Recent content by Julescariad

He says he will give me my money back or fit a nes door. Is this a no brainer? Should I just ask for my money back?

I have e-mailed the builder threatening him with court action, I may not be good at DIY but I'm no push over, he claims it is my fault for choosing an oak door rather than a pine one!! Cheek! Are pine doors composite as well or would that be an option for a replacement? Thanks!

Not patronising at all. My fault for trusting a website!! To be fair, they have always supplied decent tradesmen in the past, is there any point in asking him to put a strip of veneer down the side? Is that even a thing? Thanks so much for your reply.

The first one is the streaky varnish, the second one the chunk hacked out the door jamb which I then had to samd down and paint myself, the third one is the top of the door which is down to the chipboard and not even varnished and the last one is the side of the door, a tiny bit of venner left...

Here they are, I hope!!

The side of the door, you can see where the veneer has been sanded away, it is raw and rough and catches on my clothes, it is open down to the bottom of the door.

Top of the door, completely unvarnished and stripped right down to the middle bit, no veneer left at all.

The chunk he hacked out, I then had to go and buy sandpaper, sand it down, go and buy gloss paint and paint it in, it was opena and raw.

Streaky varnish

Pictures of the top, side and door jamb.

Hang on, I will take some now.. and then try and upload them.

Hi there, I am a single woman living alone and not very good at DIY, but house proud! I found a builder/joiner on the rate my builder site to hang me a pine or oak door in my lounge. I spoke to him and said I was no good at DIY and asked him to varnish it as well. He did not measure the old...