Had new fitted wardrobes put in last week, Fake Oak veneer. Mostly it's gone ok, but the fitter clearly had an issue with the infill at the top.
The length is 3.3m so they needed to use 2x 2.75 infills.
1. Rather than leaving the factory cut in the middle and trimming the edges which will be covered anyway, they cut in the middle where the join is (actually, they cut both the middle and the end of both panels).
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2. They broke the veneer off and stuck it back on with white filler, also they chipped the lower edge just to the right of the join and filled the join itself with white filler. They said it wasn't white, it was "natural", however the tubes of filler lying around said white on them. They also chipped a bit off the bottom of the right panel next to the join which was just left as bare chipboard underneath!
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3. They made the join above one of the doors, part way along.
4. The 2 panals had very different "grains" so they didn't look right together
5. Unfortunatly they thought this work was acceptable and caulked around the edges, which meant that when I said it wasn't, they pulled the caulk off and took the paint I'd just done off at the same time!
Now, they are coming back to redo- having ordered just 1 replacement infill (expecting to be able to re-use the right hand one of the original attempt or a couple of offcuts they left out in the rain which I fortunatly grabbed and put in the garage). Cheeky b*gger also told the showroom that it was the change of grain we weren't happy with rather than the chip (which wasn't mentioned at all). I'm told that there HAS to be a join, clearly if they are only available in 2.75m lengths then this is correct, but how should it be done? The guy said he would be able to get a good cut using his router (I assume he used a jigsaw the first time). I've suggested that rather than joining in the middle of a door as last time, we use pretty much a full 2.75m length and then have an extra bit on the end, with the join over the edge of a door so that it looks like it's a seperate unit with good reason for a join, at least then if the grains vary a lot it looks like there's a reaon for it (2 units joined)
Is there a better way? Should the join be covered with a trim of some kind?
Thanks in advance
The length is 3.3m so they needed to use 2x 2.75 infills.
1. Rather than leaving the factory cut in the middle and trimming the edges which will be covered anyway, they cut in the middle where the join is (actually, they cut both the middle and the end of both panels).
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2. They broke the veneer off and stuck it back on with white filler, also they chipped the lower edge just to the right of the join and filled the join itself with white filler. They said it wasn't white, it was "natural", however the tubes of filler lying around said white on them. They also chipped a bit off the bottom of the right panel next to the join which was just left as bare chipboard underneath!
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3. They made the join above one of the doors, part way along.
4. The 2 panals had very different "grains" so they didn't look right together
5. Unfortunatly they thought this work was acceptable and caulked around the edges, which meant that when I said it wasn't, they pulled the caulk off and took the paint I'd just done off at the same time!
Now, they are coming back to redo- having ordered just 1 replacement infill (expecting to be able to re-use the right hand one of the original attempt or a couple of offcuts they left out in the rain which I fortunatly grabbed and put in the garage). Cheeky b*gger also told the showroom that it was the change of grain we weren't happy with rather than the chip (which wasn't mentioned at all). I'm told that there HAS to be a join, clearly if they are only available in 2.75m lengths then this is correct, but how should it be done? The guy said he would be able to get a good cut using his router (I assume he used a jigsaw the first time). I've suggested that rather than joining in the middle of a door as last time, we use pretty much a full 2.75m length and then have an extra bit on the end, with the join over the edge of a door so that it looks like it's a seperate unit with good reason for a join, at least then if the grains vary a lot it looks like there's a reaon for it (2 units joined)
Is there a better way? Should the join be covered with a trim of some kind?
Thanks in advance
for which you have every right to weald.
