What should be happening today, but isn't? The vinyl flooring in my laundry room and hall bathroom, that's what. (Insert a really CRANKY face here)
Last week the Project Manager called and scheduled the vinyl floor installation for this morning at 9:00 a.m. Oh, I was so excited! I knew the jobs were small enough that they'd be finished by the end of the day and had planned to start my very first load of laundry as soon as the washer and dryer had been hooked up again. And then I planned to do laundry for about the next 36 hours straight to get myself all caught up again. I have never looked forward to doing laundry in my life but I can tell you that pretty much nothing would make me happier at this point.
Yesterday, the Project Manager called and said that the installation couldn't take place today because the vinyl I chose was a "special order" and wouldn't be available for a few days. So hang on a sec--I emailed my vinyl choices to the Estimator on Friday, February 15--more than a week ago. SOMEBODY dropped the ball BIG TIME--I don't know if it was the Estimator or the Project Manager, but I am MAD! If they had ordered my vinyl last week when they were supposed to do it, then it would have been ready to install today. Instead, I get to continue haul my laundry to my friends' homes for YET ANOTHER WEEK. Ooh, I am STEAMING MAD!
Not to mention the fact that my husband removed the toilet in the hall bathroom yesterday morning, a few hours before the Project Manager called. The Estimator wanted to charge us $200 to remove and replace the toilet--a fairly simple DIY job--so we opted to do it ourselves and The Mister had it all done and ready to go for the installation this morning. There's no point in buying a new wax seal and reinstalling the toilet, when we'll just have to do it again in a week. Only now there's a new complication--The Mister is leaving on Thursday morning to go out of town for an entire MONTH--so now I have to see if I can 'borrow' one of my friends' husbands to come and put the darn toilet back together when the vinyl is done next week. AND--I'm down one toilet for a week! That's not a crisis as we have 3 others in the house, but STILL--it's a needless hassle.
I swear, every friend or family member I've ever known that has had to use a contractor in their homes said it ALWAYS took longer than expected and ALWAYS was fraught with headaches and extra hassles. Count me in among them. At the end of this, it will have taken more than an entire month for those bozos to complete THREE days of actual work. Believe me, I can't wait until the job is done to write a LOVELY evaluation of their services for the agency that recommended them. I'm getting my typing fingers ready right now.
My husband is an engineer and they tend to be perfectionists, so we always have to do everything ourselves. I've replaced more than a few toilets, I wish I lived closer to you and I'd come help. I've also helped with replacing a floor and while it is a lot of work, there is no reason for you to still be without it. I'm glad that you are going to follow up in writing. (I can also install a fence, chain link and wood; replace a roof; install a brick sidewalk; replace a sewer line; run phone lines and a whole bunch of other things that I'd prefer not to have ever had to learn how to do! Including painting parking lots.)
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that they should have set up your washer and dryer and then moved it back out to set up the flooring. Especially since it is their fault that you are still waiting! Bless your heart. I went without a kitchen for three whole weeks once. I had a fold up table, a coffeemaker, a microwave and the fridge and that was it. No running water either. I thought it would NEVER END. Then, one day they came, installed cabinets, counter tops, back splash, threw in the sink and I had a kitchen again. Of course, you can eat microwaved stuff a lot longer than you can continue to wear the same underwear. :D Hope the madness ends soon! (And, installing a toilet is pretty easy - but really heavy!)
ReplyDeleteOh noooooo. So sorry to read of your troubles! Hope all is caught up by now.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing your thrifty posts again!
Jillian