What did you do today?

[highup]

Most of the issues around here with not honoring the joint, end up with little cracks along the length of the joint. Most of it is or should I say has been, VCT. It takes many years to develop. We've been lucky to not have climate change here on the coast. When it gets into the 90s around here it rarely lasts more than 3 days. I've seen a hundred here a few times in my life. 15 years old years ago I think we had 101 and the following day was 93 to 95 something like that. Then it went back into the normal low '70s.
I would truly hate living somewhere where there was actual weather.

 

[Mark Brown]

We do not usually have weather but it was a good 15° Celsius hotter than average and in the span of 2 or 3 days and it lasted for about 3 days so that extreme prolonged heat was what ate it alive. I do live on the coast, on an island even and well... we got hammered.

I get control joints and the whole "never install over them" but let's face it, it's done every day again and again and rarely does it come back like this. Especially 4 months later.

I am going to apply for federal relief. I think it is appropriate.

 

[C.J.]

I’m surprised you don’t have something about that in your contract. Technically it’s not your problem but we all know how the game is played. Hopefully you have a good enough relationship with the GC and will be able to bill for it.

 

[Mark Brown]

I just fixed it because I am a nice guy (sucker). I refused to open them seeing as there is no replacement material incase something went wrong and im not going to eat that floor for something that is not my fault.
I say I came away feeling good and that is enough for me.

 

[C.J.]

As long as you’re happy then it’s all good. I haven’t worked in about a month and the more I think about situations like this the less I actually want to work anymore. I’m happy so it must be all good, right.

 

[Floorist]

So today I became a victim of climate change..... or something.

Why is it that when your concrete heaves at a saw cut that was filled with elastomeric epoxy not less... and causes your concrete to buckle and shift and makes a bubble in the flooring, it's somehow my problem?

We had historic temperatures a few weeks back and would you believe these showed up right after? weird!

So, alas, I have now fallen prey to the effects of climate change, for shame.

A local store offered a lifetime warranty. I repaired several carpets that had been down 20 years.

 

[Mark Brown]

I have a fun little game i like to play in flooring called "what would another trade say" under the rules of this game this scenario would sound like this.....

"Hey painter, my kids drew all over my walls and the paint looks ******, what are you going to do about it"

Of course that guy would give the old middle finger salute to said home owner, but here in the wonderful world of flooring well... we rush off to save the day. Maybe the more I think about this the less happy I am lol.

 

[C.J.]

Keep thinking about it long enough and eventually you’ll be pissed off.

 

[Mark Brown]

Keep thinking about it long enough and eventually you’ll be pissed off.

I already know this my friend. It is why I try not to think about it lol

 

[DarisMulkin]

Talk about a bad day. I had some shrubs removed from the front of my daughters house[my] and today my stepson came to help remove the stumps. Hooked onto it with a tow strap and after 3 or 4 pulls the stump came out traveling about 70 feet through the air and bang right into the side door of the daughters car. Nice dent into the door of her new to her car Now it is to find out who covers it, homeowners or car insurance. ****!!!!!!

 

[Mark Brown]

Talk about a bad day. I had some shrubs removed from the front of my daughters house[my] and today my stepson came to help remove the stumps. Hooked onto it with a tow strap and after 3 or 4 pulls the stump came out traveling about 70 feet through the air and bang right into the side door of the daughters car. Nice dent into the door of her new to her car Now it is to find out who covers it, homeowners or car insurance. ****!!!!!!

Either way Daris, the answer is you
Good luck on that one buddy!

 

[DarisMulkin]

Gonna be hell raised when I tell the daughter it comes under her car insurance-comprehensive, kind of like getting a rock in the windshield I guess.

 

[C.J.]

Talk about a bad day. I had some shrubs removed from the front of my daughters house[my] and today my stepson came to help remove the stumps. Hooked onto it with a tow strap and after 3 or 4 pulls the stump came out traveling about 70 feet through the air and bang right into the side door of the daughters car. Nice dent into the door of her new to her car Now it is to find out who covers it, homeowners or car insurance. ****!!!!!!

Ain’t nothin a plunger can’t fix.
I’m sure glad it was a car door that stopped the stump instead of a person. That wouldn’t have been pretty.

 

[highup]

Talk about a bad day. I had some shrubs removed from the front of my daughters house[my] and today my stepson came to help remove the stumps. Hooked onto it with a tow strap and after 3 or 4 pulls the stump came out traveling about 70 feet through the air and bang right into the side door of the daughters car. Nice dent into the door of her new to her car Now it is to find out who covers it, homeowners or car insurance. ****!!!!!!

And nobody had the camera rolling did they? Might have been able to have America's funniest videos pay for it.

 

[highup]

Talk about a bad day. I had some shrubs removed from the front of my daughters house[my] and today my stepson came to help remove the stumps. Hooked onto it with a tow strap and after 3 or 4 pulls the stump came out traveling about 70 feet through the air and bang right into the side door of the daughters car. Nice dent into the door of her new to her car Now it is to find out who covers it, homeowners or car insurance. ****!!!!!!

There's something to be said about chains.

 

[Incognito]

Talk about a bad day. I had some shrubs removed from the front of my daughters house[my] and today my stepson came to help remove the stumps. Hooked onto it with a tow strap and after 3 or 4 pulls the stump came out traveling about 70 feet through the air and bang right into the side door of the daughters car. Nice dent into the door of her new to her car Now it is to find out who covers it, homeowners or car insurance. ****!!!!!!

Isn't that really a bad day for the insurance company?

Apparently you're covered.

 

[Incognito]

Gonna be hell raised when I tell the daughter it comes under her car insurance-comprehensive, kind of like getting a rock in the windshield I guess.

I have $500 deductible so yeah, that kinda sucks. THEN they raise your premiums! Body shops are like the health care industry in that they're milking the **** out of our economy through the insurance rackets. Comprehensive is optional if you own the vehicle free and clear. When I drove a 25 year old small truck with 250K miles in beat to **** condition it made ZERO sense to pay Comprehensive/Collision premiums. We own two basically brand new vehicles free and clear but we HAVE to pay for "full coverage" because auto body repairs are so OBSCENELY corrupted by the insurance rackets.

 

[highup]

I have $500 deductible so yeah, that kinda sucks. THEN they raise your premiums! Body shops are like the health care industry in that they're milking the **** out of our economy through the insurance rackets. Comprehensive is optional if you own the vehicle free and clear. When I drove a 25 year old small truck with 250K miles in beat to **** condition it made ZERO sense to pay Comprehensive/Collision premiums. We own two basically brand new vehicles free and clear but we HAVE to pay for "full coverage" because auto body repairs are so OBSCENELY corrupted by the insurance rackets.

I switched from one company to Safeco 40 years ago. One month after switching I ran into a slow speed crash with another pickup it ended up being each of our faults. We hit headlight to headlight on the driver's side. It buckled my hood ruined a fender and an inner fender and the core support plus of course the headlight and grill.
Safeco forked out I believe about $1,600 for my 1973 pickup.
My rates never changed.
That said over the next 30 years they slowly increase the monthly rate. I had no driving offenses and no other accidents but my race kept slowly creeping up. I called the company up to ask him if they could reduce my rates because my driving record was flawless and I've had two accidents in my life. The first one was when I was 16 the second one was I when I was 40. I was transferred to a gentleman and he explained to me that their rates are based on statistics and my rate was what it was and couldn't change it.
I switched over to progressive with the same coverage and right now my rates are half of what I paid with Safeco over 10 years ago. They keep reducing my rates.
When I switched from Safeco to progressive it was for the same insurance company.
When I stopped in to start my new coverage, the owner of the company came over and told me that they had never spoken with someone that high up in the Safeco company.

 

[Floorist]

Just sitting here looking at the collection of short stories I wrote a couple of years ago. I wrote twelve of them, had them published on Kindle and then pulled them after a few months. Almost seems like someone else wrote them. I have not been able to get interested enough to write any more. The people who read them liked them, but who knows.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

That is why insurance companies own body shops.