Soldato
Hi, as far as bizarre threads go, this will be my "weirdest thread of the week" entry, but I need a bit of a "consumer action" request and I've nothing to lose asking here, as we all know - GD and OCUK forumites can fix ANY problem.
In a process of refurbishing my house I ordered stable door between kitchen and my garden. I'm quite familiar with classic, wooden stable doors, lived in rented accommodation with stable doors twice many years ago and actually always wanted one for my kitchen. For those sunny days when you can just leave upper part ajar and lower part locked and don't have to worry about stray cats (or even foxes in my case) raiding my kitchen supplies and marking their territory inside the house.
Long story short, I ordered uPVC stable door from well established supplier in south east, and it was installed on Saturday, and granted, I can't say I followed or was on top of uPVC technology in the last two decades, but what I ended up with on Saturday is some bizarro world oddity, rather than usable back door. It requires half a minute, four moves routine to be performed including splitting both parts and turning lever concealed on the edge between two parts before the door can be open and closed as one unit every single time.
Fitter claims that's a standard these days and refuses my "not fit for purpose" claim. To me, it sounds like porkies, every kitchen fitted stable door I have ever encountered in my life opened as a regular, single unit by default, but the bolt interlocking top and bottom could be retracted, allowing for bottom panel to be locked in place while upper half remained open. Basically - it was always regular single door first, split door option second. The one they fitted at my place is reversed - you need to split it and unlock bottom panel first to create rather flimsy single door, which then locks only by a single hook and roller of the upper half, until you split it again, lock bottom permanently and shut the top for the night.
What I need is ammo, for my argument with supplier/fitter. If you do have a fairly modern uPVC or composite stable door in your place, could you quickly describe its every day operation, or better yet, pic/video how it operates = 1000 words.
Oh, and the obligatory "in before" re: "shut stable door after horse has bolted" jokes.
In a process of refurbishing my house I ordered stable door between kitchen and my garden. I'm quite familiar with classic, wooden stable doors, lived in rented accommodation with stable doors twice many years ago and actually always wanted one for my kitchen. For those sunny days when you can just leave upper part ajar and lower part locked and don't have to worry about stray cats (or even foxes in my case) raiding my kitchen supplies and marking their territory inside the house.
Long story short, I ordered uPVC stable door from well established supplier in south east, and it was installed on Saturday, and granted, I can't say I followed or was on top of uPVC technology in the last two decades, but what I ended up with on Saturday is some bizarro world oddity, rather than usable back door. It requires half a minute, four moves routine to be performed including splitting both parts and turning lever concealed on the edge between two parts before the door can be open and closed as one unit every single time.
Fitter claims that's a standard these days and refuses my "not fit for purpose" claim. To me, it sounds like porkies, every kitchen fitted stable door I have ever encountered in my life opened as a regular, single unit by default, but the bolt interlocking top and bottom could be retracted, allowing for bottom panel to be locked in place while upper half remained open. Basically - it was always regular single door first, split door option second. The one they fitted at my place is reversed - you need to split it and unlock bottom panel first to create rather flimsy single door, which then locks only by a single hook and roller of the upper half, until you split it again, lock bottom permanently and shut the top for the night.
What I need is ammo, for my argument with supplier/fitter. If you do have a fairly modern uPVC or composite stable door in your place, could you quickly describe its every day operation, or better yet, pic/video how it operates = 1000 words.
Oh, and the obligatory "in before" re: "shut stable door after horse has bolted" jokes.