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I was relieved of a little stress this morning, when I had the pleasure of spanking two agents in person, together. This is a small town. People should be more careful about what they say behind other's backs. Especially, about someone who has no fear of embarrasing your lying ass in front of your co-workers. The best part was when I told them that a professional sales person with any kind of talent at all, wouldn't blink an eye at what was written on a report or said by an inspector. A professional would know how to overcome objections and negotiate their way through it, instead of pointing fingers and losing the deal. My stress level is way way down today. All I need to do now, is stay away from that damn golf course.

The whole installation is kind of fascinating.

Holy s--t, I didn't know Kentucky had a "hood". The other day three people in Newark NJ were shot within a 37 minute time period. These are hard times. Ha! We all have "hoods". It's just a matter of the number of players in a given "hood" and the degree of "hoodness" in the players.

That's the best advice here. You should also practice extending it full length and try standing it up a few times. I wish someone videoed me the first time I tried that. Harold Lloyd would have been proud.

Yup, I always test them with a volt stick. Had that happen too. Good point. I'd rather be wrong in writing it, than not, though. Tried to get the realtor to lick the last ones. He wasn't having it.

That's kind of a surprise considering the number of energized abandoned wires I've found in the past. Two the other day.

Is there really any remote chance of a contractor being able to "properly" install this siding? Given the number of flaming hoops in the manual and having absolutely no control over how it's handled once it's shipped from the factory to the retailer and their yard help, it sure seems like the deck is stacked against them. The do's, don'ts, shall's, shall not's, the number of men required to properly transport it, and all of the rest of the warnings, are enough to convince me to find something else. There's just too much. When a contractor has to baby sit every piece of any product they're installing, they're losing money.

If that doesn't work, Estwing glass cleaner is the best I've used. I like the 20oz size.

Thanks for the reminder. I just ran out of that stuff.

Really? I've been beating on them for years. I wouldn't trade them for anyting else out there. Who gives a rats ass if they're dipped? They're galvanized!

As I said. Not my choice for an install. So, what's your point? I respect and don't challenge your knowledge of the written word on products. Don't fall into a trap of believing everything you read. I'm pretty sure you saw the "almighty cement fiber siding" fall apart in a cup of water after four hours, when I did. The nails are wrong. We know that. Is the siding going to fall off because of them?. My experience tells me, if they're not driven too deep and there's enough of them, not likely. They're still galvanized. Anyone who get's focused on the sentence above, should re-read the underlined, and try not to get confused about the reference to the junk siding. I know we're talking about wood here

I'm pretty sure that's how the one's I use, stick together. http://www.paslode.com/nails/16-gauge-angled-finish/ I can't say they would be my first choice for an install, but I've repaired some split pieces of my siding with them. I've also had more than one battle trying to pull one back out. Good luck with that.

Not if they're wrapped in bacon. Even if the fish sucks, it's still a win win.

On second thought, Jim has a point. Why don't you offer up a couple of fresh Atlantic salmon instead.

Exactly. That $50.00 will probably save you from $100.00 worth of nit picky criticism as well.

Not here. There's still plenty of old decks around that were built exactly like that and are still as solid as the day they were built. That's just the way it was done at the time. You post holed your way below the the frost line, dropped some stone back in, set the post, and back filled it with dirt, or wasted good concrete around it. They didn't move and didn't rot. Sometimes this by the book stuff, is just fine. Sometimes, it's just puzzling. What ever happened to that little yellow bury it for 75 years guaranty tag?

Marc, Do you remember the first TTY relays? My uncle's was the size of a small microwave oven.

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Yeah, well, they're still "thingys" to me.

It's shag bark pine. Very popular in the seventy's.

Thanks for the responses. Just wanted to make sure there wasn't some new magical remedy for this. It amazes me that folks can look you in the eye and try to bullshit their way through stuff like this. Nobody did a damn thing to the roof or anything else, other than slop some mud and paint on the ceiling under that bathroom. I'm well aware of the fact that water can work it's way from this side of a roof to that side of the house before it shows up, but I'd say it's unlikely water from an ice dam would show up on the first floor ceiling, eight feet from the outside wall without seeing more evidence of it elsewhere.

Why would ya? EEEEWWWW!

Yesterday, while inspecting a $299.000 & NO SENSE. home, I ran across an attempted sheetrock repair and some water stains that were located directly under a second floor bathroom. The buyer's rep was there and she said, the seller said the stains were from an ice damming problem that had been repaired by a roofer. When I pointed out the fact there was a bathroom above and there were no stains or evidence of any type of repair, her eyebrow went up, also. A while later, the listing agent / next door neighbor showed up and tried to show me where the repairs were made to the roof. (Must have been magic) I took him around back showed him the proximity of the bath over the damaged first floor ceiling and he began to get angrified, and again stated that a roofer had fixed it. Beautiful. So, there should be no problem producing documentation supporting the repairs. Here's the Q. Other than tearing the roof off and starting over, exactly what kind of repairs can be made to the roof cover to prevent a problem with ice damming?

Is $37,000 the standard EPA fine for whatever? What did these guys get nailed for?

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