I am working on a large trim project where we installed pre-hung 6 panel pine doors
( jambs only no casings). The door jambs were all shimmed and nailed. The contractor then removed all the doors and had another finisher stain and poly the doors off site. Some doors have made it back but they have all swelled incredibly. The tops and bottoms of the doors have not been sealed. I told the contractor the doors have swelled and hinge gaps have all moved(cheap black hinges) but he insists I need to tweak all the doors. I haven’t told him about the doors not being sealed top and bottom. I feel in no way obligated to “tweak” the doors without an additional charge. Any related opinions/experiences would be appreciated.
Flynn
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Concur. Not only should they have been finished, I think it would be wise on his part to let the returned doors reacclimate to the new environment once again. I've run into that numerous times, you set the doors perfect (o boy, especially french) and after finish, they do something else. Deal I always make with the HO/builder whatever the case may be - if you'll have the patience to wait 30 days and let them all start doing the same thing, if somethings rubbing or dragging after that, not doing what it should, I'll fix it. And I don't get much in the way of calls on that.
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Mark Twain
If the material was site stocked and stored properly and allowed to acclimate to the surroundings............something you can do to prevent the call from coming........have the man in charge sign off on the install at the time of completion.
And I'm sure you've checked on right door, wrong place and maybe misapplied hinges by the painter. Stranger things have happened.
best of luck.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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