According to the dictionary, cattywampus or catawampus can mean “kitty corner,” although I’m only familiar with the term as used to mean “askew.”
I have very little that’s useful to contribute to this thread. I just wanted to say that:
all that goat cock = band name!
And also: This is why I will never remodel.
Oh for fuck’s sake… I’m PISSED. Nearly 4 weeks ago we had the kitchen measured (templated) for our countertops. I called this morning and they don’t even have the stone yet, let alone have it cut, polished, and ready to install.
I was told 2 weeks. Looks like we’ll be closer to 2 months by the time we get this thing. All further work is on hold until these damn countertops come in.
How the fuck can people stay in business when they do crap like this?
The guy told me he’d try to fit me in sooner and would call me back. No call. So I called him. He said, “no news yet” and that was it.
fumes
This was a great thread. “square 101” and “ahh, fuck me blind.”
Are you sinkless? If you’re not, that sucks awfully and I hope they burn in hell. If you ARE, I don’t even have the words.
4 weeks! That’s crazy.
My opinion of my own stone countertop people has just gone up. We were able to pick an actual slab though. They wrote our name on it right there and everything. Given Bogette’s experience, I don’t think I’d ever buy granite any other way.
Can you ditch them? Can you go to their site and pick a different stone?
We ordered from The Home Depot (the designer was awesome!) and this is their supplier. I was told today there was no way they could do it until the 8th of May. That’s 6+ weeks out from template.
As for the sink, Bog made what we call “Frankensink” out of parts to tide us over, and all the surfaces have plywood on them to give us some type of counter. But this also means you have to be Very careful about spilling, as we’d like to reuse the plywood for something else some day.
The dude did apologize for all of this, but that hardly helps. Especially considering how much the damn thing costs, too! He also called me back at my office in a time I told him I’d be at my home number. Coward!
Oh… and our kitchen is straightforward, too. No funky angles, no fancy edges! Should be one of their easiest cuts.