Garage and House Build/Remodel Update – 6/14/16

Garage:

  1. My slab is cured and the densifyer has been applied.  really happy with the results – a big thank you to Mr. Mark Flood!!
  2. The ground around my garage slab is all level.  I rented a Skid-Steer this past weekend and played in the dirt.  Hauled 2 yards of excess over to the neighbors yard to fill some voids and I used the skid-steer to pull out 7 small stumps for her.
  3. Got a call from the builder yesterday and the lumber will be onsite today, Framing starts Wednesday, and trusses are delivered on Friday.
  4. Was asked to move the Honey-bucket so that the lumber would have enough room.  Odd, request for my builder to make of the homeowner/customer, but I did it just so there would be no issues with the lumber delivery.
  5. If schedule holds, windows and siding start next Wednesday, and we will be fully in the dry by next Friday.
  6. It looks like I will be installing the windows as I am more particular than the builder about such things.
  7. My son, The Ruminator, will be here for a few weeks and I will get him help me run wire in the garage shell.
  8. My 2-post car lift will be installed by the end of the month

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House:

  1. We are finishing up the paint on the main level.
  2. I need to start putting the 1/4 round trim back down.
  3. Bathroom: there is tile work to finish and a mirror to be hung.
  4. Basement remodel is stalled.  We had the head manager for the plumbing company out on Saturday after we found even more problems with the work that was done and we have told them: “…in light of the previous and continuing issues, incomplete work, existing damage caused by your subcontractors that we will have to have repaired, and that the basement portion of our remodel has been brought a complete stop,  my wife and I do not want a____________ employee, or anyone from a subsidiary company back in our home.  We do not wish to continue dealing with _______.”  We can’t really touch anything until they agree to this.  If they do not, then we can’t do anything as the matter will have to be settled via remediation.