Need screen advice - Neighbor has a dog kennel
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Concrete Advice -- neighbor dog damage
Comments (23)For that animal to have left actual indentations, it would have had to be a somewhat heavy animal, and it would have had to have been walked on fairly soon after the pour. Concrete sets up quickly. Not so a human should walk or drive on it yet, but I wouldn't think after a few hours a dog could indent it. My husband and I have had difficulty carving our names in wet concrete with a nail, while the installer was still there cleaning things up. It sets up that quickly. Those prints are too large for a cat, and as mentioned, do not walk with claws extended. Your builder should have, at the very least, put ropes and cones around the concrete. It still may not have prevented an animal from walking on it, but most will walk elsewhere with a barrier of some sort in place. Unless there was a steak on it. I don't blame you for being upset. It's your new home, after all. I wouldn't say anything to your neighbors about it, since you don't know for sure if a stray animal, or wild animal for that matter, did this. You would start off with some not so nice feelings in your new neighborhood. And the way insurance companies are now, I've known of people who had premiums jacked way up, or cancelled outright, for minor claims. The time to make a claim is when something BIG happens. I find it highly unlikely that this would qualify as vandalism. My suggestion would be to let the concrete finish curing and see how it looks. After some rain or a good hosing off, the marks will most likely fade, if not disappear. You risk opening up a can of worms if you mess with it now, and it could end up looking far, far worse. My guess is those marks are going to fade away. I would let your builder know how upset you are. However, as pretty as the concrete looks today (minus the prints), it will age, get stains, etc. from the environment anyway. That's probably the time to think about tiling or replacing. In the whole scheme of things, if your house came out the way you wanted, that's what counts the most. Good luck. I know how stressful building a home is. Sandy...See MoreNeighbors from Hell, Need Advice
Comments (14)i have same problem like yours but mine is probably worse, Cuz im in between them and they do run the show in my neighborhood they got all my neighbors not to like me.And i live in my neighborhood for more than 2 decades and they are new in the neighborhood .I wave when they wave at me if they dont i dont.If they dont like me i dont care cuz they are not paying my bills but why destroying my property and i worked hard on my property i dont hire people to do my landscaping even my tree i cut my trees too but now everything is looking bad cuz they are spraying .I put cameras all over my house but it dont stop them. They are doing crazy things on my camera .I just ignore.it. I have no clue why they are doing it to me unless i got the nice yard in my neighborhood i keep my yard clean spotless.And one thing i was out of town and my son was the only one in my house they came to my backyard i guess my son showed them my backyard , i got nice backyard and i guess when they are in my patio one of the neighbor next to me said that "your mom is living in her own little world driving her cadillac" and i guess neighbor was all laughing .Im busy i keep myself busy in my house im a widowed and im doing everything in my house the maintenance and everything plus my daughter is a special need.I dont have the time to hang out with neighbor like them that they hangout almost everyday till midnight;, So what i did i invited them one time since they came to my house while i was out of town guess what nobody shows up ,And comes NEW YEARS EVE i always have party on New Years Eve cuz my late husband gave me a surprised party before he passed away so since then i have New Years Eve party , one of the neighbor texted me and invite themselves just the couple and next thing i know there will be 8 people so i said ok cuz the couple said they are also our neighbor , they came and in 10 minutes they left and only one couple say goodbye to me the rest they left without saying anything .I treid my BEST ....And i know for the fact if people are doing bad things to you theres something wrong with them. . one day theres a barbecue in the neighborhood and they invited me an hour before the barbecue , and i look at the window and some of the neighbors are bringing bowl of food. And so i said thanks but i will pass cuz i knew im not invited they cuz if they want to invite me they will invite me one week or whenever they did plan it.And besides im not going anyway even they did invite me cuz of ny daughter when shes home we stay home.And i told them thx but my daughter is home now and she is special needs and txt me back said just next time., Not only killing my trees and plants they are spraying my drivway and my garages door and the outside walls of my house thats why the paint is coming off my wall and my screen too.When i put the camera what he did he spraying my plants and tress thru his oranges tree. I can tell where it coming cuz u can see the hole his making to destroy my property my furniture on my patio , my heater , my barbecue island my pool deck everything outside my house., everytime i trimmed my plants or trees and if something fell in their yard i tried everything to clean it by using my rake while im sitting on top of the fence they do see me cleaning it . Everytime im doing something or somebody is working at my house they want to know.It likes i hired a guy to put motion light on jmy backyard suddenly im seeing them by my yard and when i walked out they walked away and i was wondering why till i put two things together.And when i confront her cuz i already see the damages on my yard and she told me that i was spying on them and i was surprised cuz i guess that one neighbor said i put camera which i only put motion light .. But now i do have camera now around my house but they are still doing it....See MoreUpset that neighbors dog has no shelter.
Comments (30)annz, cynthia and lily316 What I've been telling you is not a story it is real and it has been killing me for a long time. Its hurts me more when you tell me I'm part of the problem when I've cried and set up nights worried sick but did not know what to do. You don't understand, where we live you don't mess with anyone's things but your own. I have to be very careful because I have a home and family that I have to protect. This person is right beside me. My heart has been so hurt with this that I don't know if I can come back and hear you say its my fault. I understand your hurt because that is what I've been living with only much worse because I have to live beside it and see. Where we live everyone keeps their dogs outside and most chained. I don't like it but that is the way it is. I wish it was not that way. We use to have a dog. We loved her so much. After about 16 years she got sick and died. The vets could not get over how well we took care of her each time we took her for her check up. They always would brag on her. She had regular baths and never without food and good. We did not keep her chained and she was an outside dog but only in the day. We would bring her in the garage in the evening and close the door. If we left for vacation our family came every day to take care of her. We kept a really good very thick bed for her in the garage attached to our home. We would bring her in from time to time. She was our baby. We love animals and take very good care of them. We have a cat that stays in the house with us now. She has never been out. We love her and take the best of care of her. So, we love animals and take them regular to the vet. I'm sorry that you feel that I'm part of the problem. I know you feel for them because I'm just like you. I hope it helps you with your hurt to know when I say we will try to do everything we can for the dogs. There is nothing here to help animals but one animal shelter which in a few days if no one comes to get them they kill them. I know that can be better than living in some cases. I don't think very many people go there to get animals. They were shut down for terrible things they were doing themselves but have now reopened. There is nothing here but the sheriff. It is so different her than other places when it comes to animals. I have family that live in other states and the laws protect their animals as much as people almost. There are so many neighbors all around you but here its not that way I'm the only one beside this owner. If something is done he knows its me. I will come back and let you know....See MoreNeed advice for a dog door for a screened porch
Comments (6)Dog doors need to be securely mounted, no matter what they are mounted in. It should not be a huge problem to fabricate a frame in which to mount the dog door. It will look like an addition not in the original design, but that is one of those things that has to be done. The additional framing could be as simple as a header 2x4 installed horizontally between two vertical studs, with another short vertical(or two, depending on placement) for mounting the door. If the floor is elevated, a stair would need to be added....See Morezone_8grandma
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