JULY 10, 2001, TUESDAY
WELL, THE ONE BLESSING TODAY IS THAT IT RAINED ABOUT 4:30 THIS MORNING AND KEPT SPRINKLING UNTIL ABOUT 10 A.M. NICE COOL MORNING, BUT HOT AND HUMID IN THE AFTERNOON. JEFF ARRIVED AT 7:30 DURING BREAKFAST TO TELL US YUCKY LUMBER CALLED AND DOESN'T WANT TO DELIVER IN THE RAIN BECAUSE THE OSB FLOORING WILL DISINTERGRATE IN THE RAIN.� MY REPLY TO JEFF WAS:
1) OSB IS USED IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS
2) I NEVER ORDERED ANY OSB FOR THIS PROJECT
WE CALLED YUCKY LUMBER AND DISCOVERED THEY DON'T STOCK TREATED 3/4 PLYWOOD AND HAD SUBSTITUTED OSB, BUT HADN'T MENTIONED THE CHANGE. I TOLD THEM THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE ORDER, A SAVINGS OF $178, BUT NOW I HAVE NO FLOORING.IF I HAD HAD MY WITS ABOUT ME I WOULD HAVE RECHECKED THE INVOICE TO SEE IF THEY MADE ANY OTHER CHANGES. THEY PROMISED TO DELIVER THE BALANCE OF THE ORDER AND A CHECK FOR THE DIFFERENCE NO LATER THAN 3P.M. JON AND I DROVE TO TOWN AND WENT TO TH ROGERS LUMBER ON ROUTE 5.THEY DIDN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT TR PLY IN STOCK BUT CAN HAVE IT HERE BY TOMORROW WITH LUCK, BUT GUARANTEED BY THURSDAY MORNING. THEY WILL DELIVER THE PLY AND CONCRETE PRODUCTS AND I PRAY THEY ARE RELIABLE. JON AND I RETURNED AND INSTALLED THE KITCHEN SINK AND A TEMPORARY DRAIN.
TRAUMA 2: HEARD THE LUMBER TRUCK COMING UP THE HILL AT THE STROKE OF 3P.M. AND WENT OUT TO CHECK THE LOAD. THE BILL OF LADING WAS ALL WRONG. THEY HAVE SUBSTITUTED 5X5 POSTS, WHICH WILL WORK BUT WONT STAND PROUD OF THE SURFACE AS PLANNED. ALL THE STANDARD LUMBER IS RIGHT, BUT ALL THE TR LUMBER IS WRONG. THEY SUBSTITUTED 2X6 FOR ALL THE 2X8'S (THEY DON'T CARRY 2X8'S WHICH IS NUTTY) AND THEY SENT 16 FOOTERS INSTEAD OF 14'. IT TOOK AN HOUR AND A HALF TO DECIPHER THE MISTAKES AND TO MAKE PHONE CALLS BACK AND FORTH IN THE BLAZING SUN. THEY CLAIM THEY TOLD JEFF ABOUT THE CHANGES BUT THERE IS NO NOTE ON THE ESTIMATE, WHICH I NEVER ACTUALLY SAW OR I MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT IT. YUCKY IS GOING TO TAKE BACK THE 2X6 AND SUBSTITUTE 2X10. THIS MEANS THAT THE HOUSE FLOORS WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE KITCHEN BY AT LEAST 2 INCHES UNLESS WE CAN LOWER THE WHOLE BUILDING AREA A BIT. PERHAPS THE POSTHOLE MAN CAN DO THIS. THE WHOLE ORDER IS STILL SUCH A MESS I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS COMING BACK AND I SUSPECT I MAY BE SHORT OF FLOOR JOISTS FOR THE BEDROOMS. THE CHANGE TO 2X10'S RAISED THE TOTAL A BIT, BUT THEY STILL OWE ME BACK FOR THE OSB MESS. I HAVEN'T BALANCED THE BOOK YET, BUT THINK THE NEW FLOORING WILL RAISE THE ESTIMATE BY ABOUT $500 TO ABOUT $2506. GOOD THING I BROUGHT CASH. TO FINISH OFF THE DAY, THE OLD TV DIED ON US, SO WE WENT INTO TOWN TO WALMART AND BOUGHT A NEW TV ON SALE($80).TIRED AND FRUSTRATED AND SO TO BED AT 11:30 IN HOPES THAT TOMORROW WILL SEE THE ARRIVAL OF THE LAST OF THE LUMBER AND THE START OF REAL BUILDING. |