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No pictures today.
Had another big leak last night. Now we are mad. Not a good conversation with the main guy we are working with. May end up having to fight with him. His partner seems to be more easy to deal with.
Supposedly they are to be done tomorrow (Wednesday) which will include new topsoil and grass seed. I'll believe it when we see it.
Project already 2 weeks over schedule. Contractor gave us sob-story about how he's not making any money and we shouldn't hold his last payment, yada, yada, yada...
He'll get his payment once we are satisfied everything is complete. Based on what they got done yesterday (which didn't seem to be much), we do NOT have confidence that this will be fully done tomorrow.
Final walk-around at 8am tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
DAY 33
Friday was Day 33 of our little project.
They finished the siding on the back...
...as well as put the new siding on our side porch.
New scheduled finish date is Tuesday. They still have to put up some gutters in the back, fix a couple minor issues and then do some siding on the front of the house as well as clean up and seed the yard with new grass. Hopefully Tuesday afternoon the dumpster will be gone from our driveway.
Unfortunately there are suppossed to be some thunderstorms today so I'm thinking Wednesday may be the last day.
They finished the siding on the back...
...as well as put the new siding on our side porch.
New scheduled finish date is Tuesday. They still have to put up some gutters in the back, fix a couple minor issues and then do some siding on the front of the house as well as clean up and seed the yard with new grass. Hopefully Tuesday afternoon the dumpster will be gone from our driveway.
Unfortunately there are suppossed to be some thunderstorms today so I'm thinking Wednesday may be the last day.
Friday, August 7, 2009
DAY 32
Did a bunch of siding and roofing yesterday. Maybe they read my blog and it got them motivated.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
MAXWELL OF CASSWELL IS BACK!!
Oh yeah, I also found this peering at me when I got home yesterday.
More to come on this....
More to come on this....
DAY 31 - WHEN THE CATS AWAY....
...THE MICE WILL PLAY!!
Okay, that's what it kind of feels like right now. We are in the home stretch with the contractor. He was suppossedly going to finish up this week. However, nobody is home during the day this week (kids are with Grandparents and cousins all week and we are at work). Seems to me that the work is going really slow the last few days and it makes me wonder how long they are actually working each day. Oh well, I'm not paying them by the hour. Just want to get the yard cleaned up and that monster of a dumpster off my driveway!!!
So, here's what was done yesterday. They did a minor amount of cleanup in the yard. What really gets me though is that I came home and in the dumpster were at least 3 full bags of unused cement (useless now as the bags ripped open) and a bunch of concrete block. What a waste and WE PAID FOR IT!!! I grabbed some block out and put up a note saying to save all unused building materials going forward.
Other than the minor clean-up, they did a little bit of sideing on the back (around the window in the new bathroom).
Here's what still needs done:
1) Re-do the roof on the existing addition to match the new shingles.
2) Put siding up on the remaining portions of the new addition.
3) Replace siding all around the house.
4) Replace all gutters.
5) Replace all sofit and facia.
6) Remove dental molding on front of house and replace with siding.
7) Fix the issues with the gutter they have already put up.
8) Clean-up the yard.
9) Re-seed the side and back of the yard.
How they expect to get this done today and tomorrow is beyond me, seeing as how the work seems to be dragging out this week.
Okay, that's what it kind of feels like right now. We are in the home stretch with the contractor. He was suppossedly going to finish up this week. However, nobody is home during the day this week (kids are with Grandparents and cousins all week and we are at work). Seems to me that the work is going really slow the last few days and it makes me wonder how long they are actually working each day. Oh well, I'm not paying them by the hour. Just want to get the yard cleaned up and that monster of a dumpster off my driveway!!!
So, here's what was done yesterday. They did a minor amount of cleanup in the yard. What really gets me though is that I came home and in the dumpster were at least 3 full bags of unused cement (useless now as the bags ripped open) and a bunch of concrete block. What a waste and WE PAID FOR IT!!! I grabbed some block out and put up a note saying to save all unused building materials going forward.
Other than the minor clean-up, they did a little bit of sideing on the back (around the window in the new bathroom).
Here's what still needs done:
1) Re-do the roof on the existing addition to match the new shingles.
2) Put siding up on the remaining portions of the new addition.
3) Replace siding all around the house.
4) Replace all gutters.
5) Replace all sofit and facia.
6) Remove dental molding on front of house and replace with siding.
7) Fix the issues with the gutter they have already put up.
8) Clean-up the yard.
9) Re-seed the side and back of the yard.
How they expect to get this done today and tomorrow is beyond me, seeing as how the work seems to be dragging out this week.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
DAY 30 - SPOT THE DIFFERNCE
Today we are going to play a little game. It's called "Spot The Difference"! The object of the game is to spot what is different in the two pictures below. We are trying to figure out just what was done yesterday. We are having trouble figuring it out.
Picture 1:
Picture 2:
Can you tell what's different??
Okay, I'm just being a little facetious today. As you can see a little bit of siding went up on the side of the new addition and a tiny bit of Tyvek was added on the back. They also put the shingles on the other side of the new roof.
Picture 1:
Picture 2:
Can you tell what's different??
Okay, I'm just being a little facetious today. As you can see a little bit of siding went up on the side of the new addition and a tiny bit of Tyvek was added on the back. They also put the shingles on the other side of the new roof.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Day 26-29
On Day 26 (last Friday), they closed off the upstairs and installed the new window in the bathroom.
They also removed the window in the existing bathroom...
...and took out the bedroom window and framed for the new door into the master bath.
On Day 29 (yesterday), they installed shingles on most of the roof.
They also removed the window in the existing bathroom...
...and took out the bedroom window and framed for the new door into the master bath.
On Day 29 (yesterday), they installed shingles on most of the roof.
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