Had a great walk-through with the architect and contractor today. I think we were able to come to an amicable resolution to our HVAC issue, pending a thumbs-up from the HVAC sub-contractor. The drywall subs did not show up today due to a backload of work as a result of the cold weather. Hopefully they will make an appearance on Thursday so we can get things going there, despite a threat of snow…originally forecasted to be as much as six inches, but then fizzled to a prediction of maybe an inch. The most optimistic news we heard was that if all of the sudden it were to turn warmer, we would be about two-and-a-half weeks away from finishing. So, if it were to all of the sudden turn 75-degrees tomorrow (or even 45-degrees, for that matter) we could easily be done by the end of January. However, not only did we suffer through the second-wettest October on record, we are facing one of the longest stretches of sub-freezing temperatures this fair city can remember. We have had six straight days of not getting above 32-degrees and are bearing down on at least four more days before it finally gets into the 40s.
No additional brick work will take place until we get a string of two or three 45-degree days. The cold isn’t going to help the drywall mud dry quickly either. Since we are doing all of the interior painting ourselves, we are anxious for the weather to warm up so the paint will adhere properly and dry quickly, too. So, instead of a half-glass-full view we are taking the glass-half-empty approach and are still guessing at least four more weeks. On top of that, we still have exterior painting of the trim and staining of the front porch that will need to be done, and it must get much warmer for that. So we could be done in February, but not really be done until April. Blah!
On the bizarre side, I received an email from our lighting contractor asking for an immediate signature on the purchase order so he could place the lighting order. I signed it and sent it back with a reminder that I had done this previously on December 23, 2009…14 days ago…which is the same day my contractor came and paid for them. I just wanted to make sure the order didn’t get placed twice. He then left me a convoluted message apologizing for the confusion, that he accidentally didn’t place the order and will eat the cost of placing the rush order to get the lights in next week. He also said he left a message for the contractor to come by and pay…which he did 14 days ago. Not a real big deal, but just a little strange. He was very helpful and very patient, but what we told him one day seemed to be out of his memory the next. Out of sight out of mind, I guess. But we can’t do anything with the lights until we prime and paint, which we can’t do until they finish the drywall. I don’t think we will get to begin painting for another week, so I would rather the lights be kept nice and warm somewhere else because there is no room at the Smith house to put them until we are ready to hang them.
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