conservatory building question?

[mazzerman]

Hi
This is my 1st post and i am not an expert so please bear with me.
I am having a conservatory built at the moment by what i thought was a reputable company, but i need some advise please.
They have built the dwarf walls and put the PVC frames on the top, but where as it is flush at one end, the wall runs down as it goes towards the house wall and where it gets to the door next to the house wall it has run out about 2 inches.
The company have put plastic wedges like the ones used in laminate flooring, and have said they will use expanding foam to fill the gaps.
I may be wrong but surely the walls should be true and level and then the frame should sit level on the walls without the need for wedging and filling.
Also they have used half bricks on each row of the dwarf wall half way along which looks really odd.
Can anyone please advise as to wether this is normal practice or a bodge job.
I haven't paid for the work yet and am unhappy with the look and don't want to pay if its not right.
Regards
Mazzerman

 

[chessspy]

Hi, Mazeman,
What sometimes happens with these conservatory fitters is,
That the windows and frame makers are a franchise, who employ subby fitters to fit the frames
They also often sub out the foundations, and supply a plastic cill for sizes or a drawing.
So one team, probably a local one man band can put the bottom bit in and another team fits to that, they just want to get paid and will make do, whatever the base is like.
If your not happy, get it down in writing as soon as, and see what the response is, don't do face to face for now keep it in writing always confirm in writing any phone calls or meetings.
If you are not making progress suggest an independent assessor to give an opinion, even the local council building dept might help.
DONT PAY until it is all resolved, but offer to put the money owed into escrow, so they can't say you don't want to pay.
15 mins with your solicitor (take pics) now may save you thousands later.

 

[roy c]

All you have to do is put a level on the walls and on the frame. If they are out of level then its not right. Let them explain(Or make excuses why)and then make your own conclusion. The footings should be level. the brickwork then should be level and then the frame sits on a level base. Start off bad ends up worse!!!!!! The frame may be level but the fact is they have "levelled it with foam and wedges, you are right in believing that if the wall is level then the frame should be level....

 

[Richard C]

Sounds like yet another bodge job in the making to me; weve had a couple of similar posting on here quiet recently & shoddy workmanship like that really get's my goat! Stop the job dead in it’s tracks, don’t pay any more money & call in the surveyor/supervisor of the company you placed the contract with ASAP.

Chessspy & roy have pretty well covered it but, whatever the cause of their problem, it’s shouldn’t be your problem. You’ve paid good money for a decent job & you don’t have to accept sub-standard work or bodges as a “get around” for other peoples mistakes. By “reputable company” is that local or one of the large nationals? Almost all companies employ sub-contract labour now & some (but not all) are total carp. All they want to do is to get in & out as quick as possible without any consideration to problems that arise, quality or be involved in any delays. Many companies do a good job of co-ordination & supervision but others don't give a ****e; make it clear you’re having none of it, it certainly sharpens their interest when they realise they ain’t gonna get paid until you get the job you’ve paid for!

 

[^woody^]

Have a look at this thread www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=129755 - it seems to be a very similar if not the same problem to yours.

Might even be the same crowd . lol

 

[joe-90]

Can we have pictures? 2 inches is rather a lot. Is that just a guess?

 

[Shytalkz]

2 inches is rather a lot.

Your missus was only being kind to you Guiseppe .

 

[chessspy]

The bretheren are all hung











not so much a religion more a bunch of donkeys

 

[Shytalkz]

More aromatic substances from the Portobello Road at sparrow fart, eh, Chess?!

 

[chessspy]

jealous shy?

 

[Shytalkz]

I am....!

 

[chessspy]

Just one of the benefits of worshiping at the dry stone wall that surrounds the universe
and it confounds the architect of confusion.
Etc.

 

[Shytalkz]

I feel like I'm tripping already ...