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Valiant 05-26-2008 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Phobia (Post 4768352)
Pete - there's a dozen bits of evidence in the 04 picture that tells me that the guy is clueless. Don't waste another moment of time.
Did he show any pictures of previous work??

Did you hire the CP member who built the dog ramp??

stlchiefs 05-26-2008 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Phobia (Post 4768346)
Here's the picture of what Pete is describing.

Does anybody else feel confident this deck is going to be done correctly?
From the looks of it this guy can't even build a good Washers box or space the boxes correctly. :p I would not trust him with your deck.

stlchiefs 05-26-2008 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Valiant (Post 4768356)
Did you hire the CP member who built the dog ramp??
He's not trustworthy either, IIRC he steals from Big Movie.

go bo 05-26-2008 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Phobia (Post 4768346)
Here's the picture of what Pete is describing.

Does anybody else feel confident this deck is going to be done correctly?
heh, helen keller could do better work than this...

if you're local and you plan on keeping the house a very long time, you should fire the idjit and hire phil to build you a proper deck that will probably last longer than the house...

and i can vouch for phobe's work...

remember, you get what you pay for, mostly...

petegz28 05-26-2008 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by go bowe (Post 4768368)
heh, helen keller could do better work than this...

if you're local and you plan on keeping the house a very long time, you should fire the idjit and hire phil to build you a proper deck that will probably last longer than the house...

and i can vouch for phobe's work...

remember, you get what you pay for, mostly...
Truer words and all that.....

Phobia 05-26-2008 02:49 PM
Appreciate the kind words, GB. I don't care who he hires just as long as he gets rid of this guy. I'm pretty busy. I'm sure he could be worked into the schedule but it's not like I'd just say anything to get the work.

go bo 05-26-2008 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Phobia (Post 4768375)
Appreciate the kind words, GB. I don't care who he hires just as long as he gets rid of this guy. I'm pretty busy. I'm sure he could be worked into the schedule but it's not like I'd just say anything to get the work.
i dunno...

it's hard to imagine you saying anything just to get a job...

and besides, you aren't the one lauding the quality of your work, it's me...

however, i am expecting a check for my enthusiastic endorsement of your work...

just make it out to go bowe and pm it to me...

thanks... :D :D :D

NewChief 05-26-2008 03:38 PM
Why the hell would that guy go about it like that? I can understand (sort of) wanting to use the existing pilings, but those concrete washer boxes are all kinds of screwed up. It wouldn't have been that much freaking work to dig up the old pilings and pour new ones. If he really insisted on using the existing pilings, why not just those concrete blocks with the cutaway for post. I don't think that would be perfect either, but it would be better than that, right?

Phobia 05-26-2008 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by go bowe (Post 4768394)
i dunno...

it's hard to imagine you saying anything just to get a job...
A lot of people do.

The PM check is in the mail.

go bo 05-26-2008 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Phobia (Post 4768406)
A lot of people do.

The PM check is in the mail.
thanks...

now i can take the wife out to dinner to celebrate memorial day...

i wonder how busy mcdonalds is today...

petegz28 05-26-2008 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by NewPhin (Post 4768405)
Why the hell would that guy go about it like that? I can understand (sort of) wanting to use the existing pilings, but those concrete washer boxes are all kinds of screwed up. It wouldn't have been that much freaking work to dig up the old pilings and pour new ones. If he really insisted on using the existing pilings, why not just those concrete blocks with the cutaway for post. I don't think that would be perfect either, but it would be better than that, right?
Well to me it just seems like overkill. Well intentioned maybe for building sturdy deck but 4 posts and 44 inches of concrete per post for a 14 ft wide deck seems to be extreme to me. Plus WTF wants 8 inch concrete blocks on in their yard? Yes my neighbors can see under the deck.

DenverChief 05-26-2008 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by petegz28 (Post 4768256)
Ok I am putting in a 14x12 deck, 48inches off the ground. The guy that is doing it spaced my 4 posts with the following spaces between posts...

post 1 - post 2 = 36 inches...ok
post 2 - post 3 = 32 inches...hmmm ok I guess...
Post 3 p post 4 = 23 inches...WTF?

I get told since there will be a 2 foot cantilever I would not notice it.
Also the posts are going to get mounted on 8 inch concrete blocks.


Am I smoking crack or does this just not sound right?

Let me add I think the only reason we are doing a cantilever on a 12' deck is because he is trying to use the 2 previous concretere piers for the new deck.
Ordinarily when you make glue, first you need to thermoset your resin and then after it cools you mix in expoxide. Which is just a fancy shmancy name for any simple oxygenated adhesive, right. Then I thought maybe, just maybe you can raise the viscosity by adding a complex glucose derivative during the emulsification process. And it turns out, I was right.

Valiant 05-26-2008 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by DenverChief (Post 4768432)
Ordinarily when you make glue, first you need to thermoset your resin and then after it cools you mix in expoxide. Which is just a fancy shmancy name for any simple oxygenated adhesive, right. Then I thought maybe, just maybe you can raise the viscosity by adding a complex glucose derivative during the emulsification process. And it turns out, I was right.
What movie is that??

DenverChief 05-26-2008 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Valiant (Post 4768548)
What movie is that??
Romy and Michelles High School Reunion

tmax63 05-26-2008 05:34 PM
I'm just a rank amatuer(emphasis on rank) but even I could do a better looking job than that. My problems arise in overbuilding and using way more materials and making it way stronger than neccessary costing a lot more because I don't know all the codes.


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