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Hi All,
Need help ASAP. I have hired a contractor to finish my HT basement project and I feel he is cutting corners and I'm not happy with him at all. I did all the framing and HT wiring but needed someone to finish things off. I picked the most expensive bid as he stated so many times he was a profectionist and I wanted the job done right.
1st, I wanted one change to add 4 sconces. This was before anything was done but after the contract was signed; he made a big deal out of it. I said I would pay if the price was right. Still made me feel like I was unreasonable to ask.
2nd, what little framing he had to do he bought fir studs instead of pine. No big deal but Home Depot told me to stay clear of the fir studs. He said they were the same and it was no big deal. I think he is pinching pennies.
3rd, I have duct work running across the center of my room. He framed it, then insullated everything except the duct work for inspection purposes. The room was inspected and he drywalled before I could see the insullation. I wanted this insullated well for sound in as well as out. Just being curious to see how he did this, I looked as best I could thru a few spots and I see NOTHING. He says it's there. I almost told him to prove it. I think he is pinching pennies.
4th, This is my question and the kicker that may get be boiling.
I have never dealt with drywall and I am an **** profectionist if I had done the work. There are 1/4 to 1/2 inch gaps in some places were drywall butts together. Is this exceptable?
The big problem to me is the ceiling. It is not level. There are 1/4 inch dips where the ceiling drywall butts together in several places. I cannot imagine that doing the mud work will level this out. It is not because the ceiling joists are not level. I think the guy doing the block work did not place the block at the same level as the joists.
Does this sound like what I should expect for ceiling drywall? He is coming tomorrow to do the mud work and I need to tell him something. Hope someone with more knowlege than I can respond. I which I had time to post some pics.
I called to discuss several concerns and his resonse on the phone about the dips was the house may have been leveling. The house is 10 years old and the ceiling is less than 24 hours old. The house has shifted a 1/4 inch in 24 hours? I don't think so or I'd have worse issues than this.
Thanks in advance....
Paul
Need help ASAP. I have hired a contractor to finish my HT basement project and I feel he is cutting corners and I'm not happy with him at all. I did all the framing and HT wiring but needed someone to finish things off. I picked the most expensive bid as he stated so many times he was a profectionist and I wanted the job done right.
1st, I wanted one change to add 4 sconces. This was before anything was done but after the contract was signed; he made a big deal out of it. I said I would pay if the price was right. Still made me feel like I was unreasonable to ask.
2nd, what little framing he had to do he bought fir studs instead of pine. No big deal but Home Depot told me to stay clear of the fir studs. He said they were the same and it was no big deal. I think he is pinching pennies.
3rd, I have duct work running across the center of my room. He framed it, then insullated everything except the duct work for inspection purposes. The room was inspected and he drywalled before I could see the insullation. I wanted this insullated well for sound in as well as out. Just being curious to see how he did this, I looked as best I could thru a few spots and I see NOTHING. He says it's there. I almost told him to prove it. I think he is pinching pennies.
4th, This is my question and the kicker that may get be boiling.
I have never dealt with drywall and I am an **** profectionist if I had done the work. There are 1/4 to 1/2 inch gaps in some places were drywall butts together. Is this exceptable?
The big problem to me is the ceiling. It is not level. There are 1/4 inch dips where the ceiling drywall butts together in several places. I cannot imagine that doing the mud work will level this out. It is not because the ceiling joists are not level. I think the guy doing the block work did not place the block at the same level as the joists.
Does this sound like what I should expect for ceiling drywall? He is coming tomorrow to do the mud work and I need to tell him something. Hope someone with more knowlege than I can respond. I which I had time to post some pics.
I called to discuss several concerns and his resonse on the phone about the dips was the house may have been leveling. The house is 10 years old and the ceiling is less than 24 hours old. The house has shifted a 1/4 inch in 24 hours? I don't think so or I'd have worse issues than this.
Thanks in advance....
Paul