I asked about the masonry people who told us they would be here two weeks ago to finish the work they started (and have been paid for) several months ago. Mike said he needed to call them. I asked about the electrical which is unfinished. Mike said that Chris was working with him on that day and he would talk with him. I asked about the cabinet facings that Mike had questions on their installation. Mike said he needed to call Bob to get the questions resolved. Mike also said he got the email I sent a couple of weeks ago about going with Tiger wood rails on the west and second floor decks. Bottom line is that our project has not gotten much attention for the past month. Not a surprise, but still disappointing.
Yesterday was a nice autumn day. A couple of guys from the landscapers showed up and started excavating around the valves from the pond pump up to the upper pond. I had mentioned to John last week that it appeared we were losing water and pointed out to him that there was water in the valve boxes. Over the past week, I guess we lost one to two inches of water from the lower pond. That is a lot of water. Thankfully, the guys found a small crack in the PVC tee. They shut down the pump flow and over the course of the day, the upper pond essentially drained into the hole they dug around the valve.
They did not attempt to replace the tee, but once they had found this problem, they turned their attention to making the holes for the Hornbeams larger along the east fence line. They left around 1:30 pm. We later got a text message from John apologizing for not being there and that he expected to be in tomorrow (today) with the Hornbeams.
