30/04/2026
R E D E F I N I N G
T H E T R A D I E
S T E R E O T Y P E
Who says a trade or building is the “non-academic” option? 🤔
Have you actually looked at the maths involved?
This is Craig’s “rough sketch” for the flashings on a small, simple pergola roof…
angles, pitch, folds, measurements, allowances…
Then there is tiling 👇perfect set-out, symmetry, spacing, alignment… every tile placed to line up exactly.
Falls for drainage in showers + floors (set to gradient ratios like 1:80), roof lines, roof framing (rise, pitch, run), levels + heights working off a datum, reading plans, stair tread calculations, working out volumes for concrete, quantifying materials.
One wrong number? It doesn’t line up. It doesn’t drain. It doesn’t work.
TAG A SMART TRADIE!
Funny how we don’t always recognise tradies as “smart”… but they absolutely are 👊
P.S. Craig's spelling is atrocious, though! 😄
