In Which We Did Not Die
Aug. 3rd, 2008 09:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutR. decided to aggressively go after lint in the dryer today. In the course of doing so, he found a lot of soot. Once he'd shopvac'd it up, he found a sticker saying if you want to run this puppy (not their words) on liquid propane, here's the part number. R. expects the part to cost $10-$30. The installers were _supposed_ to do this work; they claimed it did not need a conversion kit, which surprised R. at the time since _every other appliance in the place_ has had to have a conversion kit installed (except the generator that just needed a setting adjusted).
I'm really trying hard to figure out what the heck it is with people installing stuff in this house after my arrival. The A/C installer attached a wire that they shouldn't have that blew a transformer. B., who installed the circuit for the chest freezer, was repeatedly non-responsive. The ducting throughout the house has needed a lot of taping because it wasn't installed well. Our painters, who did a fantastic job, have NOT been followed by the carpenter who was supposed to replace our slider and rotting wood with a french door (that would be a _month_, five unreturned phone calls, etc. later and still no action).
To be fair, the water filter installer did a good job. Our plumber Rocks.
But at some point, I just have to ask: why us? And if it's not personal, why such a poor level of service?
No wonder we all need to have carbon monoxide detectors.
I'm really trying hard to figure out what the heck it is with people installing stuff in this house after my arrival. The A/C installer attached a wire that they shouldn't have that blew a transformer. B., who installed the circuit for the chest freezer, was repeatedly non-responsive. The ducting throughout the house has needed a lot of taping because it wasn't installed well. Our painters, who did a fantastic job, have NOT been followed by the carpenter who was supposed to replace our slider and rotting wood with a french door (that would be a _month_, five unreturned phone calls, etc. later and still no action).
To be fair, the water filter installer did a good job. Our plumber Rocks.
But at some point, I just have to ask: why us? And if it's not personal, why such a poor level of service?
No wonder we all need to have carbon monoxide detectors.