Posts Tagged ‘Home Improvement’

Home improvement unlicensed contractor?

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
tigger13015 asked:


When we hired a contractor to do our work he said they were licensed and fully insured. Everytime I ask them to do something I’m being challenged or it doesn;t get done. It’s been difficult to deal with the contractor. I was pissed that I researched and found out they are not licensed. The work’s almost complete except for 1 thing and probably 2 other minor things. What should I do?
btw im from ny. you think telling them to leave and the problem would go away? they want to collect.
addition: we paid some but not final payment because they are not finished. We signed a contract under the impression they are licensed and they are not. I called the city and they said the contractor should not be working. He has applied for license but not official yet. The thing is this, they were sloppy, we have roof bits around the perimeter of the house because they couldn’t be bothered to use tarp. Then they argued with us when we asked to fix a step that was not leveled. They just recently fixed it. This what I mean when I say they challenge us.

Home Improvement People: Help Installing Chain Lock?

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
AH08 asked:


Hey guys,

Help me out here. I’m installing chain locks on a couple of doors in my house and ran into a problem i’m hoping you guys could figure out. I installed one in the front door, and it was extremely easy with no problem (I installed the lock from the door to a frame that holds another window, ran into NO problem).

However, when installing the lock between the door that separates my bathroom and my backyard, I can’t seem to get the screws through. The problem is getting the screws through the wall (not the door). The screws easily go through the white plaster, but then get stuck after that. Any tips or suggestions?

Best,

Alan
More info: I’ve moved down two inches and it’s the same problem. Should I move left or right a bit? Is there a way I could find out where the wood stud is?