Small Glitches

Small glitches were too numerous to count. here are some of the more memorable ones (mostly Daddy's job at the end of the day)...


- A hole was left in the ceiling, half way out from the top of the cabinets (not patched before the cabinet install!)

Note this hole is the vent for an ancient kitchen fan. The stove is moved to the right for about one foot. The old hole should be covered up and a new hole should be opened before the kitchen cabinet was installed. The Bad Labor conveniently ignored the minor detail and Daddy had to crawl into the attic, glued (yes, GLUE) a piece of plywood (with drywall board underneath) to the open space (because the 4 walls of that hole is metal). Thank God we have Gorilla Glue :-).

- The screen door for the French door was deemed "Wrong Size, Can't be installed!" (But, it's from the same manufacturer of the French door. It can't be installed because the outside wood trims were not installed according to the manufacturer's instruction.)

- Master bathrooom's door simply won't close (as it's a shade too wide).
(BTW, the door hasn't changed since it was the same old bathroom door. The door frame was made a bit too narrow, I guess, when it's re-opened inside the master bedroom.)

- The vent pipe adapters for bathroom fans (The fans were pumping air into the attic, not outside, because the vent pipes were not installed. What makes it worse was the fact that the adapters for the vent pipe were missing in action. Probably thrown into the trash can, along with the useless manuals. They had to be ordered from Internet, and installed by the ex-accountant-turned general contractor.)

- The wall left open in the garage from laundry hookup install had to be patched.

- Air-conditioning ventilation outlet in the living room demolished along with the entry wall had to be re-installed. The A/C vent outlet for the kitchen was installed but not insulated (demolished with the kitchen expansion, insulated along with A/C repair job in the end).

- Most window sills, except for the main kitchen window, were not in smooth surface (low grade pine was used).

- Most newly installed drywall surface was not patched and sanded properly.

- The 34 1/4-in by 21 3/4-in board that's supposed to go into the 36" kitchen cabinet was missing (The piece that came with the cabinet was probably cut and used as the facade for the built-in oven.)