Bifold doors in - I wouldn't be happy

[macten]

Job I've been dropping in and off for a few months now and one of the gaps was a 4 week wait for bifold doors. I was there when they were measuring up and I told them a shed load of leveller was going down and that I'd get that done before they fit them as the last thing I wanted was to end up having to ramp the tiles down.
Would you be happy with this?

 

[hmtiling]

Gonna be a lovely big trim on the bottom of that

 

[Qwerty]

One hell of a step

 

[Perry]

So when are they fitting the replacement doors?

 

[Dumbo]

Did you tell them the approximate finished floor height .

 

[macten]

I'd already levelled it - just over thickness of a tile to add on!

 

[macten]

Just amazes me what some people accept

 

[WetSaw]

Looks like you've got enough space to make a nice gentle ramp up to the doors.

 

[LM]

I wouldn’t be happy with that mistake for the price that they would have cost also.

 

[macten]

Looks like you've got enough space to make a nice gentle ramp up to the doors.

Large kitchen area to the left that needs tiling too so didn't want to be ramping up.
This was last week and I gave him 3 options
1. Get door put in right
2. Trim it in PVC
3. Tiled upstands

He went with #3 but it don't look right, better than cladding it in PVC maybe? Not sure.

 

[Dumbo]

I'd already levelled it - just over thickness of a tile to add on!

When they were measuring up is when they need to know finished floor height not after the door was made .

 

[macten]

I told him it's coming up by 40mm + tile and he told me 'he only needs to measure for width but if it can be levelled before they fit as I suggested then that would be great.

 

[Dumbo]

I told him it's coming up by 40mm + tile and he told me 'he only needs to measure for width but if it can be levelled before they fit as I suggested then that would be great.

Fair enough . They messed up.

 

[Albert]

Your solution looks good to me, what does the customer think

 

[WetSaw]

I did have a hint of sarcasm in my reply, it didn't look quite as big a step in the first picture! I think your, very tidy, solution is better than PVC that would probably end up scratched and discoloured over time.

 

[macten]

Customer's happy but then he wasn't really that bothered about the bifold install - it was me that was pi**ed!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Why couldn’t they have dropped the door down and put a filler at the top?

 

[macten]

No reason John, it had all been fitted and the plasterers had gone in when I went back and I just think the owner didn't want any hassle and wasn't that bothered.