Porch Project
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Topic: Porch Project
Posted By: jaybmiller
Subject: Porch Project
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 6:34am
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Well it's 'finished', got the final bill from the 'contractor', who of course demands CASH. Only took 5 MONTHS for the 5by8 foot wooden deck on stilts,vinyl decking and steel railing. There's not enough time to type the KRAP wrong with it but the BIG one for me is... drum roll please.... We could have replaced ALL FOURTEEN (14) windows in the house, which includes the 5 leaky basement ones for the same amount of Canuck Bucks AND windows would have been installed in 1-2 days. sigh...... When's Spring ?? ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
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Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 7:09am
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The cheque is in the mail. It should reach your destination in oh say five months or so. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 7:43am
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Well,,Jay,,I knew that you would somehow or the other would outlast that contractor and his shenanigans,,,,,,besides,,,,it is all in the family,,,doncha know,,,?? Your tenacity knows NO Boundries,,,,,   By the way,,,what's the next project,,errr undertaking,,,??
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Posted By: ekjdm14
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 7:51am
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DEMANDS cash? There's a lot wrong with it too? What does your contract read like? (Oral contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on, is what I'm driving at...
Pay them what it's worth IMO) |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 8:33am
Dan, its an old joke... the "contractor" is his wifes SON...  ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: ekjdm14
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 10:26am
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I missed that one by a country mile HA, In that case I'll cut the "contractor" a little slack... |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 10:59am
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yeah, he also got 1 acre of prime farmland and a 4200sqft bldg for 200K, so I 'only' lost 300k in that deal.....3 D-14s, 7 imps, 6 trailers,..... dang don't get me going....... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 12:24pm
Dose the contractor still have the wife you like a teeny bit better? Pay her with a check. 
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Posted By: ekjdm14
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2024 at 11:57am
| Ohhh, it's like that. Sorry man. Maybe the idea to pay what it's worth was a good one after all? |