To be ahead of 80% of the people out there, just show up when you say you are going too.
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Or just show up period.
Yeah,it helps when they actually show up,period..even if only to tell you we cant do it today--or at least CALL you!..
The contractor who I hired in 1992 who I was told to call by several friends who had him do their projects, to pour the foundation & slab in my garage, didn't show up for 2 weeks each time,after me calling daily to ask where the F are you!--the building inspector was pissed,he showed up and waited an hour several days they said they were coming to do the pour-- and they failed to appear--then he didn't show up the day the cement finally was poured, and threatened to put a "stop work order" on the project because he wasn't there to verify they put in a 18" footing and used re-bar in it--luckily I had taken pictures as the pour was being done,and that satisfied him..
A month later I was promised by the same contractor "now had sufficient help" to pour the slab with no delays...still took him 2 weeks to get to my project..his response was "well--I did quote you a really cheap price ,and you said you weren't in a big rush--told you I'd do it when I got to it."...
Yeah--but I called them in late September--my walls got poured the first week of November,after we had some early frosts,and it was the day before Thanksgiving the floor slab got poured..
They used "fibermesh" concrete with no additional reinforcement on the slab,and a month later it had several cracks the full width of the slab...I was assured "it's plenty strong with no re-bar"...granted it has never heaved or got any worse,but I'm hesitant to put a lift in the garage,slab is 6" thick until it gets about 3 feet from the edges,they tapered it to 3-4" there,they did it all in one pour,and had to "stretch" it to do the full slab with one mixer load..
When I called to get "free estimates" on my roof repair last year--four out of 6 contractors never showed up or talked to me--when I called to ask where they were,they said "OH--we just drove by at 6 am,measured your roof,it'll be (insert outrageous price here)...so it was "take it or leave it"...one of them was a guy I considered a friend I'd known for years too..
I passed..
I hired the one guy who came 20 minutes after I called to get an estimate and hung up,the owner of the company,who actually pulled a ladder off his truck,climbed up on the roof,measured the ROOF,not the house's footprint,walked around and made sure the decking wasn't rotted ,etc--and despite his price of 4 grand to just do 1/4 of the hip roof,he said he'd rebuild the top of the chimney,clean and re-attach the gutters,do any needed decking repair,use synthetic undelayment,and clean up all the mess involved--he even left a dump trailer in my yard for a week to hold the old shingles, and said "if you have any trash to dispose of,just toss it in,I'll get rid of it no charge"..
He'll be at the top of the list if I ever get enough money to do the rest of the roof over before I croak..
The contractor who I hired in 1992 who I was told to call by several friends who had him do their projects, to pour the foundation & slab in my garage, didn't show up for 2 weeks each time,after me calling daily to ask where the F are you!--the building inspector was pissed,he showed up and waited an hour several days they said they were coming to do the pour-- and they failed to appear--then he didn't show up the day the cement finally was poured, and threatened to put a "stop work order" on the project because he wasn't there to verify they put in a 18" footing and used re-bar in it--luckily I had taken pictures as the pour was being done,and that satisfied him..
A month later I was promised by the same contractor "now had sufficient help" to pour the slab with no delays...still took him 2 weeks to get to my project..his response was "well--I did quote you a really cheap price ,and you said you weren't in a big rush--told you I'd do it when I got to it."...
Yeah--but I called them in late September--my walls got poured the first week of November,after we had some early frosts,and it was the day before Thanksgiving the floor slab got poured..
They used "fibermesh" concrete with no additional reinforcement on the slab,and a month later it had several cracks the full width of the slab...I was assured "it's plenty strong with no re-bar"...granted it has never heaved or got any worse,but I'm hesitant to put a lift in the garage,slab is 6" thick until it gets about 3 feet from the edges,they tapered it to 3-4" there,they did it all in one pour,and had to "stretch" it to do the full slab with one mixer load..
When I called to get "free estimates" on my roof repair last year--four out of 6 contractors never showed up or talked to me--when I called to ask where they were,they said "OH--we just drove by at 6 am,measured your roof,it'll be (insert outrageous price here)...so it was "take it or leave it"...one of them was a guy I considered a friend I'd known for years too..
I passed..
I hired the one guy who came 20 minutes after I called to get an estimate and hung up,the owner of the company,who actually pulled a ladder off his truck,climbed up on the roof,measured the ROOF,not the house's footprint,walked around and made sure the decking wasn't rotted ,etc--and despite his price of 4 grand to just do 1/4 of the hip roof,he said he'd rebuild the top of the chimney,clean and re-attach the gutters,do any needed decking repair,use synthetic undelayment,and clean up all the mess involved--he even left a dump trailer in my yard for a week to hold the old shingles, and said "if you have any trash to dispose of,just toss it in,I'll get rid of it no charge"..
He'll be at the top of the list if I ever get enough money to do the rest of the roof over before I croak..
I always find it amazing how many contractors can't be bothered to show up when they say they will. Screams that either they are too busy, too lazy, or too inept at time management. All good reasons not to hire them.
They showed up. Helpers hand is wrapped up. Cut it loading the truck so they stopped by urgent care. Ok, just let me know then.
Brave helper taking one for the boss i hope he gets at least a cold beer for it.
He is sitting in the truck. Boss is doing all of the prep.
This cracks me up. But it works. Tilt it up, back up some more and it is empty and just drive away. Falls back down.
Even better video.
Sweet!
gave you 2 thumbs up per video on that one .
1 on ck5 and 1 on youtube .
1 on ck5 and 1 on youtube .
I hate to say it, but I am pretty impressed with how well it works. Neighbor stopped when he saw me pulling a wheelbarrow backwards. Helped me load it once so he could watch it dump. 1 told him $200. He is bringing his wheelbarrow by next weekend. Will only work with the 2 wheeled model.
A post about 2 posts. Finally getting it built. Only been here since Jan 15th.
well you know the concrete cured, looks good.
This has been a nightmare. The directions suck brown hole. The first hydraulic hose I tried running was 1.5 feet too long. The directions say to zip tie the hose to keep from interfering with the carriage. No way and nothing to zip to to. The have squeeze clamps to hold the hose inside the post. But it is too long to route. I started watching videos to see what I was doing wrong. here are even worse people than me. At least I figured it out without having hoses made or pinched.I had the T in the hole on the pump side. Turns out, there is a hole up higher for the T. I found an obscure reference to it way after the hose routing instructions in the connections section that I am not even close to. Real pictures instead sketches would be great also.
I knew there had to be a benefit to buying a used lift, I didn't need instructions. I only needed to remember how to put it back together but only partially disassembled it
chulisohombre
1/2 ton status
Two post post Looks good. Like a dream come true. I’d like to have one someday.
The lift is done. Electrical will be ran in the evenings this week.
How tall is your ceiling?
The lights are at 149 inches.
