The Dimwits
The Awesome Twosome are now The Dimwits. How did they achieve this transformation ?
To cut a long story short, wiring was done, walls were plastered and lights were delivered to the property. Dimmers have now become the bone of contention between us and the duo formerly known as Awesome.
2 lessons for dimmer virgins :
- you can dim normal (incandescent or tungsten) bulbs easily through dimmer switches;
- however, halogen and fluorescent lights require special dimmers because of low voltage, and we had bought some in the acquisition frenzy.
There was some insistance from the Dimwits that certain walls had to be re-hacked to accommodate the dimmer fixtures and transformers, which we hope we have effectively countered. Having educated myself overnight on the intricacies of dimmers, I am now well-placed to rebut any assertions that there are no such things as 3-gang dimmers (I did not even understand what they were 2 days ago) and that toggle switches (again, a new term for me) take up less space than dimmer switches.
Having said that, the Dimwits are agreeable enough people, and the work quality continues to be good. We figured that they've factored enough mark-up into their quote to tolerate our requests for rectification where things have gone wrong.
Within the next 4 weeks, the built-in closets and autogate will be complete and we will welcome the Hacker kitchen and other furniture purchases. So we're on track to spend Christmas in the new house, which has turned out to be a 3 month project.
To cut a long story short, wiring was done, walls were plastered and lights were delivered to the property. Dimmers have now become the bone of contention between us and the duo formerly known as Awesome.
2 lessons for dimmer virgins :
- you can dim normal (incandescent or tungsten) bulbs easily through dimmer switches;
- however, halogen and fluorescent lights require special dimmers because of low voltage, and we had bought some in the acquisition frenzy.
There was some insistance from the Dimwits that certain walls had to be re-hacked to accommodate the dimmer fixtures and transformers, which we hope we have effectively countered. Having educated myself overnight on the intricacies of dimmers, I am now well-placed to rebut any assertions that there are no such things as 3-gang dimmers (I did not even understand what they were 2 days ago) and that toggle switches (again, a new term for me) take up less space than dimmer switches.
Having said that, the Dimwits are agreeable enough people, and the work quality continues to be good. We figured that they've factored enough mark-up into their quote to tolerate our requests for rectification where things have gone wrong.
Within the next 4 weeks, the built-in closets and autogate will be complete and we will welcome the Hacker kitchen and other furniture purchases. So we're on track to spend Christmas in the new house, which has turned out to be a 3 month project.
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