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Dietrich posted:What the ever-living gently caress. Were they supposed to be installing things or just coming out to look at the site? Just a site visit.
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Dietrich posted:What the ever-living gently caress. Were they supposed to be installing things or just coming out to look at the site? This kind of poo poo seems standard based on my experience getting tradesmen too. Unless you are friends or related they can be flakey as gently caress. Even in confusing ways: A door guy came to quote for remounting or replacing my kitchen door (floor clearance), did some work to check it out, quoted to fit a replacement, which I agreed to go ahead with, put everything back immaculately, no charge. Haven’t been able to get anything else out of them re choosing a new door & fitting it, or any other useful response. I’ve still one room in my house I’m waiting to get replastered as the guy I was using stopped responding, 5 other plasterers either no-showed when quoting multiple times, failed to return a quote even after chasing, or quoted 5x what I was previously going to pay.
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For a lot of them I suspect they show up hoping that it'll be some super simple job with massive payout and then don't bother quoting, but also a vast majority are just super busy.
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Jaded Burnout posted:For a lot of them I suspect they show up hoping that it'll be some super simple job with massive payout and then don't bother quoting, but also a vast majority are just super busy. Yeah, I can generally see at least 3 renovation projects ongoing from any spot on my street, and 2/3 of my city centre is a building site just now, so busyness makes sense. Just a shame that they don’t say “I am too busy” rather than agreeing to stuff then flaking. Or spending an hour to come quote for the job, then flaking. I feel like there must be a secret VIP tier of builders and trades that aren’t flakes, but cost 10x more, though I have yet to come across them.
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If you come out to do the quote and say nothing, rather than not because you've got a full dance card, you can always keep the N most lucrative/fun projects available to you. It's a good scheme, if every trade in the area plays along.
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The recent(-ish) boom in renovations/building doesn't help, but it isn't just that. Back when everything went pear-shaped after the 2008-9 financial crisis it was the exact same story. Contractors/builders were laying off people left and right because work dried up and you still couldn't get them to come out to do a quote. It puzzles me how these people function, running off with the money after a half-rear end job requires you to get your hands on the money first, and if you can't even be bothered to do a quote, how are you going to do that?
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So its been raining quite a bit for a few days now and has turned into Autumn - has your shed hole turned into a pond?
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Sep 29, 2021 10:37
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Shed on stilts, so what
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Tomarse posted:So its been raining quite a bit for a few days now and has turned into Autumn - has your shed hole turned into a pond? Pond, no. Dusty dry surface turned to a cm of mud, yes.
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Sep 29, 2021 17:44
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A cum of mud
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CancerCakes posted:A cum of mud George RR Martin finally published a new book?
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Vim Fuego posted:George RR Martin finally published a new book? Lots of screwing, broken promises, taking years to complete. This checks out.
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tangy yet delightful posted:Lots of screwing, broken promises, taking years to complete. This checks out. 
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Vim Fuego posted:George RR Martin finally published a new book? yes it's his autobiography
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Friend came down and helped out for a few days. Weed control membrane.   Frame sections glued, bolted, and nailed.    I meant to put loctite on the nuts but forgot, oh well. Screwed down. This was a real pain in the rear end getting the tek screws into the steel.  Ripped some 2x6 offcuts into 2x2s to serve as an inner perimeter for the flooring.  Cut a giant stack of batten.  Laid and fixed the permeable membrane.   By blessed coincidence my bays were exactly as long as the rockwool sheets.   We fixed down a couple of rows of caberdek and covered it in plastic before the weather set in. This stuff isn't nearly the silver bullet I was hoping for, and I'll likely use cheaper stuff next time.  Joists arrived today, obviously the structure is not ready yet, so they'll sit here for some time. I humoured the delivery driver for long enough for him to get my drat stuff unloaded, but there's only so many conspiracy theories I can listen to while being soaked to the bone with pouring rain.  The weather has really set in now, and I was really hoping to have the structure weathertight by now, but alas it is not to be. I go back to work in a week or so so things are going to slow down all over, hopefully I can find some dry weekends to push forward.
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Oct 1, 2021 17:36
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Got van. Van good.
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Oct 6, 2021 10:08
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Have you bought a copy of the sun and a takeaway?
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Oct 6, 2021 13:37
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No it is not a white van.
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Oct 6, 2021 13:52
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Good choice. White vans have a tendency to suffer from mysterious breakdowns in the morning.
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Just Winging It posted:Good choice. White vans have a tendency to suffer from mysterious breakdowns in the morning. Hah!
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Van.    I didn't pay for the plywood lining because I was going to do it myself, but it seems they went ahead and did it anyway.
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Oct 6, 2021 16:01
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Ah, finally decided to listen to sense and just live down by the river?
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Oct 6, 2021 16:09
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I know a guy that can hook you up with a really nice in-van fire pit
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Oct 6, 2021 16:21
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Carbon monoxide is a sometimes treat.
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Is the van at least water tight?
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I don't think it'd make it across the channel, no.
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Should have checked for supply shortages on lego and puppies before you got the van but congratulations nonetheless!
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Good choice on the red; that is the fastest colour.
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Goddamn that is a sexy van Just think how much junk you can fit in that to take to the tip, awesome
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As well as now having capacity for activities, it also has auto lights, wipers, stop/start and parking (reverse-into-bay and parallel), adaptive cruise control, parking sensors, rear parking camera with active guidance, it's going to make long trips so much better than my car which came with a CD changer in the boot and doesn't even have cruise control.
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disappointed you didnt fashion the panels from raw sheet metal yourself tbh
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Jaded Burnout posted:As well as now having capacity for activities, it also has auto lights, wipers, stop/start and parking (reverse-into-bay and parallel), adaptive cruise control, parking sensors, rear parking camera with active guidance, it's going to make long trips so much better than my car which came with a CD changer in the boot and doesn't even have cruise control. Nice, that sounds really great! So things are looking up on the job front?
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C... posted:Nice, that sounds really great! Well, the reason I was so casual about quitting my job in April is because my skills are in high demand. I had paperwork signed for a new contract 48 hours after texting my recruiter. I’m deliberately doing 6mo on 6mo off.
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Jaded Burnout posted:Well, the reason I was so casual about quitting my job in April is because my skills are in high demand. I had paperwork signed for a new contract 48 hours after texting my recruiter. Surely there cant be that many holes that need digging by hand?
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heckin sweet mate
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Heckin sweet indeed, what a great setup.
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That looks great. I’m glad to have access to a big truck, but I’d definitely get a van if I didn’t have the truck. Can I’d fit A Plywood in the back?
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:That looks great. I’m glad to have access to a big truck, but I’d definitely get a van if I didn’t have the truck. Can I’d fit A Plywood in the back? It sure can, flat or on edge.
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you need to get a girlfriend to spend some of your money. unless youre gay in which case I'll give it a go.
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Incredibly jealous. My stupid tiny SUV can only fit half a sheet of ply.
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