For the first time since December 10, 2014, "Our" Mike and Nate showed up to do some work around 7:00 am this morning. The main purpose was to prepare for the "big truss lift" tomorrow. They worked until about 11:30 am and then departed. They cut up some 2x4 and put some supports down the center of the garage. Still not sure if they will only be putting the garage trusses in place or will also be lifting the sunroom trusses. The cynic in me guesses they will not. When I talked with Mike Wednesday evening, again he mentioned something about hopefully picking up the pace of the work. I will believe it when it happens.
They also tore off the top 3 layers of the sunroom hot tub bay glass roof foundation that they installed back on December 10. These were mistakenly installed due to a failure in communication between the Tyler (architect) and "Our" Mike. Not including the cost of the lumber they tore off, I figure the mistake cost at least 10 hours of labor, and that labor is not cheap. What is equally sad is that it has been very frustrating waiting for work to be accomplished on the project, only to have to spend time undoing some of that work. Again, I attribute this mistake, in part, to how long this project has dragged on, and other mistakes are expected. Details and decisions are forgotten and the lack of continuity cannot result in efficiency. Maybe things will improve.
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| Wasted Lumber |
I called the art glass shop this morning since I never received an acknowledgement of the email I sent yesterday about the inclusion of the "ring" around the 4-petal medallions. I asked Kim if she got the email, she had not seen it, but quickly found it in her mail box. She said she would get with Gerald and get back with us if there were any issues with including the ring. Very soon thereafter, she called back and said that they have already cut the glass for the petals and, if they wanted them to do so, they would revise the design and re-cut them. I consulted T and she said not to worry about it, it would be OK without the ring. I was a little annoyed since I had sent the email early yesterday afternoon. I should have called immediately to confirm she had seen it. Later this afternoon, Kim called again to say that all of the glass has now been cut, and if we wanted to look at it before they started the leading process, someone should be in the shop tomorrow (Saturday) between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm. I told her we would try to stop by.
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