hiro Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Paid a "contractor" $500 and later found that his work is cr*p! Now I have to fire him and look for someone else to fix that mess. So, out $500 + materials wasted + aggravation + losing sleep and I have to work tomorrow. Have to thank the guy! He's lucky I'm even giving his tools back. Coulda bought me some nice stuff. On a positive note, I successfully changed water valve and it's smooth!! I'll take what ever victories I can get. Is this the right place for this post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Al Z. Heimer Posted June 18, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 To answer your question.......The answer is no. I think This Old House has a forum. Take it there before this turns into a 20 page thread on the merits of galvanized 10 penny nails over plain steel. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiro Posted June 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 I wanted to rant, tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron505 Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) 14 hours ago, Al Z. Heimer said: To answer your question.......The answer is no. I think This Old House has a forum. Take it there before this turns into a 20 page thread on the merits of galvanized 10 penny nails over plain steel. Spiral or straight shank? Edited June 19, 2017 by Ron505 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motocat12 Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 BBB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiro Posted June 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 14 hours ago, motocat12 said: BBB We just let him keep the $500 out of $1500 and said he's done. He did slave away for a whole day and the agreement was $500 up front. I /did/ think of deducting for wasted materials, but it's really my subjective call and choice to not continue. Probably $100+ in materials. But, I think it just adds injury to insult. Next time we'll be more careful about who we hire. Now I need to rip it all out. Maybe salvage some of the tile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 14 hours ago, Ron505 said: Spiral or straight shank? Ring neck is the way to go. If you use anything else you're not doing carpentry, you're just playing with dad's hammer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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