Do it yourselfers are hamstrung?

[peteadams]

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Seems to me you are to blame...you bought a shoddy house.

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Actually the house itself was well built, a solid 70's California ranch. We ended up selling it for over twice the original cost after a significant renovation and the substantial profit helped us move to Hawaii. The shoddiness was unfortunately completely concealed. The zipcord substitute for electrical cable and built-up 2x4's were discovered during that renovation when the wallboard was removed from somebody's conversion of the original garage into a bedroom. Obviously no inspectors involved.