:bigger sigh:
Mar. 30th, 2012 03:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fiberaddictI have a post maybe brewing that Anna sparked...but it's going to have to wait until Sunday. Why?
Well, the guys showed up at 2 again. Mike showed up.....sometime later (I was in the house and didn't hear him; SG is home today and was handling things). Seems that....somehow...our contractor ordered the WRONG J-channel for the siding (like I have a clue...)
The siding itself is perfect - Alpine Green; it almost perfectly matches the trim color on the house. The J-channel he ordered is.....outside corner, instead of the inside corner we need. (And he's a professional??!!)
So. While Mike was on the phone trying to see if ANY Home Depot in the city has Alpine Green inside corner J-channel, Skeeter, #5, SG and I were pow-wowing. Seems that J-channel is only 3/4" - 1" visible...so, why not just use white? The brick on the house is white (dirty white, but still) and the windows and door trim are white...so...why not? White is a "common" color, so surely SOMEONE has it in stock. :sigh:
I want my room sided. Today. Now. I'm TIRED of waiting...and this? Is just the icing on the cake. :sigh:
Well, the guys showed up at 2 again. Mike showed up.....sometime later (I was in the house and didn't hear him; SG is home today and was handling things). Seems that....somehow...our contractor ordered the WRONG J-channel for the siding (like I have a clue...)
The siding itself is perfect - Alpine Green; it almost perfectly matches the trim color on the house. The J-channel he ordered is.....outside corner, instead of the inside corner we need. (And he's a professional??!!)
So. While Mike was on the phone trying to see if ANY Home Depot in the city has Alpine Green inside corner J-channel, Skeeter, #5, SG and I were pow-wowing. Seems that J-channel is only 3/4" - 1" visible...so, why not just use white? The brick on the house is white (dirty white, but still) and the windows and door trim are white...so...why not? White is a "common" color, so surely SOMEONE has it in stock. :sigh:
I want my room sided. Today. Now. I'm TIRED of waiting...and this? Is just the icing on the cake. :sigh:
aNNa says:
Date: 2012-03-31 12:56 pm (UTC)With contractors, whatever they tell you, double or triple it to get the actual amount. I thought I told you that. ((snort!!)) What we all need to start doing is writing up a contract with them that states that if they don't get the project finished by the time they give us, we get to start taking away from the quoted price, a certain percent every day. Think they'd take it more seriously, then?