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The problem: I had a Masonite entry door installed by a HD contractor, about two mths ago, that had some problems. The bottom was sticking and the door wasn't sealing. Long story short I had to get the owner of the company out to fix it because his crew was too rude and ignorant to fix it right. I just noticed the insulation is peeling off the bottom of the door. One of the thin pieces of rubber on the bottom of the door is already peeling off Question: Should I bother theses yoyo's anymore with this? Should I do it just to be a pain in the ass? *Experienced please* Nothing personal. Just a few of you guys are off-the-cuff with your advice. Also, no ****ing matches. I've had enough. -- Wm |
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On Sat 02 Aug 2008 10:05:19a, Billy Pilgrim told us...
The problem: I had a Masonite entry door installed by a HD contractor, about two mths ago, that had some problems. The bottom was sticking and the door wasn't sealing. Long story short I had to get the owner of the company out to fix it because his crew was too rude and ignorant to fix it right. I just noticed the insulation is peeling off the bottom of the door. One of the thin pieces of rubber on the bottom of the door is already peeling off Question: Should I bother theses yoyo's anymore with this? Should I do it just to be a pain in the ass? *Experienced please* Nothing personal. Just a few of you guys are off-the-cuff with your advice. Also, no ****ing matches. I've had enough. We had, perhaps, a similar experience recently with a new home we purchased. The side door was to have a 9-light window. A solid door was installed instead. The builder sent a crew out to replace it. The replaced it with a completely new pre-hung door assemble. We did not watch the replacement process. A year and a half down the road, through daily use and a couple of door slamming incidents caused by wind, we noticed that the entire door assembly, especially on the opening side, had begun moving outward, away from the house exterior wall. Total distance of movement was almost an inch, and the door itself no longer sealed properly. It was easy to see light at the top, bottom, and opening side of the door. They had obviously just set the prehung door assemble in place and never fastened it to the house. After a couple of calls to the company with promises of coming out and never showing up, we decided to remediate the situation ourselves. We removed the exterior trim molding, pulled the entire assembly back into the proper position, then shimmed the space between the assembly and the house structure, finally driving in heavy 3-1/2" galvanized finishing nails through the door frame into the studs, recessed slightly with a nailset. Lastly, we replaced the exterior trim, then filled all the holes with white silastic sealant to match the finish on the painted wood. We also applied the sealant at the edge where the trim met the exterior house wall. The bottom rubber sweep/strip was easily replaced, too. They just slide into a track. Gawd, I hate dealing with inept contractors and workers, and I felt very self-satisfied in having done this myself and the knowledge that it was done properly. -- Wayne Boatwright ------------------------------------------- Saturday, 08(VIII)/02(II)/08(MMVIII) ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't; they'll make you look like chopped liver. --Harlan Ellison, on hecklers ------------------------------------------- |
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On Aug 2, 12:05*pm, "Billy Pilgrim" wrote:
The problem: I had a Masonite entry door installed by a HD contractor, about two mths ago, that had some problems. The bottom was sticking and the door wasn't sealing. Long story short I had to get the owner of the company out to fix it because his crew was too rude and ignorant to fix it right. I just noticed the insulation is peeling off the bottom of the door. One of the thin pieces of rubber on the bottom of the door is already peeling off Question: Should I bother theses yoyo's anymore with this? Should I do it just to be a pain in the ass? *Experienced please* Nothing personal. Just a few of you guys are off-the-cuff with your advice. Also, no ****ing matches. I've had enough. -- Wm I have had problems where hd corporate made sure things were done right, but did you talk to the store manager yet, I would not deal with the contractor but the store manager, HD subs work out at low prices, so what HD gets is not the best. If no luck email hD corporate you will get results , I have. |
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"ransley" wrote in message ... On Aug 2, 12:05 pm, "Billy Pilgrim" wrote: The problem: I had a Masonite entry door installed by a HD contractor, about two mths ago, that had some problems. The bottom was sticking and the door wasn't sealing. Long story short I had to get the owner of the company out to fix it because his crew was too rude and ignorant to fix it right. I just noticed the insulation is peeling off the bottom of the door. One of the thin pieces of rubber on the bottom of the door is already peeling off Question: Should I bother theses yoyo's anymore with this? Should I do it just to be a pain in the ass? *Experienced please* Nothing personal. Just a few of you guys are off-the-cuff with your advice. Also, no ****ing matches. I've had enough. -- Wm I have had problems where hd corporate made sure things were done right, but did you talk to the store manager yet, I would not deal with the contractor but the store manager, HD subs work out at low prices, so what HD gets is not the best. If no luck email hD corporate you will get results , I have. ============================================= Thanks, The HD corp. guy came out with the owner when I pitched a fit. Right now I'm liking Wayne's advice. But I need to sleep on it. I'm not sure they have had their lives significantly disrupted yet. :-) HD has been good about following up. I'm wondering if I want the hassle of waiting for them and putting up with THEM. |
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"Billy Pilgrim" wrote in message ... The problem: I had a Masonite entry door installed by a HD contractor I think I found your problem. |
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