Recent content by Old tool guy

Trying to translate this into ‘mericun english, sounds like the first thing i thought of: the outlet she disabled feeds the next one down the line.

Wasn’t irrelevant. My point as … you should research the contractor, check references, look at past work, and once you find a contractor you trust, give him clear explanation of what you want and then stay out of the way. Don’t go out there arguing and carping about 1* of pitch. In post 30...

I did. Only the wise readers picked up on it.

I’m on the other side of the pond so there’s little chance any potential customers would see it. And i’m retired, now have lots of time to give sage advice to others. Many contractors forget that it’s ok to say no to a customer. If you sense any red flags during the site & proposal visit...

He’s freaking out over 16* vs 17*. Both of those are less than 4:12 (18*) so over here that would require a double layer of underlayment for tiles. If i had a customer like that on my job, i would refund his money and move on to the next one. But as others have pointed out, the mason is...

Excuse me for asking what i think is obvious … maybe it’s different over here … why do you care what the slope is? As long as the builder is following the plans, what you should be concerned about is quality. As others have pointed out, it doesn't look good, maybe the mason had a liquid lunch...