Amáda is about the start priming and painting the living room. It’s the last big painting effort. Next is door trim and finally baseboards.
Predatory Remodeling
Fraudulent house flippers conceal building problems, passing them on to unsuspecting buyers. Victims take on major financial burdens, and recovery may be impossible.
Cabinet door handles and drawer pull knobs
The bathroom vanity and linen cabinet have been tough to use without cabinet door handles and drawer pulls knobs. I install matching ones throughout the bathroom.
New flooring has failed and needs to be uninstalled
Our new wood grain vinyl flooring has had problems with the corners lifting. After scratching their heads about it, the manufacturer of our flooring has determined that the adhesive product has failed. Their solution is to demolish the whole floor and replace it with a different product (at no cost to us). The good news is that the new product will look identical to the current one.
The bad news is that I’ve already installed doors, baseboards, trim, base cabinetry, and appliances in several of the rooms. Now, I’ll have to uninstall all of those items. I’m already so exhausted.
Closet systems installed
I install closet systems in our bedroom closets. Unfortunately, they don’t work as designed. The drawers don’t fully open or close because the wheels on the drawer slides collide with the screws that attach the rails to the cabinets. I’m so angry about the poor quality engineering that I’m thinking about uninstalling the whole thing and returning the entire system.
I can’t believe I have to uninstall everything.
The flooring company is returning tomorrow to replace the faulty product. This laundry room was completely finished! But today I had to uninstall the appliances, cabinets, baseboards, trim, and doors. This is so depressing.
Basement flooring uninstalled
The flooring company ripped out the failed vinyl flooring today. However, there is no way to get rid of the adhesive underneath it. So they covered it with a thin layer of self-leveling concrete. I told them how self-leveling concrete has failed in the basement in the past. They checked, and rechecked with the product manufacturer and engineers to make sure this concrete won’t fail this time. Fingers crossed.
New vinyl flooring installed… again.
The flooring company returned to install the new vinyl flooring today. The new product uses a different adhesive and is a tongue and groove design. When installed, it looks identical to the last flooring that failed.
Flooring installers left sloppy edges
The flooring installers did a sloppy job around the floor drain and sump pump cover. Why don’t installers show any craftsmanship?
Installers were lazy. I finished the job for them.
The flooring installers did a sloppy job around the floor drain and sump pump cover. I finished the edges with caulk, and then sealed everything with tan concrete paint.
What to do about the closet system?
I’m annoyed about the drawers on the closet system I installed. Part of the problem is because the drawer rail screw heads are too proud and the drawer wheels snag on them. I showed this video to the retailer, but they offered no solutions. Their only suggestion was that I uninstall the system and return it.
After looking at different systems, I decide to try an repair this one I already have. I do this by removing the drawer rails, chamfering my own fastener holes, and then replacing the screws with flush top ones. My plan works and all of the drawers now work properly. But a new product should have worked out of the box, and never needed my customizations.