Thank heaven she had a contract, even if she didn't have it checked by a lawyer first. The contractor should be carrying insurance. If there is such a thing for the customer, I think the contractor should have to pay for it, but that's my own half cent opinion. Has she considered contacting the Better Business Bureau or a consumer advocacy organization to help her?
At 05:56 AM 5/26/2009, you wrote: >Clifford I agree. I'm going to try to get some more facts. I do not >think the burden of supervision belonged to her. It is all in the >written contract though. The time to get the lawyer is when the >contract is being written. Is there such a thing as project >insurrance do you know? Rita >----- Original Message ----- >From: clifford >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 10:03 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] newly installed bathroom with poor cleanup > >Dear Rita: >Your friend has every reason to be miffed and for that matter, she >has a claim against the contractor, as a contractor is responsible >for the acts of his employees. She needs to consult an attorney in >her state and to discus filing a claim or having the attorney get >after this person. I would also not recommend that she try to clean >up the mess, as I fear she will make it worse. Any fool would know >not to leave grout >left-overs in a bath tub. > >Yours Truly, > >Clifford Wilson >----- Original Message ----- >From: RZaug >To: ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ; RZaug >Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 9:03 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] newly installed bathroom with poor cleanup > >Hello Everyone, I've a friend who just had an extensive bathroom >remodeling job finished. It was of course very expensive, almost >twenty thousand dollars. Things went along rather well until near >the end and the terrible job of cleanup. It turns out the man who >put the grout down with the floor tile, dumped the excess large >bucket of water and muddy grout into the bathtub and left it there >to harden. What this did to her pipes is something I don't want to >even think about. Then she was told the job was finished and the >cleanup was up to her. She did not discover this for hours after it >had happened. She was told it had been up to her to keep after the >workers to be sure they did their job. I feel the responsiblility >was that of the contractor and not hers. She is now so upset and I >am in listening mode here and do not want to upset her more with >questions now. This is absolutely not acceptable. Much of the work >was done satisfactorly. She is now scraping out the tub ever so >slowly with razor blades! I am more upset than she is I think. Rita > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 4102 (20090525) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
