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Posted by Troppo on September 22, 2007, 8:09 pm
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>> nmbexcuse@hotmail.com wrote in
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>>> Oh I know the hole is poorly done, story of my life, I always pay to
>>> get it done poorly then pay it a second time to get it corrected.
>>> My problem is finding responsible tradesmen that take pride in their
>>> work.
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> I thought about building one new, but there is nothing like old bones
> in an older house. If I did that I would never have discovered cavity
> caps this way and thought for a split second that it could be hidden
> drugs left there by the previous owners!
Lol. On the other hand, there is a building survey company locally (North
Queensland Australia) who will arrange a 'sweep" of your property for
dope stashes, evidence of amphetamine brewing etc. The sniffer dog does a
responsible job - but costs a lot.
Good tradesmen hard to catch in this corner of the planet as well.
Plumbers now the highest paid - can get $A1,500 per day. Most roofs are
trussed because there are so few carpenters who are able or willing to
construct roof frames. And even trusses cost a bomb if you want something
out of the ordinary, eg you don't want a steep pitch, and don't see the
need for unusable roof void which is 50% of the volume of the space
underneath it.
Carpentry apprentices can now get through by 'setting' a roof on a doll's
house, on the basis that the geometry and calculations are the same.
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