The installer arrived at about 8:30. I showed him the corner unit that only made it into the garage, which he sort of sighed about but started dealing to it, made a couple of phone calls, and by 10:00 it was inside the house and in its proper place. The bench got delivered (in two parts, since it is an L shape), lots of powertool noises outside trimming things to fit.
Then all the noise stopped, apart from a 'what the...?' It turned out that one side of the bench was 10 cm too short. Mr Installer went for a smoko, made a phone call to the guy overseeing the project. Mr Project came out from Wellington, had a look, yup, 10 cm too short. Then they decided to show me and explain what the options were.
Basically it boiled down to someone not thinking about which numbers they were adding together to get the length of the bench.
No problem, the benchtop company can make a new one.
Only they don't have this particular laminate in stock.
No problem, they can order it today.
But then it won't arrive until Friday, and they still have to make the bench.
And Monday's a public holiday.
And the installer guy is busy on Tuesday and lives in Levin.
But he can come on Wednesday and do it then.
So it means another week of a half-assembled kitchen, and boxes in the dining room...
But at least I can see what the colours look like!
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