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-title: Renovation Issues
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+title: Renovation Notes
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image: https://davidawindham.com/wha/helene-1.jpg
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:::warning[Private Page]
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These are our notes related to the hurrican helene [repairs](/notes/house/helene) and post helene renovations on the [studio](/notes/house/studio), master, and [bath](/notes/house/bath). I'm using this page to share some questions and comments with the contractor and the boss.
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-## Quality Control
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We've had some hiccups along the way, so I just wanted to start list of issues we've had with the general contractor and sub contractors so they're not forgotten if we need to reference them.
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## KL Timmerman Enterprises, LLC
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[log](/notes/house/kl-timmerman-log)
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| [costs](/notes/house/kl-timmerman-costs)
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-| [estimates](/pdf/KLTimmerman-Estimates.pdf)
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-| [invoices](/pdf/KLTimmerman-Invoices.pdf)
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-| [issues](/notes/house/)
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+| [notes](/notes/house/kl-timmerman-issues)
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## Management
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- Showed up on site unannounced requesting payment before work was completed or inspected
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- Invoicing duplicate errors
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- No discussion of invoices
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-- Timeliness
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+ - invoices not organized
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+- Timeliness 🐢
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- slow pace - some contractors will work for just a couple of hours a day for a week.
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- - took **over a year** to complete the project or **9 months** if you account for the truss manufacturing delay
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+ - took almost a year - **10 months** if you account for the truss manufacturing delay to complete the project
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- very little inspection of work - **NO** final inspection
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-- General contractor has only been by the site twice to check up on work
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- - after the trusses were installed and after the the paint
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+- General contractor has only been by the site a couple times to check up on work
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+ - after the trusses were installed and after the interior paint
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- Assistant to GC not on site often
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- once on an emergency call after a leak
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- Not much supervision of subs
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- Communication lackluster
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- Inconsistent notice of subcontractors arriving onsite
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- - sometimes no notice and sometimes just 15 minute notice
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+ - sometimes no notice and sometimes just short notice
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- Broken Sewer Line
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- blowout line crushed by one of the haul off trucks or the lift equipment
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- Subcontractors
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- contractor puked in the yard because he came hungover
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- left food trash in buckets upstairs that caused am indoor bug infestation
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- dumped rotten food in bushes
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- - paint in bushes and on house in cleaning
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+ - paint dumped in bushes and spilled on house during brush cleaning
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- had to drive over to GA to confirm quartz because couldn't get what was promised
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- didn't fix cut drywall in downstairs bathroom for three months
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- left it open and we taped the piece back into it
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- - still not painted
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+ - still not painted 👈🏻
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- contractors on site past normal working hours
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- contractor fishing in pond putting fish in bucket
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- studio left without hardware for three months
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- leaking seal on pipe that ran into the wall and stained the ceiling on the floor below in both the den and downstairs bathroom
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+ - still not fixed 👈🏻
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- hot water install mixed with cold water
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- we didn't have cold water for a couple of days
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- covered existing electrical outlets
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- didn't seal off area of drywall sanding
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- no ventilation or air treatment
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- didn't replace hvac intakes
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-- installed tile inset the wrong direction
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+- installed tile inset the wrong directiom
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- poured water under the house instead of piping it out
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- left a pile of debris in the yard for three months
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- left the old sliding door in the yard for a month
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- popcorn ceiling has visible seams
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- drywall not consistent or square in spots
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- dropping drywall at hvac intake
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- - not square where the corners meet
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+ - not square where the corners meet 👈🏻
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- didn't use the waterproof type throughout the bathroom
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- made patches where it should have been an entire board replaced
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- bubbles showing through the paint
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- broke glass into the yard by tossing shower doors over the ledge
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- didn't plug the two HVAC vents that were ducted into the closed ceiling
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- found a previously split truss just one truss back from what was installed
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- - noticed but didn't mention it to us or offer to replace
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+ - noticed but **didn't** mention it to us or offer to replace
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- given we had ordered one additional truss that was left at our house
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- left the extra truss in our yard for nine months
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- didn't patch the ceiling until months after the trusses installed
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- - $600 heating cost to heat ceiling area
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+ - $$$ heating cost to heat ceiling area
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- didn't tile all the way to the ceiling in shower as requested
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- don't clean up after work
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- trash/food in yard, nails/metal in bushes
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- paint on window hardware
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- paint on tile floor
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- paint spills on front porch
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-- had to repaint and drywall because of poor work
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-- didn't install backing support for grab bar
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+- had to repaint from bad work on drywall
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+ - still have bubbling in the paint in spots 👈🏻
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- spilled a heavy amount of paint thinner into the subfloor which then permeated the house for a week causing headaches and eye irritation. So potent that any heating element like our oven on the first floor gave off a lighter fluid smell for a week.
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- window treatments
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- tub / vertical blinds
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- remove curtain rod
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- put the new carpet down before the contractors had finished the other work
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- - carpet has visable seams
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- - carpet doesn't extent far enough under baseboards
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+ - carpet has visible seams
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+ - carpet doesn't extend far enough under baseboards
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+- didn't caulk the quartz top to the tile inside the shower
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+ - we did it ourselves 👈🏻
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## Punch List
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- rear upper deck & railings
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- ~~deck light~~
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- ~~chimney seal, cap, & wrap~~
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-- caps on doubled 2x12s
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+- caps on doubled 2x12s
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- was told they would be caulked to look like 4x12s
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- insulation and pipes in crawlspace
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- gap sealant on gas exhaust
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- ~~hole in gutter to right of entrance~~
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- water dripping along wood under upper gutter.
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- ~~leaking downspout connector entrance~~
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-- painting in spots
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+- painting
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- siding
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- paint spills on porch, side of house, and upper deck
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- front doors - were measured but not follow up
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- ~~bad water pressure~~
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- ~~remove water restrictors?~~
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- check sewer leak?
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- - had failed to clean out heads on faucets.
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-- bathtub not properly installed 👈🏻
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+ - ~~had failed to clean dirt from heads on faucets.~~
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+- bathtub not properly installed based on manufacturers manual 👈🏻
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- slides around
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- no blocking as specified in manual
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- no additional 2x12s as specified in manual
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- no backsplash or water proofing on the wall of bathtub 👈🏻
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- white caulk on bathtub filler
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-- sliding door not caulked
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- - sliding poor trim paint/stain
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+- ~~sliding door not caulked~~
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+ - ~~sliding poor trim paint/stain~~
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- ~~ceiling fan~~
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- paint on tile floor
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- ~~no backing support for grab bars behind tile~~
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- ~~broken grab bar install~~
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- damaged bi-fold doors
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- - broken hardware on bifold doors
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- split wood on the base of closet doors
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- door hardware for bedroom
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- cracked floor trim from carpet puller
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- ~~closet shelves needs to be split for attic~~
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- - didn't closet shelves
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+ - didn't replace closet shelves
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- ~~carpet doesn't meet baseboards~~
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- carpet transition to tile 👈🏻
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- ~~feel tacks on bare feet~~
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- dressing room
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- - drawers/hardware
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+ - ~~drawers/hardware~~
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- stained seat top
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- lighting? extra switch? 👈🏻
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- ~~bathroom switches upside down~~
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- crooked wall in bedroom corner
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- tape marks in ceiling
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- wavy at bed entrance - too many repair pieces
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- - splotchy above bed
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+ - splotchy bubbles above bed
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- spots on bathroom ceiling
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+ - stairwell trim paint baseboards
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- downstairs ceiling repair from two separate leaks and jackhammer cracking 👈🏻
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- downstairs bathroom paint 👈🏻
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-- stairwell trim paint baseboards
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