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From the past 2 days:
Buzzed my main contractor in the gate. So, I stepped out to the living to meet him, and I saw my painter correcting his worker on something he was doing with the circular saw...right then I saw the painter reach over and Im thinking WTF ARE YOU DOING....low and behold he catches his forearm on the blade and is bleeding everywhere. Thankfully, I had an old towel handy to wrap his arm, and there is an urgent care right downstair in my building.
8 stitches...they sent him to hospital to get them.
Good times.
8 stitches...they sent him to hospital to get them.
Good times.
And NOW the cabinet girl is telling me she fucked up and we can't the bottom cabinets the way we wanted them. The cabinets that are supposed to be installed TOMORROW.
The cabinets we sat down and designed with her ONE MONTH AGO.
I'm waiting for the contractor to call me back because now I have a flare up my ass...between this fuck up and the painter not showing up today, and the replacement crew that was supposed to be here by noon also not being here...I'm not happy and they are going to feel it.
The cabinets we sat down and designed with her ONE MONTH AGO.
I'm waiting for the contractor to call me back because now I have a flare up my ass...between this fuck up and the painter not showing up today, and the replacement crew that was supposed to be here by noon also not being here...I'm not happy and they are going to feel it.
We'll see what they say. I just got off the phone with him and said to give him 30 min to look in to.
I told him, she says made a mistake. If she told us this 1-2 weeks after we did the design...thats a mistake. You wait a month and its the day before the install, thats a fuck up. She fucked up.
I told him, she says made a mistake. If she told us this 1-2 weeks after we did the design...thats a mistake. You wait a month and its the day before the install, thats a fuck up. She fucked up.
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Question - were the cabinets sourced outside of your GC agreement? (Sorry if I missed it in a past post)
So long as any of those contracts were drawn up with a completion date; bargaining power for additional savings is on your side prior to making final payment since they did not meet your milestones / deadline.
Many moving pieces here... be sure to keep your cool if you want each respective lead to spearhead expediting materials & or services within your allotted time frame to complete this renovation.
You can go after them once the project is complete.
So long as any of those contracts were drawn up with a completion date; bargaining power for additional savings is on your side prior to making final payment since they did not meet your milestones / deadline.
Many moving pieces here... be sure to keep your cool if you want each respective lead to spearhead expediting materials & or services within your allotted time frame to complete this renovation.
You can go after them once the project is complete.
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Question - were the cabinets sourced outside of your GC agreement? (Sorry if I missed it in a past post)
So long as any of those contracts were drawn up with a completion date; bargaining power for additional savings is on your side prior to making final payment since they did not meet your milestones / deadline.
Many moving pieces here... be sure to keep your cool if you want each respective lead to spearhead expediting materials & or services within your allotted time frame to complete this renovation.
You can go after them once the project is complete.
So long as any of those contracts were drawn up with a completion date; bargaining power for additional savings is on your side prior to making final payment since they did not meet your milestones / deadline.
Many moving pieces here... be sure to keep your cool if you want each respective lead to spearhead expediting materials & or services within your allotted time frame to complete this renovation.
You can go after them once the project is complete.
I had a long talk with the guy supervising my project. The one I've dealt with since the beginning. They are working with me. He said their cabinet girl (another Israeli girl) basically replied "so what they are cabinets" and got reamed out for it.
Anyway, the cabinet guys are installing now, we'll see what happens.
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Good god, this all makes me nervous for when we start our project in a few weeks...
Sorry to hear about your struggles with this one, it seems that contractors are sometimes just as bad as car dealerships.
Sorry to hear about your struggles with this one, it seems that contractors are sometimes just as bad as car dealerships.
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Thankfully, I'm on set the next two days so my dad came to hang out and watch the workers. Its been nice not dealing with it. The supervisor looked into all the options and we have decided to stick with forging ahead with my current options (not the what we original were sold/ordered) and we will be compensated for it. How much, I do not know yet...they will most likely become a discussion.
So, with all that, the cabinets are coming out nice. They should be finished or mostly finished tomorrow and starting the bathroom cabinets.
The painters are whatever at this point. They are doing shit at their own pace, I've given up there. As long as the work gets done and done well.
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That sounds like a crazy week
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I was wondering the same thing..
but looks more like 2 whole inches to me.. I take it they'll probably just put a trim piece on it and call it a day?
but looks more like 2 whole inches to me.. I take it they'll probably just put a trim piece on it and call it a day?
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I was assuming it would be finished with trim
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There are filler pieces that go in to fill those gaps. Guessing it's probably there to allow the door on that side of the cabinet to open more than 90deg unless it's a single door pantry. In which case I would have just made one of the other cabinets 2" bigger but whatevs.
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The gap isn't bigger than 2".
They say they fill it with with foam and smooth it out and paint it to look seemless. We'll see when it's finished.
They say they fill it with with foam and smooth it out and paint it to look seemless. We'll see when it's finished.
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Ohhhhh. You're talking about that side piece next to the wall. Yes. Filler trim.
I was was talking about the gap at the soffit.
I was was talking about the gap at the soffit.
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After ALL this bullshit. My dad sends me a pic of the progress AND...
there IS a fucking drawer over the garbage pull out.
fucking. idiots.
there IS a fucking drawer over the garbage pull out.
fucking. idiots.
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I mean. I WANTED a drawer over the trash pull out. It's their idiot cabinet girl who said it didn't come that way. So all that stress over nothing.
Still asking for some kind of compensation over this. Because the doors and drawers have built in handles and we initially wanted flat to put our own hardware on. Though in the end we really like the look...
Still asking for some kind of compensation over this. Because the doors and drawers have built in handles and we initially wanted flat to put our own hardware on. Though in the end we really like the look...
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Glad to hear it's at least progressing after all the aggravation
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bit by bit.
cabinet guys were off starting a new job today. They'l be back to finish tomorrow. It gave the painters a sawdust free day to come work on the main areas. Tomorrow they'll finish painting all the trim...and Im going to have them redo the accent wall. Even at 2 shades darker, there is very little variance in the grey tones so you can't see anything. So, they'll do that tomorrow, too.
Counter guy came and measured today. Counter should be installed Tuesday.
Bathroom
cabinet guys were off starting a new job today. They'l be back to finish tomorrow. It gave the painters a sawdust free day to come work on the main areas. Tomorrow they'll finish painting all the trim...and Im going to have them redo the accent wall. Even at 2 shades darker, there is very little variance in the grey tones so you can't see anything. So, they'll do that tomorrow, too.
Counter guy came and measured today. Counter should be installed Tuesday.
Bathroom
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That and the ceiling fan I had put in there...that thing is efficient.
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I have recessed lighting in the kitchen/living area, the hall and entryway. 12 total. I went with a company called Hyperikon. San Diego company. The light have a more modern look with a 90+ CRI (color accuracy) and I went with 3000K color temp. Not too blue/cool, not too warm.
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