Check out what I'm building for my wife and daughters

[go high fast]

huge work man!

Nice too that you did it for the wife and daugher....that's cool.

 

[ragincajun]

WOW Scott! Lookin good! dont ya love it when you think a project is going to be simple and alot cheaper than you expected and then...WAMO! Prices shoot throught the roof and the anger meter gets peged out! lol i know how ya feel! our house was built i 1903 and we have(had) hardwood floors under the carpet in our dining room so my mom decides it would be an easy job to do and after my dad and i got the carpet torn out we started pulling up the padding stuff and it wouldnt pull up! the dirty *&**&& who put the carpet in glued the sh*& to the floor! so we had to scrape and pull every last bit off and then sand all the glue off and then get the old finish off! to make a long story short a project that we thought would take a day of two took a flipin week of sanding! then my mom started talking about tearing out the roof to get to the pressed tin roof that she heard was there....we put an end to that idea! lol here is a cold one for all the hard work ;beer:

 

[rare breed]

really cool hope you didn't have to work to hard. heres to ya ;

 

[ouch]

you definitly got some riding point for that.. I must have missed some of the pics I didn't see any of your wife or daughter sanding..?? Looks good

 

[SAWYER]

Back in late June, they did a quote for me. 940 for two 6x7 sheets and J-channel, and labor included, which I thought was outrageous for one guy and an assistant kid who had his hands in his pockets half the time.
Well, they said they'd do it for $940. Nobody in town would beat their price, so I had to buck up and go with it.

2 sheets of glass. 6'x7' each. $245 each.

They lost the work order twice. Each time I called back, the guy had to make a new work order.

They were supposed to measure for the electrical outlet on two different scheduled occations before July 1 (which I provided the measurements over the phone twice). They were supposed to deliver July 8.

They show July 8th to measure. NOT install.

Guess when they installed..........last week.

And they were there for about 1 hour total. $450 bucks to glue it to the wall with caulking guns. Didn't even use a J-channel like they told me in the quote over the phone. The installer said they prefer not to use it. WTF did they guy in the office tell me they PREFER to use J-channel then? I thought that with glass this size, J-channel was NECCESSARY! WTF!!!

During the hour they were there, they drove over the yard instead of following the paved driveway around back.

They didn't take their shoes off at the door, which was a room away from the dance studio. I had to re-sand the entire ***gin floor. I can imagine the dude not taking his shoes off though..he couldn't see his feet. Probably forgot they were still on.

Then they handed me a bill for 200 more than the quote and said "Oh, there was a glass surcharge on July 1."

Huh?

I called the desk dude and explained that I'd pay the $940, as per "We'll do it for $940" and that they were supposed to have this job done July 8th". Nobody ever mentioned glass surcharges at any time during the past month of mis-dealings.

I am thankful that he atleast reluctantly honored the quote.

I still had to fill with dirt and re-sead tire ruts in my yard and re-sand the whole floor AGAIN.

If anyone uses "Montana Glass" in Missoula, I hope you have a better experience than I did.

Yeah, you got hosed, and they definately should have j channel and safety backing on them. sad, but there is a lot of glass shops like that out there

 

[milehighassassin]

I wouldn't have paid that glass company until I billed them for the floor and the lawn.

 

[Scott]

Hey Sawyer...send me a PM. Tell me more.

 

[Scott]

HAHA, forgot that I posted this thread.

 

[Himark]

HAHA, forgot that I posted this thread.

Musta been drunk posting again

 

[Scott]

Musta been drunk posting again

Typed in a search for a brand of hand guard and just a few threads came up, including this. Not sure why. Haha.

 

[coyoteman]

old ally flooring makes great bar tops also. Cool project scott.

 

[capnkirk]

Having never seen this thread before, and being a veteran Woodsmith myself, I would like to say nice job to you Scott. I'm sure your wife and daughter were very happy.

 

[HawkShot99]

So after all the work, any done pics? Is it still a dance studio, or has it become a room to hold clutter?

 

[Scott]

So after all the work, any done pics? Is it still a dance studio, or has it become a room to hold clutter?

Still a dance floor, but we do roll out the wrestling mats once in a while. LOL

 

[Dobber1]

Thought I was going to read something about the mirrors falling off the wall in the middle of the night, you grabbing a firearm & ....oh, nevermind. Nice job BTW.

 

[TIM]

good for you

 

[Trashy]

Whoa… who hauled this one out of the archive? I noticed some of the names of those posting in this thread and thought they all came out of hiding till I noticed the thread started back in 2008!

Nice work Scott! How about some "today" pics?

 

[05900]

Whoa… who hauled this one out of the archive? I noticed some of the names of those posting in this thread and thought they all came out of hiding till I noticed the thread started back in 2008!

Nice work Scott! How about some "today" pics?

Is it DONE YET?? Talk about a 5 year project.................

 

[Scott]

Yeah it was done back in 2008. LOL

 

[Trashy]

Well it's about time...!!!