Day 24 - (28th May) More Carpentry rectification ...

I told Amax that they can only come during noon because my small boy needs to sleep. They were very punctual and came at around 11.30am... However, the original 2 carpenters did not come ... it was 2 new ones - 1 old uncle and 1 young chap ... Wifey also told me that Amax was around almost the entire duration except for lunch from 12 - 2pm...

The rectification works was major ! I think they underestimated the works required when fabricating the frame and etc for a complete concrete structure ... Not only must the frames be aligned and flushed, they must be thick enough to ensure seamless joints between the "legs" of the structure ... What they did (I suspect) was just to fit the wooden frames to my concrete structure based on standard carpentry measurements ... and not to customise their frames to fit my concrete structure ! They ended up dismantling all the lower doors and upper doors to redo the entire bottom structure and to fix the damaged laminates on the top.

As for the larder, they had to scrape off the obstructing plywood and apply 1 piece of white laminate on the left side. As for the right side (that's full of holes), they ensured that they custom cut the plank to fit the interior structure seamlessly. There after, Amax personally measured the steel racks and ensured that the rails do not hit the hinges ...

Lastly, they attempted to seal up the gaps between each section of the concrete support which they did ... but during the last step to install the irex soft closing bumpers for one door, they realised that the strip that they added was right behind the hinge and they had to dismantle one of the wooden racks in order to adjust the strip ....

All in all, 4 person (including Amax) appeared. When we asked them why they didn't do it right the first round, they were totally lost for words ... and the entire rectification (only 90% complete) was up till 9pm+ ...

Up to this point at around 9pm, I think Uncle called Amax and asked whether he had completed the rectification and I think Amax sort of told Uncle that he damaged the rails and can only replace them tomorrow .... he sort of "got it from Uncle" again .... Amax asked me whether I can "overlook" some of the minor adjustments and as a token to give me a small cupboard FOC ... We consulted each other and we were also tired with all the rectifications .... and told Amax that what he need to do were the remaining items listed below. As for the FOC cupboard, we decided to ask Amax to fabricate a small toilet cabinet for my MIL.

The remaining works that they need to do are:
1) Replace a damaged door where the ABS trimming looked as if it was soaked in water as the laminate had wavey lines ...
2) Put another layer of white laminate on one side of the top cabinet because they misfired when installing the door and had to mount 1 additional screw in order to cover up the mistake ...
3) Realign some of the doors which looked wierd / slanted ...
4) Replace the rails for the bottom drawer which was damaged by Amax himself when he tried to hammer in some nails ...

Pics from Day 24 -

Trying to straighten the bottom frame
Removing the racks from the larder ...