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cshenk

wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:09:53 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> > wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >> On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 05:20:29 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 3:51:14 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> >> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> >> >> ...
> >> >> > On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 19:34:29 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >> >> > > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>"Bruce" > wrote in message
> >> >> . ..
> >> >> >>> On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:21:27 -0400, jmcquown
> >> > >> >>> wrote:
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>>Maybe in Canada. In the US, until the actual "closing",
> >> anyone can back >> >>>>out.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Without penalty, really? What's the meaning of the sale
> >> contract they >> >>> signed then?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>They can come up with a reason. Reason people kept backing out
> >> on this >> >>house
> >> >> >>was the siding. Or so they claimed. This kind of siding had a
> >> recall. We >> >>were told that ours was fine and the recall didn't
> >> apply. But after buying >> >>the house, I think the real reason was
> >> that it is flat out not up to code >> >>and getting it up to code
> >> would cost a fortune. We had a guy who said he >> >>would do it for
> >> $2,000 so we hired him only to have him walk away saying >> >>that
> >> he'd been wrong and couldn't do the job for any price. We based
> what >> >> >>we >> >>paid for the house on that. Now we are stuck
> with a >> house that likely will >> >>never be up to code.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Can't you get a new quote? Or else, never move.
> >> >>
> >> >> A quote means nothing. I haven't got the money for anything like
> >> this. That >> $2,000 that we once had is long gone. House has been
> >> riddled with plumbing >> and electrical problems. Got those fixed.
> >> New roof. Had the exterior >> painted. Replaced toilets and
> >> appliances. >>
> >> >> I have had many a handyman type person over here to do various
> >> things. When >> I mentioned what the specific problem was, they'd
> >> look around, shake their >> heads and admit that it would take a
> >> whole lot of work. Or weren't even sure >> they could do it. In a
> >> nutshell, every part of the garage (and I use that >> term loosely
> as >> it isn't big enough to park a car in) needs to be fully >>
> unclosed >> with drywall. And because of the stupid way the
> remodeling of this >> >> house was done, this would mean cutting many
> small and tiny pieces of >> the >> stuff and fitting it around pipes,
> vents and other stuff. But >> some other >> things would have to be
> done in case something went >> wrong and whatever was >> enclosed in
> there needed to be accessed. >> Like a hatch or hatches or >>
> something. >> >
> >> > That doesn't mean it couldn't be done "for any price". I
> >> > conjecture that the contractor simply didn't want to deal with
> it. >> > Drywall is not difficult. It might be expensive to have a
> >> > professional fiddle with this job, but it doesn't sound like it
> >> > cannot be done.
> >> >
> >> > Cindy Hamilton
> >>
> >> Fitting drywall around the mechanicals is very easy, it's
> typically a >> DIY project... it's the spackling that reqires
> expertise... >> contractors first bring in the sheetrock team, and
> later the spackler. >> Most any idiot can sheetrock but spackling is
> an art. Sheetrock >> installation requires two people but spacklers
> work alone.
> >
> > Spackling isn't hard at all but yes, takes time.
>
> You think it's easy try spackling the crack of your fat ass. LOL

Sober up Sheldon

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