All Forum Posts by: John Whittle

 Even if you had the right insurance on the house the claim could of still been denied for using an unlicensed, uninsured handyman. Best to use professionals and get w9, workman's comp cert, insurance cert and copy of license. Any number of other things can go wrong using handy hacks.

If it was a contractor soldering you should be going after his liability insurance. If the contractor doesn't have insurance this story makes a good case for only hiring contractors with GL certs.

I'm trying to figure out why your paying the electrician to wire the old circuits into a new panel if the house is being rewired. Service should of been quoted with the re-wire. Now who ever does the re-wire will have to re-do the whole panel and most likely have to add AFCI/GFCI breakers. Were on 2017 here so on re-wire most circuits get AFCI/GFCI breakers. On the other hand if we just do a panel swap basic breakers are used. Your electrician is doing it correctly you're just having it done backwards.

You can't do that the US economy depends on the majority spending every cent and then some.

If everyone were like us driving old cars, not buying junk we don't need and putting everything extra in savings/investments. The economy would grind to a halt. The spenders are needed to keep everything moving at this point. 

As for the topic, everyone will just blow the money, prices on everything will go up to compensate and we will be back to square one.

You didn't say to use the right outlets up front and most people don't know any better. Thats where the wiring becomes a problem, handy andy comes in and throws a standard brass side screw outlet on it or pigtails copper on it without the proper connector. Next thing you know the wires burning up the wall. I've pulled out enough burnt up outlets/wire on aluminum wire to know its not the safest thing in the world. The purple twisters are garbage seen plenty of them burn up too. I wouldn't recommend rewiring in every case but in case like this where tearing out the old drywall could help in other areas it'd be recommended. 

I've also seen aluminum wire hold up house sales, home inspectors around here always note it on the report. I had one flip where I went through and did new CO/ALR outlets/switches and alumiconn connectors everywhere there was copper mixed in. Buyer gets it under contract, home inspector mentions it and the buyer wouldn't buy it unless the copalum method was done to the aluminum.

My story too, I feel your guys pain. In my neighborhood just a year ago there were always 30-50k houses on the MLS that would need 10 - 20k in rehab with me providing the labor, that would sell for 70 to 100k. I finally saved up enough cash to buy one out right to BRRRR and they disappeared. I've been checking the new listings everyday for a little while now and they are all gone. The only one under 60k thats come up was a tiny 1 bed for 35k that needed pretty much work and it was owner occupant only. It was under contract in a few days.

I don't think he understands the french drain is considered drainage.  Definitely against code for all the reasons stated. No competent licensed plumber would do this. Of course he hasn't said a permit was pulled because it wasn't no way this would fly.  

Going to be interesting having sewage seeping up around the walls first time the sewer backs up.  Enjoy the sewer smell when the trap runs dry until then. Jorge you should learn some humility and fix this for you and your tenants sake.

Your worried about properly installed electric heaters but proceed to recommend finding an uninsured unlicensed cheap hack to install an unpermitted furnace. I don't think you understand safety or liability.

Ha interesting, I got a scammer fired from his job last year.  Hes been working for build realty since.  

He even had the nerve to ask me if I was interested in buying a house from him.  I'm like nope if I needed an overpriced house with under estimated repairs and expensive financing I'd call the build rep I've already talked to.

 Your not going to become one splitting ferncos for holes in CI.  Im sure you put a nice silicon bead down the slit in the rubber, that holds for less than a month.  You might mean well but you got a few things to learn before you do this stuff to peoples houses.