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myself on working as little as possible now it seems i've got the opposite problem i've gone from 3 days to 5 and when someone calls with a rush job i say i'll squeeze it in saturday morning oh great! it should take only about 3 to 4 hours so i watched the video on how to install Trex Reveal metal rail system and it seemed easy enough |
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| but i was a little surprised when the parts did not just float out of the box and assemble themselves to royalty-free ♫ accompaniment instead, it required drilling, screwing, cutting, and pounding to a fine tolerance with unforgiving materials (not to mention framing under deck atop 6-foot ladder and hand-tightening 4" lags) also, i did not notice it raining in the video. oh well, it came together pretty tight in the end a mere 7 hours later. but why am i doing this? i was ruined for anything else after, read some tripe in the bath. it's only partly about the money (though that shit comes in handy). i liken construction to playing an instrument--practice constantly and it will then come effortlessly. it's as zen as it gets when the tool becomes an extension of your hand. |
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