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We discovered that we had been sent some
joists of the wrong size, Swift's Building Materials came and picked
them up and brought the right length. But the BIGGEST surprise was that
it was discovered that the location of the window on the west wall in
what will be my bathroom, was drawn in different places on different
pages of the plans. On the elevation drawing, it was lined up vertically
directly above the first floor window under it. But on the floor plan
page, if you re-drew it where it was suppose to be, it was smack
dab over the sinks, and not evenly spaced between then even.
Mike came to talk to me with plans and
pencil in hand. Some people suggested that I eliminate the window...nah,
I wouldn't agree to that. I really don't like bathrooms without a
functioning window. It is such a pleasure to get out of the shower with
the Gulf Breeze blowing you dry. So, we decided to move the bathroom
wall 2 ft. into the bedroom. But then because of the bedroom ceiling, we
had to move the other closet, the one that will be on the other side of the
bedroom entry door. That added 2 feet to the little office. I'm OK with
that.
What all this wall moving did was
create a small space about 2 ft x 2 ft in the corner of the
bedroom between closet and west wall, behind some built in
shelves. This is great since Dan and Mike were trying to figure out how
we were gonna get all the AC up into the bedroom ceiling space. It is
over the garage , is wider, and has a totally different height than the
rest of the house running south.
Mike went over to Mobile today to Ted
Dial's office, so I am sure he mentioned this wall moving to them so in
case anyone knows any reason not to make this change they can say so. If
you have custom plans drawn, you just can't go over them too much to be
sure things line up as expected. Dan likes to have them printed on
acetate so you can over-lay them to be sure things are going to work out
come construction time. We didn't do that. If we had, we'd have
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I am lucky to have a utility easement that
runs between my official property line and the road. Some very high
power lines run along thru it. This gives everyone (including me) a
place to park with out completely ruining the yard and grass. But, after
all the recent rain, the yard has been very soft, and wouldn't you know
it, even after I had talked to all our regular guys about staying off
the 'yard' , I wasn't here with the pumper truck pulled out on
Friday...and he backed onto the formerly grassy area and made a big
mess. I could shoot him. He made huge ruts. My guys or Dan, not sure
who, but someone put up a red plastic ribbon across the 'stay off' area.
It was so very dry all summer that it was a non-issue. but after the
rain this winter, it is a biggie. Sod and grading costs a fortune. Plus
you work like crazy keeping it watered for about 6 weeks till it is well
rooted in your sandy soil. |
 We are
getting another little pile of wood scraps. I will go to the Gulf Shores
Fire Dept and get a permit to burn them if it is nice weather this
weekend. It is a wonderful thing to have so little waste when you build
a DACART house. We still have managed to not have to get an expensive
dumpster for the project.
Friday, Feb 1, 2008...guys still
working on securing the bolts and wood band that holds joists, not
decking yet. Mike says Dan's carpenters will be coming in the morning
and working for about 2 hrs.
Mike says he had to repair the accelerator
on the crane. A part broke and the accelerator was fully opened and not controllable.
That is fixed now (it is great that Mike can fix so much of the crane
himself) so as soon as Dan's carpentry crew do their thing, then
Monday, Mike will start stacking blocks. He has then all tagged and laid
out near the house , ready to go. He also said that my BIG panels that
go on all three sides of the master bedroom ...err... princess
bedroom...are going to be delivered next week. That will be really
exciting.
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Meanwhile, you
can see the wood band now in place on the garage west wall. 
