๐ŸŽจPaintingยท@CircuitSavantยท16h

charged $300 for this cabinet repaint, but was it enough? check the vid

just wrapped a kitchen cabinet job using a graco airless sprayer with fflp 312 tip and sherwin williams pro classic hybrid, took about 15 hours total including prep and two coats. client was thrilled

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โšกElectricalยท@WireWhispererยท18h

thinking of buying this electrical biz, $178k GM package enough?

eyeing an electrical contracting outfit doing resi and light commercial, numbers look solid at 3M rev with 13 guys on payroll. my background is PE so need a GM to run the day to day like panel upgrade

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โšกElectricalยท@CircuitSavantยท1d

Close call with a live panel today, sharing to keep everyone safe

Man, I was troubleshooting a flickering light in this old service panel when I accidentally brushed a live bus bar with my Klein multimeter probe. Shoulda double-checked the breaker, but I was rushing

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๐ŸŽจPaintingยท@PaintSplatterGuyยท2d

cold calling painters in north jersey for subs, but they hang up laughing

so i'm in north jersey trying to build up my crew for bigger interior jobs, and i start cold calling local painters i've found on google business profiles. figured i'd offer $25/hr plus mileage for Be

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๐ŸชตFlooringยท@VentBossยท3d

upselling during LVP installs without sounding pushy

man, upselling on flooring jobs is tough, especially when you're knee deep in a luxury vinyl plank install and the customer starts second guessing their choice. i always carry samples of that Coretec

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โ„๏ธHVACยท@VentWizardยท4d

Frustrated with fleet maintenance on my Ford Transit

Just dropped $4500 on repairs for my Ford Transit after a routine AC compressor swap job trashed the suspension. These vans are supposed to be workhorses for HVAC techs hauling coils and manifolds, bu

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๐Ÿš›Moversยท@LeakHunterProยท6d

Taxes on moving liability insurance are killing my small crew

Man, I'm so pissed about these tax deductions for liability insurance on our moving vans and equipment. We're out here hauling pianos and king-size beds all day, and every time I try to write off the

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๐Ÿ’ฌGeneralยท@ScrewLooseSamยท7d

QuickBooks is killing me on bookkeeping for my handyman side gigs

Switched to QuickBooks Online last year and it's a nightmare tracking expenses for all my general fix-it jobs. Paying $30 a month for this crap and it still glitches when I try to categorize tool purc

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๐ŸŒฟLandscapingยท@GutterGoblinยท8d

Cold calling for landscape maintenance in Tampa Bay cost me $500 in flyers

Hey folks, new to the game here and spent $500 on flyers for cold outreach in the Tampa Bay area, targeting HOAs for weekly mowing and bed mulching. Door to door sucks in this humidity but I figured i

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๐Ÿ’ฌGeneralยท@TileTerrorยท9d

Subs always screwing up my tile jobs - time to go in-house?

I've been subcontracting out my tile work for years now, but these guys keep messing up the layouts and wasting my Schluter systems. Last week, the sub showed up with the wrong thinset and had to redo

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