The homeowners are too busy ragging the supers about tub fixtures to notice the half inch gaps and pulverized corners. My coverage area has ranged from south and west of Baltimore up to York/Lancaster/Chester counties PA and down thru Delaware to O.C. MD. All these areas are now overpopulated with illegals which is why even though the construction industry kept the ecomony creeping along most small companies have been scraping week to week like a new labor for the last 3 years.

02-06-2008, 12:36 PM	#5
bob16 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 44	>> The homeowners are too busy ragging the supers about tub fixtures to notice the half inch gaps and pulverized corners. Yeah i worked with them and couldn't understand why they had such a small scrap pile. Then i looked at the man on the scaffold and noticed he was using 2 and 3 foot long pieces of bead. I couldn't believe it when i saw him doing it.

02-06-2008, 03:27 PM	#6
evolve991 Walking Contradiction Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North East,MD Posts: 120	LOL that should stick out forever LOL

05-02-2008, 11:16 PM	#7
AtlanticWB Lic. GC & D/W Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New England, USA Posts: 46	Hi and welcome to DT.