as you said, on the positive side it is at least moving along. is the same crew going to do the siding, etc? in that last pic it really is looking pretty good.
jim
Zombie thread back from the dead!
They (framers)left before ever finishing what they committed too and screwed up a lot of what they did. Window openings so out of square window wouldn't even go in. Patio door RO 8" too tall etc.
For the siding I had contacted 5 companies, one older gent declined due to height, which I understand and he was straight forward about it. The other 4 set appointments but no call, no show. Ended up installing 36+SQ of siding myself. Turned out it was a good thing though. Framers did horrible job attaching the siding and I spent HOURS fixing it as I went. Many high up panels missed the studs and were loose, panels actually overlapping, joints in the middle of cavities and not on studs etc.
Spray foamers, the only one of 3 that gave a written quote had to come back 3 times due to missed areas. Also left me with a mess on my fiberglass tub that to this day hasn't gone away. Was going to have them give me a quote on the shop insulation and grill the estimator about removing the residue from the tub but they are out of business, RetroFoam of Nashville. The reviews dated after my job complain of similar problems.
Mudding and taping of drywall went great. Had a local guy who retired from Budd wheel manufacturing and does drywall as his "retirement" job.
Couple years ago we had a signed purchase agreement for 38 acres behind us that ran along our entire rear boundary. Day of closing it fell apart. 3 different title companies would not write a policy on it without a current survey. Sellers said no to the survey or I'd have to pay for it. Was not interested in taking on that potential risk because any one of the 8 adjacent property owners could have made a mess out of it. So it was subdivided into 6 funny shaped lots. We offered to buy a large 15 acre piece w/o road frontage but no dice. Was told by a local the relator turned the sellers against us and pushed for subdividing.
So recently we were at a land auction and bought 30 acres of a farm that was being parceled off. Closing was to be 8/7. Found out yesterday the property owner.....died. Now closing is up in the air.
The HVAC system is on summer #3 and working great.
It's a DIY dual mini-split system. Energy consumption is good, last month with a/c on constant only used <600 kwh.
Cut into the hillside and made some flatland for the wifes greenhouse and animal huts.
Originally planned to contract most of this build out but in the end I had to do LOTS just to keep the project moving.
