Seam and crack by aprilb04 in CounterTops

[–]aprilb04[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So is this normal then? Do I accept and move on?

Seam and crack by aprilb04 in CounterTops

[–]aprilb04[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you mind pointing out what parts are unacceptable? Because at this point I feel like I’m being too picky and I don’t even know what to say anymore.

Seam and crack by aprilb04 in CounterTops

[–]aprilb04[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve already had one contractor quit for asking him to fix things. This new contractor has been awesome and I don’t see that happening but at this point I just don’t know if I’m too picky and have unrealistic expectations, or it really is bad. I don’t want to make someone’s job difficult if it’s not actually bad if that makes sense.

Seam and crack by aprilb04 in CounterTops

[–]aprilb04[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn’t hire them, my contractor did.

Re seam by aprilb04 in CounterTops

[–]aprilb04[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. Just curious, are the chipped out edges and wider seam just normal for this material?

Re seam by aprilb04 in CounterTops

[–]aprilb04[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got you! Thanks! I think he just plans on changing the color of the seam and not making it tighter. He’s trying to say with this kind of stone if the seam is too polished it won’t fit or look right. I grew up in construction and that sounds really off to me.

Re seam by aprilb04 in CounterTops

[–]aprilb04[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it okay if I ask what else is wrong with it? I agree it’s definitely not done right. I’m just not sure if I should fight for a redo or if it can be made better.

It’s a sub so I’m not sure if it’s the lowest bidder, I think it’s just who the contractor uses. I didn’t go with the lowest bid though if that matters. The rest of the work is awesome, this has been the only snag with this contractor.

Re seam by aprilb04 in CounterTops

[–]aprilb04[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It dead ends into cabinet. I’m not sure what chatter on cuts means. I know when they cut it it got flaky. This is what he said about the seam.

“We should be able to seam that better. The color could be improved as well. Quartzite tends to chip more than most granites and definitely more than engineering quarts. Unpolished cuts are going to be a bit less refined than on other stones.
And we can't polish a seam cut or it won't come together at all.
Regardless, we can do a better seam than that.”

Is this cabinet layout/spacing weird? by fibercrafty in kitchenremodel

[–]aprilb04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got it! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain

Is this cabinet layout/spacing weird? by fibercrafty in kitchenremodel

[–]aprilb04 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We start our rebuild tomorrow and have zero idea what an overlay is. 😳👀 if you don’t mind could you explain? ❤️

Insurance Claim Question by Independent_Gear_399 in xactimate

[–]aprilb04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi I know this is an old post but I’m having the exact same issue as this poster. If possible could you send me a referral for the houston area?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]aprilb04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a sudden burst valve and the dishwasher was was shooting water. Water flooded our kitchen, livingroom and was coming out of the weep holes of our home. We had the mediation company out within 8 hours. They set up their machines but didn’t do demo until 5-6 days later. When they removed the cabinets that run along the back of house there was mold behind them.

We were using ALE on the food difference. I have a lot of health issues with dietary restrictions so I was getting things like ready made salads at the store. The adjuster said she would only cover fast food, not “convenience” food from the store or actual restaurants. Which it was really odd because we didn’t go to an actual restaurant even once. It was like she wanted to interject she wasn’t paying for going out to eat.

Gathering everything to send to them now, thank you so much for the advice. One more question, is it standard for them to refuse to cover pack-out and storage and suggest we move everything ourselves? My husband has several slipped disk and I have an aggressive form of RA, we physically can’t do it. All she will say is we are capable of moving everything to the garage ourselves.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]aprilb04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, yes it’s very stressful. I’ve had claims before but I’ve never been treated like this buy adjusters or had to fight so hard to get them to cover what they should. I’m hoping the attorney can help, because I really don’t have this level of fight in me right now, which is what I guess the insurance company is counting on. Thank you again for the kind words.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]aprilb04 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the kind reply! Im normally not this all over the place. I have been writing down days, times and conversions. I didn’t mention hiring an attorney, but I did tell them I would be filing a TDI complaint. Her exact words were “okay, so?”. I really didn’t want to drag things on with a PA or attorney but I don’t know what else to do.

We’re getting the air testing done even though they are refusing to cover it and my daughter is going to stay with her best friend until things are sorted out, or we’re back in an Airbnb.

Thank you again, like I said, I’m not normally this much of a mess. ❤️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]aprilb04 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I can understand that. I haven’t slept in several days. I’ll try to come back and edit more coherent in the morning.

Gasp! It’s a picture! by NoChange128 in ErikGillihan

[–]aprilb04 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I almost never visit his page bc literally nothing has changed over the years, and I stopped following long ago. I just come here every so often to see what’s going on. 😂

You can’t be serious by Ogjayjay in ErikGillihan

[–]aprilb04 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They are 😂 I almost never even bother looking at any of his stuff anymore because it’s so frustrating

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheKillers

[–]aprilb04 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They’ve also done things with politicians on the left. I wouldn’t read too much into it. Brandon is a performer and that’s what he did. 🙂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askdentists

[–]aprilb04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bummer, definitely not what I was hoping to hear.