Had to pick between tuck pointing a whole wall or just patching the bad spots on a garage job last month

I chose the full tuck point because it looked like the right way but man it took twice as long as I guessed and the homeowner kept asking if I was almost done. Anyone else ever regret doing the extra work when nobody notices?

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3 Comments

singh.harper6d ago

Man, is it really that deep? You picked the right way to do the job and it took longer than you thought. Big deal. That homeowner was gonna ask you that no matter what you did. They always do. Sounds like you got paid for the extra time and the wall is done right. Nobody notices until the bad spots show up in a year, then you're the hack who half-assed it. You did the work, move on.

gracethomas6d ago

12 hours in on a 4 hour job, pretty sure that's just my personal record.

david_reed226d ago

Same thing happened to me last fall on a brick path. Wasted a whole Saturday nobody ever sees.