Ask the Builder: How to Avoid Contractor Arguments and Frustration

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Ask the Builder: How to Avoid Contractor Arguments and Frustration
See the electrical conduits poking up from the ground in this patio installation? What happens weeks from now when they’re discovered to be not exactly right? Tim Carter/Tribune Content Agency
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How many times have you hired contractors in your life? My guess is quite a few. If you had to rate each experience much like you might a meal how many five-star ratings would you have doled out? While I’m not a betting man, I’d say fewer than 5 percent.

I’d wager most of your ratings would be in the two- to three-star range. Remember the arguments you’ve had in the past? Do you recall your disappointment when the contractor didn’t show up for days at a time? How about the time when the materials delivered turned out to be wrong and another two-week delay stacked up on top of a job already a month overdue?

Tim Carter
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Tim Carter is the founder of AsktheBuilder.com. He's an amateur radio operator and enjoys sending Morse code sitting at an actual telegrapher's desk. Carter lives in central New Hampshire with his wife, Kathy, and their dog, Willow. Subscribe to his FREE newsletter at AsktheBuilder.com. He now does livestreaming video M-F at 4 PM Eastern Time at youtube.com/askthebuilder. (C)2022 Tim Carter. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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