Strange But True

ron schenker

What crazy things have you seen D.I.Y. homeowners do? I'm redoing a bathroom for a client and had to remove the vanity, disconnecting the A.B.S. was a little different because the P-trap consisted of automotive rubber hose fastened on with radiator clamps! The homeowner was a mechanic and installed this "new system" when he changed the vanity years ago and it didn't line up with the original plumbing. At least he attempted to put the P-trap curve in it but it was kinked a little and the drainage was very slow. Interested to hear some of your stories.

Mike Finley

I have 2.

The first was a homeowner called me out to see about finishing his laminate floor in the basement because "he was now too busy".

He had run about 1/3 of it and stopped once he got to the parts of the floor that had heaved or sank anywhere from 6 to 12 inches. There were signs he had chipped the concrete in a few high spots and filled in some of the low spots with drywall mud. The floor ran high to low in about 3 places down to the far corners and back. Some of the long runs of his flooring were hanging limply a good 4 inches without touching the floor. When I told him it would require a total rip out and starting over and all he went into a song and dance of "Okay that's what I thought, I'm just too busy right now so I wanted to see what somebody else thought" The guy was so embarassed by it all he just wanted to disappear at that point.

The second one was a homeowner who wanted me to finish his tiling job he had started in 2 bathrooms of his house. He did lay some hardi board on the floors, some of the pieces were no more than 3 inches wide with 1/2 gaps between them. He wanted to know if I could cut the tile closer around the toilets than he was able to. When I informed him it needed to be totally ripped out and started over and the toilets are to be set on the tile instead of the tile cut around them in big boxes as he had done he got quesy too. I had to walk when he kept trying to get me to just finish what he had started.

MinConst

I like the vanity one. Sometimes you can tell what a guy does for a living by how he fixes things.

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DecksEtc

Does that mean I shouldn't have used cedar for my kitchen counter tops???

GEB7678

river recovered cypress, just like granite

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copusbuilder

We had planned on a limited remodel of the house I am in now. At first it was going to be a weekend home only.

I opened a couple of walls and discovered that the "electrician" had run wires horizontally at about 3' from the floor. When he came to an outlet he spliced and ran down with one wire so he could save 2' or so????

Needless to say I had to gut the home and rework it all.

While gutting the home my older son was pulling out the old upright heating unit when I heard him say "oh my god". Of course I thought he found a snake but when I turned the corner there was the biggest vibrator stuck inside some kind of strap on thingy??

We nicknamed it Butch. It travels more than most vibrators...I had three buddies from Dallas come down fishing one weekend. We drank a lot and I was the first to pass ou...I mean fall asleep. When I woke I looked like a clown. They had more damned makeup on me...Lipstick and fingernail polish.

I was so pissed of I wanted to kill them. I cleand up as best I could. Then the doorbell rings and it's the guy to install the propane tank. He takes one look at four guys and me with sandals and fingernail and toenail polish?

The look on his face was priceless. Of course I followed him outside and tried to explain....But I think he was gay cause when I went to kiss him goodbye he tried to slip me the tongue (just a joke)

Well when my buddies went to leave they had all their suitcases laid in the back of the pickup....so I gently laid old butch on top of one. They were driving down the highway wondering why all the truckers were slowing down and looking at them..........May have been worth the makeup to see that?

Ole Butch has made the rounds and been in many states. He is currently wrapped in Butcher paper and lying in a freezer in Dallas with the words "pork loin" written on him?

There you have the , Rest of the story

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copusbuilder

Wow, I spill my guts and no one comes up with an equally embarrasing story?

"I AM NOT AN ANIMAL"

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CGofMP

Uhm we are trying to get the picture you mentally gave us of yourself out of our minds...

Who we THOUGHT you were:


Who you described yourself as:



Just give us a chance to recover and we will be back.

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A+Carpenter

Holy ***** copus you have some wabos telling that story.........................

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I fell out of my chair damn near...............................

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copusbuilder

Adam, I was drunk so had a darned good excuse

cgofmp
I am thankful that neither of those photos contains my image. I am nowhere near that attracive. Well maybe I was that night

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AkA Richard Cranium

A+Carpenter

YEA YEA YEA

Are you sure its name wasnt BOB= Battery-Operated-Boyfriend

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