I ordered a 6-0 Andersen Frenchwood slider, with all the fixins’. And what do they deliver? You got it, a 60 inch door. No returns on special order. I admit I signed the order, which clearly stated 60″. I had done a lot of ordering thru this rep before, but he can’t change policy.
Soooo, what to do with a 5-0 door? I have an Atrium french door, but it’s 6-0 (the door I’m to replace is an exact model of my own, so I KNOW what the size was/is) so it will not fit, since shrinking the RO is not up for debate.
DW has a solution (after smacking me up-side the head.) And I know I’m not gonna like it. Take down two bearing walls to open the great room to the living room, swap the 6-0 slider with the 5-0, and move the location so I can put up another wall to make a den.
I think I’ll dump it off the truck while on the Interstate.
Ever misorder anything? What innovative ideas did you implement so it wasn’t a total loss?
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” Invictus, by Henley.
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Take it down the the local Habitat for Humanity restore.
Donate it , take the cost as a tax write off.
Buy the right size next time.
Don't ask how I know this.
Great idea. Unfortunately, my wife has a lip-lock on that sucker that I would have to donate her, too. Ummm. Nope, I don't think so.
I just know it's gonna sit around as a converstion piece until I knock down those walls. Then, it'll be out where everyone can see it, and hear how I ordered the wrong door. $1,500.00 worth of mistake is gonna cost a lot more by the time she's thru.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
Any chance of converting it into a bed? The one door might function well as a trap door, dropping the unwanted party to the basement . Of course I wouldn't do that because I never get out of the cellar anyway . ;-)
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
I'd be on the phone to FEDEX and be shipping that door to your buddy SPHERE in Ky,. Yup. Do it for your wife.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
LOL. You know, if my wife won't give up on the idea of sinking $10-15k to save $1500, that might not be such a bad idea. Any chance you can make yourself into a non-profit, so I can claim the deduction?
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
Would ya take A Salvation Army reciept? LOLSpheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Any chance you can make yourself into a non-profit
My business was non-profit, but not by choice."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
I told my carpenter to build the wrong size RO for my garage and ordered the proper doors. He called asking me if I wanted him to tear off the front of the garage. :-)
I now have to spare panels upstairs if any get damaged. At least a normal truck fits or I would have told him to change it. I wanted to be able to fit a 1 ton dump in there.
Put a 12" sidelight in. Don't order a 1'2" sidelight.
Hey, I'm always up for padding the opening with ridiculous amounts of over-the-top, ostentatious trim.
I'm thinking like a built-up combo of fluted French casing, wide 3-piece base, crown molding with egg-and dart motif and dentil mold, some 3-piece chair rail, maybe some linen-fold panels; heck - just what ever you've got.
Not like anybody has taste anymore, and could tell you where you're wrong, stylistically.
Forrest
I was going to suggest a dog door, but my dog doesn't like the linen-fold motif, never has.
My nemesis is wanting a 3'-0" door, and ordering a 30" door. I've done that a couple of times. You'd think I'd learn to double-check my measurements.
My lumber yard has a seconds area where they will sell mistakes and leftovers. I've taken advantage of that a few times. I don't get full price, but at least I get something for my screwups.
Just had a counter top delivered, guys set it on the cabs, and it looked about two feet short... arrgh it was 103 1/2", I knew I had ordered it at 130 1/2"... jeeze I'd measured it at least five times. Looked at my notes and there it was 130 1/2. Looked up the email order, I'd written up 103 1/2"... dangWhen I sent in the new confirmation, I re-read the order and I'd just written 103 1/2 again! I gotta switch to better beer <G> Winterlude, Winterlude, my little daisy,
Winterlude by the telephone wire,
Winterlude, it's makin' me lazy,
Come on, sit by the logs in the fire.
The moonlight reflects from the window
Where the snowflakes, they cover the sand.
Come out tonight, ev'rything will be tight,
Winterlude, this dude thinks you're grand.
sevearl years ago, another contractor asked me to turn some 1/4" dia. beaded spindles to repair an old staircase. I think they were set into rabbets in the newels.
Anyway, in the drawing he sent me, he said he needed 180 feet of this bead. And he wrote "feet", not ' .
When I finally delivered all of them, he was wondering why the box was so big. When he checked his notes, he realized that he needed 180 inches of the bead. So he got 12 times the amount he needed.
I did get paid for the entire amount. And I'll bet he still has some of those beads around LOL
<asked me to turn some 1/4" dia. beaded spindles >
And I'll bet that 1/4" diameter was just the thick parts - probably like 1/16" diameter in the narrows.
Forrest - shoveling snow
Nah- only about 1/8"
I had to make them about 6-7" long. Any longer, there was too much whip.
I also could only turn them for an hour or so at a time- the eye strain would cause a headache.
sucks gettin' old
I'm so glad I read this post. I'll feel a little bit better when I walk by my "misordered" 9' bay window that's been in my garage for 2 years.
The yard has something similar, but it isn't overlooked very well. Things have been known to be abused, or even disappear, since it is no longer on the yard inventory.
At any rate, my better 75% has real designs for this particular screw-up. Like I have the time, never mind the money, to remodel the entire bottom floor of my own house.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
i'd throw a ad in graigslist just to see if i could recoup some of it. i am surprised at the reps attitude,i understand the no return but who wrote 60" instaed of 6'0? even if he credited you his cost and you lost 300.00 i would expect a anderson rep to do better. heck hd would do better than nothing. larry
if a man speaks in the forest,and there's not a woman to hear him,is he still wrong?
I was thinking the same thing today as I moved a mis-ordered Andersen window around the shop for about the 50th time. Was actually thinking of offering it up on Craigs List. We also have an architectural salvage yard nearby that might take it off my hands. Anybody want a $500 window for $100?
My neighbor asked me to put in slider for them so I looked the wall that needed to be opened and said no problem. They buy the door and it's in the box in the garage,and they head off golfing(lucky them).Myself and my partner cut the wall open and we are just about to install the header when my neighbor came home. When they saw the work they both said your going to make the opening bigger arent you? I replied no it's 5' door, they said no it' a 6' door. We all took off to the garage to see who was right. Well it turned out to be a 60'' door that they mistook as a 6'-0''. THey bought it off the floor so there was no returning it. We ended up going to the HD to get an new 6'-0'' and they had to swallow the 5'.What was supposed to be one days work turned into two rough days.
Measure twice
The simple answer is to put it away until you can find a place to use it. Every contractor I know has a shed or other space set aside for that purpose. It's the same in most small businesses, automotive for example. You order the wrong thing or you find a great bargain so it gets put away until a project comes along where it will work nicely.
Ironically, I just installed the exact same size on a different job a few weeks ago. 5-0 slider isn't uncommon, but 6-0 are installed much more frequently.
Time to build a new shed.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
How about buying a surplus steel cargo container? They're cheap enough and secure too. Check your yellow pages for nearest dealer and best prices.
I would love to do that, unfortunately, the list preventing it from happening is long and tedious.
1. No where to put it, I'm surrounded by trees, on uneven property with marsh and pond features that limit space
2. the town would throw a hissy fit, because,
3. my neighbors are idiots, and unfortuately, i've told them so several times. We share a driveway, so they are quick to let the town know if they think I'm up to something that is not in compliance with the manufactured New England atmosphere
4. my wife hates them, and would roll me up, toss me inside, and lock the door. Just include a heater, refigerator, and a tv and it might not be so bad
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
How about making a table out of it?
“Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.” Reagan....
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote
Habitat for Humanity can help you feel better about it.
You get to deduct the value of the donation and know it is helping somebody. They will auction it if they don't use it.
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3 weeks ago I donated a 4' square pic window I've been tripping over for 2 years hoping to use somewhere.
Last week I went to the HFH re-store and BOUGHT IT BACK to use in closing in the carport.
Coulda donated a 40.00 check and saved the gas!
edit: hey, did you get that package yet?
The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
Edited 1/17/2008 5:26 pm ET by davidhawks
No sign of it yet. Not too worried, but that is long time isn't it? How did you ship? UPS or USPS?I will get your thing out tomorrow or early early saturday AM to you. I've had one good day this week....:(
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Priority mail from USPS. I'll check tomorrow.
Sent you an email about the other thing. All's well.The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
Shoot! Priority is supposed to be three days only!????Just saw your email
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You've got another one, apparently it gets worse.
At least we're posting in the right thread.
The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
Edited 1/17/2008 6:31 pm ET by davidhawks
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Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
My sceen must be going fuzzy, or maybe it's my eyes. What is:
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Lemon? It's not a too-narrow-slider, I know because I have one of those in my garage at the moment, lol.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
Didja click it?
ahhhh..nevermind, justa juxtaposit of my mynd.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
I did that a month ago. The rep totally misrepresented himself and the product.
Total loss. The new one is supposed to be in this week. Of course from somewhere else. I have dark thought about him when i think about it. Don't like those.
Edited 1/17/2008 9:29 pm ET by popawheelie