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Comments (54)Robin1190 - Sorry to hear about your experience. What did you end up doing? My husband and I are going through a similar experience; trusted the builder, they drafted the plans, we were never shown a topo survey or a story stick, but we were explicit about not having steps to the outside from the house or the service door of the garage, discussed it in several conversations and there were none on our plans so we felt we were heard...until we saw the foundation already poured and were told we'd have 4-5 steps into our front (side) door and about the same from our sliding door onto our patio (we told our builder "no deck") and 2-3 steps out of our garage service door. A huge problem because we have a narrow lot, a side entrance and the stairs prevent access to the back yard and the lake! Even if we make the stairs so you go up one side to the door then down the other side to the lake what a foreseeable royal PITA for carrying coolers, lake toys, etc from the garage to the boat. Sorry, I don't mean to go on and on...it's just so hard to see something you work so hard for be executed on so poorly and not be able to "fix" it. How did you resolve the matter? Take legal action? Any reimbursement or no charge from your builder for excavation and foundation work? Would you have any pictures of your walkway "ramp" from driveway to front door?...See MoreGlass tile installation gone wrong. What happened?
Comments (7)You can see the same voids behind this tile in my old showroom. Because he used the notched trowel, and didn't knock down the notches with the smooth side of the trowel before installing the tile. We accepted it and moved on. It's only really visible from a close distance. From about 3 feet, it looks fine. I think you should also assess how the tile looks from the standard seated viewing distance as well....See MoreHELP please! Fireplace design gone wrong!!!
Comments (73)Hi! I just want to give an update in this post. We ended up almost redoing the fireplace. It turned out ok but not perfect. ♀️ We recently moved in and are still in the process of picking furniture. In these picture it is a mix of old and new furniture/art/accessories. So, I am now taking interior design advice. Thanks again to everyone who has commented here while I was struggling with all the decisions......See MoreHelp!! Gazebo anchoring job gone wrong- What to do??
Comments (13)Have no idea how large your footing is or it's shape, so how much to move the structure over is unknown. The posts should land on the footing, and if the same anchors are reused, refer to the manufacturer instructions on how close those bolts should be to the edge of the footing. Absent that use minimum 2 1/2" from edge for 1/2"dia bolts. That will determine where posts are placed and the pavers will enclose around that. Don't install the structure based on existing bolt holes in pavers, install it based on your footings. Deal with aesthetics of unused holes as you wish. The structure's connection to the footings, to generally describe it, help prevent the structure from folding over on itself....See Morekatrina_ellen
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