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To: Snowshoe who wrote (316045)	7/22/2009 11:47:58 AM
From: ManyMoose	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) of 794147

What is it about Alaska State employees (no offense)? They're lawyer happy. The guy I bought my house from in Juneau was a state employee. He threatened to call one because I asked too many questions about the house. I've seen a lot of house sales and nothing I asked was out of line. We wanted the house so we put up with his poor behavior and I talked him out of several outbursts on my wife by him and his wife. I should have sued him after we had water coming through the tiles in the bathroom. Fixed that; still had water coming into the ceiling in the living room. Had several different fixit guys try to solve the problem. Reroofed over the leak where it came through, etc. Finally we found out it was the chimney, which was nice looking but built with California brick that couldn't stand up to the weather, the mason said. We paid five grand to have it torn down and rebuilt, but the mason used the same faulty construction method and before you know it, more water through the ceiling. Got another mason, a black guy. He drilled into the chimney and said the problem was the original construction, which only had a single layer of bricks. Two were needed. We said the hell with it and he tore it down and replaced with a metal pipe for three grand. We never even used the fire alcove that had the chimney for a stove that we didn't have. Along the way I found two electrical violations perpetrated by said state employee in an addition that he built. One was a wall lamp hung without the benefit of a box, and the other was a three way switch set up using the ground wire of a two conductor cable as the third conductor. I replaced it with a regular switch and sacrificed the second switch. So who should have sued who? I think I had grounds for suing the state employee but never took the trouble, whereas he threatened me with a lawsuit for asking too many questions. He's out of state now, but I still remember his name.

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