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Long story short we paid a contractor to install a pair of pre-hung french doors with matching side lites. The install went from bad to worse. From cutting down the side lites and trying to center them vertically with the french doors and then sheet rocking all around then instead of case molding them in, to not shimming the doors between the added framing, and not even removing the corner guards prior to blending old and new sheet rock....thus causing humps in the wall.
Then the contractor painted over stain grade french doors and side lites without removing the overspray from the texture gun or any dirt from the overall install.
So now we have a set of useless sidelites, doors that don't close properly, did I mention none of the 4 dummy handles installed are at the same position on the doors.
The spray and drag texture looks like the machine threw up all over the sheet rock and then was smeared all over by a kindergartener.
We now have to hire a contractor to demolition the work just done, and install everything again properly this time. Not to mention buying another pair of side lites to match the french doors.
Lesson learned:
1. Don't fall victim to the friend of a friend helping another one of their church-goer buddies.
2. Don't think a contractor is completely capable of fixing the issues down the road. They will only try to cover up their mistakes.
3. Don't go with a contractor who doesn't have a portfolio or some sort of pictures of previous work; along with referrals.
4. Lastly don't trust a contractor who tells an install will only take them 2 days when all others tell you 3-4. This means they are rushing their work and don't put much quality into their work.
*Rant Off*-on that note any trusted contractors in the Forney-area want to come bid a complete start over job on installing a set of french doors and side lites the right way? :cool:
Then the contractor painted over stain grade french doors and side lites without removing the overspray from the texture gun or any dirt from the overall install.So now we have a set of useless sidelites, doors that don't close properly, did I mention none of the 4 dummy handles installed are at the same position on the doors.
The spray and drag texture looks like the machine threw up all over the sheet rock and then was smeared all over by a kindergartener.We now have to hire a contractor to demolition the work just done, and install everything again properly this time. Not to mention buying another pair of side lites to match the french doors.
Lesson learned:
1. Don't fall victim to the friend of a friend helping another one of their church-goer buddies.
2. Don't think a contractor is completely capable of fixing the issues down the road. They will only try to cover up their mistakes.
3. Don't go with a contractor who doesn't have a portfolio or some sort of pictures of previous work; along with referrals.
4. Lastly don't trust a contractor who tells an install will only take them 2 days when all others tell you 3-4. This means they are rushing their work and don't put much quality into their work.
*Rant Off*-on that note any trusted contractors in the Forney-area want to come bid a complete start over job on installing a set of french doors and side lites the right way? :cool:
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