10:30ish-I called my contact at the lumberyard to inquire on the iJoists, since we needed some information to give the architect, in order for him to give his blessing on the plan change (our drawings showed 2x12s for the floor, but we went with the iJoists) and then I could forward that on to the county. They are sticklers for structural changes from plan being documented and approved.
Anyhow, Eric proceeded to ask me if I was pissed about the bad news. Of course I jumped to the conclusion that I had not yet been told that our trusses would not be delivered as scheduled on Thursday. I think my exact words were "don't fucking tell me that my trusses aren't being delivered tomorrow." My conclusion was wrong. He said they were delivered this morning!! Great news, right? Wrong. Apparently the truck had been sitting at our site for the last 3 hours, but unable to maneuver our meandering driveway to make it back to the site and drop off the trusses.
DAMMIT!
So I immediately headed over to see if I could bring anything to the table.
11ish-I arrive and the truck is gone. Mike, The Carpenter, is there. At which point, he gives me the bad news...that I already know. He then gives me a little tour of our driveway and all the trees that need to come down, stumps that need to be ground, fence posts that need to be removed and widening that needs to be done. I am beyond mad. But really, more disappointed than mad. Because I don't understand how this wasn't realized when the truss rep was out to measure last week. We took down the trees on the bend, that they said we needed to...I guess they just didn't realize it wouldn't be enough.
The other disappointment was that we were not called the moment (or even within the couple of hours!) that they realized there was a problem. Not that we could have done anything, but it made me feel even more helpless that we weren't involved in the conversation. Unfortunately Mike and I had a heated exchange about this, which mostly ended with both of us giving each other a pass.
12ish-after catching up Alex and him calling the truss rep, a game plan is formed.
12:30ish-I drop off the chainsaws and work gear
3:05-Alex arrives and gets to work, leveling out the stumps
6ish-he finishes
7ish-Excavator calls to meet Alex at the site to discuss what bobcat work needs to be done to widen the drive
10:30-I blog about it.
Our truck sitting in the yard, waiting for another day. So sad. |
TO BE CONTINUED....
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