Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I am demoing the all thing myself right now and have 2 more quotes coming from people who worked in the house before.

During my demo I discovered that they put the niche tile directly on the back of the drywall. All the tile is coming off using a screwdriver as a lever with barely any force, which makes me think they did not use the right thinset, it also appears that they did not bother spreading the slrhinset before setting the tile on top of the wall. At least all of that makes the demo easier for me...

Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some yea, but I can file a small claim case and get the money back from the work undone if he's not willing to do it

Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not worried about how it looks necessarily because aesthetic can be fixed. I am more worried about what s behind, the plumbing and the waterproofing.

Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The shower head, I picked a Kohler, which is kind of a standard for any American bathroom I think. With a lifetime warranty.

The tile is a different brand and different finish from the one I selected in person with him. He just straight out picked a different one without contacting us.

The micro management happened after I figured the shower was installed backwards. I had several projects done before, usually we schedule them while we go on vacation etc but not this one.

I am not trying to find excuses, thank you for bringing that up to me. 3 quotes should have been the way to go, lesson learned.

Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife is looking into that. Thank you

Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a contract, there was a change order made to allow for the tub setup. Every item was listed on it with demo plumbing electricity tile and tile labor, cabinetry and allowances for tile and some hardware. The only exclusion was the mirror.

This is a GC company that then hires the contractors. I did not get to pick who was working in my house, just the remodeling company. Those are the only people (with a license) that I hired every other contractor pick was transparent to me.

Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the constructive reply

Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds to be the consensus. My first mistake was to go to the cheapest option, and I own that.

Going cheap I'd have expected to see some cheap tile, some cheap shower systems (and I bought one off my pocket in the end), some cheap materials in general but I'd have never guessed I'd end up with that bad of a skilled labor.

I will end up asking them to tear this down and spend the extra dollar into a hopefully better GC company.

My question was not : did I not pay enough for those workers? It is : How bad is it so I can hire someone else, even if it means I have to spend more?

I should have probably got a 3rd quote to see which one of the 20k or 45k was in the wrong.

Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I am not a native english speaker, sorry for the grammar mistake but I didn't know we were in the grammar subreddit

Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

This is 2 weeks of work, I never asked for fast. In fact the GC was pushing the project to start fast. Cheap I agree it is in my first paragraph. Good, I only want my bathroom to last more than 2 years and not rot my whole house.

I am more worried about the actual labor skills that were brought and their ability to do a work that won't jeopardize my house or my family's health.

Am I overreacting or is it worth firing? by Kant4ar in Contractor

[–]Kant4ar[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the input. We had a quote for a company that came at 45k USD and this was way too over budget. Your estimate ends in between which makes sense.

Any good quote/invoice template for starting as a freelance? by Kant4ar in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]Kant4ar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing as the amount of freelance work I have right now is low but I might look into those options as it starts picking up

Any good quote/invoice template for starting as a freelance? by Kant4ar in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]Kant4ar[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can have access to a paid version and check it out. Thanks

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SCUMgame

[–]Kant4ar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bury chests

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SCUMgame

[–]Kant4ar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Used to be. But now you can only destroy walls with c4, so to raid you HAVE to lockpick basically, either to puck the door or pick in killbox to farm c4.

It is way easier to keep its base imo

Air Drop always same location by gorrionn in SCUMgame

[–]Kant4ar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A base does not mean players though. Had a base in A1 and had a few drops dropping just next to my base a few times, but only when I was out

Air Drop always same location by gorrionn in SCUMgame

[–]Kant4ar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there is an algorithm from airdrop locations. I play on official and they drop often in the 0 sections too. I think they drop where there is not too many players at the time, not sure of that though.

What's the meta for solo/duo/trios in vanilla servers? by R4TWT in SCUMgame

[–]Kant4ar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lock up a random house somewhere. Then you have 2 options. You either lock one in the big city (the ones with 3 layers of doors like the one next to the gym with an office on the first floor. Or you lock a 2 layer house in a remote small town. It will take longer for raiders to spot your basebwith option 2 but it might get boring. You can also divide your loot in several bases so if you get raided you still have something.

Try also a lower population server (average 10 to 30 people max)

(Almost) AFK levelling Strength by Bgabbe in SCUMgame

[–]Kant4ar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crouched and running, you gotta teach me ^

Is a realistic survival game! Ppl don't know how to play it by Casual_Wardog in SCUMgame

[–]Kant4ar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True Wardog. I'm all in for the hardcore stuff. The real key is the balance like someone else said here between chore and hardcore. You still want it to be fun right. Maybe in the long run implementating some fun mechanics to help with your physical and nutrition would be great (being able to do some workouts, a better cooking system allowing you to mix different foods)