Re: Things that give you the sh1ts
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:55 pm
Rain at the cricket that lasts 90 seconds and the delay goes for > 30 minutes. Infuriating
wristwatcher wrote:Rain at the cricket that lasts 90 seconds and the delay goes for > 30 minutes. Infuriating
Footy Chick wrote:Finding out that I have to pay $280 every year to a pest control company to avoid having a warranty voided.
Surely that's illegal.
Footy Chick wrote:My point is though, is that I can't think of any other company in the world besides the mafia that says give me money to keep your warranty in check.
It's highway robbery.
heater31 wrote:wristwatcher wrote:Rain at the cricket that lasts 90 seconds and the delay goes for > 30 minutes. Infuriating
Have to sweep the water off the covers & outfield....not a 10 second job
Psyber wrote:Footy Chick wrote:My point is though, is that I can't think of any other company in the world besides the mafia that says give me money to keep your warranty in check.
It's highway robbery.
It is one of the problems of building new homes, and why when I returned to SA I bought a house built in the late 1980s before some of the more durable sub-slab pesticides were banned. It is also double brick, and has a Colorbond roof with sealed eaves, given I'm in a fire risk area.
I was with a friend who is thinking of building a new home at a display recently, and learned the standard framework from several builders was untreated timber...
And some insurance companies (?most) don't cover insect and vermin damage.
Psyber wrote:Footy Chick wrote:My point is though, is that I can't think of any other company in the world besides the mafia that says give me money to keep your warranty in check.
It's highway robbery.
It is one of the problems of building new homes, and why when I returned to SA I bought a house built in the late 1980s before some of the more durable sub-slab pesticides were banned. It is also double brick, and has a Colorbond roof with sealed eaves, given I'm in a fire risk area.
I was with a friend who is thinking of building a new home at a display recently, and learned the standard framework from several builders was untreated timber...
And some insurance companies (?most) don't cover insect and vermin damage.
heater31 wrote:Psyber wrote:Footy Chick wrote:My point is though, is that I can't think of any other company in the world besides the mafia that says give me money to keep your warranty in check.
It's highway robbery.
It is one of the problems of building new homes, and why when I returned to SA I bought a house built in the late 1980s before some of the more durable sub-slab pesticides were banned. It is also double brick, and has a Colorbond roof with sealed eaves, given I'm in a fire risk area.
I was with a friend who is thinking of building a new home at a display recently, and learned the standard framework from several builders was untreated timber...
And some insurance companies (?most) don't cover insect and vermin damage.
Treated timber is not standard. It costs the builder extra to purchase the product, people whinge about the price of building enough as it is.
kickinit wrote: It will be interesting what happens with these steel homes in years to come. While the steel does have a protective coating on the steel, it were they cut and drill that removes that coating and leaves bare, untreated steel.
Psyber wrote:kickinit wrote: It will be interesting what happens with these steel homes in years to come. While the steel does have a protective coating on the steel, it were they cut and drill that removes that coating and leaves bare, untreated steel.
Yes I'm aware of that one too.
I asked whether drill holes and cuts were touched up with a galvanising paint and was told there was no need because the galvanised coating spreads across the surface as the drilling and cutting is done...
I guess it is a good lurk if houses fall apart soon after the warranty expires - it is a work creation scheme.
bennymacca wrote: Well he is right (though he probably didn't know why) - the zinc coating acts as a sacrificial anode, meaning oxidation will preferentially target the zinc instead of the iron, and so drilling or small scratches won't be an issue, as long as it doesn't get wet.
woodublieve12 wrote:- people who don't indicate
Brodlach wrote:woodublieve12 wrote:- people who don't indicate
Especially at the Britannia roundabout
Footy Chick wrote:Brodlach wrote:woodublieve12 wrote:- people who don't indicate
Especially at the Britannia roundabout
this is because people have no idea where they're going!
bennymacca wrote:Footy Chick wrote:Brodlach wrote:woodublieve12 wrote:- people who don't indicate
Especially at the Britannia roundabout
this is because people have no idea where they're going!
Been through there a bit recently and it is so much better than it used to be - finally civil engineers do something useful