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Check out this trim work, we cannot accept this.

4 years ago

We are building a house, expected to be in by Nov/Dec 2021, but due to window delays we are waiting. Meantime, work continues, with recent trim work done. We have seen other homes built by this builder and are shocked at this workmanship. We contacted them and they say it will be corrected. I am expecting extensive rework to be done, not caulking and putty. Would you agree? We are losing sleep over this.


Comments (13)

  • 4 years ago

    Cant see a darn thing with composite photos.

  • 4 years ago

    Post each photo separately but yes that is very shoddy work and whomever did it shouldn't be a finish carpenter.

    Amy10N thanked cpartist
  • 4 years ago

    We contacted them and they say it will be corrected.


    So you take them at their word to make good. No need to lose sleep for now.

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    4 years ago

    "Corrected" trim usually involves a lot of caulk.

    Amy10N thanked Mark Bischak, Architect
  • 4 years ago

    Here are some separate photos, suppose makes it easier to zoom in. Just wanted to show the difference in corners, not consistent and just looks sloppy. @Mark Bischak, Architect I think you get our worry, as I would have thought it just has to be ripped out and redone. I ask here because I wondered if my overall stress and frustration was making me irrational about the state of this work. It doesn’t look like work a carpenter should walk away thinking it is acceptable.





  • 4 years ago

    Yikes. I agree that you should give your contractor a chance to make it right. Possibly, because of Covid they had to hire some new employees that maybe didn’t get fully vetted. I’d document everything, mention to your contractor if the fix isn’t up to your standards that you will find someone else to fix it and bill them for the work. I’d hold back a percentage of the final payment to make sure you get what you signed up for on your contract. Good luck!

  • 4 years ago

    That is some shoddy mitering work; no attention to detail.

  • 4 years ago

    Horrible, 😞

  • 4 years ago

    Verbo: touch the top left picture, and then you can expand all the pictures.

  • 4 years ago

    Those miters should go to the corner, not like what you have. I would make them redo it all. They could make them look half way decent, I guess, if they had cut them right in the first place, but they did not and they need to be done. I hope you havent paid them for this yet.

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    @Amy10N - Please let your builder fix it before you worry about it. However, here are some specific thoughts...

    The first picture appears to show a pre-hung door which separated at the jamb when screwed into the studs. It happens regularly and is an easy fix. The miter joint that you see will likely come back together when they fix the jamb. True 45° miters are necessary when you have a profile in the molding but what you have is far superior to a corner miter. So it will be fine when repaired, spackled, and painted.

    On the second picture the small crack in the jamb is not a big deal if it gets fixed. Go to your local big box store and check their pre-hung doors and you will probably find plenty that are cracked. It is the nature of hollow core pre-hung doors and is not difficult to repair properly.

    Your third picture appears to be a pre-hung door molding that is not nailed into the wall yet, not a big deal right now.

    The fourth picture is where the staples that hold the trim to the jamb popped off some material and will be repaired in the spackling and painting process.

    I see rather standard pre-hung doors in the process of being installed. I am not sure this is sloppy work at all, it is just the sausage getting made.

    Amy10N thanked bry911
  • 4 years ago

    EEK. Make sure you document and cover every single issue. I would be furious with this kind of shoddy work.

  • 4 years ago

    I have not used prehung doors, but is that just the temporary trim to help position the doors properly in the opening, which will be removed to place the real millwork?