The post whore thread.

[Irving]

I'm going to buy a GoPro and start using it for pictures. The fisheye lens makes capturing rooms so much easier.

[HoneyBadger]

That's probably a lot cheaper than buying a DSLR and a fisheye lens.

[Great-Kazoo]

Unless that basement has dehumidifier going , with all that heat. The issue of mold should be a concern. Too much heat with that water damage, can do more harm than good.

[fly boy]

speaking of housing.... has anyone had a house built, or is a contractor?

[buffalobo]

speaking of housing.... has anyone had a house built, or is a contractor?

We are building our own home.

[thvigil11]

We are building our own home.

Ditto here. We (Me, Wife and a few family members) are responsible for 100% of the work.

[thvigil11]

too late on welcoming him to the PWT, Irving. I think I scared Driver off a while ago.

Penny Pincher video... that dang thing is going to kill me. I'm laid up with the flu, so I'll see if I can get it wrapped up tomorrow...

Take too long and some people might start asking for their parts back.

Hope you feel better though. Here's a cat with lots of pity for you.

[thvigil11]

We train our measure guys to take pics or video of the job, in a manner that will help them avoid trips back to "check" something. When finalizing drawings a manager reviews drawings and video/pics with tech to look for pitfalls an accuracy issues.

Our industry is also starting to utilize tablets/pads with software designed to do production drawings on site that can be uploaded directly to the server or emailed to office so that tech and manager can review before leaving site.

We went to tablets back when I worked for the assessor's office many years back, but tablets back then pretty much sucked. The sketch software at the time was pretty finicky as well. I'm sure the modern stuff is much better. Of course I was happy enough when we started using digital cameras.

[thvigil11]

speaking of housing.... has anyone had a house built, or is a contractor?

Adding building a house along with Mil to Civvie transition. Got some serious desire for pain there.

The wife and I got married, moved from Denver to NM, bought acreage, started building a house, and left well paying jobs to work part-time until we found something stable, all within the span of 3 months. Let me tell you, it was pure fun.

[buffalobo]

We went to tablets back when I worked for the assessor's office many years back, but tablets back then pretty much sucked. The sketch software at the time was pretty finicky as well. I'm sure the modern stuff is much better. Of course I was happy enough when we started using digital cameras.

Most of the time the designers already have preliminary drawings uploaded to the server and tech just pulls it up and proceeds to verify and make corrections as needed.

The drawing/sketch software is much better than just a few years ago.