Hittman's Hideout

CES

optimistic cynic
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Jan 25, 2010
22,181
61,133
Birmingham, Al
well, the original builders for my addition backed out. I wanted to go with a smaller, local person that i knew, but he doesn't have the capital to satisfy the bank, and I'm not well-enough off to do this without external financing. which would be fine, had he told me earlier, rather than at the time the designer showed up to gather info for a bid. The builder had confirmed earlier in the morning, then referred me to a partner, then neither showed, when i texted my first guy he said he'd handed it off, and the second guy confirmed with the designer the he wasn't gonna be involved either.

it's probably a good thing - if they can't provide financials to the bank, then i probably can't afford to work with them. It's a bummer. I wanted to support a friend, and he and his partner are both vapers.

On the bright side, i did get the design bid, and the designer has builders. I'll get another design bid as well.

ogg to get ready to teach an early morning class.

Have a good day y'all :)
 

hittman

ECF Guru
Supporting Member
ECF Veteran
Verified Member
Contest Winner!
  • Jul 13, 2009
    62,504
    183,185
    Somewhere between here and there
    Sorry about the troubles CES but in the end it'll probably be for the best. Projects like that can really run you through the ringer.

    I took apart the receiver sensor for the garage opener and checked it. I had 12.5v coming into the sensor but it wasn't powering up. If it got wet then it was dry by the time I checked it. I pulled the little circuit board out of it and checked the diodes and they checked good but I don't have a transistor tester at home so assume that one or more of those had failed. I went to Home Depot last night and just bought a new set of sensors and got them installed in just a few minutes. Back up and running and waiting for the next thing to break.
     

    FranC

    Long time vaper.
    Supporting Member
    ECF Veteran
    Verified Member
  • Oct 1, 2010
    197,230
    650,374
    New Hampshire
    pfbEYVD.png
     

    Users who are viewing this thread