Is my front door too heavy for the hinges or...?

[buffalobo]

More than likely painters never even knew those bearings were there(they are painters) and ignored it when noticed if they noticed.

I would call the painter, he needs take care of it and weather strip or refund you some money. No clue on your deal with painter but creating work and expense for you with out notice is BS.

Just calling local handyman could easily run $200+. Keep track your your time and matl.

Your painter took advantage of you.

[Brian]

More than likely painters never even knew those bearings were there(they are painters) and ignored it when noticed if they noticed.

I would call the painter, he needs take care of it and weather strip or refund you some money. No clue on your deal with painter but creating work and expense for you with out notice is BS.

Just calling local handyman could easily run $200+. Keep track your your time and matl.

Your painter took advantage of you.

Yep agreed, and no worries there. They were honestly great to work with other than this, and I have no doubt they will make it right. We ended up pausing the work for a couple weeks due to a joint decision that probably complicated this whole thing. That being said, at this point I think I'd probably rather just do the fix myself given they were great at painting and not great at doors, LOL. They have some additional work coming up and we'll make sure they account for this one way or the other in the bill...