mild rant, contractors and repair folks
Having run. what I feel is a successful business, for 40 plus years. We have always called folks back. And showed up when we said we would. On occasion, where something came up, we always call or e...
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I spent a career in the construction industry in commercial, institutional & light industrial. That sector is completely different. You do NOT hold anyone up on projects or you can find yourself in deep doo-doo or even sued.
If you're going to hire someone on a residential project, you need to get references. If you don't and have issues, it's on you. The residential sector can be a rat race full of all kinds of flaky "contractors". Adam Corolla's TV show How to Catch a Contractor was interesting while it was still on.
When we bought our first house in the 70s, we hired a contractor to do some siding. They just weren't showing up and the owner ended up saying the guy he was going to send out cut his thumb off on a skil saw. Yeah right. Dismissed them and I did it myself instead. Decades later, I think I've heard just about every excuse possible.
In our current house that we built I hired a large local company to do the insulation. I discovered the installer was installing only one out of the two specified layers of batt insulation and you couldn't tell at first glance. Kicked the company off the job and said I would pay them for max. 1/2 of what looked okay. Never heard back.
Not long ago we hired a guy off CL to do some tiling work and he turned out to be the FIL of the chief building inspector in our municipality. His work was VERY good and on time! :)
If you're going to hire someone on a residential project, you need to get references. If you don't and have issues, it's on you. The residential sector can be a rat race full of all kinds of flaky "contractors". Adam Corolla's TV show How to Catch a Contractor was interesting while it was still on.
When we bought our first house in the 70s, we hired a contractor to do some siding. They just weren't showing up and the owner ended up saying the guy he was going to send out cut his thumb off on a skil saw. Yeah right. Dismissed them and I did it myself instead. Decades later, I think I've heard just about every excuse possible.
In our current house that we built I hired a large local company to do the insulation. I discovered the installer was installing only one out of the two specified layers of batt insulation and you couldn't tell at first glance. Kicked the company off the job and said I would pay them for max. 1/2 of what looked okay. Never heard back.
Not long ago we hired a guy off CL to do some tiling work and he turned out to be the FIL of the chief building inspector in our municipality. His work was VERY good and on time! :)
