Small Reno Job - Windows

[GreyGhost]

Fixing sailboats good money to be made there if the owner doesn't go broke before the work is done.

I've watched a few beautiful boats return to the earth as the economics were just so horrendous. Probably two orders of magnitude more money to fix it than to buy one already fixed. It makes vehicle restoration look downright profitable.

 

[nobbie48]

I'm all for helping friends with small jobs around their house, but have learned that when money exchange takes place the dynamic of the relationship changes.
There's always the 'well I expected this that and the other for the price' and then what do you do?
Not only that, you're taking money for a job at considerable height...personally I'd rent a Genie or some kind of lift to reach the space as I hate ladders, and they're the #1 killers on a job site (IIRC from my Working at Heights training).

I don't know enough about the actual work required (and plenty here have good ideas) just be sure it's worth it. A small Genie / lift is about $300-500/day. Rent it for Saturday and you can get Friday/Saturday/Sunday for the price of a single day sometimes if the guy behind the counter is cool with it.

Good luck, and be safe as ladders are dangerous.

Talk to a 911 dispatcher. More than one person has squashed themselves against an overhang or fried themselves. Some people should keep their feet on the ground.

 

[mimico_polak]

Talk to a 911 dispatcher. More than one person has squashed themselves against an overhang or fried themselves. Some people should keep their feet on the ground.

Agreed. When the Genie we were using was going 1-2 wheels off the ground, I went out and dad kept going because to him 'meh, ladders are safer' type of mentality.