Thanks guys!
Problem is guys (no one cares about your own stuff like you do.(just like your kids)
Trust me, I am no genius.(that's my daughter
)but honestly when something starts that involves me either me doing work for or having work done for me-------I investigate and try to have all the knowledge I can obtain.
Like all the stuff after those guys left(the lumber/synthetic underlayment rolls/boxes of ????(stuck halfway under a board etc.)---I covered everything with all my tarps(it is supposed to rain tonight/tomorrow.
Am I a little anal on things maybe???? But when I read stuff----like the underlayment required/and they are talking about rubber washers(neoprene is what is the best)lapping seams opposite the usual way the wind normally comes from etc.----(I want stuff done right.)
Example----couple years ago(had hand scraped oak floors put in)whole place. That crew said we will meet you on your deck at 8am that morning. At 7.45am I pull up driveway, there on my deck are 8 guys(40 sheets of plywood and 87 boxes of wood on the ground below.That night went up to place until midnight getting things ready for them etc.(all was well)
So, I get out of SUV and immediately one of them say--------there you are(we thought you were sleeping, we were banging on the windows/doors but no one answered.
One of them said----we tried every which way to get into your house and boy do you have a tight house.
So, I walk in basement door(unlock) go upstairs and let boss in. Start discussing events for the day, while discussing things walk over to great big bow Anderson window(the window besides deck and an inch away from the edges of 40 sheets of plywood/pry bars/all these tools for installing floors.
See a huge crack in that (very expensive window)
The right section crank out side.Next to edge of deck railing(where plywood/tools are)Only they are on the outside of (now cracked window)
Gulp,----look at Bob and say-----what the he## is this? He says----I don't know??? Did someone mess with your place last night??
That's it(the switch flipped)
I said---Bob, I am asking this one time(who busted my window)??? cause I was up here until midnight and it was fine then-------(and people around here know you don't mess with me up here) He said------I am sure it wasn't us. He opened the door and said-----guys do any of you know what happened here??? They said---------Nope!
I said well that's it--------you bums are all fired------grab all your sh##/all materials/every frigin thing and get the he## off my property or else it's going to nothing but a## holes and elbows. Any of you morons got a problem toady on up toads and hop your a##es on over here.
he said-----are you serious?? (you want to cancel everything-----------I said-----------You have no option(your done)Looking at them----you all are done!
He then went and gathered his crew and walked down to the creek(yelling at the group)heard him say----who did it/you idiots are going to cost me $$$$$$ of dollars. He then came up and said----well its possible one of them unknowingly threw a tool up there unloading and hit the window-----we will pay for it-------I kept them out there standing for over an hour(should I stay/should I go???)
Finally said-----OK----but anyone-----you lie to me---------------------that's all she wrote(no crying Elmarie)
All it took----after that-----those guys were absolutely unreal-----best group of workers I have ever seen.
In the end----the window(he was going to have a glass fitter come up and replace glass)but I knew with those Anderson gas units crank outs it wouldn't be right-----told him(my good man---don't sweat it---I got it)called Anderson ordered whole pane(put it in myself)did cost me $270 though----oh well-------they were very good quality workers.(considered a tip)???
Oh----the sliding door couple weeks back I did have them replace glass($450 vs $1700 new unit)-----they put the door upside down(it works but I will fix that one)
Don't trust them two who did that doing it right!
Wife said-----back when it was done and she came home-----honey-----didn't to lock used to be on the top??????
See---can't catch everything!------hey---it works!
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