Trials and tribulations of owning a house

[GDS_Starfury]

these are good:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/E-Z-Ancor-100-lbs-Philips-Pan-Head-Heavy-Duty-Toggle-LockSelf-Drilling-Drywall-Anchors-with-Screws-10-Pack-25220/100153998

these are also these:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/E-Z-Ancor-Twist-N-Lock-8-x-1-1-4-in-White-Nylon-Phillips-Flat-Head-75-Medium-Duty-Drywall-Anchors-with-Screws-20-Pack-25210/100140114

both require pre drilled holes.  Im sure there are videos.

[Dammit Carl!]

expecting most framers during the last 30 years to space them properly is whats funny.

Living in a 1870s/1880s made house, throw in "everything is out of square," too.  Ugh.

[steve58]

Got to mow my new yard for the second time.  Temps here in east TN really need to cool down so I won't have to mow it again until spring.  :-\

[Sir Slash]

Here in Fla, I haven't mown for several weeks, the longest time I can remember without mowing. With almost no rain the grass is just sitting there. No so the weeds however, they're growing like...you know. And a lot of stuff is blooming.  :o

[Jarhead0331]

First panel mounted.

[Jarhead0331]

Second panel up. Coming together nicely.

[Sir Slash]

 :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Gusington]

Not sure why I am even posting this but I need to vent somewhere. For the 2nd time in a year my area has been hit by a 'storm of the century' and for the 2nd time in a year a bunch of my neighbors and myself have to dig tons of gravel, rocks, dirt and tree limbs from our driveway because our state/town/village refuses to clear out some culverts that were f'd up in a repaving job last year, causing this overflow flooding onto our property. It may sound minor but both times this happened cost us 1000s of dollars in cleanup as the rushing floodwaters, rerouted onto our road, pour down into my neighbors driveway and then basement.

We got relatively lucky both times because we just have to repair the flood damage to a smaller section of our gravel driveway but other houses and properties have been royally f'd.

We are also lucky that we got our general contractor to put a crew together this morning with a bulldozer and plenty of stone and gravel to repair the damage before the temperature drops 40 degrees, but until the state/town/village repairs what they f'd up this is going to keep happening. It never happened until 2021 and the f'd up road repaving job :/

MERRY FUCKING XMAS

[Jarhead0331]

Not sure why I am even posting this but I need to vent somewhere. For the 2nd time in a year my area has been hit by a 'storm of the century' and for the 2nd time in a year a bunch of my neighbors and myself have to dig tons of gravel, rocks, dirt and tree limbs from our driveway because our state/town/village refuses to clear out some culverts that were f'd up in a repaving job last year, causing this overflow flooding onto our property. It may sound minor but both times this happened cost us 1000s of dollars in cleanup.

We are lucky that we got our general contractor to put a crew together this morning with a bulldozer and plenty of stone and gravel to repair the damage, but until the state/town/village repairs what they f'd up this is going to keep happening.

MERRY FUCKING XMAS

Your neighborhood should lawyer up and split the costs.

[Gusington]

I have a best friend who is also a lawyer and he said that lawyering up in this case is most likely not going to be effective, but the threat of a lawsuit and some more media attention to the problem would be more effective. Keeping pressure on our town mayor and supervisor, as well as our state senator, was also recommended. All of which we took care of this morning while the heavy work goes on outside. My neighbor really got f'd and is besides himself (we're covering costs for him for now as the contractor and the neighbor hate each other...don't ask). The contractor crew did amazing work...our property looks untouched and they worked super fast.

[Jarhead0331]

I have a best friend who is also a lawyer and he said that lawyering up in this case is most likely not going to be effective, but the threat of a lawsuit and some more media attention to the problem would be more effective. Keeping pressure on our town mayor and supervisor, as well as our state senator, was also recommended. All of which we took care of this morning while the heavy work goes on outside. My neighbor really got f'd and is besides himself (we're covering costs for him for now as the contractor and the neighbor hate each other...don't ask). The contractor crew did amazing work...our property looks untouched and they worked super fast.

You need to find the right lawyer. I've handled a lot of cases against municipalities due to property damage and flooding caused by their negligence or refusal to maintain public roads and utilities.

[Gusington]

PM sent.

[Sir Slash]

That's a bitch Gus. My County did something similar to us a couple of years back, digging out the ditches along the street next to my house. Now our ditches are deeper than anywhere nearby and storm water drains TO us not away from us. Not a major problem until 19 inches of rain hit you in about 8 hours driven by 100 mile an hour winds.  :hide:

[Dammit Carl!]

Dang.  All the best, mate.

Consistent, good road maintenance (to include drainage structures) is a thing of the past, I fear.

[Windigo]

I have a best friend who is also a lawyer and he said that lawyering up in this case is most likely not going to be effective, but the threat of a lawsuit and some more media attention to the problem would be more effective. Keeping pressure on our town mayor and supervisor, as well as our state senator, was also recommended. All of which we took care of this morning while the heavy work goes on outside. My neighbor really got f'd and is besides himself (we're covering costs for him for now as the contractor and the neighbor hate each other...don't ask). The contractor crew did amazing work...our property looks untouched and they worked super fast.

You need to find the right lawyer. I've handled a lot of cases against municipalities due to property damage and flooding caused by their negligence or refusal to maintain public roads and utilities.

Here the most they could get in a civil suit is the portion of flood waters received that did not get routed away from the home site due to negligence. The standard here is a 1 in 25 year rain event for road drainage. If this was a storm of the century then they would be lucky to get half of the damages. Still... it helps reduced the fiscal sting.