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10/25/2013 14:43 #58187

Out with Terry and Joe and the Siblings
Category: bars
We went out last night to invite people to our Halloween party. Was a pretty fun night fueled by drink specials.

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10/25/2013 14:32 #58186

Bathroom - Fixed
Category: bathroom
They came and fixed the remaining issues. They even built and stained a new floor board to replace the one that was missing. It looks pretty awesome now. Now time to take everything back out so we can paint and then hang up all the hardware.

The tub looks great. I am so glad we bought it. Last night (e:joe) and I took a bath in and it was plenty of space for both of us 6+ footers. It was hard to get out of the hot water but the heated floor helps.

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I am also really happy with the vanity despite it being the brown one instead of the black one I thought I ordered. The brown is dark enough though and matches the rubbed bronze hardware.

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They fixed all the issues I had with the shower heads. There are so many options between the hand held, the rain showers, the standard showers and the jets. Its pretty amazing now like the ones we saw in the catalogs when we first decided to build a walk in multi-person shower.

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Another gratuitous (e:lilho) homage
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tinypliny - 10/28/13 20:46
Wait - so all the issues are fixed now? The same contractor from your last post fixed and redid everything? That is pretty awesome!

10/24/2013 21:29 #58185

Work - I'm on strike
Category: work
Sometimes I love it. Most of my projects are exciting, I am paid well, and I love working with my employees and coworkers but every once in a while I have a run in with someone who makes me question the time and dedication I put into it and the place I work at. I left today never wanting to go back. I hope I feel different on Monday but right now I have no interested in working one second past 40 hours instead of the normal 50+ hours I put it. Really, they lose so fuck it. Maybe I should just start looking. I got a lot to offer...
tinypliny - 10/28/13 20:46
:/
metalpeter - 10/26/13 23:57
Hope it got better .... I know I often want to quit my job ....... If I was sure I could get a part time Job and be happy I would.... But at least it goes away when I leave .......
paul - 10/25/13 13:31
I left early because I started at 7am yesterday. Sadly, the strike didn't work to well because I already worked 2 hours today. I just feel bad being strike style with people that had nothing to do with it.
fing - 10/25/13 10:31
I was here until about 7 and thought it was weird you were not here when I came back to pack up. You do have a ton to offer. This place has been lucky to have you for so long I think. I hope Monday is better for you. Enjoy your time off this weekend!

10/24/2013 10:01 #58182

Bathroom Done
Category: bathroom

Hi Paul, Keith tells me everything is done and looking great! If you concur, would like to collect balance owed of $6,750.00. Thanks for your business!



My response:

I would have appreciated a final walk-through. I have never had any other work done where the contractor did not have a final walk-through. Maybe they would have caught some of these glaringly obvious issues. Or maybe thats why they didn't do one because the issues existed as demonstrated by the photos below.

For example, the supposed to be rain shower that is now just a leaky cap in my ceiling and the other showerheads are leaking from the bolt where they are connected to the arm on the shower wall. Did no one test them?

These are such obvious oversights that it terrifies me to think whatever less obvious things were overlooked.

Additionally:

1. The door trim is over the position of the light.
2. The window does not fit in the wall and sits above it almost an inch.
3. A piece of floor board in the adjoining bedroom is missing. It was there before they started. Do your guys know where the floor board is?
4. They scratched the crap out of my branch new $1600 dresser. Its frustrating because this happened when they put debris up there and then must have tried to clean it up yesterday by wiping rock debris on the wood. i

I am checking on the repair cost of these today or tomorrow.

I will gladly pay you once you rectify these issues or if you give me a written signed letter stating these issues will be rectified.
Paul

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tinypliny - 10/28/13 20:47
So they responded to this email? did you send the annotations as well? :)
libertad - 10/24/13 15:43
Sorry you are having such problems. Hope they rectify them for you.

10/24/2013 06:11 #58181

6am
Category: work
I cannot believe I have a 7am meeting where I meet the CEO for the first time. Why 7am? Who knew 6am was dark.

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tinypliny - 10/28/13 20:47
fancy! :)