Timeline of Disaster
What does the face of frustration look like? Drop by our house and I’d be glad to show you — up-close and personal. I’m warning you though; it’s NOT pretty. To put this God Forsaken Project into perspective, I present Exhibit A – our timeline so far.
April 9 – Cabinets are delivered — taking up nearly all the space in our garage.
April 13 – My parents come out to help us build the new fridge alcove. We finish it in a weekend.
April 21 – Old cabinets are removed and the soffets get knocked out. We discover serious water damage behind the sink, cleverly disguised by a piece of plywood.
During the week of the 23rd our contractor comes out and tells us we have to replace the water damaged wall, and somehow cut the waste drain.
April 28 – We rip out the wall and re-insulate, but discover that the waste pipe is way beyond our level of experience. The contractor refers us to a reputable plumber.
May 5 – The plumber re-routs the waste line and moves our hook-up lines to the proper spot.
May 6 – Start cutting and hanging new drywall. We realize fairly late that we have two pieces of drywall that are the wrong size.
May11 – Borrow the Andaloras’ truck (again) to exchange dry-wall for correct size. Finish hanging drywall and start spackling. During the week of the 14th, I finish the spackling.
May 18 – Talk to the contractor and tell him we’ll be ready for him after vacation. He “pencils us in” for a couple of days at the end of May/ beginning of June.
May 19 - Go on vacation
May 27 – Start priming the areas of the wall that will be exposed, but leave the other areas bare.
May 29 – Contractor comes out in the afternoon and tells me I have to prime the bare areas before he can begin working. Even though there’s a can of primer sitting right there, he can’t do it. I run home early to get it done as soon as possible.
May 30 thru June 3 – Contractor promises to try to “squeeze in” a couple of afternoons to get the install started. He’s simply too busy now, and never comes out.
June 7 – Contractor tells us he can’t schedule any time for us until the first week in July.
June 8 – Lowe’s project manager can’t find any substitute contractors with any free time between now and August.
In the mean time, I’ve painted the ceilings and walls, ordered the new backsplash and done various other kitchen-related things. The list of tasks left for me to do grows shorter all the time, but none of it will impede the contractor from completing his end of the job. We’d do the installation ourselves, but I’ve already paid for him to do it, and I have no idea what I’m doing. Once the cabinets are in, they have to re-measure for the countertops and I will have to wait another several weeks before it comes in and is installed. It’s just going to take a lot of patience to endure all this waiting. Wish me luck. At least we can grill!!
Your page is far more friendly than Mike’s.
Thanks for the link,
if you happen to promenade
MySpace and happen to come across my Profile please look through the picts.
That way atleast someone in our family will have seen my DigArt.
I’m now going to leave remarks of your other blog chapters in this slot:
-Nice Shoes-
-If Mike likes the casual dress, he’d love UT.
Semi formal here is a shirt with more than three buttons, I’ve see people going to wakes in pink jogging pants/ there’s a Jeff Foxworthy joke somewhere in there.-
-GodSpeed in your kitchen
endeavors.-
-Nice vacation photos!
there was a fish.-
-Nice Shoes. Yes, I already mentioned it, but I’ve learned the hard way
that the female generally take the shoes focus more serious than the males.
I know “Duh!”- Laters ;b