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X post: stone experts: long post: clause in contract standard?
Comments (1)See here's the deal as I see it: Everything they wrote in true. Stone is natural. It has fissures...inclusions...it comes in varying thicknesses. Those things in and of themselves are not flaws in natural stone... ...until that stone is made into a countertop. Then they become flaws. Inclusions and fissures weaken slabs. That's why you see quite a few "flawed" slabs being resined. Granites are usually filled with epoxy resins, marbles with polyesters. The resin fills the fissures, can fill the inclusions, and the process turns a flawed weak slab into a less porous, stronger material. I think I'm getting off track though, so back to your clause. The part that really irks me is "...pieces may not match seam to seam due to movement of color and thickness of material. Also that material thickness can vary up to 1/4"." If they put a period after "...due to movement of color" and left it at that I'd still be suspect, but I'd be okay with it. Sort of. Pieces may not match seam-to-seam due to movement...yeah, I can see that a little. But you'll have that a bit under control by seeing the slabs yourself. Pieces may not match seam-to-seam due to thickness...followed by: Material thickness can vary by up to 1/4 inch...they are essentially asking you to approve an installation that could possibly have a 1/4" height differential. I have to say that marble, I really don't think it difficult to work with. While I've sized slabs and done simple edging on marble slabs, I've never had a problem working or installing the material. And I've done master baths in near 100% marble. If you want marble, go with marble. Make them install what you want. The fact that they tanked your first install seems more due to careless worksmanship than due to flawed material. If you were willing to go to the added expense of having someone repair your flawed deck, consider having the company you're now involved with provide you with replacement slabs of marble, but you hire a new fabricator to do the new fabrication and installation....See MoreX Post: Stone Experts (long post): Clause Standard?
Comments (3)I would NOT sign that. I am not an expert, but to me this looks like license to give you an installation with very visible seams and to absolve themselves of responsibility for "fissures" when you already know they think a crack is a "fissure" and when you have an installer you already know is bad. If they insist you sign, can you tell them to take the whole thing back, that you're going to find a different fabricator w/ a different company and just deduct the money you have to pay for this new fabricator from whatever you owe them? In fact, can you do that anyway?...See MoreSold (so far)...and by owner! (long post)
Comments (7)Thanks for the congrats! I'm hoping everything goes smoothly. SweetTea, no, I didn't have a sign-in list for the FSBO lookers. We had the first couple's name and number because they specifically asked to be kept informed on an offer. A list might be a good idea, but I'd probably just offer signing in as an option. I personally don't like doing that at open houses and such. If someone shows a lot of interest, you could just offer to keep in touch. I did keep all of the real estate agents business cards for possible follow-up. And, yes, follow-up was the key to the sale here. When FSBO or flat-flee listed, you really have to act as your own agent. I'm in no way an aggressive sales person-type, but you do have to take the time to do your own marketing when FSBO (thank goodness for e-mail--it's a nice way to pitch your home without being too pushy!). No, the flat fee company I used was not national (it's based in a nearby Chicago suburb). Actually, I was impressed by their e-mail ad and I took a look at their web site. I chose to have the showing appointment calls to come to me, although I could have it go through the company if I had preferred. They also offer lock boxes, signs, etc., but I just took the basic MLS service (which came with a nice web site for posting my ad). Good luck with your sale, SweetTea!...See MoreI need a "Happy" Room (Sorry, Long Rambling Post)
Comments (29)I don't know if this is good or bad. I went to the local BM paint store today. I was going to grab some paint chips of Hawthorne Yellow (is that what you call the paper strips with three or four or five colors on them?) to put next to "stuff". None in the rack. The only slot out of the 47,000 they have that was empty. I went to the 2 oz. sample rack. Nope, no Hawthorne Yellow (didn't think I'd get lucky). Not a lot of other neat colors, either, but the paint mixer-upper did tell me they are not restocking the small sample jars. The pints are only $7 and the 2 oz. sample jars were $5, so all of us cheapskates around here just buy pints. I did have them mix up a sample pint. Dang, it looks oh-so-different in the can than it does on the chip. Wonder what it's gonna look like on the walls. Guess I'll find out. So do you think in my neck of the woods, it's the color slathered on everyone's walls? Here I thought I was going to pick something unique :-) Now for something completely different: saw these euro shams on clearance plus an additional discount plus free shipping. They didn't have anything else in the pattern which was probably a good thing :-) Does the bicycle print go with anything else in my universe? Nope. Do I care? Nope. We haven't had a car in years, so DH and I rode bicycles everywhere. I saw the pattern, it brought a smile to my face thinking of our many bike rides together so, for somewhere around 12 bucks, I got a much needed dose of temporary happy. I put green sheets on the bed, the blue in the two shams make the icky turquoise on the walls look almost palatable, and the yellow matches Hawthorne Yellow almost exactly. Sometimes it's just little things that put a silly grin on my face :-)...See More
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