Paint job in living room turned out horrible, need advice
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needed advice on bad drywall repair job
Comments (7)We also thought that sounded high, thats why we got a total of four estimates and they were all in the same ball park.We went with the one that our homeowner's insurance recommended. We have not paid them yet. Can they put a mechanics lien on our house? They also have some carpet repairs upstairs to do and they want to do it on Tuesday. I'm thinking I should probably hold off until they straighten this up, if they can. The area of texture they did looks like a horrible splotchy mess of rougher texture that looks nothing like the rest of our ceiling. Does anyone know what process needs to be done to make it look right? Does anyone know why the area of texture would look so splotchy. You can see roller brush marks. I tried another coat of paint in a small section and it did nothing. Should the whole ceiling be skimmed or can texture go over old texture and still look right? If they try to fix it and it still looks bad can we only pay for the actual drywall repair itself and find someone else to retexture and paint? Thanks Lisa...See MorePainted cabinets turned out not so great...Any thoughts?
Comments (31)Rebecca - here are a some more example of creative ideas that reduce the number of doors you need to deal with. Some time a fail is an opportunity to get creative. After all, one can't experiment with new cabinets, but you have nothing to lose with old ones:) There is an extra discipline needed if you take on any of the open shelving ideas. It is best to use the bottom shelf mainly for everyday items and put less used items or even just kitchen decor on upper shelves - then only the bottom shelf needs to kept obsessively clean. Since open cabinets need to be neat, they hold less stuff - you might be forced to seriously declutter - donate extras and store rarely used items elsewhere. I don't have open shelving - just a plate rail, but my kitchen is smaller and I actually find it very freeing not to have cabinets with lots of stuff in them. This will take two post to get all the pics in: This metal for the insert is sold at home center stores - I think it is used to make radiator covers. Remove a cabinet and replace with shelves. Back with beadboard or you might be able to use the textured, paintable beadboard wallpaper. I used that in my basement kitchenette. Frosted or beaded glass:...See Morehorrible tile job. need advice please.
Comments (31)And I suppose a neurosurgeon is in charge of the local elementary school health office? Because that would be equally likely that someone who could earn hundreds of thousands was stuck somewhere patching up a old boiler and changing light bulbs in a hall. Maybe if he had his license revoked. With prejudice. Or he had to change his name and enter witness protection In which case, he would still not be legal. Sorry. but not sorry here. You hired a full blown hack. Intentionally hired a full blown hack. And you want to semi laugh it off as cute that you got ugly tile like it’s a lopsided wedding cake or something. No, it’s more like you got safety belts in your car made of lasagna noodles. It’s not cute. It actually damages your property in fundamental ways that completely ruins it’s value and functionality. Your are going to have s MUCH more expensive job the secind time around, after the rot. And after your neighbors below sue you for damage to their unit. You got what you paid for. And you didn’t get what you didn’t pay for. Mr. Cheapo didn’t do the job correctly. On any level. Sack it up and pay to have it all redone. You won’t be done with finding shortcomings, I guarantee it. And as the cherry on top, now your relationship with this “super” is damaged and he is going to be hissy about allowing access sad working with someone else to get it redone correctly. Don’t spit where you eat....See MoreHorrible Tile job
Comments (23)stragg1, it seems to boil down to your tiler either over promised and under delivered, or he won your contract by price rather than quality and reputation. Either way, it seems the tiler did is work proportionately to the $1500 you paid him which is too low for a skilled tiler in their trade. This is one of those lessons where you get what you pay for. A pro might be able to fix some of the mistakes, but they also then have to stand by what your current tiler has already done and I don't see anyone doing that given the list of errors they've made that are easily visible. You really need to do your due diligence when hiring a contractor. Get multiple bids, and if some of bids are significantly cheaper, it should throw up red flags rather than a smile. Get references from actual customers and reach out to them. There are a lot of great tradesman out there, but there are also crappy ones and they're not going to tell you they are up front. That is your job to educate yourself and "interview" them. If you have questions on what to ask the tilers/contractors or what to look for, I'm sure the folks here would be more than willing to help you with that info. You don't want to hire a contractor not knowing what should be done. Yes some of these replies are harsh, it's more "tough love" than hand holding here. Remember they don't get paid to post on this site, but if you can read through the lines, there is a lot of valuable information that can be learned from them....See Moreaprilneverends
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