Monday, November 5, 2007

No matter how many questions you ask

Okay, even after I specifically asked "man in charge of wallcutting"----- "what do I need to do to prepare for the wall cutting?" and he said, "is the basement finished?" and I said "yes" he said it would be good to pull back the carpet 2 or 3 feet from the wall because there will be 1 or 2 gallons of water that will spray through when they cut which they'll vacuum up. He even said if I didn't do that they would but I didn't trust them to get the carpet pulled away without messing it up so we did it yesterday.

This morning "actual I will cut the wall guy" tells me it would have been better if we would have cut away the drywall where the window will be because "we don't do that." Stupid me. I thought they'd cut right through the cement and drywall. So "if it's built right, the water will just run down and we'll vacuum it up. However, if not, it'll just sit there soaking into insulation and drywall." Right now, as I type, cement is being cut and water is being sprayed into my drywall, either running down the wall, through the insulation, draining out the bottom or soaking nicely into insulation and drywall--a developing hotbed of mold. Guess what we'll be doing after work? Dean'll go home at noon and see if he thinks it can wait that long or if we'll need to take the afternoon off to open it up sooner. Geez. You think you have all your bases covered....◦
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2 comments:

Jerry said...

I DON'T THINK THIS WILL EVER END. MAYBE YOU SHOULD WRITE A DO IT YOURSELF BOOK, ON "HOW NOT TO DO IT"

Cathy said...

There better be an end, Dad. Otherwise Dean might have to hit you up for money to pay for my therapy! Or even worse, he might put me in a box, tape it up and mail me to you.