Dan Mooney
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Got these pictures in an email last night, It's truely amazing what people do!
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Wow. I've seen, and done , some dumb stuff in my time, but this is way beyond my experience. Don't think I've ever seen stuff quite this bad - unless you count the time I found some knob and tube wiring in an old house I was renting that had been cut to allow the end of an extension cord to be spliced in. The extension cord had the plug end cut off and then dropped through a hole in the floor above to provide for an outlet in the bedroom.Got these pictures in an email last night, It's truely amazing what people do!
Oh, I don't know. The town I was living in had once held the Guinness record for having the most bars and liquor stores per square mile in the US. That doesn't sound third world to me.So there are parts of America that are sub-standard to many third-world countries, eh?
My nightmare neighbor who we all hoped would sell his house quickly when he listed it, failed an Home Inspection sent by potential buyers. Mr. Handyman he isn't, having finished his basement 'all by himself', he saved lots of money by not working with a licensed electrician.No j-boxes, wirenuts or electrical tape.
...You've guessed right, the guy had connected the hot water pipe to fill the toilet reservoir.
My nightmare neighbor who we all hoped would sell his house quickly when he listed it, failed an Home Inspection sent by potential buyers. Mr. Handyman he isn't, having finished his basement 'all by himself', he saved lots of money by not working with a licensed electrician.
I'm sure it didn't help when he got into a fight with the inspector, and told him where he could put his inspection report.
I just wish having an inspector actually meant something. About all I see it as is another expense and few of them ever catch anything worthwhile...