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My old foreman made us hand-nail headers for years until a guy from Austin showed us a nail gun trick
Back in 2009 I was on a job in Wichita and we framed every header by hand, just a couple guys with hammers and a whole lot of patience. A sub from Austin came in with a clipped-head framing nailer and had the same wall done in about half a day instead of the two days we budgeted. I remember the foreman standing there watching him, arms crossed, not saying a word. We switched over after that job and never looked back. Anyone else remember getting dragged into the old way just because that is how it was always done?
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pat117d ago
Is it really the nail gun that made the difference, or was it just that the old way was all your foreman knew? I mean, hand-nailing headers isn't automatically bad, plenty of crews still do it on small jobs where dragging out a compressor and gun takes longer than just swinging a hammer. Maybe it's just me but I don't think the tool was the problem, it was guys refusing to change how they worked.
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