You Can Never Escape Reilly's Law

As some of you may remember form my earlier posts we discussed something called Reilly's Law. The discussion was focused around the building permit escapade, installing the leaking air conditioner above our bed fiasco, and could even be applied to the slight incident with the owl. (If you don't know what I am talking about I suggest you go back and read this blog form the beginning. Slacker). Anyway, I thought now would be a time to revisit this discussion.

When our windows were first installed in the house we noticed several issues with them. The two windows in my bedroom, although side by side, are different. One actually was build to open upwards instead of sideways. And to boot, the window in my bedroom that was correct decided to break! The center pain of the living room window decided it wanted attention as well and broke. Not a big deal, it happens and since it was the day after they were installed it is covered under warranty. However, they had to reorder the windows from the factory so we had to wait quite a while. After several weeks the order was in and they came to install the windows. They fixed the glass in the bedroom. However, they forgot to order the new window and the glass for this living room. Sigh, maybe I should forget to pay them.

Several weeks later they came back to try again. Low and behold the window that was built wrong in my bedroom was built wrong again. And, even better, the new glass for the living room windows was three inches too short. Sigh. More waiting. By this time we are long done that house and dad is back in B.C.

They come back AGAIN! This time they are sure they have it under control. They don't even attempt to bring the built-wrong window for my bedroom because something happened that order and it has to be shipped again. But the glass for the living room window is here and it looks like it is going to work. The installer even came over on a Saturday to get this done for us. He takes down the blinds, tares apart the windows, and gets all ready to install the new glass when he realizes it is an inch too short. Seriously, does somebody need to go back to tape measure 101? So he puts the windows all back together and the blinds all up. He was even kind enough to tape over the growing crack with duck tape so my window doesn't fall apart in the middle of the night.
And now, we wait. In 'a few weeks' they say we'll have our windows done. So for now we live with a big living room window covered in red and grey tape, and a bedroom window that doesn't open all the way because it's built wrong.

If you have the Sibley gene Reilly's Law will catch up to you!