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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index

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To: bentway who wrote (48627)	2/17/2006 10:24:30 AM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (2) of 306849

I wouldn't even bother with a bonded electrician. Electrical work is very straightforward and the consequences of a stupid mistake are severe for the electrician. They can almost always do all their work in one trip so that's not an issue either. I have seen guys wire an entire new house in a day. The trades I would want bonded are roofers and plumbers. The roofers are really bad, and that's one of the most important jobs to have done right and completed quickly. I have seen many improperly roofed houses done by licensed roofers, especially missing required ice dam protection or drip edge, and you usually don't find out until after they are paid and gone. Getting licensed for roofing is pathetically easy in most states. Plumbing is risky because if the person doesn't do their joints properly they could start leaking weeks or months later. It happened to me, unfortunately with one of my own joints. Was fine for two months until a very mild case of water hammer opened it up. It's a bummer if you have to tear off an expensive new wall covering to redo the joint, and the source is often not where the water damage starts showing up.

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