Comments on: Those Damn Tiles http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/07/03/those-damn-tiles/ Thaw before reheating. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:03:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cold Spaghetti » Blog Archive » There are two less open holes with live wires! http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/07/03/those-damn-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-2287 Cold Spaghetti » Blog Archive » There are two less open holes with live wires! Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:48:26 +0000 http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/?p=23#comment-2287 [...] do it justice.  It is starting to look like an actual bathroom.  (Please ignore the shower, the trauma of which we are still in the therapeutic stages of recovery and not yet ready to face with a [...] [...] do it justice.  It is starting to look like an actual bathroom.  (Please ignore the shower, the trauma of which we are still in the therapeutic stages of recovery and not yet ready to face with a [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/07/03/those-damn-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-7 admin Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:06:29 +0000 http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/?p=23#comment-7 We had the exact same thought. This makes me more upset than the work, since we hired him and trusted him with the keys to our house (we weren't there while the work was taking place). We have no legal recourse. There was no contract. Even if we did want to go that route, I'm not sure he's insured... or at least, it wasn't on his business card if he is, which makes me think not. We'll do the rest of the work... Paul has fixed the tub already (I'm behind on posting). The shower will be more difficult, but we think we have a plan. The idea is to build a threshold out around the entire opening to cover the edges and straight everything out that way... we'll have to chisel out the floor pieces, though. Based on how easily the tiles on the tub chiseled out, we are feeling okay about it. We had the exact same thought. This makes me more upset than the work, since we hired him and trusted him with the keys to our house (we weren’t there while the work was taking place).

We have no legal recourse. There was no contract. Even if we did want to go that route, I’m not sure he’s insured… or at least, it wasn’t on his business card if he is, which makes me think not.

We’ll do the rest of the work… Paul has fixed the tub already (I’m behind on posting). The shower will be more difficult, but we think we have a plan. The idea is to build a threshold out around the entire opening to cover the edges and straight everything out that way… we’ll have to chisel out the floor pieces, though. Based on how easily the tiles on the tub chiseled out, we are feeling okay about it.

]]> By: jenny http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/07/03/those-damn-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-6 jenny Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:16:43 +0000 http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/?p=23#comment-6 you know, it almost looks as though two different people did the work - one for the details, the other for everything else. i can't help but wonder if your tile guy used your bathroom as a project for an apprentice. the lawyer in me is curious, of course, if you are pursuing legal action. my own experience with having tile done by anyone other than my general contractor was abysmal - i had to issue a stop work order half way through, got threatened with a lawsuit by the company i had contracted with for breach of contract (they never did follow up on the threats - whether small claims was too much of a hassle for them or they thought they didn't have much of a case, i don't know), and spent several months trying to get the shoddy work fixed. as a result, i leave tiling to the GC - more expensive, but comparatively hassle-free. you know, it almost looks as though two different people did the work – one for the details, the other for everything else. i can’t help but wonder if your tile guy used your bathroom as a project for an apprentice.

the lawyer in me is curious, of course, if you are pursuing legal action. my own experience with having tile done by anyone other than my general contractor was abysmal – i had to issue a stop work order half way through, got threatened with a lawsuit by the company i had contracted with for breach of contract (they never did follow up on the threats – whether small claims was too much of a hassle for them or they thought they didn’t have much of a case, i don’t know), and spent several months trying to get the shoddy work fixed. as a result, i leave tiling to the GC – more expensive, but comparatively hassle-free.

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