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06-13-2019, 09:07 AM #26Skiing powder worldwide
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06-13-2019, 09:10 AM #27Skiing powder worldwide
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if you look at the plans, you see the door to exterior slides from left to right. When the door arrived it was backwards, not a massive deal, but just another non attention to detail that is all around the unit.
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06-13-2019, 09:11 AM #28
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
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06-13-2019, 09:11 AM #29
Ribbon fireplace. I'm assuming you have gas in the fireplace, and it looks like your cabinets have power close by. Ribbon fireplaces are very shallow depth and you might be able to cheat it past any structural post to be on center.
Edit - just saw your post about no gas.
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06-13-2019, 09:13 AM #30Banned
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So it wasn't really "permitted." Your contractor pulled permits, but he bullshitted the Building Department, downplayed the scope of work, and ended up fucking you over in the process. That royally sucks.
Out of curiosity, did you need to perform an asbestos test and submit results as a part of your permit application? You should have had to if your contractor was up front about the scope of work when he applied.
Also, what did the fireplace surround look like before the remodel?
Feel free to PM me if you're so inclined, but I am curious about who did the work for you.
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06-13-2019, 09:16 AM #31
And ya gotta pay this guy 10% of your selling price? So he’s gonna rip you off twice?
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06-13-2019, 09:17 AM #32Skiing powder worldwide
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yeah no gas or propane anywhere. This is what happens when you rush a project. Per HOA, we could only build from April 15th to June 1st, and we are in Aspen, where the permitting process take forever. And we had asbestos mitigation as well. We could not start till May 1st.
Kitchen was a total disaster. We had a professional kitchen designer come in, totally fuck up the measurements. So the layout was off. How does that happen, That is all you do is build kitchens, you came in measured twice and you fucked it up.
Anyway i digress. We are going to dress it up as best we can.
We are listing tomorrow, if and when we sell it, maybe have to give a credit to the buyer. Who knows.
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06-13-2019, 09:18 AM #33Skiing powder worldwide
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06-13-2019, 09:21 AM #34Banned
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Thanks, I appreciate the info. If they went to that trouble I will temper my previous statement about "scope creep."
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06-13-2019, 09:24 AM #35
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06-13-2019, 09:24 AM #36
Curious who did the aesthetic design of that fireplace regardless of the symmetry?
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06-13-2019, 09:28 AM #37Skiing powder worldwide
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06-13-2019, 09:32 AM #38
^^ My faith has been restored in you.
Other than the electric baseboard heating."timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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06-13-2019, 09:33 AM #39Banned
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True, but I inspect for both life safety, and strict adherence to the approved plan set. That includes dimensions, locations and orientations of design elements. You want to move something over a foot, that's fine, but it isn't per plan, so head on over to the Building Department and submit the change as a clarification/additional information/a change order, depending on the scale of the change.
I'm shocked at the lack of a non combustible hearth, given that the contractor would have been required to submit details of the floor assembly showing that adequate sound-attenuating underlayment was going to be installed. I frequently told contractors that I needed a separate detail showing that assembly capped by a code compliant hearth in addition to their generic flooring detail in order to accept the application.
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06-13-2019, 09:35 AM #41Skiing powder worldwide
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06-13-2019, 09:55 AM #44Registered User
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06-13-2019, 09:57 AM #45
Another possible approach. If the stone is a facade and not brick remove approx. 1 foot of stone from left wall and paint the wall beneath. Then recenter the left storage box & door. If there isn’t sufficient depth for the box make it smaller and fit the door over the box and part of the wall (sans stonework). Oh and ditch the yuuuge TV.
Damn, we're in a tight spot!
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06-13-2019, 10:01 AM #46
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06-13-2019, 10:07 AM #47"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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06-13-2019, 10:23 AM #48Banned
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I know, that is how things are handled in many jurisdictions. Nothing wrong with that approach, and I'm not saying that mine is better.
However, I learned my method/approach while working for the jurisdiction that permitted this particular project, which is why I'm surprised that (A) plans showing as little detail as what SDP posted were accepted and subsequently approved and that (B) the inspection process was not more thorough.
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06-13-2019, 10:29 AM #49
Consider not framing the tv space. A well disguised mounting system and wiring conduit with a flat mount provides more options. You could have a piece of art instead of tv there.
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06-13-2019, 10:34 AM #50Registered User
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That's the mona lisa right there.
Camouflage is cheap.
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