Women's work

[Buck Neck It]

Does any one know any female who installs carpet, counter tops, or tile? Men do not seem to like these jobs, other than the paycheck.

[lefty o]

back lots of years ago when i worked in the trades, i saw exactly one woman, she was laying tile, and she was a cutie!!

[edler7]

The wife is pretty good at tile. She should be, I taught her. :mrgreen:

[montana_charlie]

Does any one know any female who installs carpet, counter tops, or tile? Men do not seem to like these jobs, other than the paycheck.
Laying carpet can take a fair amount of upper body strength.
Everytime I've seen one of those jobs being done it was a man doing the work.
Maybe it's something about Alaskan men ...

[Plate plinker]

no, no, and no. Most women could not handle counter tops today they are so darn heavy. Carpet work most could do that with the right tools and know how. Tile work would seem to be a better fit for women since they usually have patience and a keen eye.

Just my two cents.

I have met exactly one female roofer though.... uff or ruff ruff.

[HarryT]

Women are better at supervising these jobs.

[shooter93]

Women are exceptional workers especially detail work if they like the job and can handle the weight issues. There are a number of women electricians here, a few plumbers and tile setters. General construction jobs it has little to do with discrimination.....despite what is commonly spouted......but rather most simply aren't strong enough and smaller businesses can't afford the extra help that is needed. There are a certain number of female masons around but it is all strictly Union labor jobs because they have weight limits on blocks etc. and then use two people on a block.

[mold maker]

Local man and wife teem did paper, tile, and counters till both were in their mid 60s. He did all the Measuring/swearing, while she did the cutting and smiling. Together they made pretty good team.

[MaryB]

My mom was the tile layer in all the houses we remodeled and flipped back in the 70's. I did some but hate tile work. especially grouting. I was destruction to get house ready, wiring, and drywall hanger but my sisters did the mudding and taping mostly, I worked ahead of them and they followed. Little brother helped get sheets on the left dad built then I went to work with screw gun. With 7 in the family we had a decent crew and were remodeling and flipping 2 houses a year. Money I made before I was 16 I invested back into one of the houses and made my college money in one sale. Invested in a couple more but not $10k like I did at 16. Mom and dad saved enough to buy a lake lot and we built the house in under a month when I was 18.

[MT Gianni]

We did a flooring remodel last fall, carpet layer had his wife as his assistant. Precut pieces to minimize the seams and the largest weighed 150 lbs. He was glad he waited until I was home to bring it inside.

[waynem34]

Makes no difference weather it be male or female, Git some good ,some bad.Race don't matter niether. Best workers are one with dependents. I have four sisters All older than me and all very hard workers and I mean determined and more focused than my buddies.

[TXGunNut]

Tile, paint and trim take a keen eye and patience. I knew a girl once who painted all day and had one little dab of paint on her hand. I make a bigger mess than that getting the lid off the can.

[freebullet]

My wife can do carpet. She's done or helped with just about everything a man does. I've seen her remove bolts faster than several "men". I've only met a couple ladies with the shear determination to finish the job like she has. She is a one woman demolition crew when she needs to be.

She casts more and shoots better than a fair bit of them too. She's harvested over a half dozen deer out to just over 200yds. Helps me process them, and puts up with me. I feel lucky every time I open my eyes to her.

[Beagle333]

I know one.... but just one. She does carpets, countertops and tile.. she even builds counters and cabinets. She also rides a Harley and has about 35 cats.

[MaryB]

I was a gear head growing up with a stock car dad. I was usually elected to change plugs because I could get my skinny fingers down into some of the tight spots a lot easier. Working at the casino I usually did a lot of lock work too. Getting the nuts on meant working your fingers and the nut/lock washer into an inch wide gap... or take the door guts out to get at it. Guys would be ripping doors apart and I would have 20 new locks on to their 1... and we swapped locks whenever a key was lost. Keys were super high security, we each had our own personal set with some of us having extra keys to access the CPU cage for working on the electronics. Keys were checked out beginning of shift from the security office and turned back in when you left. If you took a key home they would call and make you turn around and bring it in.

[MaLar]

I worked as a carpenter for 28 years. Some guys were always a pain in the butt to work with.
Some had an ego that wouldn't quit. Later as I was their senior and supervisor they had something to prove. Most of them didn't know the job and just made mine harder. Some had to prove how tough they were. They didn't last long because some of the other supervisors were tougher than nails.
I did work with a woman carpenter once.
She did her job better than most men. No ego to get in the way and we made a great team. We got more done than most of the other all male teams. They hated it.
We worked together for a few years until she got pregnant. Was funny one day she was as big as she could be pregnant, she feel off a work table scared the **** out of me. She got up laughing before I got to her. I miss those days and the guys and gal I worked with but not the company's I worked for.

[dragon813gt]

There is a reason they don't like those jobs. Pay is low and physical labor is high. In other words the jobs suck. If you own the business you can make a good living but as an hourly employee not so much. There are exceptions to the rule so no need to point them out to me ;)

And no, I've never seen a woman perform those jobs. Around here they are painters. And very good ones IMO.

[blackthorn]

During the second world war women did pretty much anything that needed to be done! Did a good job too, from what I hear. In the late 1950's when I went to work in the plywood plant we had about 40% of the crew that were women. There were some jobs in the plant that were designated women only and some for men. They also paid the women significantly less! When we fought for (and got) (mid sixties) equal treatment (including wages) the company quit hiring women, but later that got changed as well. I never had a problem standing up for equal treatment for all, BUT I expected them to take equal responsibility and not expect to avoid the hard/dirty work. For the most part the system worked well.

[DLCTEX]

I could send a couple guys up to do the tile, but it would be expensive.:razz:

[MBTcustom]

When I was being certified as a welder, there was one woman in class. She didn't say much. She was all business, and didn't brag about her welds and such. I never paid her much mind, but noticed she had nice gear.
One day a truck showed up from Miller with a brand new gas powered truck mounted welder. We helped her load it on her truck, and bolt it down. She passed certification shortly after that, and away she went.
I never heard any more about her, but a woman like that can do whatever she's of a mind to I recon.

[1Shirt]

Should never put down a womans potential. I once helped a woman in the AF become a plumber, and she became a good one. AND she was Playboy Centerfold quality to boot!
1Shirt!

[country gent]

We had a Lady welder in the tool room where I worked and alot of the really fussy work would wait for her to do if possible. She was one of the best welders heat treat I have seen I had her out on the floor one evening and she welded stibs on the ends of a couple 10 24 bolts that had broken off so I could back them out and fix the fixture. We also had several lady toolmakers and diecast die makers in the tool room. All were good at what they did. Like anyone want and mindset matter more than gender does.

[MaryB]

My main career was electronic repair, not a lot of women do it. At technical training classes for new stuff there might be 6 of us out of 100. It was fun after class drinking the guys under the table then listening to them complain the next morning about a hangover!

[Doggonekid]

We are guys one of our greatest skills is complaining. Especially about how sick we are.

[goofyoldfart]

MaryB: you do truely impress me, my lady. I worked in Steel mill and was an "A" rate, electically cross trained, multi craft millwright. I had the priveledge of working with 2 CETA trained "A" rated gals with just 8 weeks of training. the first thing both said to me was that they were passed to fullfill quotas--what can you teach me. Both were a pleasure to work with because they wanted to learn and would get down and dirty on the job. I busted my a$$ to teach them every trick of the trade that I could. after a year or two they were better than several of the men "A" rates. made me proud to be their mentor. and they both could cook like "A" rate chefs too. I gained weight:bigsmyl2:
God Bless to all and theirs.
Goofy

[merlin101]

I knew one woman that did tile for a living and I've worked with two female auto painters.
I was told at a Dupont paint seminar that something 90% of men have some form color blindness but only 15% of women do. Both of those female painters had a great eye for color match and did great work. In 20 years I've only met one guy that could out do them.