Things We’ve Learned #5
May 22nd, 2009 | by ned | Published in Features, News + Updates, Things We've Learned
“Home improvements” take at least triple the time allotted to them and are always costly.
We never seem to learn this lesson. But seriously, anything construction related takes almost triple the time allotted and double the cost. Take our lock-replacement scenario for example. We needed to replace a lock on a sliding glass door recently. Simple fix right? Sure. We figured it’d take 3 hours tops, that’s including getting the replacement hardware which should be easily accessible at any hardware store or home depot right? Right?! Wrong! Of course the door was made in the 70′s and no one has anything close to the right hardware, so it has to be special ordered from Pennsylvania, and of course when it gets here, the doors have been so jimmied over the years that even the special order stuff doesn’t work. Almost two weeks late and four times the original cost (two wrongly purchased sets, the right set and expedited mail delivery) it takes a heavy drill, some rather rough sounding hammering and a set of lock-washers to fix a patio door lock! Sheesh!
