July 12th, 2007
July 12th–No the siding is not done
Thanks for asking though!!
And, oh yeah, Cement Dave had a small heart attack–remember when I said we would be lucky if he lived through this job…SIGH! Maybe working in 102 F degree heat is not a good idea…The thing that makes this difficult is we are not suppsed to know–so now I have to watch him like a hawk without him getting suspicious. He still plans on getting our first pour (the back patio) on Saturday
The good news is the insulators are coming tomorrow (Washington Insulation), so we can get our inspection on Monday and the drywallers can start on Tuesday–WHAT?? you say?? Wasn’t that supposed to happen last Monday? Good to see y’all are paying attention
The NICE guys (John and his brother–did not catch his name) that I hired to do this went out to get the materials for the job and were nice enough to call us from the store and let us know that the materials alone would be more than the materials and labour quote we had from Washington Insulation. A (wise) little bird (Drew) told us that no one could beat the prices of going straight to a company that insulates and does nothing but insulation…as they are the only ones who get an inside track on pricing on insulation—everyone else pays retail!! So happily enough these guys (since we were on a time and materials bid) told us we should really go with this other bid–It was only by chance that they even knew about the bid because as they were heading out the door they told me they were going to Washington Insulation to get the materials and I said "Haha…I got a bid from them and it was just over $1000…so don’t spend more than that!" It has not been my practice to compare bids openly with the subs…but in this case it is good it "slipped" out…saved us about $950. Had to wait until Friday the 13th to get the job done though…OOOOOH!! I am sure it will be fine though
I am not the superstitious type. We are still getting these guys (Precision Restoration) to do the drywall though…They will start on Tuesday as we do not know what time the inspector will meander by on Monday.
