A Tinners Porch - How's work for everyone? wxman - Mar 10, 2008 - 11:04 PM Post subject: How's work for everyone?
Just wondering how work is going for everyone? I've been laid off since January 2nd. This has been a long, cold, snowy winter... I just want spring so hopefully work picks up. Really sucks being off this long.MattM - Mar 11, 2008 - 02:20 AM Post subject:
Some of the roofing companies came out of hibernation this past week. We do a lot of subcontracting; otherwise we scratch, bite and claw our way through the winters.Stickman - Mar 11, 2008 - 03:30 AM Post subject:
Business has been picking up.....mostly getting the stock rack filled before all the metal increases hit. The pre-fab steel buildings are really moving now mostly because of the steel prices....if you plan on building this year you better be buying now.LeadHead - Mar 13, 2008 - 03:41 AM Post subject:
We had a welcomed slow-down back in October, and stayed at 40 hour weeks through Christmas, but picked back up after that and are back to 50-60 hour weeks now. That is, in the commercial dept. Residential dept. is about 40hr weeks. We have several large jobs coming up...I keep hearing about a recession, but we are not seeing it down here thankfully.Jeremy - Jul 29, 2008 - 08:44 PM Post subject:
Things are very slow up here in Michigan. Word has it there will be another metal increase of 18% or so by August 1st. Has anyone else heard about this? Any way were of 60% last year and it's not getting much better. I wish we could band together to buy sheetmetal in bulk for us little guys to help keep the costs down. I would like to here some opinions on this. LeadHead - Aug 01, 2008 - 12:22 AM Post subject:
Yea,..Same here on that metal cost. We still aren't seeing this recession here. Business is good for everyone in my area. We'll see how it goes this fall/winter. That's when we really see change...
