Fish HORROR stories?
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Is it supposed to take this long? Tell me your horror stories.
Comments (28)Most of what has been posted, definitely agree with. Esp life events. If you are purchasing materials, supplies, have them on site prior. In previous projects, I went according to others timeline. Being deadline driven, I made decisions because I 'had to' make them by a certain date (be a team player mentality), not because I wanted that particular item. Often I was unhappy before project completed and then the 're-do' thoughts would creep in. This time, I am forcing myself to take a different approach and have been working hard with myself to get over the 'deadline driven' mentality. Although I've already made some decisions I've already regretted, I just try to focus on the overall big picture...I'll be using the kitchen 10 times longer than the downtime. Nothing is worse than stepping into a space daily and regretting a decision that becomes a financial investment to replace. The other thing, listen to your gut. I found out completely by accident that my current heating system (rads) would not play well with toe kick heaters. Listening to my gut, I terminated my relationship with GC I had already given the job to, and had to start that process over. I went out on my own (was never part of project scope since I didn't know) and found a reputable contractor and had the furnace end done prior to demo and will have part 2 done at appropriate time during remodel. Also consider lots of added time for weather delays. With our bitter temps here (and snow), I have not let them cut a hole in roof until temps above freezing. Although we're due to go up to 39 degrees Friday, it's anticipated we'll get 8-12" of snow on Thursday. (Was 5 degrees this am). We sleep above a currently unheated kitchen (2 rads removed) and the hole coming thru our bedroom to go thru a smaller roof, I couldn't handle. Can't find portable heaters locally anywhere). So it has created a lull, and put plumbing inspection on hold. I keep reminding myself...you'll be using kitchen longer than downtime. Meanwhile, tick-tick-tick goes the storage fees. All unanticipated expenses, including the big tick up in heating bill, as heating system overcompensates in other rooms....See MoreI Need Your Moving Horror Stories !
Comments (24)We were moving from a duplex to our current house, and had several friends helping pack the rented truck, and our pickup and horse trailer, and were ready to leave but couldn't find our dog anywhere. Occasionally he would go over to a neighbor's house and bark at their Jack Russell through their fence, but always returned immediately. We called and searched and drove around the neighborhood -- nothing -- no sign of him. We decided to leave, before all our helpers had to leave, and unload as quickly and possible, and return to look for him some more, and then decided to leave the basement sliding door open so he could get in when he came back. As I was doing that and heading to the stairs to leave, I heard low whining, and found that he had been closed in the closet under the stairs the whole time. Another time when moving from Ohio to Minnesota, we were using professional movers since my wife had negotiated a relocation package as part of her job offer. The way that moving company worked is the driver would come to the local moving company office, and pick up local employees to handle the packing and loading. The crew he ended up picking up even he referred to as "Larry and his brother Darrell and his other brother Darrell". Strong, but disheveled looking, and not the brightest. They declined to use the appliance dolly seemingly because they didn't understand it. One of them simply tossed a strap around the washing machine and hoisted it on his back, and lumbered toward the door. Outside the apartment he continued to the end of the breezeway and started to make the turn to the stairs, and momentarily lost his balance, and banged the bottom of the machine against the metal railing, and looked to be close to either dropping it backwards over the railing to the ground below or sliding down the stairs face first, with the washing machine atop him. At the other end of the move, we discovered that one box had been off-loaded in Iowa rather than Minnesota, and quite a number of my wife's grandmother's antique Czechoslovakian crystal stemware was chipped or broken due to shoddy packing....See MoreWhat's your Thanksgiving holiday horror story?
Comments (100)Shawlin, That happened to us, except it was on a 10 hour trip and we were about halfway there before it started, and it was during a Christmas holiday. We had to stop at a gas station after our toddler had thrown up yet again, but this time it was on her pillow... she was trying to keep the puke from dropping off the pillow, but then we hit a bump and SPLAT! Now she was covered in puke, it was dripping off her hair. Hubby asked the gas station attendants to bring out the hose and while he sprayed down her car seat, I took her into the bathroom and tried to wash her hair in a gas station bathroom sink... you know the kind where the faucet is really short and the sink is small? By the time I came out of the restroom the nice gas station employees had coned off the area with yellow caution tape. I felt SO BAD for the mess, I was apologizing profusely, and they were SO NICE. I can't even recall what state we were in by then... it was a nightmare. During the family reunion, there were about 20 of us, and only me and one of my sister in laws stayed healthy through the whole reunion (we weren't the only family who came in sick) and we spent the every day cleaning with bleach. LOL! We actually all have a lot of great memories from that trip though... we can all laugh about it now....See MoreBulkhead Foundation Horror Story - Need your advice
Comments (3)Trust your instincts. Sorry you had to deal with someone less than truthful. I've been there....See Moreorder_of_the_spam
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