Oh man, that washer picture brings back some bad memories. The Big Blue box store came out and "installed" a new washer. Idiots cross-threaded one of the hoses and it started leaking. I started a load a laundry and then went out to mow. Came back in for a drink of water and water all over the laundry room, bathroom and kitchen. And then down into the finished basement. The Big Blue box store wrote a check for $12K to get it all fixed.
I once bought a dishwasher from Sears. The salesman convinced me to pay them $50 additional for hooking it up and farting away the old one. At the time, I thought that was a bargain. Well, they sent two gorillas to do the job. They broke the glass on my storm door getting it inside the house. Then they ripped up a new Pergo floor that I just put in to remove the old dishwasher, even though Intold them to lift up the kitchen counter (which comes off). NEVER have I before or since let anyone install appliances. A neighbor of mine had their concrete stairs broken when the gorillas removed an old full-sized refrigerator. They pushed the refrigerator out the door and down the stairs instead of carrying it down.
I bought a new electric dryer from a big box store. They delivered it and installed it in my laundry room. Electric dryers are easy. You hook up the exhaust and plug it in.
When they were finished, I looked for the owners manual. I expected it to be inside the drum, but I couldn't find it. I asked the installers and they told me they were all on line now and gave me the url to the site. Sure enough, there was an owners manual there.
Fast forward about a year. My wife is telling me that the new dryer is taking much longer to dry a load of clothes. I checked it out and everything seemed normal, so I pulled it out to see if the vent was clogged with lint. It was clogged alright, but not with lint. Rolled up and stuffed up inside the vent was - you guessed it - the owners manual, the warranty card, and a couple of sample packs of fabric softener. Their goofery could have burned my house down.
#9. My brother said his first civilian assignment to Germany, a SP4 backed an M548 ammo carrier down the backs of a half dozen parked cars belonging to American civilian workers. He said the soldier's battalion commander talked about giving the kid a medal. The LTC believed all Army jobs should be done by soldiers, none by civilians.
#7 I was working on a modular office building a few years ago where the guys doing the trim work ran screws into the water lines above every sink in every bathroom hanging mirrors. Got quite a surprise when they opened up the valve for rhe water main.
Oh man, that washer picture brings back some bad memories. The Big Blue box store came out and "installed" a new washer. Idiots cross-threaded one of the hoses and it started leaking. I started a load a laundry and then went out to mow. Came back in for a drink of water and water all over the laundry room, bathroom and kitchen. And then down into the finished basement. The Big Blue box store wrote a check for $12K to get it all fixed.
ReplyDeleteMoral of the story..... Never trust a big box store to install anything!!
DeleteI once bought a dishwasher from Sears. The salesman convinced me to pay them $50 additional for hooking it up and farting away the old one. At the time, I thought that was a bargain. Well, they sent two gorillas to do the job. They broke the glass on my storm door getting it inside the house. Then they ripped up a new Pergo floor that I just put in to remove the old dishwasher, even though Intold them to lift up the kitchen counter (which comes off). NEVER have I before or since let anyone install appliances. A neighbor of mine had their concrete stairs broken when the gorillas removed an old full-sized refrigerator. They pushed the refrigerator out the door and down the stairs instead of carrying it down.
DeleteI bought a new electric dryer from a big box store. They delivered it and installed it in my laundry room. Electric dryers are easy. You hook up the exhaust and plug it in.
DeleteWhen they were finished, I looked for the owners manual. I expected it to be inside the drum, but I couldn't find it. I asked the installers and they told me they were all on line now and gave me the url to the site. Sure enough, there was an owners manual there.
Fast forward about a year. My wife is telling me that the new dryer is taking much longer to dry a load of clothes. I checked it out and everything seemed normal, so I pulled it out to see if the vent was clogged with lint. It was clogged alright, but not with lint. Rolled up and stuffed up inside the vent was - you guessed it - the owners manual, the warranty card, and a couple of sample packs of fabric softener. Their goofery could have burned my house down.
I install stuff like that myself from now on.
#9. My brother said his first civilian assignment to Germany, a SP4 backed an M548 ammo carrier down the backs of a half dozen parked cars belonging to American civilian workers. He said the soldier's battalion commander talked about giving the kid a medal. The LTC believed all Army jobs should be done by soldiers, none by civilians.
ReplyDeleteThis is your life, where every day is a Monday.
ReplyDeleteIt sucks to be you.
It's your turn in the barrel.
Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug.
Have a good day now, ya hear.
#7 I was working on a modular office building a few years ago where the guys doing the trim work ran screws into the water lines above every sink in every bathroom hanging mirrors. Got quite a surprise when they opened up the valve for rhe water main.
ReplyDeleteNever trust a cheap stud finder. They read by density. Take a outlet plate off to locate studs and lay a measuring tape on the floor on 16" centers.
Delete#2.Well, I ain't backing up.
ReplyDeleteWell, me neither.