As newcomers to the renovation scene, we were fairly impressed (on a whole) as to how smoothly it went. Yes there was the normal extended deadlines with stuff taking longer than expected however as for problems encountered there weren't that many which couldn't be solved by taking a different approach. Saying that, three incidences stand out although I'll only discuss two in this post.
Both are located in the kitchen. The first is associated with the repositioning of the fridge. Our old fridge cabinet was dismantled, turned 180ยช, slightly adjusted in size and reassembled. What we didn't realised was that the side panel (which was partially hidden by the glasses cabinet, bench top and bottom cupboards) and now faced the backdoor had writing on it. We were disappointed to discover this scrawl was in permanent marker and unable to be sanded off. We struggled to comprehend why the joiner knowing the writing was there, didn't ask us whether we wanted to splurge out on a new panel. Anyhow no crying over spilt milk - we asked to reuse the existing wood and thats what he did. Now was the time to brainstorm potential solutions.
Coming out on top of the list was to paint that side which is what we have done. Jury is still out though as we slowly decide on how to use that space. Current thoughts are to shorten the ends of the shelving above and purchase some sort of sideboard.
The second was a very large boo boo thanks to the electrician. When installing the extra power outlet which includes 2 USB sockets, he needed to drill through the cupboard and into the wall except that as he was doing this, he apparently hit something and the drill deviated coming out through the bench top!! The poor electrician was mortified at what he had done and the builder was even more so! Again the finger sized hole is still waiting to be fixed. At one stage there was talk of replacing the whole bench top (an expensive and difficult job) however the joiner first wants to try filling it with black resin (making it look like a knot) then have the whole bench top re-sanded and finished. This is all planned for next week.
Both are located in the kitchen. The first is associated with the repositioning of the fridge. Our old fridge cabinet was dismantled, turned 180ยช, slightly adjusted in size and reassembled. What we didn't realised was that the side panel (which was partially hidden by the glasses cabinet, bench top and bottom cupboards) and now faced the backdoor had writing on it. We were disappointed to discover this scrawl was in permanent marker and unable to be sanded off. We struggled to comprehend why the joiner knowing the writing was there, didn't ask us whether we wanted to splurge out on a new panel. Anyhow no crying over spilt milk - we asked to reuse the existing wood and thats what he did. Now was the time to brainstorm potential solutions.
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