Palm Springs Meiselman Reborn

A Mid-Century Tract Home Renovation

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July 22, 2004

Is that 7 years bad luck?

The Missus and I have been up since 4 o'clock this morning and I am about to drop dead. The reason for the ungodly hour is that the heat during the day is so intense right now that in order to finish up work in the house we have to start before dawn when it's only 80º out.

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We had the shower enclosure installed yesterday. Everything was going in just fine until... tap tap tap... "Uh, Ma'am? I'm afraid we have a little problem..."

That's never good, and rarely is it ever "little" when said that way.

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They cracked three of my tiles. I immediately got on the phone with my sales rep at the glass place. I don't want to mention the name of the glass place until we get it all figured out, so I'll just refer to them as "Tragic Glass" for now...

So my gal at Tragic Glass apologized and promised to pay for the repairs. About an hour later, she calls back saying she didn't have the authority to make that promise and she'd see what she could work out.

As it stands today, I don't think they are going to pay for it, which infuriates me. It's not the money really, the repair cost in nominal in the grand scheme of things ($60) ... No, it's the principle. You installed something, you broke something, you fix it. I was clear on the other side of the house so I know I didn't break the damn tiles.

Aside from broken tiles, it's gorgeous and I'm very pleased. I'm not that crazy about the handle, but I think we can find something else that will look a bit better than that 80's tubular chrome.

We've been sealing the VCT floors, which has turned out to be twice as much work as I anticipated. It's HARD work too. But the pay off is worth it. They shine so bright they look like glass. As I was on my hands and knees scrubbing, the Missus walked in and said in a very sad cute little voice "I'm sorry Cinderella..."

And then I turned her into a pumpkin...

Posted by MJ at July 22, 2004 03:22 PM
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too bad about the tiles - and it sure seems their responsibility to me. Your right the handle has GOT TO GO! But everything else loos gorgeous!!!

Posted by: Keith at July 23, 2004 09:58 AM

It's definitely their fault on that. I can't believe they would delay at all in reimbursing you. As I read it, it appears you would make the repairs and they'd only have to pay for materials... they get off easy.

However... I like the handles on the shower enclosure. It doesn't really look 80s to me. It looks modern and sleak. Our kitchen appliances are all stainless and have the same handles on them. I even bought the stainless large hand rails [for the bathroom] and installed those as our hand rails on the stairs. Looks way cool.

Posted by: Chari at July 26, 2004 09:21 AM

Hey pumpkin-eater... ;)

when do you plan on updating? Huh?!! *taps toe impatiently*

Posted by: Chari at September 13, 2004 06:10 AM