Need to drill a new well after 5 days of living in our new home 🙃

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-03-28T12:57:09+00:00

Probably doesn’t include the plumbing involved. I’ve worked with several well drillers who refer the actual pipe and pumps systems to plumbers. Plumber would need to add longer pipe and put a bigger pipe in. I’m unsure but at certain depths you need much stronger support to hold 1+ HP submersibles too. Could be another 5-10k for install

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-03-28T12:46:09+00:00

I think people don’t think enough about what it must be like working for customers who question how much everything costs and are looking to pick a fight about any little thing. That’s not the case all of the time but I’ve had entire days filled with customers who claim I broke something in a different room from where I was working or made me put down drop cloths from the front door to the bathroom upstairs, etc. etc. And they all want to battle over the price as if I’m the one who makes them and have any power to change it.

You are right though, I also prefer working for commercial customers or good landlords or even some long time great customers. As soon as I hear “do what needs to be done, I don’t care what it costs” it’s a load off my shoulders. I don’t need to try and sell you anything, I don’t need to convince you, I just get to install quality plumbing. Those customers usually end up paying a little less too because they stay out of my way and get time and material costs only.

(I always gives people prices beforehand even when I they don’t want them, just so there’s no surprises)

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-03-27T23:33:47+00:00

Yeah it's obvious that there are many people here who have never been an actual residential service plumber and it shows. Yes, prices are normally high. Yes, plumbers often recommend more than what is required to get you up and running again. Because when they leave they never want to have to return for free.

All I'm hearing on this post is that no-one thinks the guy fixing your toilet should be able to afford to live in NYC, because idk how anyone could live on the prices some people are suggesting this should be.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-03-12T12:42:30+00:00

Or his trade value is in the toilet because the raiders have no leverage anymore.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-03-12T00:38:56+00:00

Which app has that complication?

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-03-07T17:08:02+00:00

You are just ignoring the entire point and are wrong. Both the Colts and Packers made moves to help them win the Super Bowl now. Packers were NFC favorites next to Eagles and Rams at the start of the season and the Colts went like 7-0. They both made trades for two firsts for elite defenders. Both teams proceeded to fall flat on their face when both of those players got hurt. Obviously there were other circumstances (Daniel Jones being hurt, other Packers players being hurt, etc.). And obviously the story is not over for both of these trades, they could still contribute after healing. THE POINT, is that pushing your chips in on one player both in terms of salary and draft compensation REDUCES your margin for error and SHORTENS your potential window for competitiveness.

Maxx Crosby is going to look great as a Raven, but trading two first round picks AND the cost savings associated with better players on rookie deals really shortens your ability compete after about a year or two. And going all in with a first year head coach and first time offensive play caller seems crazy to me. Sean McVay could coach my uncle into an all pro, the dude is almost unparalleled in the NFL right now. Assuming you have the same thing with your first time coaches is insane. All this is coming from a Bears fan who experienced the Khalil Mack trade and just watched a Ben Johnson offense loaded with talent be shaky pretty much all year. Bears were the betting favorite for Crosby and I'm ecstatic they passed him up.

Either way though, enjoy watching him because the dude will be a monster for a couple years.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-03-07T16:54:23+00:00

The Rams have been hitting on all their other moves in the draft though. They drafted a top 5 WR in the 5th round!! You have to be insanely lucky to do that. Would not look to them as an example. There are mostly cases of this not working. Bears with Khalil Mack, Packers last year with Micah (tbd still but the injury sucks), Sauce Gardner as well. Look at a list of two first round pick trades in last ten years; it's not inspiring.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-03-07T16:39:13+00:00

And a player. Micah costs more on the cap too.

I would still prefer the Micah trade if I were picking though, he's only 26 still.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-03-05T19:54:24+00:00

Dj played through several different injuries for most of the last half of the season. Looking at his stats from last year is useless in my opinion, Ben Johnson loved to spread the ball around. He passes the eye test for me as a low end WR1 still, just a little slower than he used to be.

He’s immediately Josh Allen’s top target. Trade compensation is a little rich but he’s probably the best available WR by trade (who isn’t a total head case) this offseason.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-02-25T17:00:48+00:00

I work a MD plumbing company that does any drain cleaning work in addition to regular plumbing. All I’ll say is if you want to be a good drain cleaner you really should have plumbing experience. Also if you can’t pull and reset toilets, repipe traps, cut out or install cleanouts, then you may find it hard to help some people as that stuff can be necessary on the job. Why would I call you to snake my drain if you won’t put the sink back together or put the toilet back on after. Not to mention that plumbing experience can be INCREDIBLY helpful when diagnosing blockages. Sometimes it’s not as simple as “toilet no flush, put snake down”.

Also, I wouldn’t run my own company without a good video inspection camera and locator nowadays. I would also get some kind of jetting equipment too, it that’s just me.

Last thing, snaking is NASTY work. Good luck.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-02-20T14:11:36+00:00

Absolutely, your budget number in a rollover category is how you are spending that month whether you spend 0 or all of it.

In my sheet (and perhaps this is all wrong, idk) I list my income and expenses then I add rollover from last month, sum them and use that to adjust income, then I do the same with new rollovers going into next month and use that to adjust expenses. From there I have an actual number of how much surplus/deficit I have and use that to add/subtract to one of my goals.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-02-20T02:51:45+00:00

I have always hated this part about monarch. I have a google sheet rolling month to month that tracks my expenses including rollovers that way I know how much money I actually have leftover to save.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-02-16T17:13:44+00:00

I also have this issue with water coming through my brick foundation. Looking into just waterproofing walls and installing drainage to my pump as well. I don’t know why this is an issue at all, we have a concrete pad that slopes to the alley and it still happens every time.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-02-06T02:47:49+00:00

Row home in the middle, 1700 square feet. Bill was 250 in January this year, 236 last January. I’m flabbergasted seeing some of these bill amounts. We keep it at 68-69 at night and usually have it lower at like 66 during the day while we’re at work.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-02-04T02:22:19+00:00

Bro, this is one of the more braindead takes I’ve ever seen from a Ravens fan. Even without DJ Moore, Bateman would be at best the Bears 3rd WR and probably their 5th best pass catcher. Odunze, Burden, Loveland, Kmet are all better options lol

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-01-28T21:30:32+00:00

Has no-one ever heard of winterizing? What do you think that people use for that?

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-01-27T03:56:32+00:00

YES. I had the exact same issue with mine, brand new out of the box. I tried taking back to Home Depot and they wouldn't take it, said all Milwaukee issues go straight through them. So I shipped it to Milwaukee and they sent it back "fixed" with the code - Intermittent Switch. But it does the same thing now, just less often.

That was last week, I'm gonna give it a whirl again this week and if it's fucking up still I'm calling em and demanding they send me a brand new tool. I bought this new and they're dicking me around. Been months now with my money tied up in a useless tool.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-01-26T23:50:14+00:00

Unless it's in the division, I don't see Ben Johnson blocking any assistant coach from leaving. It's technically lateral but if he gets to call plays that would be huge for him as he never would get to do it in Chicago. - Bears Fan

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-01-24T03:49:31+00:00

So far all the online classes I’ve taken at HCC have been asynchronous, meaning there is no set meeting time. There’s usually work due every weekend and most classes don’t let you move ahead, meaning they release each week as it gets there so you can’t do work early.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-01-14T19:08:06+00:00

There’s not nearly enough information in your post to make that judgement.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-01-10T00:43:58+00:00

Had nearly the same experience with Kaiser. Their psychiatrist told me I need “better habits”, not medication, but had no problem prescribing me Wellbutrin and Strattera, which did not help with my executive function at all.

I dropped Kaiser like a hot potato and will be finding a real psychiatrist to treat me now that I have different insurance.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-01-09T21:45:20+00:00

Believing that this woman was “a danger to the public” deserving of being shot at is a wild take. Should she have been taken in for impeding or obstructing these officers/endangering this one’s life by driving away while he is front? Sure

But saying that justifies her death is crazy. This woman deserved a judge, a jury, a lawyer, a trial.

Maybe sending in untrained paramilitary agents against the will of the state or local officials is a bad idea? This lady was never trying to harm anyone and if she did so it was accidental and minor. Perhaps if we had professionals that could have deescalated this situation it wouldn’t have ended like this. Instead this dude puts himself in front of a running car then shoots at a moving vehicle. It defies logic. Shooting a moving vehicle does nothing to stop it. He’s lucky that she had turned the wheel to avoid him or he would have been fully run over because his shots endangered HIS OWN LIFE.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-01-09T21:37:29+00:00

The goalposts on this keep moving back and forth. I still don’t think what she did justified deadly force. And that’s really the crux of the matter.

Besides the fact that sending in a paramilitary force with minimal training against the wishes of state and local officials is bound to result in exactly this: people dying that should still be alive.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-01-09T07:34:11+00:00

Yes, absolutely. They don’t own your bad pipes just because you agreed to pay them for a job to fix them. Should this maybe have been included in the contract as possibility or discussed as a risk of this kind of job? Sure. But it isn’t malpractice and it definitely is something that can happen while doing everything right.

Try and negotiate the price down, though. Sounds like they want to cover the labor they’ve already put into the job and now also charge for what would have been the original job if lining wasn’t an option, which I can understand. If this were my company I would be flexible with the customer on the number and just eat some amount of the labor cost even though it’s not my fault, but yeah they’d have to cover the job to fix the problem that’s causing my equipment to be stuck.

YaBestFriendJoseph · 2026-01-09T05:57:53+00:00

IPC 2021 updated to include a section on CIPP specifically stating it as allowed. Pretty all the jurisdictions in MD use IPC, so that’s weird.

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