LOL! Boy can I relate. The one thing I've learned in the process of
rebuilding a whole city is patience. Contractors here just don't care
if you don't like it, cause there are a thousand other houses on his list.
I'm still not sure if it all works out in the end or we've just learned
to live with it.
I hope Murphy is gone for good, you are cooking in your new kitchen soon.
Jere
Pam Haley - Auntyfrog wrote:
> Jere of the soon to remodel kitchen - delete without reading!
>
>; Murphy dropped in for a couple hours this morning but we have since sent
> him packing.
>
> The guy who took the measurements wrote the front-to-back measurement
> on the frame of the counter so we would have a reference when we boxed
> in the backsplash on the sink. He was correct on one side but due to a
> recess his numbers were off by 2 inches on the adjacent counter. All
> the carefully built boxes had to be torn out and new stringers put in
> place. The install guys were super about helping BullFrog get them
> rebuilt.
>
> Then there is the case of the missing sink. Ordered way in advance. I
> checked TWICE to make sure it was delivered to counter installer. The
> hardware store verified delivery and counter installer verified
> arrival. The counter crew arrive and ask for sink.
>
> and then there is a missing backslash for one wall. It is in the
> original design. The notes I took the day the measurements were taken
> indicate there is a backsplash but none is indicated on the final plan.
> ...and then there is the new sink fixture that needs to be off
> center... and there is a hole that needs to be drilled in the counter
> for a dishwasher vent that we knew nothing about...
>
> If Murphy returns I am gonna shoot him ...and I will not be using a camera.
>
>
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