Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:36:59 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>> The moral of the story: check, check, check (even when you are
>> dealing with pros). Also keep an eye on things as they are being
>> installed so you can detect problems before they cannot be
>> corrected (or it would be MUCH to disruptive and add way too much
>> time to correct them).

> wood. The owner, cabinet designer and interior designer all blamed
> each other but in the end the owner had to eat over 20 hours of labor.
> The hot water heater for the flat had to go inside a cabinet in the
> kitchen. They thought they had it all worked out but of course it
> didn't fit to we had to take a cabinet apart and rebuilt it to make it
> work. It needed to be deeper and taller. That was about another 20
> hours of labor because the plumbing rough-in had to be modified.
>
> Mistakes can be expensive.

You ever catch that show Renovation Realities? I would say half
time you wonder if the people spent even 40 seconds planning
the job, and the other half thinking that poor slob, who could have
seen that coming? All kinds of bad surprises in renovations.
I had a couple in my kitchen redo, but luckily, not too awful.

nancy