Day 45-46

Except for the darn dumpster that seems to linger forever and ever, our positive energy for this project has been renewed! More on the evil dumpster later.

Days 45 and 46 were spent on demo on the second floor. It’s currently a messy construction site, but it already looks so much better. The walls have been opened up and that makes the place look almost twice as big. Seeing the work Lazaro and Arturo did make us happy, happy, happy! They are such hard workers and really know what they’re doing.

The following before and after photos show what you see when you enter the second story:

Now for the dumpster news. I called our contractor and said the dumpster had to go and that I was very unhappy we had been paying for a full dumpster for almost two weeks. My contractor said the dumpster was included in Manor Foster’s foundation/demo bid. I said that was a relief but that I’d been promised it would be moved for over a week now and that it was blocking the alley that I share with neighbors. Neighbors who would like to park their cars in their garages—especially since Tropical Storm Edouard would be bringing heavy wind and rain tonight. To make a long, annoying story short, the dumpster company said Manor owes them $1100. Manor said that’s bull. I fully expect that dumpster to be here through the week. I’m going to celebrate the day that thing is carted out of here!

Here's a panoramic of the second story (since I don't have a wide-angle lense I pieced a few photos together). Forgive my lacking Photoshop skills.