Pro tip: that McAllen job site changed how I handle seams forever

I was on a big commercial install down in McAllen, Texas about 8 months ago. We had this huge open office space and the spec sheet called for a really tight seam pattern that I thought was overkill. The foreman made us redo three seams because they were off by maybe a sixteenth of an inch, and I was pretty annoyed at first. But after we finished, the owner walked through and pointed out how the light hit everything perfectly with no shadows, and I finally got why he was so picky. Any of you guys ever had a boss or client that seemed too strict about something, then it turned out they were right?

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terry_wood5126d ago

Man that McAllen job sounds like a real pain at first but Ive had that same thing happen to me. Had a foreman on a hospital lobby job who was crazy particular about the seam direction near the windows. We must have pulled up and relaid a section three times before he was happy. When the sun hit that floor it looked like one solid piece of material and I finally got why he was being such a hardass about it. Sometimes you just gotta trust the older guys who see things you dont.

elizabethg1826d ago

That little moment when the sun hits it just right and everything clicks, man that's a good feeling. @terry_wood51 I see that same kind of thing all the time in my line of work too, actually. Like when I'm cleaning a house and the homeowner wants me to wipe down the baseboards in a certain order so the light doesn't catch the dust streaks afterwards. At first I thought they were just being picky, but now I get it. Some details you don't see until the light changes or you step back far enough, you know?

elliotadams25d agoTop Commenter

You got that exactly right about the older guys, but I think you might have mixed up who said what - that McAllen job was from elizabethg18's post, not yours.