I'm paying a contractor to transform a single garage into an apartment and we hit a snag yesterday. We set up the contract to be a flat fee on his end and then I bought all the appliances, fixtures, and flooring. He's done work with me before and I like him.
The situation yesterday is that he started laying floors (peel and stick vinyl plank on concrete) and they weren't sticking like they were supposed to. He was mad as hell about it and kept blaming the cheap flooring I bought and didn't know what to do. I asked what were my options and he offered that I either go buy a stronger adhesive or buy new floors. As I was heading out the door to go to Lowes and by adhesive, he made the comment that he and I would have to figure out something on the side since this will set him and his guys back at least a day maybe two. So basically I'm having to pay for this whole mess.
When I came back from Lowes he was gone but some of his guys were there. I apologized for the whole process not knowing what the right answer was, but the Foreman offered that the humidity is most likely what was causing it. At that point I realized that the AC vents had not been put in yet like my contractor said they'd be. the Foreman thinks this is the main culprit and I agree. I've had this stuff put down in other houses and it worked incredibly well which is why I bought it again. I've reached out to another builder and he agreed that the lack of AC vents and humidity.
So my question now is how do I handle this? If they scrape up the already laid flooring to try it with new adhesive and break some pieces, am I on the line for this? Or should I talk to my contractor first and point out this glaring AC issue.I want to get out in front of this but I also want this job to finish well. The contractor is definitely overbooked as he hasn't been here for many days, just his guys. The job has taken longer than expected which hasn't bothered me and I never held him to a finish date. He's trying like crazy to finish up which is why I think he wants me to pay for the extra days it's taking. But even he told me the AC vents would be necessary to keep the drywall mud intact and help things dry like paint.
Any thoughts on this?
The situation yesterday is that he started laying floors (peel and stick vinyl plank on concrete) and they weren't sticking like they were supposed to. He was mad as hell about it and kept blaming the cheap flooring I bought and didn't know what to do. I asked what were my options and he offered that I either go buy a stronger adhesive or buy new floors. As I was heading out the door to go to Lowes and by adhesive, he made the comment that he and I would have to figure out something on the side since this will set him and his guys back at least a day maybe two. So basically I'm having to pay for this whole mess.
When I came back from Lowes he was gone but some of his guys were there. I apologized for the whole process not knowing what the right answer was, but the Foreman offered that the humidity is most likely what was causing it. At that point I realized that the AC vents had not been put in yet like my contractor said they'd be. the Foreman thinks this is the main culprit and I agree. I've had this stuff put down in other houses and it worked incredibly well which is why I bought it again. I've reached out to another builder and he agreed that the lack of AC vents and humidity.
So my question now is how do I handle this? If they scrape up the already laid flooring to try it with new adhesive and break some pieces, am I on the line for this? Or should I talk to my contractor first and point out this glaring AC issue.I want to get out in front of this but I also want this job to finish well. The contractor is definitely overbooked as he hasn't been here for many days, just his guys. The job has taken longer than expected which hasn't bothered me and I never held him to a finish date. He's trying like crazy to finish up which is why I think he wants me to pay for the extra days it's taking. But even he told me the AC vents would be necessary to keep the drywall mud intact and help things dry like paint.
Any thoughts on this?