Waiting For Next Step

No one showed up to work today. Don't know if/when work will resume. We did some more sorting through the debris pile in the garage and have salvaged as much as we want. There are several sheets of the foam used on the sunroom roof unused. I will tell Mike that if he has no other use for them on our job, we will keep them and maybe use them on the garage walls. We will not throw them away and they will not be removed by anyone else.

I sent a note to "Our" Mike, Tyler (architect) and Jim (glass roof) asking about the status of the glass roof. Three weeks ago today, Jim sent all of us revised drawings and asked for approval so that they could begin fabrication. I replied to Jim that, as soon as he got approval by both Mike and Tyler, he should let me know so I could arrange for the next payment to begin fabrication. At that time, Mike told me he needed to check a couple of measurements. Since then, I have asked Mike several times if he had taken his measurements. The last time was this week. Mike responded that he had and was waiting for Tyler to do something. The note I sent today was to see if Tyler knew he was supposed to be doing something. The prompt response from Tyler was "No". Interestingly, Jim also responded with a note with "revised" drawings attached. Tyler responded to Jim's note asking what was changed since they look identical to those he sent three weeks ago. I think they are and Jim was just sending them again. Mike has not responded and I don't expect him to do so. I will plan to call him tomorrow. The fabrication is expected to take 6+ weeks, so I don't feel like waiting several more weeks to get this part of the project moving ahead.

We received some sketches from Brent (cupola) showing dimensions for both the 30" and 48" cupolas for the sunroom and garage, respectively. He included an example of the curb as well. I forwarded these to both Tyler and Mike asking for input. Tyler responded promptly again, saying he had compared these to those shown on the construction drawings. He noted the garage cupola was 12" wider but not as tall as the one in the drawings. While a little "squat", he thought it would be OK. He thought the 30" sunroom cupola was too small however. In his opinion, "this size will not have the presence needed in scale with the building". It was also only 53" tall while his drawings called for one that was 67" tall. He also agreed with us that the cupolas needed a weather vane or "topper". After thanking Tyler for his input, I noted that, due to its hexagonal shape, the profile of the 30" cupola would actually be 34.6" along the ridge line (the 30" measurement is across the "flats" of the hexagonal). I also mentioned that one lingering concern I had was about the ventilation fan that we want to install in the cupolas. While Mike and I have kicked around a few ideas, we have never finalized this item. My concern is that if the sunroom cupola is too small, we might be limited on what we can do with the fan. I have calculated that we would need a fan capacity of roughly 2,000 cfm for the sunroom and up to 3,000 cfm for the garage. This is based on 15 air turn overs per hour. I asked Tyler if he agreed with this assessment, to which I got no response. I also asked Mike if we needed to sit down and discuss this with Frank (HVAC), to which I got no response. Before we order the cupolas, this has to be finalized. If I hear nothing further, I will include this in the call I make to Mike tomorrow.