John Dirks Jr Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Assume you have multiple problems in a single category such as electrical. There are 8 different problems and each one needs an electrician to fix. Do you think it is ok to begin the electrical section of the report with a single narrative paragraph that includes the recommendation relative to a description of problems that you list below? The other way is to be quite redundant by saying, get and electrician....get an electrician...get an electrician....get an electrician....over and over and over.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfSwamp Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I wrote something like this: I saw problems in the electrical system that include, but aren't necessarily limited to: *Fleas *Peas *Knees *Skis *Trees Have an electrician make repairs, modifications or upgrades as needed. The sooner, the better. WJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 That's what I do. When a system has a pile of defects, I list several of the worst, state flatly there are more, also state that w/this sort of mess there are probably even more where I can't see them, etc. I then tell them to have a (whatever) tradesman look it all over and tell them specifications for repair and what it will cost. I understand the need to list specifics in some cases, but when it's a single system w/lots of problems, most of it usually ends up coming out anyway, so what's the point(?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Great. That is basically how I did my last report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 How about this situation? How often do you identify a problem where you know that acting towards a solution is far more trouble than the benefit of the repair? What do you say there? Live with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Simon Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Originally posted by AHI How about this situation? How often do you identify a problem where you know that acting towards a solution is far more trouble than the benefit of the repair? What do you say there? Live with it? WJ addressed this question once. I think his line was "If it bothers you, have it fixed". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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