LuckyAbby72
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Hi,
I had crown molding installed last year (early summer 2014) and the crown moulding has shrunk and expanded with the changes in weather, humidity, etc. I posted a comment earlier this year and some of you offered me some great advice so I'm back again to seek your advice.
My contractor came back once to repair the gaps in the crown molding, but the wood has expanded in the heat and the gaps are showing in the crown molding seams again. Some of the caulking has been pushed out of the seam and it's created a rough 3D edge along the seam so now I have empty gaps and rough edges along the seam where the caulking was forced out.
From my limited understanding, gaps in the crown molding are going to be an ongoing problem with the changes in seasons (house humidity is fine) so this is something that I am going to have to eventually deal with on my own once the job is out of warranty (that should be interesting because I'm the least handy person ever lol).
My questions are:
(1) Is it "fair/reasonable" to call the contractor for a second "call back" to
repair the caulking again given that the job is under warranty until the end of October? Personally, I think it is.
Note: Installing the crown molding was part of a major main floor home reno so the contractor made a good money off of the job.
(2) If the contractor refuses to do a call back and I have to do the repair on my own, should I:
Thanks in advance for talking the time to read my post. Any advice related to this caulking repair would be greatly appreciated.
I had crown molding installed last year (early summer 2014) and the crown moulding has shrunk and expanded with the changes in weather, humidity, etc. I posted a comment earlier this year and some of you offered me some great advice so I'm back again to seek your advice.
My contractor came back once to repair the gaps in the crown molding, but the wood has expanded in the heat and the gaps are showing in the crown molding seams again. Some of the caulking has been pushed out of the seam and it's created a rough 3D edge along the seam so now I have empty gaps and rough edges along the seam where the caulking was forced out.
From my limited understanding, gaps in the crown molding are going to be an ongoing problem with the changes in seasons (house humidity is fine) so this is something that I am going to have to eventually deal with on my own once the job is out of warranty (that should be interesting because I'm the least handy person ever lol).
My questions are:
(1) Is it "fair/reasonable" to call the contractor for a second "call back" to
repair the caulking again given that the job is under warranty until the end of October? Personally, I think it is.
Note: Installing the crown molding was part of a major main floor home reno so the contractor made a good money off of the job.
(2) If the contractor refuses to do a call back and I have to do the repair on my own, should I:
- Sand the seam lightly where the caulking has formed a rough edge. If so, what grit of sand paper should I use?
- Push caulking into the gap using a caulking gun
- Smooth the bead of caulking with a wet finger
- Leave to dry
Thanks in advance for talking the time to read my post. Any advice related to this caulking repair would be greatly appreciated.
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