^^^^^^ This,obviously he ran out of time,bogged up the door & stile,needs to be sanded then check end result. Also,there maybe a budget with HNZ dwellings . Only the contractor or his office know,so let the bloke complete it all,yes,it looks s. y but so have plenty of jobs that I have done during reconstruction. The END result is all that matters
stevo2,
Nov 19, 6:58pm
^^This^^ plus the original was a large style mortice latch with a 70mm backset. The new is a tubular latch with a 60mm backset. Wait until the job is complete and judge it then. Having said that, I think he could have done better.
zak410,
Nov 19, 7:11pm
Does it shut well, no rattles when close?
penny-trader,
Nov 19, 8:16pm
OK, cool. Thanks
penny-trader,
Nov 19, 8:19pm
Cool, sounds like the plan. Thank you
penny-trader,
Nov 19, 8:22pm
Ummm well no it doesnt shut well but no rattle lol. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.
franken1,
Nov 19, 8:54pm
That's a dogs breakfast. Even if it was a temporary fix, you wouldn't slap random fill in until the correct mortise is fitted.
shakespeare6,
Nov 20, 5:07am
Hell, if that's what professional work looks like I should change jobs and fit locks. I've hung a fare few doors and changed a number of locks on my own places and that's a mess regardless. Bog? . The first thing I would have done is cut some wood blocks, glue in to a perfect fit then come back another day and fit a new lock. Regardless finished or not that's a mess may as well just put a gate latch on there would have looked 10 times better
krames,
Nov 20, 5:11pm
maybe the guy only had 10 mins to do the job as the op said they had to go out. There is always 2 sides to a story and we have only heard 1 side.
ayjay1,
Nov 20, 7:10pm
Well let him come back and finish it before you pass judgement. You say that you know nothing about replacing a door handle so you should keep your opinion to your self. He ran out of time and wasn't able to finish the job! If he comes back the he will make to look good. At least the door can be locked.
biddy6,
Nov 21, 5:57am
what happened?
stevo2,
Nov 21, 2:38pm
Yeah, what happened?
jmma,
Nov 21, 2:58pm
Probably didn't come back, he couldn't Handle it (o:
acrobat,
Nov 25, 1:40pm
Did he come back Was he in a jamb? Was the door left ajar? We all want to know.
nukhelenc,
Nov 30, 2:41pm
Just Me
stevo2,
Nov 30, 3:53pm
We'll never fid out.
johotech,
Nov 30, 5:00pm
HNZ contractor - probably hasn't been back yet.
nukhelenc,
Nov 30, 9:53pm
I think everyone needs to make more assumptions. Hes been back?. The OP didn't want to say any-more? The office refused to let him go back? He just didn't wanna go back after the office was emailed? His work was so scabby he got the flick? Hes got too many other houses to attend? The job is so small its not worth the time? He ran out of pva and little blocks of wood in his wagon? Ran out of bog? Lost his file? forgot the house address? Wasn't making enough and ran out of gas? The person living in the house asked for him not to come back? The person living in the house is not ever home to make a time? Just hasn't been back? What ever?
snoopy221,
Nov 30, 10:24pm
Sheesh when one uses a drop/sag when overfilled fiberglass filler when one is going from an old imperial large to a later metric smaller lock. Simply applying some filler and allowing it to set as a base to build on? stevo2 has got it right-nowadayzz the old time and money and build wood blocks-is redrill bog set rebog no more gaps paint done.
stevo2,
Dec 1, 3:44am
Or- The job has been completed, it looks good but the OP is to embarrassed to come back here and admit they may have jumped the gun and pre-judged a 1/2 finished job.
hammer23,
Dec 1, 9:36am
or as one famous tradie said, only fools and children find fault in a job before it is finished. And my words of wisdom are. When you pack up at the end of the day ,don't leave your level out for the owner to play with after hours
nitpnz,
Dec 1, 12:06pm
Lol, OP last logged in on the 23rd of November
zak410,
Dec 1, 2:27pm
He's been locked out!.
nukhelenc,
Jun 30, 7:12pm
Bump, hehe its just me :)
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