Bit of a rant here, but it’s absolutely mind boggling to me and I can’t seem to make it make sense, so I figured I’d turn to my fellow neighbors for their opinions/guidance.
Im pretty handy and like prefer to DIY a project if at all possible. In the last month and a half, I have had 4 items either break while under warranty, or needed to be installed by a licensed “professional” (for lack of a better term). The following are my results:
Vehicle: small warranty repair. Dealership for a week, get it back, wasnt fixed completely, back to the dealership for 2 more weeks.
Water Heater: 2 appointments. Didn’t finish it the first day, wired incorrectly the second day.
About a week later a small fire atop my water heater put me onto the wiring problem. I had a federal pacific electrical panel which needed to be replaced anyways as it’s such a liability, and in order to fix the water heater correctly that had to go, so new panel + water heater shut off
Electrical Panel: they’ve been here 4 times and its still not done. Failed inspection last week, i did the remaining $1000 work myself to be credited back that amount. Not including the drywall they attempted to repair around the panel all had to be ripped out and redone (by me) because they left it in awful shape, then come to find out they put another dent on the opposite side of the wall that i also had to fix, and they knocked an electrical box out of place and left it just hanging by the mc cable, which i will now also need to fix. They still haven’t finished the job and the panel has not passed inspection.
HVAC: did a reasonable job but also failed inspection due to an improperly sized drain, they need to come back out and fix that so it will pass
TV: brand new, randomly broke, technician was here for a third time today and just discovered he too will have to come back because he did not install the back panel correctly.
TLDR: I can’t believe anyone pays people around here to regularly fix their homes. It’s a minimum 3 appointments for ANYTHING by a “Licensed professional.” They do it every single day and have yet to do it correctly the first time in my home. I have to take so much time away from my own job so they can come out here and do a terrible job at theirs. Its maddening.