I hear you, but I’ve actually run into a couple situations where skipping the purple came back to bite someone. Had a job last year—inspector was in a...

I’ve definitely run into the zip tie issue, especially in older basements where the heat and humidity just chew up anything plastic. I’ve even seen th...

Man, tree roots are the bane of my existence. Had a job where a maple root actually split a clay pipe clean in half—looked like it was hugging it for ...

That colored tape trick is a lifesaver, honestly. I’ve tried those fancy QR code stickers too, and yeah… they just end up as mystery blobs after a few...

Honestly, I’ve been down that rabbit hole with labels too—Sharpie, paint pen, even those “industrial” stickers that claim to be waterproof. Give it a ...

Good call on the painter's tape trick—wish I'd known that years ago. I've lost count of how many shirts I've sacrificed to silicone disasters. One thi...

You're spot-on with this one. I've crawled under more pedestal sinks than I care to admit, and let me tell you, it's rarely a smooth ride. Had one job...

Had a customer once whose disposal decided to snack on a shot glass—still not sure how that got in there. Anyway, even tiny chips of glass can mess up...