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Old 09-11-2017, 06:45 PM
Ken Robb Ken Robb is offline
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Originally Posted by HenryA View Post

I hope I don't offend any members by this -- but there are lots of complete shysters in both the foundation and plumbing businesses. Anything underneath a house is easy to scam home owners on. 90% of us will not go under the house or apply our normal logic and thinking abilities to such a repair. Its just under there with all the spiders and scary darkness. Once you get past that, this situation can be overcome easily.
Years ago a termite inspector in rural Alabama told my father-in-law that his house "was eat up with termites". My 70 year-old father-in-law got out his coveralls and said "Show me". The inspector got in his truck and drove off. :-)
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