Fed up with cabinet guy...........

17 years ago

In my plans I had a cabinet made for a microhood, we had a larger cabinet over the range taken out so the mircohood could be fitted in it's place. The cabinet guy made the first cabinet wrong, to large and now the second one isn't installed secure enough to hold up the microhood and the ends are done wrong not allowing the hood to be installed right. The mircohood installer said the cabinet should have been built on site and secured to the wall. Just like our old cabinet was done.

Oh BTW, When the cabinet guy first came out to measure and took out the old cabinet he RIPPED the back out nearly tearing out the wall socket. The electrician guy fix it for me free.

Also I had the cabinet guy finish out the laundry room shelf's, I asked if they could be in-closed with doors, sure he saids but failed to think about the light on the ceiling, so did I but that's beside the point. I felt he should know or think of those thing's?

He finished the shelf's and placed the doors on and WE spent another 229.00 to have a can light put in. I love it that I can now hide all of the laundry stuff :) Love the new lighting it's much brighter than the old one.

I'm ready to unleash on the cabinet company tomorrow morning and tell them to refund my money or come out and do the job right and to not send out the guy that did the job but someone that can do the job right.

We've had a few other problems but not the headache that this one little cabinet is giving us.

What would U do??

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Buehl
17 years ago
Cabinet for MicroHood: Did the cabinet guy have the specs for the hood prior to making the cabinet? It should have told him what was needed regarding the cabinet. If he didn't, he should have asked for them.

Installation: It sounds like your cabinet guy is also the installer...if that's the case then he should have installed the cabinet properly to hold the hood...that info is probably also in the hood's installation manual. If not, he should have called and asked the hood's manufacturer if he didn't know how to do it already. But, if you have a GC, your GC should have checked to see if it was installed correctly.

I think you may have a valid complaint against the cabinet guy for these two issues. However...

Light: This one is not the cabinet guy's responsibility. This is the designer's responsibility to make sure you have lighting where you need it. If you have a KD, then that was his/her job. If you do not have a KD, then whoever is the designer (you or GC) was responsible for it.

It would then be the GC's responsibility to be sure it was installed. If you're GCing it, then that would be your responsibility to be sure it was installed (while working w/the electrician).
mikeandbarb
Original Author
17 years ago
The cab guy did ask for the specs to the microhood and we pulled it out, he looked at it for 2 seconds and said no problem and that he would contact the manufacture. Guess he didn't do that or he just doesn't know what he's doing.
I don't have a planner. The cabinet guy comes from the tile company that installed our tile. I was told that he was good and could do the job.

As for the lighting in the laundry room all turned out good but I would have thought the cab guy would have thought of the problem and point it out IMHO. Guess that comes from my QC work back ground LOL. Had to look at the big picture to see any and all problems ;)
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holligator
17 years ago
Are you saying that there was a light on the ceiling that was in the way of the cabinet doors opening? If so, it does seem like he should have noticed that when you asked if the shelves could be enclosed there.
mikeandbarb
Original Author
17 years ago
Yes, there was an existing light in the laundry room.

Well, I called the cabinet guy and he said he'd come over to take a look and see what the problem is, he also said he'd install the mircohood and I told him no you won't cause the cabinet cannot hold up the microhood. He failed to come over to look and solve the problem and I don't think he want's to deal with it.
Now, I have to call up the tile people to let them know that finishing the back splash will be on hold till I can find someone to do the job right. BTW, the tile guy works with the cabinet guy. This is a pain in my rearend.

I want to do our bathroom but now fear problems and putting up with people that can't do the job right in the first place.