Who is responsible for fixing this?
Iliana Georgopoulou Nunn
9 years ago
We had out cabinets and moulding installed by a contractor and then had a painted come and paint the whole house indoors. A few months after we have had a ton of cracks appear when the weather turned cooler. Whose responsibility is to come and fill them? The contractor or the painter? Is it an installation problem or is this quite common?
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