Ahhh, my new dishwasher was delivered yesterday and should have been installed today. However, when the trusty installation team began to pull out the old one, they discovered that when we had new tile laid on the floor, it was too high to get the machine free. Possible solutions were bandied about along with some choice words. After sawing off the legs with a power saw, they yanked it out. I guess with the motor in pieces and the casing torn up, it won't be refurbished.
After measuring the new dishwasher and confirming it was an inch too tall to get into the space, he suggested we get someone to cut either the floor tiles or the counter ones. Unable to get anyone on the phone, the work day is now over, and I'll be washing dishes by hand for another day.
It reminded me of the kitchen remodel we had done in Upland. Under the umbrella of a large store, all the jobs were contracted out, and it seemed the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing.
Over the weeks of the remodel we had new counter tile laid but had fifty-some cap tiles crack after they were put on. Later, we were going to change out the sliding window, but couldn't because the tiles had been finished off in such a way that they blocked access.
The floor tiles were gorgeous, but we found a few that were uneven. When the supervisor came back to check on the two or three tiles, he decided he didn't like the way the WHOLE floor had been done and wanted to start all over. We declined.
The ceiling light were recessed and a wooden frame was built. Backwards. We found that outside, leaning against the house and had to get tough to get a new one.
The new refrigerator arrived, but they couldn't get the old one out! "What did you do…build the kitchen around the old 'fridge?" One, two, three, four… After we took the door off ourselves because that wasn't in their job description, the men slid the refrigerator out and put a long, ugly scrape in my new wooden cupboard doors. Oh my.
Today as the men left, we heard one of them say, "You don't see that happen very often!" Ha…tomorrow is April Fool's Day.
