This week we met our third foreman for our job - John. In the beginning we were told that Nate was our foreman, until he was sidelined with a kitchen remodel for the company owner. That is when Steve took over. Steve worked until two months of complaining that he was (a) not showing up for the appropriate number of hours and (b) not actually getting things done caused him to get reassigned. At this point Nate came back to act as foreman for a few weeks, although he disappeared after a while and we were told that he quit. Now we have John, who spent a good chunk of Tuesday just walking around the house to get a handle on what needed completing. It was very fortuitous that I was home for Veteran's Day to be able to facilitate this process.
It was fun, however, to see someone jump in, make a quick trip to Home Depot, and come back with necessary parts to get some work done. The garage man door is now installed and the basement-garage door has been purchased. We made some choices about how to wrap the beams in the guest room. We discussed the drywall issues. We addressed the incomplete siding and unfinished porch awning. Already this feels like progress.
It was fun, however, to see someone jump in, make a quick trip to Home Depot, and come back with necessary parts to get some work done. The garage man door is now installed and the basement-garage door has been purchased. We made some choices about how to wrap the beams in the guest room. We discussed the drywall issues. We addressed the incomplete siding and unfinished porch awning. Already this feels like progress.
The contractors ripped the deck off last week, but it was not able to be completed this week. This has been an ongoing frustration - they left a project for the middle of winter that needs three consecutive days of dry, warm weather. This week we finally have dry weather, but not 10 hour stretches of 45 degree or warmer temperatures. Nothing we said or did could change the contractors' plans to do the deck last, though, so this has been a major challenge.
The plumbing for the main bathroom is partially complete this week - awaiting the hookups to water lines so that we can actually use the sinks, and caulking in the tub so that we can actually shower on the main floor.
The tile floors still needs to be sealed, though the contractors did chip out the tile broken by the drywallers and should be replacing it first.
We painted all the baseboard trim, and it is getting installed, which is the final step in starting to regain control of our living spaces. Well, that and carpet upstairs, but that seems to be on hold for some mysterious reason.
The guys continued to work on cleaning up the drywall edges, puttying the nail holes and caulking trim. Lots of tedious work, but necessary in order to finish. Likewise, we spent most evenings caulking the gaps in the tongue and groove and painting the walls that were available to us. The result is good... eventually.
