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rlcline76 · 05-19-2008, 12:51 AM

Why yes, Boomer. I live in a brand new shell. They are put up quickly with plenty of flaws. Let's forget that my master bathroom's walls are uneven for a second. When I moved in, the brand new heater conked out...well, partially. Every time the wind blew, I was sans heat. How long did it take to fix? A year. Half of the problem was that the utility closet door doesn't fit the frame, so the dang thing would blow open. That was remedied about a week after the heater was fixed. Why? One day a neighbor came by and asked me if I knew I had a fountain of water gushing between the houses and was flooding out the neighbors' backyards. Why, no! I don't hang out anywhere near that side of the house...there is nothing back there. We had a wind storm the night before. Blew the dang door off the hinges smacked into the backyard irrigation system. BINGO! I get a latch. They sloppily caulked the place, so last year around this time I was invaded 3 times a week by ants while I worked to seal this place. It was a real PITA. The exterminators can spray all they want outside, but the bozos live between the walls. Now, monsoon season. My backdoor leaks whenever the winds hit it just so during a nasty bout (reminds me...they never fixed it and I am due to be elsewhere for a couple of weeks in the middle of that crap. If my congressman wasn't running for president, I could probably get the matter cleared up quickly. He is busy right now.

05-19-2008, 12:51 AM	#2073 (permalink)
rlcline76 Manta Ray Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,365 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: OT: How's the weather? Why yes, Boomer. I live in a brand new shell. They are put up quickly with plenty of flaws. Let's forget that my master bathroom's walls are uneven for a second. When I moved in, the brand new heater conked out...well, partially. Every time the wind blew, I was sans heat. How long did it take to fix? A year. Half of the problem was that the utility closet door doesn't fit the frame, so the dang thing would blow open. That was remedied about a week after the heater was fixed. Why? One day a neighbor came by and asked me if I knew I had a fountain of water gushing between the houses and was flooding out the neighbors' backyards. Why, no! I don't hang out anywhere near that side of the house...there is nothing back there. We had a wind storm the night before. Blew the dang door off the hinges smacked into the backyard irrigation system. BINGO! I get a latch. They sloppily caulked the place, so last year around this time I was invaded 3 times a week by ants while I worked to seal this place. It was a real PITA. The exterminators can spray all they want outside, but the bozos live between the walls. Now, monsoon season. My backdoor leaks whenever the winds hit it just so during a nasty bout (reminds me...they never fixed it and I am due to be elsewhere for a couple of weeks in the middle of that crap. If my congressman wasn't running for president, I could probably get the matter cleared up quickly. He is busy right now.