[Overtaxed]

we discovered that the builder did not have the painter prime the BACK of the molding before installing and painting it.

Ha! I can beat that. The person who built my house didn't use pressure treated wood for porches and exterior steps.

[Overtaxed]

Good Morning, everyone!

[Sam Cree]

I think I am lucky on my house.

It was built by a young electrical engineer for himself, to his specifications, and in large part, with his own hands. His next door neighbor was an architect, this house was his first project ever as a licensed architect.

Then the guy lived in it for 30 some years, raised a family, eventually he retired, at which point we bought the thing.

It is twice as well built as practically any other house around. For instance there are things called hurricane straps that help hold the roof on during hurricanes. This place has something like 3 times as many as current code requires. Plus there are other systems of his own design to resist high winds, and other stuff too, like 24 volt light switches, where one switch controls 12 different light fixtures. 'Course his wife still hadn't figured out how to work that switch properly 30 years later.

Morning everyone.

[SuziQ]

The person who built my house didn't use pressure treated wood for porches and exterior steps.

Makes you want to snatch somebody bald-headed, doesn't it?