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Last year I did a major renovation to my house's main floor. The tile I installed I got from an (major) online seller.

The shipment came on two pallets. The smaller pallet (about 300 sqft) of the total 750sqft I ordered are all defective. They looked ok for a month or two after install but then quickly began to fade. I've gotten a few estimates to replace the defective tiles (labor only) and they all have been between $2500 and $3300. The seller agrees that some of the tiles are defective, but has is only (so far) willing to pay $500 for labor/damages.

My question is: What is customary in a situation like this? How much should the manufacture pay?

One thing driving up my labor cost up to

I had a recruiter from a local recruiting firm contact me about a job. I reviewed the job listing and felt it was where I'd like to move next. Just one catch. It was contract to hire. I know a few people who have been burned by contracts and contract to hire so I refuse to be submitted if it is contract to hire. So I told the recruiter exactly that. He said "Oh no problem I'll submit you as full time only". I said ok.

So a week later I do a phone interview. Things went well but the hiring manager seemed to be under the impression I'd take a contract to hire. I kept my mouth shut and after the interview emailed the recruiter. I reiterated "No contact to hire". He said he would make sure eve

I used to live in an upscale condo, and after buying a house started renting it out. My tenant calls me and tell me the furnace is on the fritz. I go over and take a look. I lived there for 8 years and never had a problem with it. The furnace is a Carrier 58PAV07 that was installed in 10-1998. The issue was it would start up the burner for a few moments and then go out. It would cycle like this for a while before it would quit.

Not sure what to do and not wanting to leave my tenant without heat I called the HVAC company that installed the furnace in the first place. I expected to get a voice mail and would need to call them during work hours the next day, but nope they answered and said the

As you may or may not know the imagination reform bill that just made it out of committee contains a large increase in cap on H1B visas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa Wikipedia is pretty neutral on this issue.

A petition opposing H1B visas cap increases http://wh.gov/Syon

I've really enjoyed this discussion. Thanks to everyone even those who bitterly disagree with me.

I'm working on refinishing my desk and I discovered that a few of my desk joists are rotten. The issue is they are cantilevered into the house I've called some deck companies and so far none will take this job. I tried some general contractors and they said that would be too small a job. Who should I try to contact to fix this? I guess sistering the joists just on the exterior is not an option given how far gone some of them are. To make matters worst the exterior of the house is brick, and the basement is finished.

UPDATE: Gallery of photos: http://imgur.com/a/G6SX3