Day 38

I talked to our contractor about the Cat 5 situation. He’s on vacation so he hadn’t seen my e-mail with photos of the problem. When I told him what the crew did he said, “That’s dumb.” My thoughts exactly. He said they’d run a new line if they had too. He mentioned it possibly being visible if it would be hard to bury—which I didn’t like. We’ll have to make sure it’s done correctly. We don’t want a wire running overhead from our house to the garage—that’s the entire reason Brad took the time to bury it.

This morning the foundation crew came back to pour the footing for the retaining wall. Guess what. They poured it wrong. There’s supposed to be two feet between the patio and the retaining wall (for a walkway). The way they have the footing poured makes it only one foot, which is hardly a walkway. They also have the rebar too high—which means the wall would be higher than the current retaining wall. Brad left a message with our contractor and hopefully we’ll hear from him before the crew comes back to complete the wall. If not one of us is going to have to go out there and make sure they don’t start on the retaining wall.

When the foundation crew finished up, Lazaro and his assistant started framing the garage. Yay! In the photo you can hardly tell, but it’s there. Really. Our contractor thought it might be completely framed by the end of the week. I won’t hold my breath.

I will sign off with a photo of the overfilled dumpster that was supposed to be gone at least three weeks ago. It’s been that full for over a week and is starting to smell really bad. That has got to go this week!