orezok
Elite Member
My wife likes to watch the TV remodeler shows. I don't know why, because we designed and built our own home about 9 years ago and it's still 99% perfect. There have only been a few very minor things that we would change.
But I digress. Being a licenses general contractor for over 35 years and having built over 2,000 dwelling units and over $500M in commercial projects, I have a decent knowledge of construction.
First, the SLEDGE HAMMER. In my experience, you want to remove demo items in the largest unit possible. Who wants to be picking up a million little pieces. I guess it makes dramatic TV.
Next, the TALKING HEAD. It's clear that many of the hosts don't even know how to hold a tool or operate it. You see them making perfect joints and measurements that are within 1/64" at completion. It's obvious to me that an experienced carpenter/electrician/plumber etc. does all the preliminary set up work and the talking head makes the final cut on camera. I would bet that the talking head does less than 1% of the work shown.
Next. SAFETY. OMG is all I have to say at times. The staged "accidents" and "failures" are ridiculous. Again, it makes for exciting TV.
In baseball they have a saying... "You can **** the fans, but you can't **** the players".
Yesterday I saw a show where they were making a stainless steel item of some kind that would have the welds exposed. The host was using a MIG with flux core wire and had a 2" stickout on the wire. I bet those were some pretty welds.
Is there anything in Reality TV that's real anymore?
But I digress. Being a licenses general contractor for over 35 years and having built over 2,000 dwelling units and over $500M in commercial projects, I have a decent knowledge of construction.
First, the SLEDGE HAMMER. In my experience, you want to remove demo items in the largest unit possible. Who wants to be picking up a million little pieces. I guess it makes dramatic TV.
Next, the TALKING HEAD. It's clear that many of the hosts don't even know how to hold a tool or operate it. You see them making perfect joints and measurements that are within 1/64" at completion. It's obvious to me that an experienced carpenter/electrician/plumber etc. does all the preliminary set up work and the talking head makes the final cut on camera. I would bet that the talking head does less than 1% of the work shown.
Next. SAFETY. OMG is all I have to say at times. The staged "accidents" and "failures" are ridiculous. Again, it makes for exciting TV.
In baseball they have a saying... "You can **** the fans, but you can't **** the players".
Yesterday I saw a show where they were making a stainless steel item of some kind that would have the welds exposed. The host was using a MIG with flux core wire and had a 2" stickout on the wire. I bet those were some pretty welds.
Is there anything in Reality TV that's real anymore?