Comment on How would you seal this gap around kitchen sink plumbing?

Belgdore@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sealing a basic hole is a straightforward job that doesn’t require $100 - $400 for a contractor to do. His business sounds like it has one employee (himself) and sending that employee to complete basic jobs is quite logical.

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  • Hello_there@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    "this is for a rental unit so I'm trying to keep cost low"

    This sounds like the kind of BS that gives you apartments that are infested by bugs and still somehow charge 4k a month.
    He says there are bugs already. Just lucky it's silverfish and not cockroaches. Do the job correctly and it will save money in long term.

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    • SoySaucePrinterInk@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m actually a tenant trying not to deal with my landlord. But I fully agree with your take on it.

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      • Hello_there@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Imo, duct tape the shit out of that. I had a similar hole in my apt, and I just did maybe paper over it and then long strips down, layering them a bit, and then over, and it all gets a bit fucked in the middle, but point being you can get a seal. Cost is a half a roll of duct tape

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  • Belgdore@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If he messes it up based on internet research and burns the building down, or causes some other harm to a tenant then he’s going to have a lot harder time dealing with the insurance claim than if he hired someone whose job it is to do that kind of thing.

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    • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah but how would you burn the building down sealing up around some pipes?

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      • Belgdore@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wrong foam insulation resulting in overheating or toxic/ flammable off-gassing, wrong amount of foam, attaching something conductive to the copper pipes, accidentally nicking a wire in the wall, I don’t know about a billion things could go wrong, and you don’t want it to be your fault if it does.

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• SoySaucePrinterInk@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m actually a tenant trying not to deal with my landlord. But I fully agree with your take on it.

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  • Belgdore@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In that case it’s even better. Check your jurisdiction, but you might be able to get a contractor to fix it then charge your landlord.

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    • SoySaucePrinterInk@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What would be the rationale there? Bug prevention?

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