Glympse.com - Share your where
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Friday, October 10, 2008
What?
Nothing. Nothing at all. That's the substance I have to contribute to this blog today. Yep. Enjoy.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Grateful
no, not the dead.
Stop for just a minute, and think of one thing you are truly grateful for/of. Just do it. It's good for you. Do it at least once every day.
Stop for just a minute, and think of one thing you are truly grateful for/of. Just do it. It's good for you. Do it at least once every day.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday
Monday was a wash. I got a lot done, but I got nearly nothing done at the same time. It was a pretty crazy day. I'm helping Cherry with her products here at work while she's sick, plus I've got catch up work to do from last week.
I also didn't get anything done on the house. I still haven't picked up my permit for the sanitary lateral. I need to figure out what I'm going to do for the electric stuff. I still need to print out my specs for my doors and windows. I still need to contact someone about doing the excavation, lot leveling, and slab work... oh, and pest control.
The Oak is finally trimmed. Brian from "B's Quality tree trimming" (or something like that) did a pretty good job. Not great, but the price was right ($250). He also hauled off some stuff I had in the yard. Scrap metal. I should have made him take off some of the price, but I was glad to get it out of the yard.
Lots of work to do here today. Cherry is out sick, and Clay is tied up with a bunch of stuff - including covering for who-ever.
I need to meet with Dick to pick up his resume. I need to go downtown to pickup my permit. I'll see if I have time to take a long lunch and do both of those things. Afterall, I do need to get some "slow" miles on the scooter.
Speaking of scooter, I got the new one yesterday. It's different than the other one, still nice. I actually think I'll get better mileage on this one. I'll try and post pics later.
Gotta get some work done.
I also didn't get anything done on the house. I still haven't picked up my permit for the sanitary lateral. I need to figure out what I'm going to do for the electric stuff. I still need to print out my specs for my doors and windows. I still need to contact someone about doing the excavation, lot leveling, and slab work... oh, and pest control.
The Oak is finally trimmed. Brian from "B's Quality tree trimming" (or something like that) did a pretty good job. Not great, but the price was right ($250). He also hauled off some stuff I had in the yard. Scrap metal. I should have made him take off some of the price, but I was glad to get it out of the yard.
Lots of work to do here today. Cherry is out sick, and Clay is tied up with a bunch of stuff - including covering for who-ever.
I need to meet with Dick to pick up his resume. I need to go downtown to pickup my permit. I'll see if I have time to take a long lunch and do both of those things. Afterall, I do need to get some "slow" miles on the scooter.
Speaking of scooter, I got the new one yesterday. It's different than the other one, still nice. I actually think I'll get better mileage on this one. I'll try and post pics later.
Gotta get some work done.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Today I have to...
Call about getting the Oak tree trimmed, and getting some free mulch from the same company.
Call the City (Electrical Inspector) about what they would like, or what they need for moving the weather head.
Go downtown and pick up the sewer permit.
Get the door and window specs for the addition - so I can get building permit.
Get HVAC plan - so I can get building permit.
E-mail Dave Kappa about detailed quote.
Call Cecile's electrician about city requirements to move Weather head.
Look @ Scooters and see if there is potential to buy a new one rather than spending more and more on the current one.
Ok, those last two I don't really have to do today, and I still have to fit in "work" (I have a huge report I need to do this morning).
There's also a few other things I need on the list, but they're more for the weekend:
Tighten up electric runs/wires around the water heater/back door.
Cap the old washing machine drain.
Recycle the copper and brass from when we moved the hot water heater.
Call the City (Electrical Inspector) about what they would like, or what they need for moving the weather head.
Go downtown and pick up the sewer permit.
Get the door and window specs for the addition - so I can get building permit.
Get HVAC plan - so I can get building permit.
E-mail Dave Kappa about detailed quote.
Call Cecile's electrician about city requirements to move Weather head.
Look @ Scooters and see if there is potential to buy a new one rather than spending more and more on the current one.
Ok, those last two I don't really have to do today, and I still have to fit in "work" (I have a huge report I need to do this morning).
There's also a few other things I need on the list, but they're more for the weekend:
Tighten up electric runs/wires around the water heater/back door.
Cap the old washing machine drain.
Recycle the copper and brass from when we moved the hot water heater.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Barry from Progress Energy
He stopped by today - gave me a lot of options, both above ground and for going below. I think he misunderstood a couple of the things I wanted to do, but for the most part, we're on the same page.
From what he said, it looks like the best option for me at this point will be to have them install a new pole on my side of the alley and either tap from the existing pole, or tie in mid-span, and run it down from there. At that point, I can dig a trench myself to go underground, or simply move the weather head to the corner and have them tie from the new pole to the new weather head. He said either is do-able, as well as a few other options.
He said the new pole will probably end up being somewhere in the neighborhood of $600. The rest of it will vary greatly depending on exactly what I end up doing. The cheapest route will probably be to send the new service overhead to a new weatherhead. On the PE side, that would just be a simple change of service, and they'll come out and hook it all up after I have it prepped.
Most importantly, he suggested I get in touch with the City (inspector) and ask a few key questions. Some of which being:
The best way to do it.
The best routing.
What size and type (material) conduit.
How far up from the roof does he want the weather head (I'll want to verify with code before I bring that one up so that I know what's required and then change from there based on his response).
If it can be worked in (or needs to be worked in), bring up the "Working man" on a schedule / priority / "for my family" type stuff.
Just be diplomatic, and let him know what it is I'm wanting to do, and why, and that I want to do it according to how they want it done.
Try and feel the waters for how they will act on potential "violations" of existing service or conditions. Is it a "hazard"? It hasn't been for 13 years, etc.
Most importantly, be diplomatic, and the polar opposite of "hot headed".
I'm trying to get in touch with Legion to see if he can assist in any way as well.
From what he said, it looks like the best option for me at this point will be to have them install a new pole on my side of the alley and either tap from the existing pole, or tie in mid-span, and run it down from there. At that point, I can dig a trench myself to go underground, or simply move the weather head to the corner and have them tie from the new pole to the new weather head. He said either is do-able, as well as a few other options.
He said the new pole will probably end up being somewhere in the neighborhood of $600. The rest of it will vary greatly depending on exactly what I end up doing. The cheapest route will probably be to send the new service overhead to a new weatherhead. On the PE side, that would just be a simple change of service, and they'll come out and hook it all up after I have it prepped.
Most importantly, he suggested I get in touch with the City (inspector) and ask a few key questions. Some of which being:
The best way to do it.
The best routing.
What size and type (material) conduit.
How far up from the roof does he want the weather head (I'll want to verify with code before I bring that one up so that I know what's required and then change from there based on his response).
If it can be worked in (or needs to be worked in), bring up the "Working man" on a schedule / priority / "for my family" type stuff.
Just be diplomatic, and let him know what it is I'm wanting to do, and why, and that I want to do it according to how they want it done.
Try and feel the waters for how they will act on potential "violations" of existing service or conditions. Is it a "hazard"? It hasn't been for 13 years, etc.
Most importantly, be diplomatic, and the polar opposite of "hot headed".
I'm trying to get in touch with Legion to see if he can assist in any way as well.
6/4/2008 - Meeting with Ron Johnson
I met with Ron Johnson (of Ron Johnson Construction) yesterday afternoon. He seemed like a good guy. I gave him a set of 8.5"X11" prints of the plans. He's going to get back to me around next Wednesday to give me a quote on the shell as well as a couple other items. He'll call, and probably e-mail his bid as well.
He said that after the footer and slab are in place, once he begins work, if I'm scheduling windows and doors and the roofer around his work, I could have a dried in building in less than two months! Man, that would be phenomenal.
He also made a few suggestions and recommendations:
Two Brothers stucco.
The lower wall bar (rebar) in the footer should extend down to the chair. The drawings don't show it that low.
It'd probably be a good idea to add some rebar to the top and bottom of the run.
Genie Doors in St. Pete for garage doors - tell them "Ron sent you".
He also suggested using a light coat of stucco for the inside walls as well (garage). I'll have to double check pricing on that though.
He also made note of the tinted or colored stucco. Less maintenance, it needs to be painted less often as well. Plus, once it's on, it's done. No need for the additional step of painting the exterior of the building.
He said Gray (from Carroll's) was out with a sick relative, and I should be talking to Buck now (at least until Gray returns - although, I'm not sure I fully believe the sick relative story).
Overall, he seemed pretty nice. Honest (but they all do, right?). I'll follow up with the BBB and see if there's anything there. I wasn't able to get much info online about him or the company.
He said since I'm going to be buying all the materials separate from him, I won't pay him any deposit, or anything up front. Just payment in full when the job (or given sections of it) is done. At that point, he'll sign off the lien waiver. I'm guessing that in this market (slow), that will pretty much be the standard.
He also said that I could be used (and calculated [taken off] in some of his bid) as labor for whatever pieces of the job I wanted to do, or was able to do. He can act as the full contractor, or project manager, or even consult or "help" with pieces of the project. He seems pretty hungry, and very flexible with what he will do. If I hire him, I'll have to be careful to monitor (myself really) the "more work, less talk" side of things.
As a side note, I never did hear back from Paul Tomazin. I'm debating on whether or not to give him another call. Maybe I'll drive by the Dunkin' Donuts (new ICF construction) on 4th today, and let that help me in making that decision.
He said that after the footer and slab are in place, once he begins work, if I'm scheduling windows and doors and the roofer around his work, I could have a dried in building in less than two months! Man, that would be phenomenal.
He also made a few suggestions and recommendations:
Two Brothers stucco.
The lower wall bar (rebar) in the footer should extend down to the chair. The drawings don't show it that low.
It'd probably be a good idea to add some rebar to the top and bottom of the run.
Genie Doors in St. Pete for garage doors - tell them "Ron sent you".
He also suggested using a light coat of stucco for the inside walls as well (garage). I'll have to double check pricing on that though.
He also made note of the tinted or colored stucco. Less maintenance, it needs to be painted less often as well. Plus, once it's on, it's done. No need for the additional step of painting the exterior of the building.
He said Gray (from Carroll's) was out with a sick relative, and I should be talking to Buck now (at least until Gray returns - although, I'm not sure I fully believe the sick relative story).
Overall, he seemed pretty nice. Honest (but they all do, right?). I'll follow up with the BBB and see if there's anything there. I wasn't able to get much info online about him or the company.
He said since I'm going to be buying all the materials separate from him, I won't pay him any deposit, or anything up front. Just payment in full when the job (or given sections of it) is done. At that point, he'll sign off the lien waiver. I'm guessing that in this market (slow), that will pretty much be the standard.
He also said that I could be used (and calculated [taken off] in some of his bid) as labor for whatever pieces of the job I wanted to do, or was able to do. He can act as the full contractor, or project manager, or even consult or "help" with pieces of the project. He seems pretty hungry, and very flexible with what he will do. If I hire him, I'll have to be careful to monitor (myself really) the "more work, less talk" side of things.
As a side note, I never did hear back from Paul Tomazin. I'm debating on whether or not to give him another call. Maybe I'll drive by the Dunkin' Donuts (new ICF construction) on 4th today, and let that help me in making that decision.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)