Home Depot vs Rona?

[tallmonster]

Thank to all for the help,
I guess it is like asking should I try Jarvis or Sherbourne for Street walkers.

I have to I really hate the retail world. I am a canadian manufacturer and we are given the shitty end of the stick non-stop by everyone, (government, unions, regulators,the cheap ass public). People don't know that they go to Mexx and buy a shirt for $150 and it is really made for $2 in China. or the seafood they eat like red lobster's shrimp comes from china and third world countries and is sparyed with the most vile chemicals illeagally, so it can sit in ship for 3 weeks in transport. I guess I am saying support Canadian and American made goods so people can have real jobs and not work in Home Depot stocking shelves.
Listen, food shelter and clothing are fundamental. Clothing industry is gone and now the food industry is going too. We are a consumption society and to take away the producing abilty will spell disaster.
Just my 2 cents.

Oh yeah I think I will go with Rona.

 

[HafDun]

You're quite right tallmonster...manufacturing is a becoming a dying industry in Canada.
We depend way too heavily on natural resources but sweet crude production is in decline, trees aren't growing fast enough and water levels in the upper great lakes are receading at disturbing levels

Both Rona & HD are infested with cheap chinese merchandise.
If you are doing some large $ renos, try an independant and negotiate a discount.

 

[Roger Melon]

I'm just worried that, despite using the best power-drill and lubrication, Home Depot's pipe in the plumbing section is either too thin or was made only as an out-valve.

Greekster, it really sounds to me like your project is going to end up being strictly "do-it-yourself". There's only so much a Home Depot employee is going to be willing or able to do, and at some point professional help, (or just grabbing the tool and using your imagination) might be the only way.

Although I understand the desire to stick with Canadian-made I'm not sure you sure you wouldn't be better off at least checking out some the cheaper options available from China or Mexico. Even if these don't match your exact specs at least you'll get the job finished.

 

[netbull]

Although I understand the desire to stick with Canadian-made I'm not sure you sure you wouldn't be better off at least checking out some the cheaper options available from China or Mexico. Even if these don't match your exact specs at least you'll get the job finished.

I don't think being Canadian-made is high on his priority list as long as the product fits his needs - big and wide enough for his power tool with lubrication, right? So Chinese or Mexican products should be fine there though he probably will have better luck with US-made products...

What is Rona, btw, like a Canadian Lowes?

 

[Roger Melon]

Netbull, the materials we have to work with in the States are sub-prime, other than what gets sneaked in illegally from south of the border or Asia. None of the plentiful inexpensive options from China is going to have Greekster's design aspect in place, unfortunately.

Greekster, with the plans you're working from I still think you should consider bringing in professional help. I doubt the average Home Depot employee is even going to understand what you're trying to do, no matter how carefully you explain it.

If you do decide to go the Home Depot route, I urge you to at least maintain a safe work area. Use whatever protective materials you can. It's easy for the sort of project you're attempting to go awry, and you might find that instead of constructing a deluxe, multi-purpose back entrance what you've actually ended up with is a nursery.

 

[Greekster]

No, no. I will have to insist to the Home Depot employee that protective gear is not necessary with my backdoor project. Why wear a glove when you don't need to? Just take off the glove and drill away. That's so much more fun. My power-drill is easily cleaned, and just a few wipes of the backdoor afterwards should keep things tidy there as well.

 

[Roger Melon]

No, no. I will have to insist to the Home Depot employee that protective gear is not necessary with my backdoor project. Why wear a glove when you don't need to? Just take off the glove and drill away. That's so much more fun. My power-drill is easily cleaned, and just a few wipes of the backdoor afterwards should keep things tidy there as well.

I'm concerned that Home Depot's plans might not match yours. You just want to do some good old fashioned plumbing in the rear quarter, but I'm concerned that the Home Depot associate you're working with might be after something more ambitious; an addition that would be a major, long-term expensive project.

Do they sell gifts for baby showers at Home Depot?
Just wondering, I might need to come up with something before long...

 

[netbull]

Most of the HD employees I talked to try to get you to build a full house while selling you tons of upgrades and that scared me away a few times. Good luck, Greekster.

 

[Greekster]

Home Depot has been kind to me so far. In the paint section, I got some brown paint on my finger, but the Spanish employee working there didn't seem to mind. In fact, she even allowed me to continue my search.

I hope that of all the types of paint I need for my project I won't need to use latex.

 

[Roger Melon]

I hope that of all the types of paint I need for my project I won't need to use latex.

You're going to need a lot of something oil-based, that's for sure.

Still you ought consider the virtues of latex-based materials. They can stop the sort of leaks and run-off that can make a quick ten minute project turn into 18+ years of hard work and financial obligations.

 

[skypilot]

I hope that of all the types of paint I need for my project I won't need to use latex.

Yeah, stay away from the latex. Despite all of its benefits, I don't think it will give you what you are looking for.