This contractor is "The Bomb" !

[Alacrity]

I know you are not going to believe me. Because frankly, I find it unbelievable.
I would not have believed it if the new repair guy you sent had not shown it to me.

Look at the picture below. Specifically the area circled in red.
If you look closely you will see that the two yellow wires are folded back and then spliced together with electrical tape.
What USED to be there was a safety device which cuts off the gas if it detects the flames being blown back. The new repair man said that this can happen if a strong breeze blows down the chimney.
The repair man at “Home Sweet Home Mechanical” removed the safety device and spliced the connectors together with electrical tape.

About 6 inches from the spliced wires is the gas leak (shown by the red tape). This is because he did not install the gas regulator correctly. You can see it is pointing out when it should be vertical. (the cover didn't even fit over the furnace)

That’s a great set up if you want to burn someone’s house down or kill them in their sleep.

If this was winter, we might be dead by now. The fire would have been inevitable if we were using the furnace.
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[diggitydot]

What the fuck?! That is insane!

[SoonerTexan]

Oh wow...

[Curegirl]

Jeepers, Alacrity!

[SoonerTexan]

I'm not necessarily one to say sue, but maybe you should consider it in this case, if only to keep this from happening to other people. At the very least write some online reviews and report it to the BBB.

[Alacrity]

What the heck would I sue for? (besides money back)

[MrsK]

I'm not necessarily one to say sue, but maybe you should consider it in this case, if only to keep this from happening to other people. At the very least write some online reviews and report it to the BBB.

I would absolutely report it to the BBB and whatever agency regulates your contractor's license. You might want to report it to the police too. If there was an explosion, this contractor would be guilty of manslaughter. At the very least, this is gross negligence (and likely actionable). His license should be revoked.

[Pollyanna]

You'd lose money on a law suit and would change nothing. I would report to the bbb (if they are even a member. Holy crap, that is beyond scary!!!

[MrsK]

Just a point of clarification, I wouldn't sue unless there had been an actual explosion. But I definitely would go after his license. There is usually a state board that regulates contractors much like the state Bar association regulates lawyers. Complaining to the BBB is not sufficient because they are powerless to regulate him.

[ladymoreta]

Yikes!!!

[HouseofWool]

I would absolutely report it to the BBB and whatever agency regulates your contractor's license. You might want to report it to the police too. If there was an explosion, this contractor would be guilty of manslaughter. At the very least, this is gross negligence (and likely actionable). His license should be revoked.

^^^ this

[Thirteen]

Just a point of clarification, I wouldn't sue unless there had been an actual explosion. But I definitely would go after his license. There is usually a state board that regulates contractors much like the state Bar association regulates lawyers. Complaining to the BBB is not sufficient because they are powerless to regulate him.

+1. Pictures with time/date stamp always help, too.


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[diggitydot]

That dude has no business working in the industry if he routinely bypasses built-in safety devices. He's a lawsuit waiting to happen to every employer that considers hiring him and a danger to every customer. They NEED to know about this as soon as possible. Dude is going to kill someone.

[medpedspouse]

I'm not necessarily one to say sue, but maybe you should consider it in this case, if only to keep this from happening to other people. At the very least write some online reviews and report it to the BBB.

Something somewhat similar happened to us a few years back. We switched our stove from electric to gas when we moved into our house. Our contractor, who lives 3 houses down the street and father of my next door neighbor, did the work. A year later, we decided to tear out the ugly tile and the island (where the stove is located) had to be moved. Our new contractor was livid when he found that part of the pipes had begun to corrode because they bought the wrong fittings ( a difference of a few bucks he said) and that it was not up to code...gave me a highlighted copy of "the code." I told DH to call original contractor because his people did the work - not him. You know, give him the ability to make things right. Asshat shrugged it off and said he would have done the same at his house. That is when DH decided it was best to pay the extra money for our peace of mind. I have never wanted to sue anyone before but said so this time. Our attorney told us that it was not worth it since there were no damages. Plus we could have created hard feelings between us and our next door neighbors.

ETA - when we move out, I am tempted to leave the code violation info with the highlights along with the pictures and the name of the crappy contractor for the next owners to find.

[MrsK]

ETA - when we move out, I am tempted to leave the code violation info with the highlights along with the pictures and the name of the crappy contractor for the next owners to find.

Not legal advise but if you do that, your buyers will make you pay to rip it all out and replace it.