OT: Has anyone actually sued their contractor??
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Comments (5)I'm doing one right now!! My first year trying, so I don't know what the finished product will look like. But everything I used WS wonderfully, actually the sunflowers and mornging glories did the best for me! I'm also doing the teepee, but I'm using Pole Beans, Direct Sown, they just sprouted. It's not too late if you get a move on it, to do it that way. I dont know about scarlet runner beans or gourds, but I assume the gourds can be direct sowed now too. Here's the link to the thread I started about it here. It has my plans at the times, but there's also a link to my myspace album that has the progression up to date. (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=136875687&albumId=804645) BTW some parts of my plans have been removed. Oh in a side note, I lost a sunflower in our wind storms yesterday :( Here is a link that might be useful: WS a playhouse??...See MoreHas anyone installed the Broan universal makeupair damper with ot
Comments (2)It would be a rare manufacturer who would test his hardware against his competitors' products to determine suitability for use with them. It is much less costly and legally secure to "know nuttink." I have no experience with this device, but believe it is just a smaller version of certain (large) Honeywell devices of a similar nature used in commercial applications. For airflow triggered devices: A damper type MUA path can be used with any venting system, but whether the means of triggering the damper from airflow in a given duct will work depends on sensitivity and duct air velocity. I would expect that if your duct size and air flow were similar to the ranges of each for which the Broan device is specified, you would have no issue. For electrically triggered devices: In this case one would have to be certain that the system one is adapting to has the same "signal" (can be power to a blower motor) that the damper trigger circuit is expecting if used with a Broan exhaust system. kas...See MoreHas anyone actually done a 'Peacock' kitchen?
Comments (47)Egad, again, I managed to put my foot in my mouth and "annoy" someone.... What I really meant to imply was NOT that GWer's do not have "expensive" kitchens.... What I wanted to convey was that if one is worth hundreds of millions AND has homes that are worth tens of millions, one does not often do one's own shopping.... Peacock kitchens are bought by people that have homes that are worth many or tens of mil. They "hire" the people to execute what they want. Seattle is full of these people (but not even remotely close to the number in NY). There are many companies that cater to these wealthy people. You should be able to find someone that should click with you. Igloochic, If you want to embark on a project that is less hands-on, the most imporant part of the work is to find a designer/architect that you trust. Many of my friends/colleagues builds houses/remodels with architects/designers without being very hands on. They end up with very beautiful kitchens/houses. The way they go about it was to have the architects/designers present them with a "few" options on much of the finish work and they just "picked" from those options; door handles, cabinets, appliances etc. Obviously, if they felt strongly about something, then that stays in the design. Sometimes, they go shopping for what they want with the designers. Often, they don't worry if the project cost them 50k or 100k or 200k more than what they thought that it would cost. They just pay the bill and move on. If you are comfortable with this type of arrangement, then you can build with much less hands-on involvement, leaving you time to get on with life. Money can give you the luxury of time if you don't care whether or not you spent 100k more than you needed/planned or not because having someone take care of the details were worth it to you. The end product can be and often are quite well done, "IF" you pick the right architect/designer. To do this, you have to trust the person you are working with AND let them do the work for you. This is not necessarily something that "control freaks" like me can let happen. As I am getting older and my budget is getting "more" comfortable, I am tyring to figure out a good balance of when to call in the calvary and when to trust my own design sense. There is an amazing designer/artist that works near where I live. His projects are all over US. He has been written up in many art magazines. Rococogurl may find his work intriguing. I WISH I could afford to have his work. But at 20k for a simple couch, mere mortals cannot afford his work. http://domesticarchitecture.com/ I asked one of my friends who spent probably about 2mil for their remodel, if she talked to him. It is the type of architecture that would interest her. She said even she could not afford him. What I am trying to say is that like everything else in life, there are people working at many different price points. Design/architecture is no different. You have to find good people at your own price point. Here are a few other contruction companies in Seattle that do good work. http://www.schuchartdow.com/ http://www.dovetailinc.net/ http://www.loganshammer.com/ Luxe interior magazines for Pacific NW also feature nice homes that are multi mil in price point. They often list architects/construction companies. You can get the magazine at Barns and Noble in Seattle (?Port Towsend). I wish you the best....See MoreHas anyone ever sued a hospital?
Comments (32)I know of one person who sued his health care provider and won. However- the error made was egregious. The man presented at urgent care with slurred speech, unable to write properly (he tried to write a note for a neighbor and his writing looked like a child's.) He was sent away being told that his symptoms were stress related (the man was a C-level employee at a Fortune 100 company and his newborn daughter was in ICU.) He went home, resumed normal life, went on a hike the next day, came home and collapsed from a major stroke. It took about a year of intense speech therapy for our friend to get his speech back- but his career- he was the likely next CEO of his company- ended ahead of schedule. With respect to secrecy, one of my dearest friends is a cardiologist in this system. One day I told her about the situation and her eyes bugged out of her head- because she told me she sits on the committee that reviews such cases and she had never heard of this incident. The case settled to my friend's financial satisfaction- a cold comfort. My friend finally heard about the case from her employer when the settlement was reached. I am very sorry to hear of your mother's suffering. I wish you all the best in seeking an improvement in her care. ETA As mentioned in previous posts- cases like this are not litigated, they go into arbitration....See Moreweissman
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