Battled with the contractor over HVAC. We originally thought we were going to have one new unit covering the whole house. Contractor says we had agreed on one new unit for the addition, and the existing older unit for the existing house. He's wrong, but we are too far gone to turn back. Hope to strike some sort of deal with him Wednesday that would allow him to rework the ducts so all of the bedrooms are on the new unit, and everything else is on the old unit.
We now have a back door, and that was a battle that lasted way too long. The concrete frame was widened to 36-inches from a very skinny 30-inches, so it is now wide enough to easily get items in and out of the bottom level of the house.
Amazingly, the house is a little bit warmer now that the back door is in place. It also helps that all of the drywall is now in place and the drywall sub-contractor will be out Wednesday to starting mudding and skimming the walls. The problem now is getting the mud to dry quickly. Normally you would mud and come back and sand the next day, and repeat that process two more times for a total of six days. With it being as cold as it is, it might take twice that long.
Because of the cold weather, we have stopped placing bricks on the house. It has to be above freezing for the mortar to set properly, so we won't be seeing the brick masons for a least another week
The architect and builder will be on site Wednesday for a walk-through with me to ensure that we have no other issues like the HVAC issue the remainder of the project.
Sub-contractors and the project foreman were all very happy to see me go back to work Monday.
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