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Got shown up by an old timer on a blueprint I'd been reading wrong
I was working on a commercial build in Portland last month and this 60-something drafter named Jerry walked over and pointed at a section I'd been using as a reference for a whole wall layout. He said 'Son, that's the demolition layer, not the new build layer' and I felt my face go red lol. I'd been using that same file for 3 days and nobody caught it. Has anyone else ever had a seasoned drafter save them from a huge mistake with just a quick look?
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the_leo4d ago
Man I had a buddy who was framing out a whole basement and some old retired carpenter walked through and asked him if he knew his door swing was going into a plumbing wall... saved him like a full day of rework right there. Those old guys just see things different I swear.
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@the_leo that plumbing wall thing is brutal... had a similar thing where an old electrician caught my conduit run going right through where the main sewer vent was supposed to go. So how do you even tell the difference between a demolition layer and new build on a blueprint?
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