Fortress Update

The news this morning is not so good. Together with a friend (Dick F.) who is very experienced in concrete construction, I went over the roof form and rebar very carefully, “pre-inspecting” it myself. We found eight problems, some of which are likely to cause a problem with the inspection. The rest might pass inspection, but they are problems for me – for example, the slope of the roof is lower than the plan, which will likely cause pooling.

So this morning I have a meeting with my contractor, whom I hope will be able to address my list of complaints. We'll see…

Update: met with my contractor, and I have secured his agreement to fix every item on my list. Now if he'll just do the uncharacteristic thing, and actually follow through with his promise…

Update II and bump: Well, my contractor is behaving exactly as usual – incommunicado for most of yesterday and today, promises to show up here to do the work before the inspection (which was rescheduled for tomorrow morning (Thursday), and … nothing. Nada. Zip. No contractor. No masons. No phone calls. No returned phone calls.

Sigh.

Meanwhile, Paul J. had me in stitches with this email:

Sounds like an opportunity...

You contract David directly, Dick F. oversees for one of those packs of beer that you hate, but America being America you have to consider the insurance......... . Ah- sue Contractor's insurance for the cost :-)

Better still, pay David in education credits for his kids and get a tax break? Get a TV channel to sponsor the Fortress as a reality show.......

This is getting silly, need to turn in now.

It will work out, even if you have to ask the blog readers to turn up en-masse and fix it up for the price of a BBQ. You can profile the volunteers based on their answers to your science-related weekly quizzes.

How about it, dear readers? Are you up for a BBQ?