Showerthought: I chose a 10-inch block over an 8-inch for a basement wall in a Duluth spec house because the client wanted 'heft', and now I'm dealing with a foundation crew who can't read a plan.

The extra cost and labor for the thicker block was a headache, but the real issue was the footer wasn't poured wide enough, so what's the most frustrating plan misread you've had to fix on site?

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3 Comments

charles_green2mo ago

I mean, that's brutal. Had a crew once frame a whole wall an inch off because they misread the window detail. The fix was way more work than just paying attention would have been.

caseyc302mo agoMost Upvoted

What did the GC say when they saw it? I've seen guys try to hide that kind of mistake with trim before anyone noticed.

riverf3420d ago

Come on now, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to make it work on a Friday afternoon when the GC is breathing down your neck. Hiding it with trim is a classic move if you can pull it off. @caseyc30, you know the drill better than most, sometimes the "better to ask forgiveness" approach wins over holding up the whole job for a tiny detail nobody will notice in two years.