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22-01-2021, 01:29 PM | #2 | ||
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22-01-2021, 01:38 PM | #3 | ||
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Tipper and dog, señor quatro?
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22-01-2021, 01:55 PM | #5 | |||
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22-01-2021, 02:01 PM | #6 | ||
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Yeah nah, there was none of that happening. If there was any attention payed id atleast expect some horn action from the truck. Or at minimum trailer lock up. But multiple tonnes freight training. Its a bit of an ahole clencher. But i did get my bluetooth gizmo.
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25-01-2021, 09:32 PM | #7 | ||
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It would appear my evap cooler is leaking in my roof from the inlet hose. I walked down the hallway this arvo and noticed the carpet was soaked so was thinking WTF.
Then I noticed water seeping through the ceiling in the spare bedroom and water marks all over. Funny thing is the walls feel dry to me which is weird considering how wet the carpet is. I just hope no damage has been done to the neighbours but I figure I should be ok because my bathroom and garage looks fine and where the spare bedroom is, is not joined to their side. As it has been mild all summer here, I have only been running it low if at all but it has been hot as balls the last few days so have had it running on high. So I figure it is was a drain issue I would have noticed by now. Only got it serviced back in November. Of course it is a public holiday tomorrow and I go back to work on Thursday so what do you think my odds are of getting someone to at least find the fault on Wednesday and then having to get the ceiling sorted through body corp. What a **** way to end the holidays |
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25-01-2021, 09:54 PM | #8 | ||
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Do you know where the drain connects to? Quite often they get full of fluff/dust and this is how they block up. Or a critter like a mouse may have had a crack.
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25-01-2021, 10:24 PM | #9 | |||
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He assured me it was ok and it has been draining for months now. In any case I would expect to have damage in my garage or bathroom if that was the issue. They are not home so have not been able to confirm anything yet but it would seem unlikely. The water supply comes from outside the spare bedroom and I would assume it crosses inside the roof roughly where the water is seeping through though not dripping. There is a bubble in the paint so lucky I caught it. I have damp water marks in the hallway where the carpet is wet but not seeping or dripping there. |
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25-01-2021, 10:47 PM | #11 | |||
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This situation is not totally unprecedented as it broke down a couple years ago and I have a portable Dyson tower fan which I usually keep in my bedroom at night and goes pretty good. Fridge is stocked up with beer, prawns and lamb to help me through tomorrow and hopefully I can get someone out quick. I might just have to get a new unit. **** all I can do for now so just cracking some tins |
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25-01-2021, 11:04 PM | #12 | ||
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Last summer, I heard a hard rain falling... Thought, no way, so walked outside and my evap unit was spraying water up in the air and all over my pergola's metal roof. Had to climb onto my roof and scorch my knees on the tiles to fix what was basically garden sprinkler hose lines (which I have in abundance from the previous owners)... I kid you not, exact same PVC pipe. Not that it mattered, as last summer was so smokey I couldn't turn it on. Touch wood, it's still working fine this summer, though I would agree (possibly with covid and less people driving through the year) the weather has been far more mild here in the ACT than I ever remember.
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25-01-2021, 11:20 PM | #13 | |||
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I was timing when there was a break in the smoke to pump my house full of "fresh air" using the evap and when it was coming in again I'd text my mum to turn hers off. Funnily enough it was so bad one night that I actually slept in the spare bedroom where the water damage is now because it doesn't have a downlight but the typical light fittings |
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26-01-2021, 02:39 PM | #14 | ||
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People presuming I have sufficient time (and motivation!) to take on an extra job, and ordering site equipment without even a phone call in advance.
Sorry, but no. Especially when they have a 100% track record of complaints. |
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28-01-2021, 03:09 AM | #15 | ||
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1) You see the fly on the bench, grab the tea towel and wind it up for the kill then as it comes down it flairs open like a sail and diverts to the left or the right only for the fly to laugh at the fail and fly away...
2) Phone sitting in the cradle in the car. Try to unlock it to use navigator or make a call. Takes forever. Tap on something and what's next to it is tapped. Tap on another thing and the app list drops down from the top like you swiped for it. Put the usual finger on it to use finger print to unlock and doesn't like the angle. Yet, I put my phone in the pocket locked and my **** manages to unlock the phone, and draft a message that rivals the book of Genesis... 3) You try and slam a door to prove your point when you are upset about something and the near perfect seal catches the air and stops the door from slamming lol...
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28-01-2021, 07:54 PM | #16 | ||
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I hate it when so called 'top cops' blames movies and video games when low life criminals commit crimes in the society that the government and police force created.
Stop looking for a scapegoat and fix the society you're supposed to look after. |
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30-01-2021, 04:19 AM | #17 | ||
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I'm sick of all these dickheads that get bailed and then commit further offences. The justice system is a a ****en joke.
Two innocent people were killed this week by someone with a long rap sheet driving like a ********. If you can flog a car and/or break into a house, as I'm concerned you deserved to be locked up in a deep concrete hell. It's about time the courts get tough with these ****s. It is out of step with public expectations. |
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02-02-2021, 09:04 AM | #19 | ||
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Turning off the home compressor outlet, forgetting to switch off the motor. Minor and slow leakage only - so at 4:30AM… BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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02-02-2021, 11:43 AM | #20 | |||
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31-01-2021, 12:04 PM | #21 | ||
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Finding out NZ government had initially denied a Kiwi citizen who has terminal brain cancer, a place in MIQ who wants to return and pass with family, but had no problem bumping the Wigglse up the queue. NZ is led by self centred fools.
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31-01-2021, 02:36 PM | #23 | ||
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31-01-2021, 06:30 PM | #24 | ||
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The last job of today was my own lawn.
All going well until I sliced the top off a lawn sprinkler with the line trimmer. These sprinklers would be about 15 years old so are pretty brittle now. I installed a new body and nozzle, turning the system to check my repair before finding a leaking inlet pipe from the tap. Fixed that then decided to adjust another sprinkler on the same line, snapping the head off in the process. I replaced that one too before running away in case I broke something else! That is the reason I hate doing irrigation! One small issue ends up turning into a series of issues that soaks up far too much time.
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31-01-2021, 06:51 PM | #25 | |||
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02-02-2021, 02:14 PM | #27 | ||
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Worked hard in the heat at home yesterday.
Last job was to move some of the fleet around the block. Relaxed on the verandah before the last job and possibly relaxed too well. Reversed the BF up the drive carelessly and ran up onto a garden bed edge and got it hanging on a sill with one rear wheel not driving. Somehow managed to position the wheel over a thick-wall polypipe and burnt through it. Oh bother. Pump off, grab Hilux, drag BF back onto the hard, park vehicles and rummage through the pipe fittings box to find a coupling. Didn't have one but found a tee that could be blanked off with a plug. Job done as the light faded. Anyone can build well but it takes a master to quickly fix cockups ...... |
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02-02-2021, 11:09 PM | #28 | ||
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A shoemaker’s children…
My hot water is now the colour of weak tea. I think it’s time to rustle up a new water heater. And just now, old mate pings me “Can ya move that AU shell tomorrow?”. So the hot water will need to hang on! Last edited by Citroënbender; 02-02-2021 at 11:22 PM. |
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04-02-2021, 07:50 PM | #29 | ||
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So I'm trying to arrange an insurance claim for some water damage to my house so figured I would email the body corp to get the process started and that at least should be pretty straightforward.
Well I was surprised to be told I need to organise quotes and repairers and then submit a claim for consideration and then maybe an assessor needs to come out. It would seem logical the assessor comes out to assess the damage and the insurance company should manage quotes and repairers. I have pressed them for an explanation on this as it has not been my experience or anyone I know. I don't understand why it should be different between body corp and non body corp except that you may have to make a separate contents claim. Anyone else have any experience with this in a body corp? The damage is only contained to my townhouse. Only have common exterior walls. |
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04-02-2021, 08:09 PM | #30 | ||
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Mitchay, I used to run a body corp a little while ago when we owned a unit.
The buildings was insured with company A and you had to have your own insurance for contents with company B. Company A should send out an assessor, or may happy with you to get a couple of quotes instead if not to serious. An assessor was usually only required if it was a bigish claim. Unfortunately it will be down to you to organise (access to property, keys, when you'll be home etc). As for Company B, they may go after Company A if it shown the leak was from poor maintenance. My body corp had to pay for white ant damage to some furniture because the Body Corp had failed to get a termite inspection. Hope this helps.
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