That job in St. Louis where the foreman made us pull out all our finish nails

The spec said 2 inch brads but the guy from the 80s swore by 16 gauge finish nails and the trim split on every single door casing. We lost a whole day pulling nails and redoing 12 doors. Has anyone else dealt with a foreman who sticks to old methods even when the materials changed?

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miab163mo ago

The guy from the 80s" making you pull out all those nails is wild, I can't believe that.

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the_dylan3mo ago

God, yeah, that part was just brutal to watch. I counted probably like fifty nails he had to pull out one by one, and every single time he yanked one free I cringed a little harder. It's one thing to hear about someone getting hurt but actually seeing the whole process drag out like that really gets to you. I honestly don't know how the guy stayed so calm through it all, I woulda been screaming my head off. Hope he's doing okay now after all that.

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