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Just hit 10,000 bricks laid on this one job and it made me stop and think
I was doing a big chimney repair in Springfield and my boss had me keep a tally sheet, which I thought was dumb at first. When I added it up last Friday, the total was 10,042 bricks, which is way more than I would have guessed for a single chimney. Does anyone else track their brick counts on a project, or am I just working for a weirdly detailed guy?
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matthew_hart257mo ago
Tracking every single brick sounds like a total waste of time to me. That's hours spent counting instead of just getting the work done. A good mason knows how much material a job needs just by looking at it. All that paperwork just gives bosses more numbers to nitpick your speed or argue about the bid later. It turns a craft into a spreadsheet.
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lilys827mo ago
Wow, that's a wild number of bricks for one chimney! I actually wish more bosses kept track like that, because it shows the real scale of the work. A tally sheet seems smart for figuring out job costs and how long things really take. Your boss might be onto something, even if it feels a bit extra at first.
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hannah_davis7mo ago
But what if the counting itself is part of getting the work done right? I get where @matthew_hart25 is coming from, that a mason knows their stuff. Still, just going by feel can lead to running short or wasting a ton of leftover material. A quick tally stops those mid-job supply trips that kill your whole day. It's not about nitpicking speed, it's about knowing real costs so the next bid is fair and actually makes a profit. Wouldn't you rather have a boss who knows the real numbers instead of just guessing and maybe cutting corners?
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