Kitchen Arrived

The kitchen was delivered yesterday and piled up in the family room and the study area. There are lots of pieces to be put together and hopefully the installer will be able to finish everything quickly.

I am concerned that the kitchen parts were just left on the wood floor, without laying down any protection. Need to remember to check the floors for scratches and dents before end of job.

The problem is especially concerning because the kitchen vendor demanded to be paid in full at delivery. So he has nothing to lose if any damage was done. The Architect has personally vouch for the installation but there isn't much financial penalty there either.

Third Time is the Charm, I Hope

We didn't expect to get a nasty little surprise from the mechanical contractor (Belyea Brothers) when they installed the baseboard radiator in our basement. The problem is that the installer decided to place the radiator, which is designed to be mounted at the base of the wall, 8 inches up the wall, above the current baseboard. It looked absolutely ugly and out of place floating in the middle of the wall.

So we demanded to the contract that this be fixed with the radiator flush up against the floor.

They did... or at least they thought they did...

The installer was too lazy to ask to have our wood baseboard cut and decided to mount the radiator in front of the baseboard. So we ended up with the baseboard sticking into the hallway.

I caught this during a site visit and demanded the the installer do the work properly. He refused to re-install the radiator a third time. We had to escalate to the contractor to get him to take it off the wall so that our carpetener can cut the baseboard for him.

The whole time, he kept wining that this was a stupid exercise...

And I agree, if he had done it right the first time, he would not have to redo it twice! Some people as just so lazy...