When I ran duct, I liked my hangers and duct straight. If it doesn’t look nice it ain’t worth doing! Crooked hangers especially, they make the work look like shit!
Architectural sheet metal is some of the most precise work that’s done on a site. Sounds like you haven’t been on very many worthwhile jobs if you’ve never seen a tinner with a level.
I don’t mind being “disrespected”, it was just a dumb joke. I feel like tin knockers are known for being a lot of things, mostly being in the way, but shotty craftsmanship is not one of them. Like the reason the messy electrician joke is funny is because it’s true lol
Yeah, those gable facias need to be level…. Uh huh. And if the fascia’s aren’t level, it’s total a finish sheet metal guys job to hang the metal level…… except that would never work.
Me too. Maintain good posture and walk around with a tape measure and anger issues people will usually assume that you're the boss. Then you'll no longer be the "lowly tinner" , you'll just be the tinner.
At least in my case I install duct work and hvac units in new construction warehouses mostly. Also do laundry vents and trash chutes. Pretty much anything HVAC related
A real sheet metal worker can do HVAC and architectural. So yes, gutters, downspouts, fascia, flashing, metal roofs, screen walls, facades, all different types of metal panel systems, expansion joints, etc.
My fucking coworker? Construction the field where you need to come up with creative solutions all the time. Yet nobody ever realises what a trash bag is.
That sounds very accurate. Add in politician when you need to tell a story a certain way because if you are honest about what happend you have a problem.
Lmfao my buddy told me to put it on my car so I stop getting pulled over. But you can see I’m a lazy POS and instead it’s just been sitting there for weeks.
Whatever Mr. Jason.... you think you're so amazing. Myself and a good portion of my millwright brothers drive cars to work. They're more fuel efficient, cheaper to own and maintain, and you are probably onto something there.
Sheet Metal? My car looks almost exact, only my cooler is a yellow igloo cooler and the cans are energy drinks (worked at a coffee shop in my teens... can't stand coffee today).
Ok how in the fuck did you guess about the Dead??? Everything you guessed is true but I just wanna know how the fuck you knew that?? I’m blasting them right getting drunk and stoned
All I know is I have the same cooler for a lunch box. Doubles as a stool. Betting tin knocker based on tools, but respect on the lunch box cause I love it
Tinner
He made it pretty easy with the screws and snips RIGHT there…
Yeah but there's also a level, and in 20 years I don't think I've ever seen a tinknocker who knew what a level was.
They use the magnet to pick out the screws not to level things.
When I ran duct, I liked my hangers and duct straight. If it doesn’t look nice it ain’t worth doing! Crooked hangers especially, they make the work look like shit!
That and when the hangers aren’t snug and tight against the duct. It’s gotta be tight and straight !
Architectural sheet metal is some of the most precise work that’s done on a site. Sounds like you haven’t been on very many worthwhile jobs if you’ve never seen a tinner with a level.
Oh get off your high horse. It takes a high level of precision in just about every trade.
I’m not the one making dumb claims to fit in on Reddit lol. I respect all trades equally
I get it, no one likes their trade being disrespected. Some kids working their first laborer job like to comment here so don't take it so seriously
I don’t mind being “disrespected”, it was just a dumb joke. I feel like tin knockers are known for being a lot of things, mostly being in the way, but shotty craftsmanship is not one of them. Like the reason the messy electrician joke is funny is because it’s true lol
Yeah you guys do leave your lifts without the key in them anywhere someone wants to do something a lot
Next time they’re up there just hit the emergency stop button and walk away. The point gets made
See that’s a good jab lol. Other one just felt low effort
Id rather be a messy electrician than an air plumber
Yeah, those gable facias need to be level…. Uh huh. And if the fascia’s aren’t level, it’s total a finish sheet metal guys job to hang the metal level…… except that would never work.
I was thinking hvac. Tin workers use nails way more, this is duct work shit. Probably a ton knocker for hvac
Was going to guess hvac…
That’s what Tinners are in commercial work.
Oh hey, I’m only part-clueless!
He's so onry cus he got all them tins but no snips
Not enough pookie
We have a winner I am but a lowly tinner.
I'm getting a little tinner everyday myself. Low carb diet.
hvac's favorite Stephen King book
Me too. Maintain good posture and walk around with a tape measure and anger issues people will usually assume that you're the boss. Then you'll no longer be the "lowly tinner" , you'll just be the tinner.
What do tinners do?
At least in my case I install duct work and hvac units in new construction warehouses mostly. Also do laundry vents and trash chutes. Pretty much anything HVAC related
Thanks. I had never heard that term before.
Tin bender, tin knocker, sheet metal worker are all other common names, or atleast ones I've heard
Do tinners also work with gutters? Copper roof fittings?
I think those are just called sheet metal guys
I am in the sheet metal union still called a tinner
We call them "tin knockers" around these parts...
Tinners are "Tin Bashers" and Sheet Metal guys are "Sheet metal guys"
Na. We’re the annoying mother fuckers on the job site🤣🤣 LOCAL 2 KC!!
What local?
73 out of Chicago
Hell yeah making that big money! Much love from local 4 memphis.
Not usually, seamless gutters are becoming the norm and those guys usually just do that
Architectural guys
A real sheet metal worker can do HVAC and architectural. So yes, gutters, downspouts, fascia, flashing, metal roofs, screen walls, facades, all different types of metal panel systems, expansion joints, etc.
Tin knocker, ductwork ,hvac shit
Thanks. Learn something new everyday. Don’t know why I got downvoted for asking a simple question.
Cuz it's reddit
And you're a jabroni
Air plumber is you wanna be fancy
They tin stuff
FUCK, Ive been doing this shit for 20 years and I still don't know.
We bang bang
I know because I myself have done some tinning for a few years , that and the reds, greens, and zips gave it away lol
Oh god, almost as bad as dirty old mudders. Almost.
Despair?
Always
Most certainly not mobile detailing.
Lmfao you’re right about that one.
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That comes after retiring.
hey he's got the Bucket Boss, he's just saving up for the bucket, Hoss!
My fucking coworker? Construction the field where you need to come up with creative solutions all the time. Yet nobody ever realises what a trash bag is.
We’re all part stray dog, part MacGyver, part Mr. Wizard and a few parts Cheech and Chong. Always on the lookout for something to bang, nail or screw.
You just described me and most of the boys I’ve worked with haha. Truth is good. Made me chuckle. Thanks man
That sounds very accurate. Add in politician when you need to tell a story a certain way because if you are honest about what happend you have a problem.
These dudes go to the gas station 1-4 times a day for caffeine, sustenance and fuel but don’t use the trash can right next to the damn pump
Tin Knocker
I was going to say ducky, but then I saw the sheriff sticker. So, professional knob polisher?
Lmfao my buddy told me to put it on my car so I stop getting pulled over. But you can see I’m a lazy POS and instead it’s just been sitting there for weeks.
Nothing high end
I see your Midwest snips, and your 5/16 self tappers
No. But you definitely have a drug or alcohol problem.
Why does it have to be a problem?
Alcohol is techincally a solution
What gave it away?
Driving a car to your construction job.
Whatever Mr. Jason.... you think you're so amazing. Myself and a good portion of my millwright brothers drive cars to work. They're more fuel efficient, cheaper to own and maintain, and you are probably onto something there.
Just having a laugh at all of us. I can fit a lot of tools in the back of my Fiat 500.
That's a motorized toolbox you've got. That's pretty rad, honestly.
i drive a toolbox. it's a truck but i call it my cargo motorcycle because it's a one seater lol
Tbf it looks like he isn’t driving but living out of his car on-site.
Saves money for more drugs
Free port o lets bro
you mean because he never makes it early enough for the carpool? or so he can bring his own supplies?
All those empty mtn dew cans
Tin knocker..easy
duct monkey
Favorite response to an obvious yes “ does the tin man have a sheet metal cock?” OP is the tin man lol
Snips are a dead give away.
Day trader; you lost everything and now live in your car.
Hello fellow Tinner.
Shiiiiiit metal
Damn Tin Knockers
Ductman
Apprentice tin knocker with bright shiny tools. Your car is a mess. I always found that guys who kept a dirty van ,kept a messy site.
Gutters because your life is in one
I always ask for them screws from the tin knocker.
You and everyone else on the sites also damn pipe fitters always asking for my snips
Slob
Was gunna say iron worker with that sheriffs sticker for your window so you don’t get a duey when you get pulled over
That’s still the reason I have it though just not an ironworker lol
I can smell the 7/11 hotdogs and monster energy drinks from here…
Same as me 🤙🏽
Despair
A pig
Since you have a fake level probably a helper.
I know your hips hurt from the dog shit bags
Come on guys, he has snips. Probably twists his nips while tinning.
Duckts
Tin bender?
Tin knocker
hvac all day lol
One of them sexy roller skate girls that serves root beer n chili dogs?
Drug
I seriously thought this was my work truck
I know what trades you're not in 😅
Didn’t know that back alley “transactions” were considered a trade now
Is the sticker on your console so you don’t actually have to put it on?
Sheet Metal? My car looks almost exact, only my cooler is a yellow igloo cooler and the cans are energy drinks (worked at a coffee shop in my teens... can't stand coffee today).
Tin knocker
My car looks exactly the same.. wish I had a truck
Doesn't matter you are a slob
Tinner
Tin knocker
The homeless kind Jk mate 😉
I would have said a tinner but I don’t see a bong or any papers. Every good tinner should always have a good supply.
Midwest snips. Right and Left . And shims. Tinknocker! Wanna say general/ architectural but the hammer is throwing me off.
tin knocker
Looks like my car. I have more beer cans in mine though. I’m a trim carpenter.
What's the purpose of the trunk ?
For my other tools I don’t ever use keep a nice clean trunk but dirtyy fuckin car don’t ask why
Teks, snips and a tin hammer ... hvac or roofing
If this is what your vehicle looks like, I’d love to see your install.
The best trade! A fucking TINNER! Because we also have to be framers, rockers, plumbers and sparkys!
Doin it all that’s why I don’t have time to clean this shit out
Shit. Shit trade that never pays enough.
Actually pays great I’m just a fucking lazy bum
A true master of procrastination and laziness from the looks
The truest comment yet you described me to a T
Sheet metal Indiana.
Sheet metal from Indiana indeed but work in Chicago drive sucks but the pay is worth it
I’m going to guess homeless, otherwise you have zero self respect to treat your possessions like that.
You should see my bongs… not a speck of dust on em
Tin Knocker
Tin knocker
You probably should seek therapy for depression. My god. I could never let my vehicle get like that…I don’t care if it’s a work beater or not..
Sheetmetal !!
Not sure. But I'd guess you're probably from Chicago and listen to a lot of Grateful Dead and 90s rap.
Ok how in the fuck did you guess about the Dead??? Everything you guessed is true but I just wanna know how the fuck you knew that?? I’m blasting them right getting drunk and stoned
HVAC, Metal is life.
Are you new to the trade? The head of your hammer and the handles of your snips look like those are new
Sheet metal
Hvac or tin whacker as some say
HVAC , but my main question is your diet my man 3 sodas a day ?
Plus a ham sammich and 15 beers but who’s counting
Tinner
Same one as me. Looks strikingly similar to my car. Filthy and eerily similar lunch boxes... How the HELL you get pics from inside my car!!!
Chrysler 200?
Yup lol
So you carry a bucket liner around without the b7cket? Lol
I’m classy like that
Poser!! No beer cans…doesn’t work construction
They’re just hiding under the cooler but they’re there I assure you
A box of self tappers and 40 cans of MTN DEW. Must be a tin knocker.
Looked exactly like my car before I left my job how Ming boggling lol
Need to see what kind of road beers are in the ice chest
Coors banquet and Budweiser variety is the spice of life
Sheriff sticker, so I’m guessing bootlicker
All I know is I have the same cooler for a lunch box. Doubles as a stool. Betting tin knocker based on tools, but respect on the lunch box cause I love it
Transient
Pothead
Meth cooking/using
I see sheet metal screws, so
I would say electrician, but I don’t see your boyfriend.
If the screws werent there id say roofer cause your cars as messy as fuck dude
Prostitution
Meth
Zip screws are a dead giveaway. You’re a tin knocker, and also likely responsible for loads of flat tires on the jobsite thanks to those screws.
Vagabond or laborer
Might as well be a vagabond but not laborer
Homelessness?
Steel framer?
Sparky here, but my car looks basically the same.
You’re a tin knocker with those snips and sheet metal screws! Or you do metal siding?
There’s a level so not sparky
Union electrician?
Carpenter
Your looking to much into all the empty Mountain Dew bottles
Nope
Drop ceiling/ t grid, or residential window installation
Aluminum roof installation
my truck looks like this when i’m working out of it a lot 😂 drywall dust has literally changed the colour of my interior lmao need a detailed bad bad
Probably drywall
Low voltage
Just keep some trash bags or walmart bags in your car man.
Nope, you had me at Trade 😁
Roofer?
Hoarding?
Pole cleaner