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  1. Also consider talking to Ford (the manufacturer). Sometimes the manufacturer will buy back the car. The dealership may/may not assist with this process.

    I just want it fixed or they can get me a new one! With the current market situation I would get screwed in a buy back situation based on what I bought the vehicle for versus current market value.
  2. F-150

    You would be driving down the road and all of a sudden the truck would go into limp mode.  You would have to come to a complete stop and shut off the truck and it would reset and work fine for a couple of days.  First time this happened we took it in and they couldn't find anything wrong.  Then a few days later the dash lit up like a christmas tree and has been in the shop every since.  Here is what all they have fixed so far but it is still having issues.

    1. New valve body installed in transmission

    2. Replaced catalytic converters

    3. Replaced crankshaft sensor

    4. Replaced powertrain control module

    5. Now they are going to replace the crankshaft tone wheel. 

    I have asked on a couple of occasions for a loaner vehicle since this has been ongoing for over a month.  They keep telling me nothing has been turned in which I think is BS.

  3. Let me also say we sell specs as an owner not a builder we insulate our build company from contracts with buyers.  Our land holding company (using a special purpose entity (SPE) for each project) is the party under contract with our builder company. When it’s complete and we put it on the market the SPE is the seller. We insist on a standard purchase and sale contract with no warranties and we pass along the builder statutory minimum warranties from our builder company. So there’s actually an added layer of protection with no contractual privity with the builder and the seller SPE has no remaining assets within days of closing. 

    RCLA and a jury will bend you over one day! The last place you want to be is in the courthouse with a crazy homeowner. The TAB contracts will save you from this and spell out a limited warranty.
  4. How much time do you spend in the office looking at the business end of your construction company?  
     
    Are you best at building but lacking in the paperwork end?  Just don’t want to or can’t stand to do the paperwork end?
    Hiring a bookkeeper or a CPA to “just handle it” can be very dangerous and expensive.  Trusting a bookkeeper to post invoices and cut checks without you knowing the books and the accounting program backward and forward is a fine recipe for embezzlement.  Simply handing your unorganized check ledgers to a CPA at the end of the year and having them “figure it out” will be expensive to untangle and you’ll make mistakes that will have tax consequences.  
     
    Join your local builder’s association and gain access to the Texas Association of Builders’ contracts. USE THEIR CONTRACTS and go to their contract discussion meetings.  Your eyes will be opened. 
     
    Talk to [mention=298]C-Man[/mention] about GL, WC, hired and non-owned vehicles, pollution liability and business umbrella /excess liability insurance.  

    This is 100% accurate. The TAB contracts will save your bacon!


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  5. Kind of glad this popped up again.  My CPAP (2nd one) is pretty old.  Maybe 8-9 years.  I feel like maybe it's not doing the job any more or my stuff has changed.  Should I have another sleep study?  I understand the newer machines can report back to the provider.  I think mine has a smart card that I can send it but not sure.  Just wondering if I need a new one and if I'll have to do another sleep study as my last one was like 15 years ago.

    I'm in the same boat. Just need someone to sell me a machine or Philips to hurry up and get my recalled machine exchanged.
  6. I am seriously thinking of spending the cash and replacing a relatively new Water heater (6 years old) with a natural gas tankless unit.  First off I have a CHOICE of whether to put the unit indoors or outdoors.  But aesthetically the finished look would likely be nicer if I buy an indoor unit.  The best installation point to take advantage of existing gas and water lines would allow for indoor or outdoor installation.  How would you/ did you protect an outside unit from freezes like we saw last year?  Or is it even possible with the necessary venting? 
    Currently I have a closet in the hallway that houses both the hater heater and the air handler for the air conditioning.  I probably normally would not even consider this, but I am 95% sure I am going to bite off the cost to move the sir conditioner into the attic.  Around $4250 is my bottom line here, but it's motivated from the shitty design of my house and placement of existing AC that did not allow me to replace the ductwork with the current placement.  But with the air handling unit out of the closet, the appeal of the removal of the large water heater is now I would have a large closet area where I could move the washer and dryer from the garage into the house.  But adding another $1000 - $2000 with a tankless heater for the additional space is only really justified if I can use the closet for new washer placement. Though tearing out the wall and insulating the water pipes, is also something I think about as these lines did freeze in the snowpocolypse as they are in a currently uninsulated wall.
    So how big a unit do I need?  I see ready availability of the $1000, 6.6 gpm heaters, and the $1400-$1700 units with 9.5 gpm units.  It's really just the wife and me now, so the most we might ever have running would be a shower and dishwasher or washing maching going at the same time.  With the possibility of an additional faucet running.  Do you think I can get by with the 6.6 gpm unit or would I need the additional capacity?  My plan is to time how long it takes to fill up a 5 gallon bucket in the tub today to see how much water comes out of a spigot.  I may try to fill two buckets in each shower to see what "max" capacity in a minute is?  I KNOW I have high pressure, 90 psi.  
    I have not done enough research and don't have the time right now, so PLEASE Surly learn me on this stuff.  My guess is the flow will be such that I will want the 9.5 gallon more expensive units.  Simply as I will hate myself if I "ALMOST" got endless hot water.
    ALSO - recirculating pump or just wait for the water to get there?
    I did see the electric tankless post, but I would only go natural gas.  So thanks in advance.
     

    Where do you live? The temp of your water coming into the house will make a huge difference on how well a tankless works.
  7. Will architectural committees of HOA's approve pools being constructed over the building setback line in the back yard? Leander has a 14' backyard BSL, making it impossible to put in a pool, yet all my neighbors are putting them in.

    Building setbacks and pool easements setbacks are two separate things.
  8. @milkman 12-4”x37-2” Narrow due to easement and when I built the house I made the porch bigger (wasn’t thinking pool 8 years ago).

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    Thanks for sharing. Right now they have designed a 16' x 32' with a 6' x 12' tanning ledge. Pool goes from 3' to 6'6". I'm thinking about adding a few feet and making it 18' x 38'.
  9. Well, sucks to follow[mention=155]Brew[/mention] 1% pics but here we go. About 90% dug today. Steel on sat, plumbing next Tuesday, and gunnite for next Thurs. Things moving along very quick now that the Wx is semi cooperating. Wish me luck.

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    Looks good! I'm going with some similar minus the wrap around at the porch. What are the dimensions and would you happen to have a design you can share?
  10. Met with my pool builder yesterday to go over the design. The design has started out at 16 x 32 with a 12 x 6 Baja shelf. The look on this face when I asked if we could make the pool 20 x 40 was comical! He tried to tell me that was a huge pool? Not sure what size a typical pool is these days?

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