Monday, February 7, 2011

Designer Down!

I got this email over the weekend:

Good afternoon Mr. Piette,

I am writing to inform you that Jill Doss had an accident Friday evening. She slipped on some ice and broke her ankle and leg. She has undergone surgery at St Mary’s Hospital and should be released on Tuesday. I am aware that you and Laurie are working with Jill on items and I want to do my best to keep the lines of communication open for you.

Please feel free to contact me regarding any questions or concerns you may have and I will do my best to assist you.

Thank you for your understanding and we apologize for any inconvenience as a result of the loss of Jill’s assistance at this time.

Respectfully,

Donna Spakowicz CCP, CAPS

We sent Jill flowers.
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Week Two Photos

Friday, February 4, 2011

Cool, eh?

Matt:

Our company has been invited to submit one of our remodeling projects to be part of the Nari Spring Tour of Remodeled Homes. We were wondering if you would be interested in opening your house for public viewing?

What the weekend entails is that your home would be on a list homes open for the public to tour to view different remodeling projects from selected contractors. The hours both days would be 11:00-5:00. I would be on hand at your home both days to guide people through your home, discuss the work that was done, and answer any questions they may have. We would have photos and displays of “before” and “after” areas.

The week before the show, we would come in and go over the rooms (kitchen, family room, powder room, exterior) and address any items that may need touch up/repair. The day before we would come in to “stage” the areas. You would not need to do anything, as you would not be home during the open house. We would pay to send you on an overnight to a selected B&B or hotel in the area to have a little “get away” of your own. The end result, of course, for us would be to generate qualified individuals interested in remodeling their home.

Please let me know if you and Laurie would be interested in participating in this activity.

Regards,

Jill Doss

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

A Note From Jill

Matt:

We passed insulation inspection yesterday (of course)

As you can see, the framing was installed behind the toilet.

The drywall will be going in tomorrow. He should be able to install, tape, and mud all in one day, There will be a return trip to finish things off.

Painting of the front foyer will be done on Thursday (before the radiator goes back in). The drywall work being done will not get in the way of the painting of the foyer.

Could you please go downstairs and recover the wall and ceiling paint that was used in the inside foyer so we can determine how much is there and whether or not more is needed?

We are on schedule for floor tile installation next week.

My heart rate has finally returned to normal after the game on Sunday (I guess no Jay Cutler showed up to play). I have decided to take the week off from stressing. I will start obsessing next week……J

Jill Doss

Senior Kitchen and Bath Designer

Artisan Kitchen and Bath Gallery www.Artisankbg.com

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Week One Pictures

Week one is done.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

An issue with the boiler

Jill--

The radiators are all venting a lot more than before. That was not unexpected this since the system was opened and air got in, although it did not happen during the last two times you had radiators out (curiously)
However, this morning Laurie niticed that a lot of steam was venting on the boiler itself. It looks like it's coming from around the fitting on the site glass. I can only assume that this too was cause when the two radiators were removed. I think that those fitting may need to be repaired or replaced.

Can you discuss it with your boiler guys? This isn't the time to have a catastrophic failure.

We like the tan-brown granite. I think it goes well with the floor. It was hard to see how it goes with the paint. What do you think?

Thanks.

MJP

I spoken with HVAC---they will have someone over at the house this afternoon to see what’s up. They will let me know if a repair/replacement of parts is needed. Obviously, removing the radiators causes the system to work differently, stressing parts that may have been at the end of their useful life. I will let you know what they find out.

The tan brown will look great with the wall paint color (same as in the front hallway). Also, the tan brown nicely matches the color of the front hall closet.

Jill

Word from HVAC, they tightened things down that had come loose which took care of the steam issue. They do recommend replacing fittings/etc along with the site glass, appears to be at end of useful life. The will get an estimate together.

I will let you know.

Jill

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Day 2 Notes

You will be surprised to see how much is in the dumpster. Pat reports the inside walls of the bathroom were filled with newspaper, food wrappers, old cans, etc. He took out 8 trash bins full to the dumpster of the stuff he found in just the inside wall.

The exterior walls had no insulation. I think you will be very happy with the change in the room temperature when the new insulation is installed.

In the meantime, you may want to hang an old blanket over the doors ways (it seems we always do work on your home during the hottest, or coldest, days of the year) to keep the cold out until next week.

I bet you wish you were going to Rome right now…..

Electrical tomorrow.

Jill

Matt:

The more we looked at the bathroom sink plumbing, the more we feel the pipe should be cut out and replaced “while we are in there”. I can get a plumber out on Friday, price would be $178.00 to rework the sink drain and also the supply lines from the wall out (the supply lines are starting to rot, also).

Should I go ahead and schedule?