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Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:26 am to DelU249
quote:I'm kinda with your OP's general premis(though not probably how you handled it)here, but what if they spoke English, were you going to ask them if they were experts?
Maybe they were experts, I don't know. They didn't speak English
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:27 am to LSU1NSEC
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wtf is a "high end" sprinkler system?
That's what I don't get. PVC is PVC. The only difference in those systems are the different heads and the cost in upgrading those is negligible. Even the timers are all about the same cost based on how many stations you have.
The money in doing a sprinkler system is labor. Not the parts.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:29 am to stout
quote:only thing i can think of is discussion of location of sprinkler heads to ensure full and even coverage.
The money in doing a sprinkler system is labor. Not the parts.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:29 am to stout
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The money in doing a sprinkler system is labor.
ORGANIC GARDEN DAMMIT!!
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:30 am to stout
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The money in doing a sprinkler system is labor. Not the parts.
Actually, there is a difference between using Hunter brand pro-sprays and PGP rotors vs using that Orbit or Toro shite from Home Depot. And using quality valves and controllers. There is a difference.
But the OP comes off as an all around jack-arse.
This post was edited on 8/10/15 at 10:32 am
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:31 am to DelU249
No good for you. More people should do this. frick contractors skirting the law. That dude was probably not withholding and remitting employment taxes on their wages either.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:31 am to Cdawg
quote:i need my system looked at
Cdawg
my yard looks like scorched earth : /
eta Yo hablas anglais?
This post was edited on 8/10/15 at 10:32 am
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:32 am to Isabelle
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Just because they couldn't speak English and may have been illegals (how do you know for sure they were illegal, or were you profiling) doesn't mean they wouldn't do a good job. We've had several jobs done by non-English speaking workers, mostly Spanish speaking, and have had no problems. They worked their asses off!! Fortunately I speak Spanish, so I could communicate with them, though we never questioned their ability.
My yard guys (well, except for the owner) can't speak a lick of english. But they understand "Cut here" and "No cut here". That's all that really matters. Plus, when it's time to rake leaves/clean up/trim bushes etc., I make sure my daughter is home when I talk to them just in case they don't understand my hand gestures.
She's got a whole 2 years of H.S. Spanish. OP needs to unbunch his panties. The workers new what they were supposed to do... install a sprinkler systems. And would have done a dang good job of it as well.
This post was edited on 8/10/15 at 10:33 am
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:32 am to DelU249
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Was I in the wrong here?
Are you white? There you go
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:33 am to Cdawg
quote:
Actually, there is a difference between using Hunter brand pro-sprays and PGP rotors vs using that Orbit or Toro shite from Home Depot.
I understand the quality difference but the cost isn't that great though to call it "high end"...is it?
80% of that job cost is going to be labor.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:34 am to Rouge
You need someone to troubleshoot it?
Si. I speak a little anglais.
quote:
Yo hablas anglais
Si. I speak a little anglais.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:34 am to stout
i can't imagine the upgrade cost on all the equipment being more than $200-$300 total. but frick, i do it too, when i go to roomstogo for new furniture, i tell them to take me to the high end section of the store
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:34 am to yellowfin
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How do you know his hiring practices? I have totally legal guys on work visas that do not speak English.
^^^^This
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:34 am to Pax Regis
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frick contractors skirting the law. That dude was probably not withholding and remitting employment taxes on their wages either.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:35 am to stout
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I understand the quality difference but the cost isn't that great though to call it "high end"...is it?
Probably not on a typical residential job.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:35 am to stout
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That's what I don't get. PVC is PVC. The only difference in those systems are the different heads and the cost in upgrading those is negligible. Even the timers are all about the same cost based on how many stations you have.
The money in doing a sprinkler system is labor. Not the parts.
soaker hoses work 10x better than sprinklers from my experience.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:37 am to Cdawg
quote:probably so. front of house faces direct east and just gets crushed
You need someone to troubleshoot it?
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:38 am to Cdawg
Can you get the "higher end" stuff at a supply house or is that order only?
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:41 am to MrLarson
Ok hoss. Call me a cry baby all you want, but I'm pretty tired of being a law abiding tax paying citizen subsidizing welfare, health care, and benefits for all these pickup truck contractors' illegal employees that they pay illegally.
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