How would you handle this?

[219Dave]

I moved across town over Memorial day weekend, and hired a reputable company to move and recloth my table. I just noticed (actually a friend pointed it out) that the table has a roll/unevenness to it. The mechanic seemed to have known what he was doing. Maybe it's just the floor settling in, etc. It's on a crappy old linoleum floor in my basement. I also noticed that one panel is on wrong. It's an Olhausen Remington, and it's one of the corner decorative panel (not sure of the exact word for it) that isn't a fundamental part of the table.

What's the industry standard? Should the company I hired send their guy out to relevel and fix the one panel? Should it cost me anything additional?

 

[ridinda9]

I moved across town over Memorial day weekend, and hired a reputable company to move and recloth my table. I just noticed (actually a friend pointed it out) that the table has a roll/unevenness to it. The mechanic seemed to have known what he was doing. Maybe it's just the floor settling in, etc. It's on a crappy old linoleum floor in my basement. I also noticed that one panel is on wrong. It's an Olhausen Remington, and it's one of the corner decorative panel (not sure of the exact word for it) that isn't a fundamental part of the table.

What's the industry standard? Should the company I hired send their guy out to relevel and fix the one panel? Should it cost me anything additional?

perfection.
yes.
no.

 

[realkingcobra]

I moved across town over Memorial day weekend, and hired a reputable company to move and recloth my table. I just noticed (actually a friend pointed it out) that the table has a roll/unevenness to it. The mechanic seemed to have known what he was doing. Maybe it's just the floor settling in, etc. It's on a crappy old linoleum floor in my basement. I also noticed that one panel is on wrong. It's an Olhausen Remington, and it's one of the corner decorative panel (not sure of the exact word for it) that isn't a fundamental part of the table.

What's the industry standard? Should the company I hired send their guy out to relevel and fix the one panel? Should it cost me anything additional?

Tell them the job isn't finished until your a satisfied customer!

 

[Tbeaux]

If it's a basement floor with crappy or good linoleum and it's "settling" then you have bigger problems than your table being unlevel (which it is unless your ball is warped).

Decorative panel is either apron (attached to rail) or skirt (between the legs). You should NOT notice any difference so it's NOT attached right.

Yes they should come out and fix everything. I'm not a table mech but I'd be damned if I'd pay for what they gave you without it being fixed.

 

[Mr. Bond]

I moved across town over Memorial day weekend, and hired a reputable company to move and recloth my table. I just noticed (actually a friend pointed it out) that the table has a roll/unevenness to it. The mechanic seemed to have known what he was doing. Maybe it's just the floor settling in, etc. It's on a crappy old linoleum floor in my basement. I also noticed that one panel is on wrong. It's an Olhausen Remington, and it's one of the corner decorative panel (not sure of the exact word for it) that isn't a fundamental part of the table.

What's the industry standard? Should the company I hired send their guy out to relevel and fix the one panel? Should it cost me anything additional?

the basement floor, i would assume, is concrete. so the chances of the floor "sinking" or moving under the weight of the table are very slim to none. (unless its a brand new home)

assuming that there isnt 7 layers of it on top of one another, linoleum is typically very thin - so even if it does compress, it wouldnt be much at all.
but could it throw the level off? yes, its not impossible.

for future reference, wood and slate both are fairly sensitive to humidity and temperature. so, when a table is moved from one location to another, its a good idea to let the table sit in the new location and acclimate for a while before re-covering or leveling.

that said, most reputable mechanics will offer to come back and "recheck" the table after a period of time -(at no cost) for the reasons mentioned above. but it sounds like your mech didnt do that good of a job to begin with, so yes, by all means get his arse back over to fix it. and no, you shouldnt have to pay anything else.

 

[219Dave]

Thanks again for your responses. They're sending someone out at no cost to relevel it.