Much Progress, Some Frustration, and COLD!
A lot has transpired since last I wrote. The inspector finally showed up last Wednesday and approved the footing. On Friday the workers came and filled in the hole and began doing the “framing” which consists of putting up the skeleton of the extension to the house. Work continued on the framing thru the weekend (including SuperBowl Sunday!) We watched the Superbowl in the cramped quarters of the living room. The Colts won in what some thought of as an upset…
Because of the bitter cold weather, the builders decided to go slightly out of sequence and so on Monday they put up the walls and part of the roof of the extension. Somehow in the process they knocked out the electricity to my daughter’s room, but she still has heat. Yesterday (Tuesday), was when the roofers were originally supposed to come. I took the day off to move stuff to the storage unit but when the workers showed up they told us they were going to put in the windows and doors! Wife and I had to scramble to move stuff out of the way to allow this to happen. It was really cold outside (like 10 degrees!) and the house quickly lost heat. We moved the stuff that needed to be moved (like perishable plants and pets) and also talked to the foreman who said we needed to pick out a front door! We took a ride to the door place and picked one out and then we went out to lunch. Later that day, we went back to the house and it was still freezing. We had the dogs and cats in the one room in the house that no windows were being installed, along with all the perishable plants. Finally all the doors and windows were in. Still no power in daughter’s room, though..
Today was the killer. We found out that some of the windows and the sliding glass doors were the wrong type. They had the kind of glass that filters out the light essential to our indoor plants. We had gone over what we wanted with the builder but with all the confusion and the fact that it was not the standard, something was lost in the translation. Moral: Get EVERYTHING in writing! Wife was not happy but we worked it out that they will install the right stuff in the coming days, hopefully! We’ll see what happens. Also today, the roofers came to begin to put the new roof on because the weather has warmed up slightly (high of 23 degrees today so far!). Shrubbery is suffering since the dumpster was full so the roofers were just flinging things off the roof onto the ground below. They replaced the full dumpster with a new empty one but the damage is done. Wow, what a couple of weeks. Will continue to report the progress of the coming days for posterity!
Because of the bitter cold weather, the builders decided to go slightly out of sequence and so on Monday they put up the walls and part of the roof of the extension. Somehow in the process they knocked out the electricity to my daughter’s room, but she still has heat. Yesterday (Tuesday), was when the roofers were originally supposed to come. I took the day off to move stuff to the storage unit but when the workers showed up they told us they were going to put in the windows and doors! Wife and I had to scramble to move stuff out of the way to allow this to happen. It was really cold outside (like 10 degrees!) and the house quickly lost heat. We moved the stuff that needed to be moved (like perishable plants and pets) and also talked to the foreman who said we needed to pick out a front door! We took a ride to the door place and picked one out and then we went out to lunch. Later that day, we went back to the house and it was still freezing. We had the dogs and cats in the one room in the house that no windows were being installed, along with all the perishable plants. Finally all the doors and windows were in. Still no power in daughter’s room, though..
Today was the killer. We found out that some of the windows and the sliding glass doors were the wrong type. They had the kind of glass that filters out the light essential to our indoor plants. We had gone over what we wanted with the builder but with all the confusion and the fact that it was not the standard, something was lost in the translation. Moral: Get EVERYTHING in writing! Wife was not happy but we worked it out that they will install the right stuff in the coming days, hopefully! We’ll see what happens. Also today, the roofers came to begin to put the new roof on because the weather has warmed up slightly (high of 23 degrees today so far!). Shrubbery is suffering since the dumpster was full so the roofers were just flinging things off the roof onto the ground below. They replaced the full dumpster with a new empty one but the damage is done. Wow, what a couple of weeks. Will continue to report the progress of the coming days for posterity!
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