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...
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