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Comments (13)I cooked some hot dogs today on the central burner and didn't notice any return of the whining sound. However I did have to fiddle with the ignitors for a half an hour until I was satisfied with their performance. Interesting, the ignitor module has four outputs, which are paired. So the gaps for the burner ignitors need to be evenly spaced, or balanced, so that the spark is even. Also, the leads to the ignitor module were a bit loose, so I took some pliers and crimped the female bayonet connectors on the leads to make for a better connection. I also filed a bit of a rough spot on the burners where the ignitors spark. After all that, the ignitors seem to be working better. Oh, and guess who makes the ignitor module? Grand Hall!!!...See MoreEveryone did their job but the fabricators
Comments (13)It's a bit of a misconception from outsiders that "everyone is going into the stone business to make money". There are almost no real margins in stone. I've been fortunate enough to deal with a wholesaler who does a straight markup of 15% to the fabricators, regardless of "appeal" of the stone. He could charge a much higher margin for the scarce pretty stuff, but he doesn't. 15% barely pays the employees and a forklift to move the slabs around. For fabricators, one that I've used charges a straight $40 per square foot fabricated if the stone is under $XX and $60 a square foot if it's over. They barely make ends meet because so many people choose the cheaper guys over them. I always take the time to praise their work when I can, because sometimes, that's all they take away from the job. The design shop I used to work with charged another 10-15% on top of the fabricator's price for the design assistance provided in selecting the color, edge, and coordinating the design elements, etc. Another fabricator who approached me to get business charged $20-$30 a square foot for fabrication. His "equipment" for the job was a shed, a garden hose, and an angle grinder---and guys so poor they were willing to work for him. When I visited the "shop", no one there was wearing safety glasses, or hearing protection, and there appeared to be no GFI protection for his workers standing in the wet stone slurry with the incorrect electric tool for the job in their hands. This is a guy who has done a couple of the local home shows and who I know other design shops have used. I won't ever recommend him. He pays his guys $8 an hour to do this difficult and dangerous work. Yes, these are guys that probably are lucky to have that work, and to not be on some form of assistance, but the pay rate dictates that as soon as they actually learn what they are doing, they are off to somewhere else where the pay and working conditions are better. Like fabricator A. He at least pays his guys $20 an hour and insists on providing the proper personal protective equipment and the right tools. That's some of the differences that you can run into in the stone fabrication business. And while you can get some poor fabricators at any price point, the ones with the poorest techniques and least experience do tend to cluster around the lowest price points. Statistically speaking, you are better off choosing a higher priced quote for these services than a lower priced one. Those shops generally do have enough financial margin to at least replace a job if one of the workers messes it up. The $19.95 guys don't....See MoreHome Depot Subway Tile Install gone wrong
Comments (5)No in progress photos, still puzzled as to how a wall that was just built is not plumb, guessing this is something behind it, to your point. Why would it bow like that? and the grout not being cleaned off, can you get it clean now that it has been a week?...See MoreHVAC install gone wrong -help getting out of carpet?
Comments (14)I don't see how that can be PVC primer. I'm no expert, just a DIY, but I've never seen bright blue PVC primer. My first thought was blue RTV sealant. But the way it's apparently run down one wall doesn't suggest RTV. It looks more like some kind of paint. The marks on the carpet also suggest that he set something that had been coated with whatever it is right on the carpet. What was he thinking? Regardless of what it is or what he was thinking, there's no excuse for this kind of sloppy, shoddy work. Serious question - do you think that the installer might have been drunk or high? You don't really say what you've done about this. You probably should have called the HVAC company and raised holy howdy the day after he left. If it's been a few weeks, they can probably argue that something else caused it. Hey, you have a toddler, so they can always blame the kid. :( Still, it can't hurt to have a quick chat with your lawyer. Sometimes a phone call from a suit is all it takes to get a company's attention. The common perception is that the low bidder will usually do a poor job. My experience has been that many factors affect the bid, and that there isn't anything close to 100% inverse correlation between the bid amount and the job quality. Notably, you can get solid gold references and still end up with a crummy job....See Moreajc71
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