Hi all-
I'm new here, but no stranger to diy home improvements. However, I do have a dilemma I can't seem to solve.
In 2005, I hired a contractor to extend my kitchen out 10'. In addition to the extra needed space in the kitchen, my husband and I also used the space that used to be our deck to transform into a small sunroom adjacent to the kitchen. We included in our contract, French doors to separate the sunroom from the kitchen.
We had our contractor purchase the doors (along with all the other doors and windows needed for our project). They are a standard pair of 3' x 6.8' wood frame single glazed interior french doors. When the doors were installed the left hand door was clearly warped, and my contractor had the lumber yard order a new one. At least 5-6 months pass before the new door arrives (the lumber yard kept messing up the order - wrong size, etc. according to my contractor). Finally ecstatic to get the door replaced, we did not give it another thought, and busy with work and death of a close relative,and a family illness all at once; long story short we could not finish (stain the door) until Sept. of 2007. Finally thrilled to be done with the project, my husband installs the handles and shuts the two doors. However- they don't match! The door that was replaced by the lumber yard has different dimensions, stiles, kick panel is off by 2"- never noticed this since the glass was wrapped in plastic and we never could close the doors- they had no handles!
Have been calling my contractor since end of Sept. and having a hard time getting him to do anything- he says the manager of the lumber yard won't
give in. However I paid for two doors that are supposed to match and didn't get them. Does anyone have any suggestions? I really don't want to shell out for another door.
Thanks in advance.
I'm new here, but no stranger to diy home improvements. However, I do have a dilemma I can't seem to solve.
In 2005, I hired a contractor to extend my kitchen out 10'. In addition to the extra needed space in the kitchen, my husband and I also used the space that used to be our deck to transform into a small sunroom adjacent to the kitchen. We included in our contract, French doors to separate the sunroom from the kitchen.
We had our contractor purchase the doors (along with all the other doors and windows needed for our project). They are a standard pair of 3' x 6.8' wood frame single glazed interior french doors. When the doors were installed the left hand door was clearly warped, and my contractor had the lumber yard order a new one. At least 5-6 months pass before the new door arrives (the lumber yard kept messing up the order - wrong size, etc. according to my contractor). Finally ecstatic to get the door replaced, we did not give it another thought, and busy with work and death of a close relative,and a family illness all at once; long story short we could not finish (stain the door) until Sept. of 2007. Finally thrilled to be done with the project, my husband installs the handles and shuts the two doors. However- they don't match! The door that was replaced by the lumber yard has different dimensions, stiles, kick panel is off by 2"- never noticed this since the glass was wrapped in plastic and we never could close the doors- they had no handles!
Have been calling my contractor since end of Sept. and having a hard time getting him to do anything- he says the manager of the lumber yard won't
give in. However I paid for two doors that are supposed to match and didn't get them. Does anyone have any suggestions? I really don't want to shell out for another door.
Thanks in advance.