i have a customer that had aluminum siding over cedar shakes.
we did a total tear off down to the 2 x 6's and obviously installed tyvek and cedar boards.
they have about a 3 or 4 foot foundation that was painted brown.
we installed the starter strip at the edge of the wood(bottom) and went from there. they are now COMPLAINING that we should have went down a few inches further because the concrete looks chipped. the chipped concrete was evidentely covered by the old aluminum siding so they say and they want to know why we did'nt go down further. i told them we could have used furring strips but that would have meant building out the top as well. they are now asking us to re cement parts of the concrete that looks chipped and paint it. i feel like hitting the prick in the head but i need to keep my cool.
they are also complaining that the container dug up their grass. of course it did,they asked us to put it on the grass because they did'nt want to ruin their driveway,i even warned them.
this is(was) a simple job that i thought was easy money. to boot,they changed the color the last minute and i had no idea the color was about a thousand buckks more because it was a special color. i ate the cost and did'nt even mention it to them because i should have checked the price.
also,their railing on their front porch was screwed directly into the house,now that we removed the cedar shakes and aluminum,the railing is about 2 inches away. just one of those things but these unreasonable pricks are making a federal case about it. i keep telling them it came out beautiful and i am utterly shocked they don't feet the same. i am worried they are trying to set me up for not paying or at least holding back some money. any advice on the foundation or railing? the railing is black and the siding is brown.
we did a total tear off down to the 2 x 6's and obviously installed tyvek and cedar boards.
they have about a 3 or 4 foot foundation that was painted brown.
we installed the starter strip at the edge of the wood(bottom) and went from there. they are now COMPLAINING that we should have went down a few inches further because the concrete looks chipped. the chipped concrete was evidentely covered by the old aluminum siding so they say and they want to know why we did'nt go down further. i told them we could have used furring strips but that would have meant building out the top as well. they are now asking us to re cement parts of the concrete that looks chipped and paint it. i feel like hitting the prick in the head but i need to keep my cool.
they are also complaining that the container dug up their grass. of course it did,they asked us to put it on the grass because they did'nt want to ruin their driveway,i even warned them.
this is(was) a simple job that i thought was easy money. to boot,they changed the color the last minute and i had no idea the color was about a thousand buckks more because it was a special color. i ate the cost and did'nt even mention it to them because i should have checked the price.
also,their railing on their front porch was screwed directly into the house,now that we removed the cedar shakes and aluminum,the railing is about 2 inches away. just one of those things but these unreasonable pricks are making a federal case about it. i keep telling them it came out beautiful and i am utterly shocked they don't feet the same. i am worried they are trying to set me up for not paying or at least holding back some money. any advice on the foundation or railing? the railing is black and the siding is brown.
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