Tochi's Hut

I'm going to spurt grey hairs soon with each day I have to work with contractors. This is the new front door we had installed over the past two days.

When they first installed the door, the two contractors found that the measurements were slightly off, so they trimmed the 2x4 on the left to fit the door. As a result, the entire door was shifted left by an inch. I didn't notice this unti they had the door installed and were putting up the casing. With the door shifted, the left casing had to be trimmed by an inch, making it look very imbalanced. :(

Well, I told them about the problem, and they tried to shift the door right, but only managed 1/4 of an inch. Which still wasn't good. They said the only way they were going to be able to fix that is to take the door back out (i.e. redo all the work they did yesterday).

The exchange between us was quite memorable. They did not want to do it, obviously. In the process, they kept on trying to make me feel like an ass.

Them: The door is centered!!
Me: An inch off is called centered?!?

Them: Your old door was like this too..
Me: What?
Them: You just didn't notice,...
Me: No way. I have pictures, we can check.
Them: ...

Me: You trimmed the left 2x4, and not the right, so of course it'll be shifted left.
Them: You don't understand, we had to trim the left 2x4 because the door won't fit otherwise.
Me: Yeah, that's why it's off-centered.
Them: No, we didn't build your house to have 2x4's like that....
Me: Well, I wasn't the one who measured the door wrong.


Me: I'm paying good money for this front door.. I expect my front door to be installed properly...
Them: ... (They had been priding themselves that they do a great job at installing)...

Me: Imagine if this was your front door, won't you want your door to be centered?!?
Them: Well, my door is centered at home, but your frame is not, so...
Me:So what you are saying, my house is not as good as yours, so I'll have to put up with an off-centered door.
Them: I rent... :|

Me: I am not trying to make this hard. I just want my door to be centered. :(

In the end, they grudgingly took out the door, trimmed the 2x4 on the right, and installed the door properly. I felt like an ass, but at least my door is centered now.

grr.