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Fellas,

Hope all is well with you there in the North.

I'll be making my move soon, however not until I have a few things in order...like a good job.

I'm a builder with 30+ years of residential building experience and I am looking to make contact with other building companies, or individuals in the trade.

Wondering if those of you in the know would be willing to pass along to me some contacts that might be looking to hire a reliable, knowledgable, hard worker, who can pass a drug test and show up early and put his skills to use..

Thanks

What part of the state will you be in?

I'll be hunting and trapping in Unit 19.

I'll be living and working where that provision is found.


I am going to have to fly back in to the cabin in 19 anyway, so that being what it is I suppose the closer the better, but more importantly would be to find a good builder who has a good rep, pays his men well, and be located in an area that has the work demands.

Talked wirh a builder today near Wasilla, he's a commercial building guy, apartments, nursing homes, that sort of thing
He's looking for me to give him a call next month as he has a large job and could use my help. He's running about 40 men now. He offered me the time off to run my line, and that's what I need.

This guy is usually looking for packers. That's a guy who can carry moose meat. He pays damn good; if you can be pleasant in all kinds of weather.


http://www.renfroalaskanadventures.com/

Thank you.

If I'm not mistaken, would that only be about 2 months of packing/work.?

He needs fishing guides throughout the summer as well. Can you catch a trout, and maybe row a raft?

After 5 years or so; a guides license would be handy for revenue.

A trip to CourtView is advisable for that outfit...

https://records.courts.alaska.gov/eaccess/search.page.3.1?x=jIxTFzTSN6VfPQ9*3owDmA

Lol

Actually, some of their antics have been reported on the regular "media" and there is quite a bit to choose from. One of the last places I would consider...

I love you Art, you're always watchin out..! In the words of GW "I 'preciate you good folk.."

Unit 19 is gonna be easier to get to from anc rather than fbks


I've heard things have slowed down a good bit in anc, can't say for sure.

There is a full time hunting job and full time hard goods(camping assoc) for Sportsman's Warehouse. You apply online. They don't pay big league but you can get your foot in the door and find construction jobs while on the job. Most workers last about 3-4 months before they find a better job. They end up working part time to take advantage of employee discount.


Sincerely,
Thomas

Even though things have slowed down, I still see houses being built in our neighborhood. I still see some commercial building going on in Anchorage as well.

They key is getting your foot in the door. Good hands always have work.

Thanks T.!

Thank you.!

One look at my hands would probably get my foot in there.

I used to say "Give me a day and we'll talk about a job, give me a week and we'll nego a wage"

I'd get you contact information from the builder that built our house but his building crew is Russian Old believers and they seem like a pretty tight crew. Probably wouldn't hurt to drive around to where houses are being built and talk to the framing crews and see if they need another worker.

Used to be the case but not anymore. There are a lot of alaskans who are hard workers having to work in washington and oregon right now.

To the OP what is it that you specialize in? Finish carpenter? Framer?

I have done a LOT of work on homes built in the Greek Revival period, especially following "9/11" when thousands of the New York City people started buying up farms and old homes. We'd go in, gut out from the inside to the exterior siding, save the orginal windows, doors, and moldings. New electric, insulation, wall coverings, plumbing, refinish floors, everything. Some homes required dismantle and foundations had to be put in and often 90% of the structure had to be "New Construction." As well, I have a masonry background, and wayyy too much roofing experience. I have also had to mimic old trim.

I'm a finish carpenter, and a rough in guy, from the footer to roof cap, and most everything in between, inside and out.
There really isn't much on the residential front that I can't handle, and I've done a bit of comercial work also.
I'm quite at home on most any site.

A lot of residential customers have an "idea" of what they want, but they need a bit of an artisan to bring their vision to completion in such a way that it looks and feels fitting within their home. I am good at that, I "see" it and can create it.


I've also done log homes. Kits. Nothing scribed. Yet.
I've not done Post &Beam structures, Yet.

If you're above toenailing studs into the sill plate, your're overqualified for construction in Alaska.

Sounds like Anchorage is your best market. Many parts of Alaska Tyvek is considered siding for a house and I've been in more than a few were the flooring consisted of painting the subfloor.

And a blue tarp roof!

Jeff

Nothing wrong with a nice enamel paint on OSB. Two coats though.

If time allows, I like to use screws to to keep things tight. I don't really care for the pneumatic spike gun and their wirey fasteners. #10's make fine toenails for frames though.

Exactly. I've always tried to push for a good deck paint for wet areas, mud rooms and bathrooms, even used it in bedrooms with a center area rug.

Even running paint over CDX after filling cracks and knots with Evercoat's Home Fix. A smooth and painted floor makes for a great surface, and maintance is cheap and easy. Obviously.

Just don,t use a solid color deck paint on decks here or they will flake and bubble!!! Use a penetrating deck stain clean it and re stain it every couple of years. Builders need to understand Alaska conditions in building a home here.

You can see most of a homes problems here in the winter! Also most cant recognize good building ground.

Understood.

I've switched to stain almost exclusively on exteriors for those very reasons. The weather, sun or rain, will fade stain over time, but it's a simple matter to deal with. No blisters or pealing, so no scrapeing is needed before recoat in a few years.

Residential in anchorage the two big players are spinell and hultquist. As a framer expect to make 20 an hour no bennies. They do a mix of spec and custom houses. Mathews Homes does more custom. All of them have the pic of the litter. Gotta basically know someone to get hired. Im a contractor who doesnt advertise etc and i get 20 to 30 emails a week unsolicited by guys looking for jobs. Its tough out there and will be another year before it gets better in the anchorage area.

Fairbanks has a lot of work. Are you open to going up there?

Going where ever the provision and demand is. I'm open.