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In HVAC, I've been called out to look at the air con in an office block and person A is cold but person B right next to them is hot, there's nothing we can do to help that.
One simple solution that seems to work each and every time is the placebo effect. I say ok, give me an hour, I'll adjust the parameters and check over the system operation. I then sit in the plant room for an hour paying on my phone, come back to see if it's better and 9 times out of 10 they're both suddenly happy.
New home construction materials are the lowest possible quality that will meet specs. The allure of a new coat of paint and modern design masks the cheap quality and low durability. Some doors are basically slightly stronger cardboard. My theory as to why American homes have gotten so huge is that for the same budget you can get a much larger volume of materials than in the past.
My parents just sold their rock solid old house to have a new one built and I was so pissed off. Now I'm going to have to inherit this piece of shit when it's falling apart. It's less than a year old and already has a ton of issues they're just living with because the builder refuses to fix anything and they apparently signed something that says there's nothing they can do about it.
