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Originally Posted by DangeloInspections
A little off topic....sorry....
Sadly, homebuilding everywhere has come down to labor costs, etc....and instead of the trade schools thriving producing skilled young people in the trades, you see tons of college grads flipping burgers with a 6 figure student loan debt. Basically it is difficult to find good skilled trade labor now.
When I built my home, I used natural solid oak molding and I coped every joint. You could not fit a piece of paper between a joint. Nowadays, no one even knows what a coped joint is....they think it must be a drug thing....lol...!
Most homebuilding finish work now is "do your best then caulk the rest". Custom work and craftsmanship is becoming a rarity. The things we now take for the norm is all designed to cut labor costs....white trim, knockdown and orange peel finishes, flat wall paint, etc. And of course, there are exceptions.....
Again, I apologize for going off topic.
Now...back to Lanai ceilings.....
Frank
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Well said Frank, however that is the truth and the craftsman are gone.
The true woodworkers are in there barns up north living there craft.
I brought a crew in up north to build a three store spiral stair case from Canada before the front wall of the house went up.
It was all oak.
The boys from Canada came with a tractortrailer and steamers on board to form all there lumber.
Unfortunately they are far and few between.
The stair case when finished was 76 grand in 1999, in a million dollar home!
So sad, but as we say here we don't buy the house we buy the lifestyle.