I have a 30 year mortgage...there's about zero chance I'll live long enough to pay it off...![]()
Well, I guess whoever owns the property will have to pay it off.haha
I planted two dawn redwoods. I'll never see those grown up, but hopefully they'll be pretty big before I die, and some tard cuts them down.
The last thing I need is more tards around. They're not exactly an endangered species. I see them everywhere! I'd trade 10 tards for 1 extinct mega fauna specimen. Make enough trades, and the tard population will be kept in check.Maybe you should plant a tard tree, so that the tard makes its nest there and ignores your redwoods.
Mine is a 25 year, I'm 10 years in and have around 5-7 years left. Still crazy to think I'll be close to or in my 40's by that time though. Getting old. Hopefully I have better luck than my dad in the heart department. He started having heart issues at 39. It's genetic so I might very well start having issues too at that point.
I have a 30 year mortgage...there's about zero chance I'll live long enough to pay it off...![]()
Sure would suck to have your house burn down because Genius Joe next door thinks he's an electrician, yeah?Bureaucracy stuff, like permits and other fees and artificial costs that only exists for bureaucracy BS reasons.
Sure would suck to have your house burn down because Genius Joe next door thinks he's an electrician, yeah?
LOLThat's what insurance is for. Most people who do stuff to their own house are doing it to the best of their knowledge and as safe as they can - sometimes even better than code. They have to live there too. Good example is my grandpa built a deck and used 2x8 joists. Inspector told him it had to be 2x6 so he had to redo it all. (or something to that extend I don't recall the full details). BS like that is just retarded and just there for bureaucracy reasons and at the end of the day it's all a money grab. You have to do it X way because the rules says so, and no other reasoning. You go to another place, and the rules are different. They make this shit up as they go.
BS. And that's a bad example. Most people don't know their asses from a hole in the ground so "to the best of their knowledge" isn't good enough if they can kill me and mine.That's what insurance is for. Most people who do stuff to their own house are doing it to the best of their knowledge and as safe as they can - sometimes even better than code. They have to live there too. Good example is my grandpa built a deck and used 2x8 joists. Inspector told him it had to be 2x6 so he had to redo it all. (or something to that extend I don't recall the full details). BS like that is just retarded and just there for bureaucracy reasons and at the end of the day it's all a money grab. You have to do it X way because the rules says so, and no other reasoning. You go to another place, and the rules are different. They make this shit up as they go.
That's what insurance is for. Most people who do stuff to their own house are doing it to the best of their knowledge and as safe as they can - sometimes even better than code. They have to live there too. Good example is my grandpa built a deck and used 2x8 joists. Inspector told him it had to be 2x6 so he had to redo it all. (or something to that extend I don't recall the full details). BS like that is just retarded and just there for bureaucracy reasons and at the end of the day it's all a money grab. You have to do it X way because the rules says so, and no other reasoning. You go to another place, and the rules are different. They make this shit up as they go.
Shit happens. Does not matter if there was a permit or not. Things can go wrong for any reason. It's a false sense of security to think that just because there was a permit it's 100% guarantee not to fail. What matters is that it's done right and that does not nececerily mean to code. Some codes are good yes but the issue is when inspectors are nit picky and they will be. Ex: you put staples at every foot and code says 16 inch, you have to redo. Shit like that has nothing to do with safety.
Now if some idiot uses wrong gauge wire or other unsafe practice that's a whole other story. Someone like that should not be doing electrical in first place.
My wife bangs on hers all the time, money well spent.Anvil's a pretty good example of something you'll never get the full benefit of.
That's what insurance is for. Most people who do stuff to their own house are doing it to the best of their knowledge and as safe as they can - sometimes even better than code. They have to live there too. Good example is my grandpa built a deck and used 2x8 joists. Inspector told him it had to be 2x6 so he had to redo it all. (or something to that extend I don't recall the full details). BS like that is just retarded and just there for bureaucracy reasons and at the end of the day it's all a money grab. You have to do it X way because the rules says so, and no other reasoning. You go to another place, and the rules are different. They make this shit up as they go.
I ain't buying the story about the deck. Building codes set the MINIMUM that's acceptable...you can ALWAYS go better/heavier as long as the underlying structure will handle it.
