The trick is finding a small guy who will do the install and tag it or inspect you work last time the guy here was 200 to supply install the line to my generator.
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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That seems reasonable to me. I haven't looked recently but when I did, I couldn't find that guy. Basically a service call to observe a passing bubble test.
That's the hardest part. Find someone that's willing to come and make $200 for 5min worth of verification.
Once you get a guy like that...you hold on for dear life.
Instead of expecting them to come and inspect your/our gas work and put their ticket on the line... How about installing the water heater and the water plumbing and having them come out and do the gas. Or come out and do the gas and then you do the grunt work (water plumbing etc.).
If there is enough service capacity I would go electric heater in this situation.
If there is enough service capacity I would go electric heater in this situation.
The short answer from the guys I talk to was close to flat rate pricing. Whether they put it in, I did the water and they did the gas or they signed off on my work, they didn't feel the need to alter their pricing. If you want to tag, you pay the price.
While not applicable to this situation, I plan on installing heat pump hot water at my house for a variety of reasons. I'm going to need someone with a ticket to sign off that the gas line that went to the water heater is kosher. If I didn't have the gas furnace, I could turn it off outside but I do so the line has to remain charged.
Yesterday I got serious about removing the old maple stump in the back yard.
Since I was splitting it with the grain I resharpened the blade to a part chisel tooth and the chips came out as sawdust instead of the wood strings that were jamming the saw.
The electric sharpener from Princess Auto worked OK.
It's getting harder now as I'm getting close to the ground and it's hard to find a safe place to work from while getting leverage on the saw. The stump at its present state is about three feet by two feet.
Once it's a bit lower I'll drill a bunch of holes in it and let it rot away
Since I was splitting it with the grain I resharpened the blade to a part chisel tooth and the chips came out as sawdust instead of the wood strings that were jamming the saw.
The electric sharpener from Princess Auto worked OK.
It's getting harder now as I'm getting close to the ground and it's hard to find a safe place to work from while getting leverage on the saw. The stump at its present state is about three feet by two feet.
Once it's a bit lower I'll drill a bunch of holes in it and let it rot away
The final touches with parting the lowest section by dad…
Aaaaannnnndddd I ran out of bricks…
Aaaaannnnndddd I ran out of bricks…
New doors and windows went in and now while we're waiting for some new flooring might as well paint. New window needs new blinds hung and while we're at it how about upgrading all the old outlets and switches to Decora style.
Frick I just wanna tinker in the garage......
Honestly after this is done I can't really think of anything left for the Squeeze to fuss about.
(how can I be so naive after almost 40 years of marriage?)
Frick I just wanna tinker in the garage......
Honestly after this is done I can't really think of anything left for the Squeeze to fuss about.
(how can I be so naive after almost 40 years of marriage?)
My brother finally bought a house. It's old. It's had some kevins in its past. Could only make it down for 24 hours but crossed a lot of things off the list.
- Keypad deadbolt for entry installed. I hate keys.
- Exterior dawn/dusk sodium light replaced with LED motion light. Sodium wasn't always lighting so it needed at least a bulb. Installation was also dodgy with a flying ground. Ground was near the attachment point with a marrette on it but was never attached. You couldn't touch the light while standing but still, wtf. Do things properly.
- Garage door had a slide latch with typical bends a poor function. Removed, straightened, reinstalled.
- Exterior door latch was installed backwards (ramp in wrong direction)
- An existing deadbolt was installed with 2 3/8 backset on a door drilled for 2 3/4". Fixed and now you can no longer look through door. Strike was also poor so it force the door to stay slightly open and unsealed. Strike moved to tighten seal.
- Huge stupid drop chandelier removed from primary bedroom and replaced with semi-flush fixture. The light could have been fine in a foyer or dining room but was too low to walk under.
- Furnace installed by a contractor but obviously one well acquainted with canine sex. It was a two-stage installed with two wires to a nest thermostat. Wtaf. Also the standard piss poor installation with high-eff furnace drawing air from basement. Thermowire was also pulled through the same hole in the floor as romex. Replaced with 7 wire through a new hole and gave nest control of fan, two-stage heat and humidifier. They are happier with house temp now that furnace can run on low instead of cycling high/off and they can lower it a degree or two with better perceived comfort (and hopefully less LP used). It also had a timer to minimize water usage on humidifier left in test mode so it cost money to buy and install but didn't save any water.
- Kitchen receptacles are splits. Each receptacle gets its own 2x15. No GFCI's anywhere in kitchen. Receptacles tested ok but were being flaky. Absolute shite homeowner tiled backsplash with grouted in receptacle covers. Cut the grout and found most wires weren't tight enough. Between 1/4 and a full turn on all connections. Afaik, no good way to add gfci receptacles to a split (either ditch the split and cut available power in half or need gfci breakers). Panel is old so there is no economical way to add gfci to panel. Told him to start planning and saving for a panel replacement. Current panel was installed 30 years ago and basement is stone and humid so it's looking worse for wear. Nothing super dodgy just reaching EOL (and can't reasonably add gfci/afci).
Mikedezo44
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Looking to replace a bay window. First quote $9200. Second quote $3500. Neither did much of a sales pitch as to what I was actually getting, if they had different grades of quality, gas in the glass, etc. Second salesmen left his briefcase at my house, trying to get it back to him is proving to be a real pain. Told him I've left it on the porch a couple times, brought it to Mississauga with me once to meet up, have spoken on the phone at least 5 times since he visited and of course every single time he brings up if I'm ready to sign up. I haven't looked in his bag but wondering if it was part of his sales tactic was to try and come back to pick it up and have me sign up for his windows. Very annoying.
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Lol.
That's the first thing that came to my mind.
If you have tried to coordinate with him that many times and you still have it, I bet you it's part of the sales tactics.
He probably has a bunch of them for this purpose.
Seems like a George Costanza dating move...
Next time you talk to him tell him you signed with someone else as the entire briefcase fiasco makes you believe he is too scatterbrained to get the job/quote right. Bad reflection on the entire company...
Next time you talk to him tell him you signed with someone else as the entire briefcase fiasco makes you believe he is too scatterbrained to get the job/quote right. Bad reflection on the entire company...
At this point I'd be popping the case. I won't be surprised if it has documents like price list and commission levels.
I had a window guy leave behind some samples he ‘wanted back’.
After attempt #3 I just threw everything out.
If he comes looking for it…
What is a good mouse poison or exterior trap? Sounds like I have mice crawling around in the soffits when I’m outside and we’ve had a few in the house now as well. Cat kills them quickly but I’d like to kill what I can that are in the soffits or outside around the house.
I try not to poison mice. Sadly really easy to kill owls that way.
I have a handful of snap traps in the attic and and working on a multikill solution. There is no magic Sadly. There is a balance between price, capacity, smell, quick death and safety. Bucket trap of some variety is cheap and effective. For exterior use a handful of snap traps in a box with access hole works well. Keeps the cat out of the traps and doesn't need to be reset as often as a single trap. For placing in soffit, something like the mouse delete-r is small, effective, high capacity and shouldnt smell much as you arent dumping them in liquid. Pricy bugger though. A24 has similar properties.
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