Monday, September 26, 2005

Kitchen again

I spoke too soon about finishing the kitchen. Fitter is still with us. Here are the problems:

  1. He hasn’t fitted the cable thermostat before fitting the floor.

  2. The tumble dryer does not fit, despite us telling him repeatedly to check.

  3. The waste plumbing was in the wrong place.

  4. The waste plumbing leaked from 5 of the 6 joints he did.

  5. The tiles were put down wrong and had to be taken up.

  6. The electrician put a socket behind the oven, we told fitter it was in the wrong place, he said it would be covered, but the electrician said it should have been moved.

  7. He fitted the wrong type of drawer – indeed was unaware of there being a different sort at all!

  8. The hob ignition blows the electrics in the house each time it is put on (not his fault).

  9. The under floor heating will heat the water pipe feeding the freezer.

  10. He has put both worktops on upside-down, and one (hob) back-to-front.

  11. Doors for washing machine on wrong way round.
  12. Drilled hole for cat-flap in the wrong place.
  13. Windows has been put in upside-down
Apart from that, everything is perfect!