I called the cable company this morning. I asked Dee, who first came on the phone, to talk with her supervisor. After about five minutes, Walter came on and addressed me by name. I went through the whole mess with him again. In the end, trying to keep it as simple as possible, I told him that if the construction is stopped due to their cable, I will cut the cable line, throw it into the street and cancel service. Walter said he understood and would get back with me today. Why should I have any doubts???
This morning, we have the usual cast of carpenters ("Our" Mike, Nate, "Little" Mike) in the back and the electricians Josh and Matt (his new helper) in the basement. I asked Josh about the power outage Mike mentioned yesterday. Josh predicted he would cut the power around 1000 hours, with it being off for a couple of hours. Sounds like we will go out for brunch today.
"Our" Mike left around 0900. I call him shortly thereafter and confirmed he got my email about the swing of the garage doors. He said he did and forwarded the note on to the Lincoln dealer.
Nate and "Little" Mike left shortly after 1000 hours this morning. Don't know what they accomplished, but they were done for the day. Don't know when they will be back.
Without notice, Josh cut the power off at 0945 hours. Thanks! We left the house around 1030 hours and had lunch at Molly's, one of our favorite Cajun bars in Soulard. Their oysters on the half-shell were delicious! After brunch and going to the store, we got home around 1300 hours, expecting the power to be restored. It was not back on until about 1415 hours. But, the new meter box is in place, the old one is gone and the new breaker panel is install in the basement. The inspection by the City is expected tomorrow. Then we will await Ameren (utility) to pull the new power line. Matt will be back tomorrow to install the new 240V outlet for the dryer.
During lunch, we got an email from Tyler (architect). He said that "Our" Mike had talked with the truss company and they could design and fabricate a vaulted girder truss which would conform to the contour of the glass roof for a "relatively small" additional cost. Tyler asked us for permission to accept the offer and for him to work with them on the details. He got our permission plus a comment that it was what we had requested four months ago. I also asked if the trusses already built could be modified to the new configuration? Tyler responded that it would be cheaper just to waste the ones we had and build new ones (guess who pays for the ones we will not use). Later, I called Tyler and we chatted about this. He said he was surprised at the ease and "relative low cost" of this vaulted truss design. I commented it was unfortunate that this option was not explored, as we were promised it would be, prior to having the trusses built. He agreed it was unfortunate. I am sure he is not too upset since it isn't his money that was wasted! I also told him that I had suggested to T that we could consider modification of all the other sunroom trusses to have the same vaulted configuration. This would address essentially all of the aesthetic drawbacks Tyler had brought up in regards to changing the girder truss to a vaulted design, i.e., the inconsistency with the other trusses. While he acknowledged this, Tyler said he was not in favor of changing the design of the other trusses. He thought it would look better to have those trusses retain their original design. I am leaving the decision to T as I no longer have much faith in Tyler's opinion or judgement. If I see him tomorrow, I might ask "Our" Mike his opinion. I have not lost confidence in his judgement.
At the end of the day, no call back from the cable company! What a surprise!!! Tomorrow I call AT&T about new internet and TV service. Enough is enough.
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