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Posted by DerbyDad03 on April 5, 2008, 11:26 pm
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> > What's interesting - and somewhat disturbing - is that he assumes it
> > is 1/2" without checking.
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> > He just did a neighbor's house the other day and I saw the delivery
> > guy piling up a bunch of 1/2" sheets of ply.
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> > What if I don't know it's 3/4' and he shows up with a bunch of 1/2"
> > ply? Is it safe to assume he'd send a truck for 3/4"? =A0(That's not a
> > question looking for an answer...it's just a curiousity.)
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> > I'm not going to let it be a problem cause every estimate from now on
> > will include 3/4" - and I will be checking with my neighbor to see if
> > the guy checked his house first.
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> You're only wasting your time and setting yourself up for a problem if
> you don't impart all information you have to everyone you've chosen to
> bid. =A0There's really no point in either party making assumptions as
> they rarely work out well.
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> I've seen engineer friends shoot themselves in the foot by overdoing
> it and handing out six page sets of specifications for a simple
> reroof, but there's a happy medium and you just have ot hit the high
> points to keep the bids comparable.
>
> R
I'm assuming this is a just general informationand not directed at me.
I already said that everyone will know it's 3/4". The last thing I'll
do is leave things as important as that to an assumption.
My wife was just doing me a favor since the guy was in the
neighborhood, Had I known she was being such an efficient wife, I'd
have let her know about all the things I think the contractor needs to
know before asking for a bid. The decking is not the only thing that I
want discussed.
But thanks anyway!
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