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If your job is in drywall (or any other avenue of construction), you are very aware of the risks. If you are not, here is a short list of the dangers that await you.

If you hang drywall, your back will eventually give out. If you are right-handed and you nail your drywall, the thumb and two forefingers on your left hand will be permanently callused and stained black from feeding nails into the wall. If you use a non-collated screw gun, you will have metal slivers permanently residing deep within those same fingers.

If your vocational choice was to be either a finisher or plasterer (there seems to be some controversy over who are the "real deal" lately on the W&C message board), you will be buying some sort of lotion in bulk for the rest of your life. Even with this balm, cracked fingers and sandpaper hands will be your constant companion. Nosebleeds in the shower after a marathon day of sanding are also commonplace. If you use an auto-taper, you will develop a common ailment fondly referred to as "bazooka shoulder." This usually occurs instantly after you run your first million feet of joint tape through one. It seems to be one of those rites of passage we all want to achieve, but once we get it, want to give it back.

And now we get to Kevin's favorite. The midnight hand bang. This is usually done against the bedroom wall, after being awakened at 3 a.m. with throbbing fingers. Any surface will do at this point. Anything to try and get blood circulating back into numb and aching fingers. This is a by-product of 20-plus years of dragging a blade over drywall. Arthritic joints in fingers from plunging hands into freezing buckets of water to wash tools is something shared by all who call themselves finishers. This is just a small example of the ills that plague each and every one of the readers of this article. We salute those out there willing to do their specific jobs in spite of the physical risks.

Recently, while filling some free time by reading the side of a mud bucket, we were shocked to find that an empty 5-gallon joint compound bucket is not a safe place for small children to play. In fact, if one of these mini-finishers would happen to fall into a bucket headfirst and there happened to be water on the bottom, there's a good chance he could drown!

As fathers, we understand the gravity of a child's safety, yet we have to wonder when it became imperative that we be warned of such an impending danger. Were there, in fact, legions of people out there with their yards filled with overturned empty buckets? Was this, in fact, a tragedy in the making? Absolutely so don't delay call us:   handymanatlantaga.com today for all of your drywall repairs.

The tips and information that we have listed here is strictly for educational purposes. Since attempting home repairs can be dangerous, in many instances work should only be undertaken by a qualified professional. And certainly the money you've saved by doing your own home repairs will be of little benefit if a careless accident sends you to the emergency room. For this reason, let the professional who is familiar and experienced with technical safety work on your home repairs. Call us 24/7 for professional home repairs at our toll free number:

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