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by berikv 466 days ago
Please don’t terrify your contractors. They fix your place, and you want them on your side doing a good job.
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I take "terrify" to mean "they know they will be supervised and their wkrk checked".
I've "terrified" contractors when I've called them on their BS. I once had a contractor tell me it was okay to notch 50% into a load bearing floor joist. I quickly pulled up the building code and his face went pale...