The porch is a real problem. There are so many deficiencies, I do not know where to begin. The contractor was supposed to come by today and did not.
Who would have known? He was supposed to have completed the porch a long time ago, but it remains unfinished and that which is done, for the most part, has to be redone. The interior needs to have new quarter inch plywood installed with finishing nails over the mish-mashed job that they did. I am not a carpenter, but maybe could have done better. It is terrible. The floor needs plywood so that the ceramic tile can be done, but likely that will be next year, so I bought some vinyl loose lay to protect the flooring board, which is particle board even though I insisted plywood was necessary. I could not lay it properly because the door frame on one side was right down to the floor and the other side was a half inch up from the floor. So, I asked Andy about the problem and he got a wide chisel and chiseled out the frame at the floor level enough to install the vinyl. We cut around the frame and then I did the rest myself. I am not a floor layer! Loose lay has got to be one of the simplest things a person can do though. You just cut it with scissors to fit and voila! you have a floor. Of course the pattern needs to be matched and the product needs to fit squarely, especially since this one is a square patterned slate look. It took about 4 hours in total and saved about $420. plus mileage, the cost of installation by professionals at $3 per square foot. No glue or nails were required. At least now, the floor can be used. Winter is coming and the deficiencies may not be corrected at all, but this time, I intend to sue the contractor. He charged an arm and two legs for the work and the job is worse than terrible. Now he says he has cancer, or at least he told me that, but told another person it was his wife who had cancer...hard to know what to believe. I am sorry if he or she truly are sick, but this needs to be rectified and completed properly. The exterior cedar siding is installed with the wrong side showing, the bevels overlapping do not match, the three sides do not line up, the cut outs expose the sheathing underneath and there is no house wrap of any sort. Not only that, the siding is not finished and the cheap particle board is exposed to the elements on the north side. Grrrrrr! But hey, the vinyl floor looks good!
Who would have known? He was supposed to have completed the porch a long time ago, but it remains unfinished and that which is done, for the most part, has to be redone. The interior needs to have new quarter inch plywood installed with finishing nails over the mish-mashed job that they did. I am not a carpenter, but maybe could have done better. It is terrible. The floor needs plywood so that the ceramic tile can be done, but likely that will be next year, so I bought some vinyl loose lay to protect the flooring board, which is particle board even though I insisted plywood was necessary. I could not lay it properly because the door frame on one side was right down to the floor and the other side was a half inch up from the floor. So, I asked Andy about the problem and he got a wide chisel and chiseled out the frame at the floor level enough to install the vinyl. We cut around the frame and then I did the rest myself. I am not a floor layer! Loose lay has got to be one of the simplest things a person can do though. You just cut it with scissors to fit and voila! you have a floor. Of course the pattern needs to be matched and the product needs to fit squarely, especially since this one is a square patterned slate look. It took about 4 hours in total and saved about $420. plus mileage, the cost of installation by professionals at $3 per square foot. No glue or nails were required. At least now, the floor can be used. Winter is coming and the deficiencies may not be corrected at all, but this time, I intend to sue the contractor. He charged an arm and two legs for the work and the job is worse than terrible. Now he says he has cancer, or at least he told me that, but told another person it was his wife who had cancer...hard to know what to believe. I am sorry if he or she truly are sick, but this needs to be rectified and completed properly. The exterior cedar siding is installed with the wrong side showing, the bevels overlapping do not match, the three sides do not line up, the cut outs expose the sheathing underneath and there is no house wrap of any sort. Not only that, the siding is not finished and the cheap particle board is exposed to the elements on the north side. Grrrrrr! But hey, the vinyl floor looks good!
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