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So you think silicone is fantastic, back flashing is old-fashioned, apron flashings are timewasters, tanking is for sissies, cheap materials are worth it and builders need no skills.... YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT... All you need are these tools; to be used progressively... Progressive Building, 3 June 2002
"I'm sick of all this green crap. Once we could just build what we wanted with whatever we wanted - and dump what was left over into the tip by th river then we'd celebrate a hard day of sawing asbestos cement with a nice barbecue... on tanalised off cuts.. and now this... the last straw... lettuce in my sandwich" Progressive Building, 25 February 2007
"The cost of labour is beyond me.. my last labourer was earning more than me.. then he left for more money... and just finding someone else is near impossible... lucky there's now a labour auction" "What am I bid for a slightly jaded middle aged builder?" "I wasn't quite expecting this..." Progressive Building, 12 March 2004
"Renovating makes you appreciate the old building ways.. like nailing the foreman's lunch into the wall" "What craftmanship" "You just don't get a good wiped lead joint anymore. Or morticed studs. Or properly forged nails. Or decent slatework. Sarking just doesn't get a look in... and try asking someone to square a wreathed handrail these days. Any they don't brick in building inspectors like they used to.." Progressive Building, 30 November 2003