Advice The Home Improvement/Automation Thread

[Josh]

Roof repair yesterday.



The idiot prior owners nailed (very poorly at that) into the face of the shingles that were lifting up in high winds. Instead of just using a little roofing compound under the tab to glue them down. Hopefully I don't get roof leaks in the future. Something I'll need to check every few years and probably reapply.


Obligatory 360 degree view from the roof.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Nice
At first glance, I thought maybe youd fired off a round of bird shot into your ceiling

 

[Darth Handsome]

It deletes after a certain amount of days.

I'm going to sound utterly crazy, but the real reason I love our cameras is so I can spy on the strays and ferals around our house. It's like watching Big Brother; very entertaining... plus it's how we know they are here to see us, which is fucking cute god damn it.

You watch Big Brother?

 

[fly]

You watch Big Brother?

We did for a couple of seasons after a former member here was on the show.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

GO MAKE JESSE A SANDWICH

 

[Valve1138]

THE MAN HAS THE INTELLIGENCE OF A BANANNA

 

[Valve1138]

GO MAKE JESSE A SANDWICH

AND A HANDJOB UNDER THE COVERS

 

[APRIL]

You watch Big Brother?

Ooohhh Darth is putting on his judgy hat and is going to hit me with his best shot.

 

[APRIL]

Fire away, bucko.

 

[Darth Handsome]

I dont think I need to add anything further

 

[luckyjack]

can't wait to finish my house renovation...Still so much work needs to be done. Most of work I do with my own hands, I found reviews on https://bestchainsawadviser.com/remington-chainsaw-reviews/ and bought one chainsaw for that purpose. Useful tool for home works.

 

[fly]

can't wait to finish my house renovation...Still so much work needs to be done.

pics

 

[Darth Handsome]

Man who dont fix roof fix whole house

 

[Valve1138]

or Shens

 

[fly]

Picked up an Ecobee4 thermostat so that I can integrate back into my HA. Turns out after two calls to support, the damn thing is bad. Ugh.

 

[fly]

I wrote (well updated) a SmartThings presence script in Tasker if anyone (Domon) is interested. Requires SharpTools.

 

[OOD]

I was going to go with another inspector than the last one but this guy wants me to sign a document saying I "indemnify and hold harmless" the inspection company for any hazardous conditions or harmful substances (mold and such). If I'm reading it right I would be responsible for some dumbass inspector for harming himself during the inspection.

I'm sure this is common practice but the last guy just said "alright just pay me when I'm done" and I checked, he is registered with the city and did provide a somewhat decent report. He didn't have a website or sample reports but I also wasn't worried he would kill himself on the job.

What do y'all think, should I indemnify and hold harmless the new inspector? Any legal gurus here?

 

[OOD]

Oh yeah I guess I might be posting in this thread now since I'm about to have a home worth improving.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

I was going to go with another inspector than the last one but this guy wants me to sign a document saying I "indemnify and hold harmless" the inspection company for any hazardous conditions or harmful substances (mold and such). If I'm reading it right I would be responsible for some dumbass inspector for harming himself during the inspection.

I'm sure this is common practice but the last guy just said "alright just pay me when I'm done" and I checked, he is registered with the city and did provide a somewhat decent report. He didn't have a website or sample reports but I also wasn't worried he would kill himself on the job.

What do y'all think, should I indemnify and hold harmless the new inspector? Any legal gurus here?

My first reaction would be "Fuck no." That's not your house, you don't have homeowner's insurance on it.

But that may be a normal thing around you

 

[wetwillie]

I was going to go with another inspector than the last one but this guy wants me to sign a document saying I "indemnify and hold harmless" the inspection company for any hazardous conditions or harmful substances (mold and such). If I'm reading it right I would be responsible for some dumbass inspector for harming himself during the inspection.

I'm sure this is common practice but the last guy just said "alright just pay me when I'm done" and I checked, he is registered with the city and did provide a somewhat decent report. He didn't have a website or sample reports but I also wasn't worried he would kill himself on the job.

What do y'all think, should I indemnify and hold harmless the new inspector? Any legal gurus here?

FUck no - indemnify means to compensate. Really, you're going to compensate the guy if he gets hurt on the job? I could hsee a hold harmless clause that you wouldn't sue them if they missed something. But that would suck - they are supposed to have "errors and ommissions" insurance to cover YOU if they miss something and it costs you.
I had a home inspection business. I inspected homes. I had no clause for them to compensate me. I advertised I had insurance. I walked their roof and crawled their crawl(space).