2001AudiS4

Thanks everyone. It's come a long way. The floor does have hardibacker board. Approximately 20 sheets of it I believe. The floors outside the kitchen are hardwood and will have a new threshold installed to make the transition. Not sure one what threshold yet. The doors will be painted white as well as the window trip. They stick out in the pictures since they are still wood colored.

A SiQ TL

Now its time to tackle the bathrooms

honda_nut

update?

2001AudiS4

Sorry. Its been a mess. The guy that was brought in to do the taping spoke to my folks about finishing up the job. I was under the impression my father checked him out as he came recommended for taping, not the complete renovation. Typically, my father is very thorough and won't just hire anybody. He didn't check him out in this instance.

He gave my parents a price, and said it would take him a week to finish. So after a few months of him showing up for a few hours a day, and producing some LOUSY work, he stopped showing up. Again, my father did something completely uncharacteristic of himself, and had paid him in full when the guy said he needed the rest of the money to finish. Excuse after excuse, they finally had enough. They told him they'd like to pick up the stuff he took home to work on (he took the drawers home to make drawer fronts). After they got the stuff back, they drafted up a letter to send him through certified mail. They plan to take him to small claims court to get half the money back. We'll see how that goes.

The guy was a complete moron. He painted all the cabinets and doors with a brush, and did not sand at all. They look horrible. I worked HARD on those doors to only have them looking like shit right now. He had a map I made on where each door went. They were all labeled before paint and would have been easy to place. He put some doors in the wrong place. Not only in the wrong place, but placed the wrong way. Three doors in particular, in which the doors were supposed to be placed horizontally (i.e. one of the doors is 11 1/2" h X 14" w, and was to be installed over the microwave. He mounted the handle and the european style hinges on the door as if it was a 14" h X 11 1/2" w setup. He even mounted one of the doors next to another in which it was clearly too big. I will post a few pics in a little while after I go through and find them. I will now have double the work to fix all his fuckups.

cschneider

Sorry to hear about the mess with the dumbass. It really does look good though, so don't get too annoyed. One thing I've learned with renovations is that the hardest and most frustrating part is the last little bit. You start to critique everything and loose sight of the dramatic transformation that has already taken place. You've done an amazing job.

2001AudiS4

Thanks, but I am not talking about critiquing little things. It's quite substantial.

chill_dog

After all you've done, that's horrible to hear. Hopefully you'll be able to correct the mess you now have.

2001AudiS4

I hope so. It's quite disheartening

hornyleprechaun

That sucks, especially after all the work you did. Were you to busy with your work to finish yourself?

2001AudiS4

Yeah. It got to be too much when business was picking up. Its real slow now so hopefully I can fix a lot of it with the time I have right now. The problem is it can turn around very quickly and get busy, so hopefully I will be able to get a lot done before that happens.

hornyleprechaun

Well good luck! You've done great so far.

2001AudiS4

The door on the right is mounted slightly higher. Thats an easy fix, but the handle is installed higher then it is on the door to the left



The door to the right is the one that goes above the oven. This is one of the doors he turned and mounted in the wrong location. How stupid can he be?


This is where it is supposed to go




Another one of the doors he screwed up





Some of his painting "skills"


He mounted the doors with large gaps. It doesn't look as bad in the picture as it does in person.



More painting "skills"


This should have been sanded to a smooth finish. Clearly no sanding has been done


This door was mounted so cockeyed that it creates a huge gap on the top


He painted the wall without ever repairing this


Its hard to tell in this picture too, but the handle on the door is not level, it slants to the left from the top to the bottom. Also, the drawer on the top right slants down as well. He never even made the drawer front of the bread bin.


Another case of the handles being installed at different heights



Nitpicking perhaps, but this should have been corrected.



This thin drawer under the oven will not close. Not sure what he did here. I am GUESSING he replaced the front of the actual drawer, and then the drawer front, as it is the front of the actual drawer that catches on the lip


An example of how he cut the paint


The fridge remained in the kitchen through the process. When he taped the walls, he spray glued the metal corner pieces in place. He just held up the metal and sprayed them, throwing glue everywhere. This is some dried on the fridge


The jackass sprayed the inside of the cabinets, but not the outside or the doors. There was a slight leak yet to be fixed so the faucet was still attached. He didn't bother covering it with plastic before spraying inside the cabinets.


Sorry this one is so blurry. There used to be a spacer inbetween the dishwasher and the cabinet. He removed it and never replaced it. Now there is a big gap.







More paint issues


Here, he used to pieces across this span for the crown. He ran out of larger pieces, and didn't want to get get another piece. So there is a noticeable seam, that also steps down a bit. The whole piece slopes down towards the right also.



Well thats only some of the stuff I have noticed and taken pictures of. Some are lazy or incompetence issues, some are just plain moronic issues. Either way, it's a shit job that he did.
In other locations, he wrapped the toekick around the outside of the cabinets, but did not here. It looks very "off" without it there.

chill_dog

For some reason I never imagined it would be that bad. I guess because I can't fathom doing a job like that, especially if I'm being paid for it. You have your work cut out for you, but given your skills, I'm sure you'll get it straightened out. What's sad is a lot of what he screwed up could've easily been avoided by doing simple things (like following your door map, measuring, etc.). Wow.

rza49311

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that sucks dude. Hope you can get it all fixed.

CCColtsicehockey

I am speechless. I can not fathom how anyone could believe that is an acceptable quality of work.

Sorry to see that after all the hard work you had put into it. I am sure you will be able to look like it never happened but not without many more hours of work.

honda_nut

wowzers! that's horrible. pisses me off that he would do such a shitty job even though its not my kitchen. i could understand taking the money and running, but now this just sucks. i'd want to strangle his ass. hopefully you can get more than the half he left with to repair his work.

are you going to strip the paint off the cabinets and repaint em if time allows? he ruined what could have been an amazing kitchen

97BlackAckCL

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OMG, you worked so hard, and did such impressive work. I cannot believe the crap job that he did. The handles, the paint, the doors mounted wrong, just f'ing terrible. I hope your parents can get some of their money back. I am in shock after seeing this, wow

2001AudiS4

Thanks guys. Yes it sucks. I wish I was able to stop by and check on things more when he was there. Being that they live 30 miles away, it wasn't that easy when things got busy for me. I am surprised they didn't stop him and question the quality sooner. I'll update once we get some stuff fixed.

2001AudiS4

Just looked over my post and realized I goofed here. I meant the door to the left is the one that is supposed to go over the oven, not the door on the right.

CCColtsicehockey

So any updates?