was too good, it could not last ... We finally met our first "quack" in construction.
Last week I took some days off to lay the power windows ... final drafts! Delivery was scheduled for Friday morning at dawn. "Great, if all goes well, we will have all closed in the evening!"
We took advantage of Thursday to advance on the outside: my father on the roof for the chimney and plastered me to the ground to apply the sealant on the crawl space. Lionel, the roofer, was also there to ask frisette the raids and install gutters.
Finally, the windows have arrived as planned on Friday morning. Time to unload the truck and gets to work on the windows. We defeated the package and it has the aluminum frame to take the measurements. Problem, it does not pass and you end up against the roller shutter box when we should be just below ... (Too bad I did not take pictures to illustrate).
We said we must be missing something and tries on the kitchen window. New unpacking and presents the framework ... same concern, you hit the shutter!
It then passes a quick phone call to Florian, the friend who has ordered the windows (to take advantage of its tariffs craftsman) and decided to go early in the afternoon to take a look.
Where is the problem? mason's error, poor ratings of the windows, we know that does not ask?
In the meantime, we ask the service door. No problem to fix the wall, but was a little surprised when the firm: the points of closure does not engage. It then modifies the hinges so that it is finally closing, but after taking measurements, the opening is too short 8mm!
There are days when we said we would do better to lie. At the end of the morning, we had put a door ... what performance!
Small lunch break, and you attack the windows that do not shutters. First success of the day: the windows of the garage and entry are installed without a hitch.
Florian finally arrived, and the conclusion is simple: the seller was planted in control and they have delivered us from windows that arise in applied without shutter. Must be modified by hollowing out the dormant part upper and rip down the flap. What joy! even he can not do it until Monday afternoon.
Despite this good news, we continue to install other windows without shutter. And, as is the day, this time it's the builder who has planted, forgetting to count the thickness of plaster on top of the frame. We must play the grinder to shorten and win regingot centimeter missing.
At the end of the day, we still managed to put 4 windows and a door ... Super!
Saturday, waiting for news of our windows, we grab the garage doors that were pending in Villette with my parents and we share the install. Once there, we discover, by sorting in the hardware, the seals are missing from the 2 packages! Back to
Villette to control the packaging and see that nothing had been forgotten. So I have to call Leroy Merlin to tell them the good news. Finally they open for me call customer service and make a request sent to the manufacturer for "fast" missing parts.
Nevertheless, we decided to put the doors and we'll see to install the joints for more ... There is more to it closely.
Fortunately, during this time, Lionel has been busy and he finished his yard late in the day: Put frisette raids and gutters installed. It could even start making the first coat of stain on the cover.
Position 3 days
- 1st layer coating waterproofing crawl space over.
- End of shell.
- 4 windows and 1 service door with a frame change are raised.
- 2 garage door installed, no seal.
- 1st coat of stain in the shelter.
were expected to better but it's still ahead! Now remains to know the fate of our windows ...
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