You Have Got To Be Kidding!

Another beautiful Spring day in St. Louis. Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer. Spenser and I spent a nice part of the afternoon in the park up the street. We had the park to ourselves and Spenser ran (walked) with reckless abandon.

Considering the nice weather, it was gratifying to see the roofers return this morning. I noticed that Bret had arrived to ensure his crew knew what to do. I went out and chatted with him. He said that with rain forecast for Wednesday evening, he wanted to get the sunroom and garage finished. I readily agreed, ignoring the notion to mention the last two weeks of rain. I did mention that they still had some shingling to complete around the south dormers on the main house and those same dormers still needed to have ridge vents installed. Bret's first reaction was that "we normally don't put vents on dormers". I quickly reminded him that he had previously assured me that they would install these vents and that they had already done so on the west and east dormers. "Aha!" Bret said he remembered and they would indeed install them (I will watch closely). I also reminded him that I wanted all the gutter leaf screens replaced. He said they would do so along with re-installing the finials. I asked Bret if he thought he had enough shingles to finish the job. He assured me that they did. He also said these high-end "lifetime" shingles are hard to get. Based on what I have seen so far, I expressed my doubts in regards to having enough to finish the job, but Bret is the expert...right?

The roofers left about 2:40 pm. I wish I could say they had finished, but no, they ran out of shingles!! They finished the sunroom and 3/4 of the south face of the garage. They did nothing more on the main house. At least we now have a completed roof over the sunroom. I hope we don't have to wait two more weeks for more shingles. At least they won't (shouldn't) be paid until the job is complete.

I called the office of Patrick (ventilation engineer) about mid-morning. The lady who answered said Patrick was on another line and would call me back. I was not surprised when he did not call. Despite his initial positive response to our inquiry, this guy has wasted three weeks of our time. Damn engineers, they are all the same and they all know each other!