[TheForge] OT frozen pipes

[Andy Gladish]

There's a lot of em like that.
I've only worked in the building trades on custom homes, and mostly for  
contractors who really want to make a thing of beauty and integrity.
They mostly get their asses kicked for stubbornly doing things correctly  
even when the client wants to take shortcuts or leave things out.
We built a gorgeous custom place for a well to do couple who cried bitter  
tears when their dream home came in at 540k...but they sold it a few  
months ago (less than a decade later) for 1 1/4 mil.
Good contractors often take a hit for doing what benefits everyone, poor  
ones just get the job done.

On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:48:33 -0800, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:

> Many builders seem to be scoundrels.  The things I have seen and the  
> stories I have heard... I would not trust a builder to the door,  
> particularly on a stick-built house.  There was a development going up  
> in NJ and the HVAC guys were doing their thing.  This one yo-yo  
> discovered a flaw in the design.  Instead of speaking with his foreman  
> (unless he did...) to have an alteration made that was sensible, the  
> dopus sawed away 11 inches of a 2x12 stairway header, leaving about 1/2  
> inch and put his ducting there!