journeyman Mick
19th July 2007, 11:44 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!! I swear, every time I assume that something is as it should be, I get burnt.
I'm doing a love job for my aunty, a new kitchen, promised to her a few years back. Benchtops arrived yesterday and I went over today to fit the sink. Now of all the sinks I've fitted (probably hundreds) most of them didn't have templates, so I was pleasantly suprised to find that ther template was still present and intact on this one as it would save me 15 minutes or so. So I marked it out, and made the cut then dropped the sink in. Buggerbuggerbugger! The sink didn't cover the corners of the cut out. Double checked the template to the sink, and found that the radii (radiuss?) were different.:doh: :doh:
Ring supplier and tell them the problem, they (sounding sceptical) suggest I bring in the sink and template and they will supply a larger sink which will fix the problem. Get there and after three counter staff check it out they incredulously agree that the template is wrong (ie, I didn't stuff it up like they assumed I had:rolleyes: ) So after a quick phone call to the distributor they send me on my way to the distributor's warehouse. Get there and have to repeat the whole process again (counter staff check it out and agree that it's not my stuff up:rolleyes: )
I drive around the back to the sink shed where I calculate how much time I've lost while the manager cuts the tap holes in the larger sink. I ask him if they carry tapware. He goes into sales mode, showing me some of their range. I suggest that he give me a new flickmixer to compensate me for all the time that I've lost (drive from Kuranda to Cairns & return, phone calls etc about 2 hours). He says that he can't but would consider selling me one for, say $25. I suggest that maybe I need to write someone out an invoice for my lost time and he agrees that he can give me a flick mixer after all. :D
Drive back, lengthen cutout by 100 mm and drop sink in.
AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!:(( It's still not covering the cutout properly.:doh: Double check everything and find that the previous sink cut out was 980 x 470, the new one was 1080 x 450. :o :doh:
Another call to the distributor and they find that the only sink that will cover now will be a 1200 x 500 cut out. They're delivering it this time.:~ When it arrives I'll be using my usual method: lay sink upside down on counter and trace around, then measure in apprpriate amount to find the cut line. Rub out original line to prevent expensive stuff up, voila!
Mick
I'm doing a love job for my aunty, a new kitchen, promised to her a few years back. Benchtops arrived yesterday and I went over today to fit the sink. Now of all the sinks I've fitted (probably hundreds) most of them didn't have templates, so I was pleasantly suprised to find that ther template was still present and intact on this one as it would save me 15 minutes or so. So I marked it out, and made the cut then dropped the sink in. Buggerbuggerbugger! The sink didn't cover the corners of the cut out. Double checked the template to the sink, and found that the radii (radiuss?) were different.:doh: :doh:
Ring supplier and tell them the problem, they (sounding sceptical) suggest I bring in the sink and template and they will supply a larger sink which will fix the problem. Get there and after three counter staff check it out they incredulously agree that the template is wrong (ie, I didn't stuff it up like they assumed I had:rolleyes: ) So after a quick phone call to the distributor they send me on my way to the distributor's warehouse. Get there and have to repeat the whole process again (counter staff check it out and agree that it's not my stuff up:rolleyes: )
I drive around the back to the sink shed where I calculate how much time I've lost while the manager cuts the tap holes in the larger sink. I ask him if they carry tapware. He goes into sales mode, showing me some of their range. I suggest that he give me a new flickmixer to compensate me for all the time that I've lost (drive from Kuranda to Cairns & return, phone calls etc about 2 hours). He says that he can't but would consider selling me one for, say $25. I suggest that maybe I need to write someone out an invoice for my lost time and he agrees that he can give me a flick mixer after all. :D
Drive back, lengthen cutout by 100 mm and drop sink in.
AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!:(( It's still not covering the cutout properly.:doh: Double check everything and find that the previous sink cut out was 980 x 470, the new one was 1080 x 450. :o :doh:
Another call to the distributor and they find that the only sink that will cover now will be a 1200 x 500 cut out. They're delivering it this time.:~ When it arrives I'll be using my usual method: lay sink upside down on counter and trace around, then measure in apprpriate amount to find the cut line. Rub out original line to prevent expensive stuff up, voila!
Mick