okay Lenny, fess up . did Home depot cover the extra charges or the contractor ? I find this hard to understand, not your project but when anyone of us contracts a job out we expect or understand that person is a expert in their field. thanks for sharing. Lee
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 03:52:57PM -0400, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Well a 3 day project that took 14 days is now finished. Just have to put > things back in place. > Because of our daughter's up-coming wedding we decided to have this back > computer room re-done. A contractor gave us a 3 to 4 day time estimate to > repair walls paint and install new carpet. We purchased the paint Home > Depot. The quote paint expert quote really messed up. She did not only not > mix the paint correctly she did not tell us that it needed a required tinted > primer. After two coats of kills and one top coat the topcoat was really a > mess. Called back to HD for guidance the same girl told us that we should > have used a gray primer. That did not sound right so we called the paint > manufacturer. He told us that it specifically states that it needs a tinted > primer and that HD made a mistake. > We then went to HD and talked to a manager. After explaining everything that > went on she took us back to the paint expert. The girl told the manager that > paint needs no primer. The manager put the codes in the computer and big > letters across the screen stated that a tinted primer was required. The > manager then called the manufacturer to ask how we can fix the problem. He > wanted us not to do anything for a few days until everything is cured. We > were given the new products. Then the contractor became ill and we lost a > few more days. > I just turned the email back on for this and my other lists. Although I > requested not to have emails held, I only just downloaded 780 messages.You > know that select all and delete works pretty quick. > Anyway I am back . > --- > Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and humorous > with many resources for the blind. > http://www.lennymchugh.com > Lenny > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > -- The shortest distance between two points is under construction. -- Noelie Alito .
