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Question about a crawl space job in Phoenix that made me rethink my whole approach
I was under a house in 115 degree heat, trying to fish a line through a tight spot. The homeowner said 'just leave it, it's fine' but I knew it would fail. I pushed through and found a whole nest of chewed up old wires. Now I never skip a crawl space check, no matter what. How do you guys handle it when a customer wants you to cut corners?
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the_tara6mo ago
Man, I've definitely been the guy who almost cut the corner. Remember one time I was so beat from the heat I almost agreed to skip checking a vent line. Good thing my gut said no, because it was totally blocked by a family of... well, let's just say very large bugs. Now I'm that annoying tech who takes forever under there, but hey, at least I sleep at night.
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the_xena6mo ago
That crawl space story is a perfect example of a bigger thing. People often want the easy fix now, but it just pushes the real problem down the road. Doing it right the first time is almost always the shortcut.
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allen.william5mo ago
Happened to me just last month. The homeowner tried to talk me into patching a little section of ductwork instead of replacing the whole run. Said it looked fine from the attic access. I went ahead and pulled the old stuff out anyway and found the whole thing was basically glued together with years of dust and moisture. Saved them from a total system failure in the middle of summer. You just can't trust what you can't see firsthand.
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