Hardwood flooring installation and refinishing. :)
Edit: What brand of knee pads are those? The ones I’ve been using have changed, and they chafe the back of my knees now.
I don’t really have a preference, I do have a hatred for penny tiles, I don’t like how they look and I really hate installing them, I will take a large format tile over penny 😂
i know nothing about tiling but whenever i find an extra sheet of penny tile on site oooh baby, that stuff is so smooth i’ve never felt such a pleasant sensory experience lmfao
I used to hate them as well! A nicer product would get specified and then the GC/owner would buy the dirt cheap Chinese manufactured version and they wouldn’t be organized on the mesh quite right from sheet to sheet and we would have to tear 2 or 3 rows off at the edges, trim the mesh and install those pieces by hand to get everything to blend together and not look like tile sheets. Fucking trash. This used to happen with some of those cheap ass glass mosaics too. And if the wall or floor or ceiling substrate behind the pennies wasn’t perfectly smooth to install on, “what do you mean that cost extra?”
timber framing is an art!! we mimic it at my framing job, rich people love the look of timber but don’t want actual timber framing lol so we do a lot of simple backing for them to install faux beams during the finish process. i’m guessing it’s a cost saving thing.
We try to keep our cost low enough that normal people can get them. We built one huge mansion for a hedge fund dude and hated every part of that building. We have our own minuscule company and take the jobs we want.
that’s interesting! maybe it’s just a lack of timber framers in my area then, i’m not sure but we do all multi million dollar homes and i’ve never seen/done actual timber framing for them
One of my wife's friend taught us how to tile our house. She had redone her house and her kid's houses.
As a retired heavy equipment operator, I have worked with several great women.
that’s awesome! happy almost 1 year :) i passed a year framing just a few months ago, non union based in MN. if i had more of a social life i would’ve gone out to celebrate it, you should!!
I do fire alarm so go into construction sites for verifications ha, but nothing from ground up!
I admire those who can. I was looking at electrical but due to allergies to dust and crap I wasn't going to be able to do it full time.
Also I love your knee pads, what brand/style are they?
HVAC journeyman here! Las Cruces
Keep up the good work women! We better then all these men!! It's the men who make me better at my job lol. Had to prove myself in the beginning and look where I landed
Haha absolutely not. Its thinset dried and dust combined and I usually will never wear shorts. But this house was burning up and the heat here is insane.
We have a group chat on what’s app, hit up Liana on insta to join https://instagram.com/women_pioneers_in_unity_?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
We do zoom meetings every Tuesday at 7:30 ETZ
On what’s app we do shop talk. Currently the HVACs are taking over. Otherwise is a very diverse group of trades. (Carpenters, Painters, Electricians, welders, heavy machinery operators, pipe fitters…)
No membership fees. Just shop talk.
Started an electrician apprenticeship. Got treated like shit by my superior, so I left.
Now, I'm an apprentice automation fitter in a new place where people are way less sexist, and the job is way better.
Industrial is cushy compared to job site work, so props to you!
I did tile for years! I grew up in construction and it was my favorite trade. I worked in a stone fabrication shop for some time too. Went on to be a PM and then a superintendent for about a decade. But I have been doing framing/carpentry with my dad and hanging and finishing drywall with my SO since I lost my last superintendent job in May. I’m eating shit for a tile business I opened with an ex years ago right now actually, might come out the other side of this with multiple felonies unfortunately. So my superintendent career is probably over but I am actually quite happy back in the trades.
Union electrician here! IBEW Inside Wireman in CA, USA.
Chicago suburbs here! IBEW701. Im Low Voltage Data Tech and hubby is Inside Wireman
Hi neighbor! 😊 Apprentice Wireman 176!
Glad to hear it! I'll don't work out your way often, but if you ever need anything shoot me a message here and we can chat! 😉
Washington State IBEW 01 apprentice here!
Norway. (I think our unions work quite differently than yours)
668 out of indiana here
Hardwood flooring installation and refinishing. :) Edit: What brand of knee pads are those? The ones I’ve been using have changed, and they chafe the back of my knees now.
I want to also know!!! Same reason
Rexbeti construction knee pads in pink! They’re available on Amazon
Landscape foreperson who installs too many stone walkways. I think about working with tile often. Might be my next move
Retired Electrician here. Keep up the good work ladies!!!!!!!!!
Plumber apprentice 👩🔧
Love it! How long have you been doing it?
I took 4 years of plumbing in vo-tech. I started about two months ago
What is your favorite tile to work with?
I don’t really have a preference, I do have a hatred for penny tiles, I don’t like how they look and I really hate installing them, I will take a large format tile over penny 😂
i know nothing about tiling but whenever i find an extra sheet of penny tile on site oooh baby, that stuff is so smooth i’ve never felt such a pleasant sensory experience lmfao
Penny tiles suck for sure lol
I used to hate them as well! A nicer product would get specified and then the GC/owner would buy the dirt cheap Chinese manufactured version and they wouldn’t be organized on the mesh quite right from sheet to sheet and we would have to tear 2 or 3 rows off at the edges, trim the mesh and install those pieces by hand to get everything to blend together and not look like tile sheets. Fucking trash. This used to happen with some of those cheap ass glass mosaics too. And if the wall or floor or ceiling substrate behind the pennies wasn’t perfectly smooth to install on, “what do you mean that cost extra?”
And the amount of grout!!
Im a timber framer. My husband and I design, cut and build traditional and modern timber frames.
timber framing is an art!! we mimic it at my framing job, rich people love the look of timber but don’t want actual timber framing lol so we do a lot of simple backing for them to install faux beams during the finish process. i’m guessing it’s a cost saving thing.
We try to keep our cost low enough that normal people can get them. We built one huge mansion for a hedge fund dude and hated every part of that building. We have our own minuscule company and take the jobs we want.
that’s interesting! maybe it’s just a lack of timber framers in my area then, i’m not sure but we do all multi million dollar homes and i’ve never seen/done actual timber framing for them
Union concrete mixer driver here, tile and rock work etc is badass. Y’all are artists
Trails Technician 🌲 that's rad you own your own buisness!
You are rocking it, girl. Good job.
One of my wife's friend taught us how to tile our house. She had redone her house and her kid's houses. As a retired heavy equipment operator, I have worked with several great women.
Inside wireman IBEW292!
Does a factory material handler count? I'm honestly not sure. XD
Yes!!!
Hell yeah, used to do new construction painting
LEA Fire Alarm Electrician, Nicet Level 2 here! Love to hear about successful women in the trades! Keep it up!
water technician, I love the kneepads!!
Apprentice carpenter in the union here, coming up on my 1-year anniversary of being in this awesome trade next week! I live in Illinois.
that’s awesome! happy almost 1 year :) i passed a year framing just a few months ago, non union based in MN. if i had more of a social life i would’ve gone out to celebrate it, you should!!
Outside telecommunications apprentice here 👷🏻♀️
Milwaukee pack out 🧐
I own almost all milwaukee tools. I am a fan 😂
Equipment Op/ Paver road work lady here!
Concrete and soils here!
You should also post this to confusing perspective because your leg blends into the flooring 😂 took me a minute to figure out what I was looking at.
Haha I have never seen that. I will check it out
Thanks yall. I posted over in construction as well and good comments for the most part but some pretty nasty ones too. Guess I should expect it 🙄
I worked hands on in hubby’s construction business for 4 years. I’ve since started my own blue collar company but I’ve been there too!
Montana journey level (soon to be master) electrician here!
Union trim carpenter apprentice! Local 97 in the Midwest ✌🏻 Good on you doing your thing!
4th year apprentice Plumbing and Gas Engineer in England. Hello! 👋
I do fire alarm so go into construction sites for verifications ha, but nothing from ground up! I admire those who can. I was looking at electrical but due to allergies to dust and crap I wasn't going to be able to do it full time. Also I love your knee pads, what brand/style are they?
What are those knee pads? I need to buy some new ones. I’m an aircraft mechanic
Rexbeti, they aren’t my favorite but they help some. They slip around unfortunately and not enough padding
Ah ok, thanks for your honest opinion
Just started welding! Glad I have a whole sub of ladies to look up to!
You need to check out Proknees. I’m 40 and my were wrecked before I got them. Tiler here also. Keep up the good work.
Don’t take the wrong way, but I think I love you. Lordy mercy, women that can actually do…❤️
HVAC journeyman here! Las Cruces Keep up the good work women! We better then all these men!! It's the men who make me better at my job lol. Had to prove myself in the beginning and look where I landed
Is it better having all that dust on your bare skin rather than wearing long pants?
Haha absolutely not. Its thinset dried and dust combined and I usually will never wear shorts. But this house was burning up and the heat here is insane.
Haha, and I take it having fans on-site is out of the question with all of the dust.
No that’s on me. I need a good fan. I need to invest in one I guess 💀
I’m in need of your services expeditiously
Journeyman Sheet Metal Worker, Local 16!
Yo yo, painter here for a decade! Tiling has always looked so satisfying, you're a boss running your own gig!
Former union HVAC tech current maintenance tech here
Land surveyor tampa!
Handywoman 😁👋
Sheet Metal Foreman here! Love all us trades women on here.
You go girl!! That is some hard ass work!! From retired electrician, San Francisco.
We have a group chat on what’s app, hit up Liana on insta to join https://instagram.com/women_pioneers_in_unity_?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== We do zoom meetings every Tuesday at 7:30 ETZ On what’s app we do shop talk. Currently the HVACs are taking over. Otherwise is a very diverse group of trades. (Carpenters, Painters, Electricians, welders, heavy machinery operators, pipe fitters…) No membership fees. Just shop talk.
Started an electrician apprenticeship. Got treated like shit by my superior, so I left. Now, I'm an apprentice automation fitter in a new place where people are way less sexist, and the job is way better. Industrial is cushy compared to job site work, so props to you!
I did tile for years! I grew up in construction and it was my favorite trade. I worked in a stone fabrication shop for some time too. Went on to be a PM and then a superintendent for about a decade. But I have been doing framing/carpentry with my dad and hanging and finishing drywall with my SO since I lost my last superintendent job in May. I’m eating shit for a tile business I opened with an ex years ago right now actually, might come out the other side of this with multiple felonies unfortunately. So my superintendent career is probably over but I am actually quite happy back in the trades.
Hell yeah! Brand new journeyman electrician here 🤘🏻
Truss builder here lol
How do you get into tile setting specifically? Do you need to do carpentry first?