Joe, the woodwork finisher arrived at 8:00 am. He asked what the problem was. Recall that Joe spent an entire day (December 15) filling in nail holes. I told him that he had missed numerous nail holes plus several gouges. I also asked if he would do the nail holes in the window frames. These should have been addressed by Jerry (painter) when he stained the window frames. But, for some reason, it was not done. As for the nail holes he missed, Joe wanted me to point out some. I did, even though they were hard to see in the dim morning light. I commented that he really needed a strong light to see the holes. Joe admitted he did not use a light when he was here back in December. He also said that he did not know he was supposed to address gouges in the woodwork. He said he could do the window frame holes if I wanted him to do so.
Joe did use a light this time and spent an additional six hours filling nail holes and gouges in the woodwork. Around 2:30 pm, he called me out and said he was finished and wanted me to look things over and agree all was complete. I easily found six gouges or flaws in the finishing that needed to be addressed. As I pointed these out, Joe agreed each needed to be fixed, and he did. Bottom line is that, while Joe did a good job, he was not diligent in his effort. He said he did not have enough time today to fill the holes in the window frame, but would come back if I wanted him to do so. I told him I would call him if we did. He said he thought it would take another one-half day to do the window frames. I think we may do them ourselves.
Steve (fencing) showed up this morning as well to trim the southeast gate. He came and went without communication. It seems that he did want needed to be done.
No one else showed up until 2:30 pm when Wally (irrigation and lighting), Todd (pond guy) and some of John's landscaping guys arrived. Wally worked until 6:00 pm and complained that he "just ran out of daylight". I had to bite my tongue not to suggest he show up a little bit earlier next time. Todd was here to see if he could stop the leak in the pond. He did not talk to me and did not stay long. It appears he lowered the skimmer so that the level in the pond will not be so high before the overflow is reached. He also pulled up the rubber liner around the skimmer. When John showed up, Todd had left. Not knowing exactly what Todd did, we don't know if it fixed the problem. We filled the pond to the overflow and we will watch it for a few days.
John's guys modified the back patio and laid out the stepping stones from the mound to the patio. They also were going to glue down the caps on the patio wall and pour sand in between the patio pavers. They did neither of these last two items due to the wet conditions. They did put more mulch down along the northeast fence line and along the walkway on the south side of the sunroom. Less mud!!
