Porch Renovation 3

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Monday was a beautiful autumnal day.
Hark! Do you hear the pitty-pat of rain?
Hark! Do you hear the happy whistling of the builder?
Hark! Do you hear the digger scooping out footer trenches?
“no. No. No,” I hear you say.
Alas. “Another wasted,perfect-for-building day.
Late afternoon, at 4:15, a large truck delivered a load of rebar supplies. Dare we hope for the action to begin?
Tuesday, October 18: Ditto Monday’s weather, but, no one did anything all day.
Wednesday’s weather was gorgeous. The kind of early Fall conditions you just know are numbered before the snow flies.
In the evening, we phoned the builder. He said he was keeping an eye on the weather! Really? He also mentioned that due to the previous week’s rain, his first choice mason is backed up and can’t get to us. Another mason was recommended and Jeff will check him out. No e-mail came this evening to say what happened with the second mason.
We had a call from ACE Swm and Leasure, saying that our Jacuzzi has arrived and when do we want it delivered? The beautiful Brazilian Teak hot tubwill have to wait awhile. Maybe we should just install it on our existing patio!
Ditto with Thursday’s weather, although the temperature is a bit chillier.
I’m wondering if the rain situation is just a procrastination ploy. It seems to me that, since the specs call for ‘stiff’ cement and the builder said they’d probably be able to start setting the cement block after one day, why can’t they dig and pour the footers. Place plastic over the top, in case there is heavy rain over-night, then, set the foundation blocks.
Well, here it is Friday. The weather is over-cast and chilly, but there isn’t any rain. How silly of me to think they’d actually come, just because the rebars are on the grass. Does it matter if they’re rusty?
It’s probably a moot point to wonder if these blokes will work on a weekend, so, tomorrow we’ll feast on pulled pork from one of the local churches and Sunday we’ll pick up John and Tyler to have brunch at Olive Garden. Yum!