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Damn! Not so "approved" after all. Just a marketing ploy as per usual.
Home Ownership Vent...
Damn! Not so "approved" after all. Just a marketing ploy as per usual.
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JohnSteed
·Wow. So they did call (out) Holmes? 
will be interesting to see how this shakes out.
will be interesting to see how this shakes out.
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fiberguy
·Holmes sold out for the big bucks several years ago ... he has put his "approval" on what I would consider to be a shoddy contractor around here.
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Joe_A
·Mike Holmes has seemed to me pretty good at what he touches directly . . . or supervises directly . . . but the lawsuit demonstrates how harm can come from selling the use of one's good name and reputation to others.
It appears as if he's done a lot of good as well:
https://www.thelist.com/329785/heres-what-really-happened-to-mike-holmes/
Hope no one objects to the slight detour. 😉
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·@STANDY ...not shitting on those in the trades at all.
Without these people a lot of folks, perhaps all folks, would be up shit's creek one day eventually.
I am though shitting all over half-cocked, non-transparent charlatans, dickbags and grifters who run the simultaneous game of bullshitter & taking advantage of those in need or unknowledgeable.
As a heads-up, I would do (and do do -- doo doo?) the same with any occupation or field that knowingly takes advantage of folks, bullshits their way around poorly done jobs, sets their own hours & wages, and takes little to no accountability.
The sheer amount, at least here locally, of tradespeople who use Facebook Pages as their "website" and "virtual" mailing addresses is now, 1.5 years into owning this house, more than enough to prove to me that beyond the cost savings of those choices the real reason is not being accountable & having a parachute option out from bad reviews/accountability/a new business name and start over again.
One of my hard earned lessons... "From square one, you ain't got a website you ain't getting my business."
Another, "If I call your number and it goes to voicemail, and a bot voice says "Voicemail inbox full", you also are never getting another call from me."
@Archer ... Yes it seems like a "trades vent" but truthfully how does one bitch about home ownership ~ flushing tons of cash down the toilet willingly and not so willingly ~ without factoring in repairs and by proxy repair people?
Worth Noting-
We've had two low voltage electricians and a plumber here who were first rate and outstanding.
Also, an arborist -- while desperately in need of a shower each time he's been here the guy was first rate when it comes to climbing our ridiculously tall Afghan pine trees and trimming them.
Without these people a lot of folks, perhaps all folks, would be up shit's creek one day eventually.
I am though shitting all over half-cocked, non-transparent charlatans, dickbags and grifters who run the simultaneous game of bullshitter & taking advantage of those in need or unknowledgeable.
As a heads-up, I would do (and do do -- doo doo?) the same with any occupation or field that knowingly takes advantage of folks, bullshits their way around poorly done jobs, sets their own hours & wages, and takes little to no accountability.
The sheer amount, at least here locally, of tradespeople who use Facebook Pages as their "website" and "virtual" mailing addresses is now, 1.5 years into owning this house, more than enough to prove to me that beyond the cost savings of those choices the real reason is not being accountable & having a parachute option out from bad reviews/accountability/a new business name and start over again.
One of my hard earned lessons... "From square one, you ain't got a website you ain't getting my business."
Another, "If I call your number and it goes to voicemail, and a bot voice says "Voicemail inbox full", you also are never getting another call from me."
@Archer ... Yes it seems like a "trades vent" but truthfully how does one bitch about home ownership ~ flushing tons of cash down the toilet willingly and not so willingly ~ without factoring in repairs and by proxy repair people?
Worth Noting-
We've had two low voltage electricians and a plumber here who were first rate and outstanding.
Also, an arborist -- while desperately in need of a shower each time he's been here the guy was first rate when it comes to climbing our ridiculously tall Afghan pine trees and trimming them.
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·Let us know whether the breaker replacement or re-seating of the breaker did the trick. It certainly could cause the issue especially if the copper clad contacts had become oxidized or lost their tension.Sometimes they sit a little sloppy in the slot.
Any resistance in either the supply or the neutral line could cause such a problem. I'd have checked where all the neutral wires (typically white wires) come together on a bus within the load center (breaker box) as well. A loose binding screw could cause intermittent power (flickering) as well.
Cheers,
So far so good.
The problem has been intermittent, sometimes lasting for days - other times less, also occasionally it won't happen for months... but so far so good even though it's only been 24 hours.
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Joe_A
·So far so good.
The problem has been intermittent, sometimes lasting for days - other times less, also occasionally it won't happen for months... but so far so good even though it's only been 24 hours.
I hope the issue is resolved.
If not, I'll put up a photo of the inside of a load center (breaker box) showing where you can look for a problem. Likely a loose neutral wire.
Of course, I won't take any responsibility if you stick your fingers where they don't belong! 😉
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·I hope the issue is resolved.
If not, I'll put up a photo of the inside of a load center (breaker box) showing where you can look for a problem. Likely a loose neutral wire.
Of course, I won't take any responsibility if you stick your fingers where they don't belong! 😉
Hey if the resulting electrocution gets me out of my mortgage and marriage I'll call it Mission Accomplished.
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorAlso, an arborist -- while desperately in need of a shower each time he's been here the guy was first rate when it comes to climbing our ridiculously tall Afghan pine trees and trimming them.
So the guy that climbs your trees and trimmed them that works outside (take it your trees are outside) wasn't washed enough for you....starting to see the problem here 😗
And a full voicemail means a good tradie in my book and train of thinking....😗
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·So the guy that climbs your trees and trimmed them that works outside (take it your trees are outside) wasn't washed enough for you....starting to see the problem here 😗
And a full voicemail means a good tradie in my book and train of thinking....😗
No, not what I was saying at all. I was being a smartass - sorry that was lost on ya mate even though other fellas we've employed who work outdoors don't smell like ass but whatever.
And to me, not a tradie, a full voicemail inbox means someone too lazy to clear it.
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorNo, not what I was saying at all. I was being a smartass - sorry that was lost on ya mate even though other fellas we've employed who work outdoors don't smell like ass but whatever.
And to me, not a tradie, a full voicemail inbox means someone too lazy to clear it.
Had a young guy do some work on the pool salt water filter. He must have had 7-8 phone calls whilst he was in a hole covered in dirt and gluing the connections to a new saltwater electrode up. Never answered the phone whilst he was fixing my stuff. Super nice, bought him a drink out, chatted to him whilst he was working by asking what he does in his spare time.
Fixed the problem, tidied up and left a few connections that make it easy to flush pool from now on.
Got my contact details and will probably get me to make him a knife one day.
Poor guy was flat out like a lizard drinking and probably going to be a few days before he can catch up on phone calls. I was the last of 7 jobs for the day and I doubt he’s going to relax having a beer going through 30 phone calls he missed that day.
The good tradies are the ones always booked out, don’t go to the big businesses that just hire turn over tradies that don’t care. But you have to wait and have to put up with a small lack of a secretary who is probably there better half juggling 3 kids at home and school drop offs.
sitting in a boat on the weekend for 12 hours with tradies you get the other side’s perspective.
Just saying…
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The Father
·Flickering light? Four pages because somebody couldn’t get their dress outta the way
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Dan S
·So far so good.
The problem has been intermittent, sometimes lasting for days - other times less, also occasionally it won't happen for months... but so far so good even though it's only been 24 hours.
I don't know the age of your house, but you don't have aluminum branch wiring by any chance? Probably would have figured that out by now, but no harm in asking.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentThe good tradies are the ones always booked out, don’t go to the big businesses that just hire turn over tradies that don’t care. But you have to wait and have to put up with a small lack of a secretary who is probably there better half juggling 3 kids at home and school drop offs.
sitting in a boat on the weekend for 12 hours with tradies you get the other side’s perspective.
I've been on the periphery of construction contractors for over 35 years. Some of the best people are the ones with the lowest-tech offices. Many do not have web sites, or at best they have a single static home page with their basic contact info. Overhead costs are high enough already -- I don't want to subsidize a small contractor's development of a dynamic web site and other useless things that may require additional backoffice staff.
One of the best roofing/ waterproofing contractors we work with has a single aol email address the owners share. And their office person prints them out for the owners to read. They take days (or longer) to return calls to the office, because they are out and about all day. If you have their mobile #s though you have a 50/50 chance of talking with them the same day. I hired them 10+ years ago to waterproof the foundation of an addition we had built, and again 5 years later to replace the roof on the original part of the house. And it cost more than the quotes I solicitated for two popular residential roofing contractors. But I got a finished product that I would not have received from the residential guys. Soon they are coming out to put bigger gutters on the addition. Well worth the higher cost and the less-than-quick communication.
We're currently trying to find a good, small plumbing contractor. We had just started to use one when covid hit, but he moved back to Sicily to take care of some elder family members. We're not in a rush, so I don't need to bite the bullet and hire one of the mega firms that now dominate the area.
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesI handled a lot of residential real estate lending in my banking career and the one thing I can say about home inspectors is that these dodgy tradesmen types being discussed here all look pretty shiny compared with home inspectors or home warranty insurers.
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Pastorbottle
·Humans? Your being generous!
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eldiano84
·plumbers always seem to need to cut huge holes for tiny repairs, or ignore easier ways to access the problem, ask me how I know
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mehqwatches
·I was out of town for the holidays and next thing you know, a massive freeze decides to show up us while I was gone, next thing you know the pipes burst in the front yard, the neighbor told me, the city wanted to blame us but when the plumber came and fixed it they said the leak was from their side, what do you know. LOL
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