Chilly in the morning getting hot in the afternoon, with cooler temps in the evening.<\/p>\n
It was pretty darn chilly when the contractor got here yesterday.\u00a0\u00a0 Might have been 58F?\u00a0 Felt cooler after they started working too.\u00a0 It did get pretty hot in the sun.\u00a0 I took a break and did some fishing, and I might have even got some sunburn on my neck.\u00a0\u00a0 Didn’t catch anything, although lots of fish were out eating.\u00a0 The minnow were schooling and following my lure, and a turtle followed it all the way to the dock.\u00a0 I could have let him catch it if I slowed a little bit.\u00a0 Between the minnows and the turtle, I think the bait is convincing, the fish must just not have been biting.<\/p>\n
The work crew got all the holes dug, and the house is ready for jacking… which might not happen until next week.\u00a0 They are awaiting a deliver so they can use their\u00a0 new machine.\u00a0 Everybody seems to be waiting for deliveries.\u00a0 In any case I get to sleep in today.<\/p>\n
Then it will be working the list.\u00a0\u00a0 I think I may go into town for some plumbing\u00a0 pipe.\u00a0 The supply line cut off valve will need to be replaced, and a new service entry for water installed.\u00a0 It was buried and it’s rotten.\u00a0\u00a0 The foundation guys are also licensed plumbers so I asked them to quote me for the work.\u00a0\u00a0 They will also need to fix the transition from the house’s iron sewer pipe to plastic that feeds into the septic tank.\u00a0\u00a0 The current joint is broken and leaking.\u00a0\u00a0 We didn’t see it during the septic work because it was under the sidewalk, and buried.<\/p>\n
We also discovered that there aren’t any repair piers along one wall where we expected them to be.\u00a0 Since the fill dirt level is only a couple of inches to a foot, the plan was to just ‘tune up’ those piers.\u00a0 But they aren’t there at all, which would explain the foundation sinking there…\u00a0 there will be additional charges for new (traditional) remediation piers along\u00a0 that wall.\u00a0 The other piers are mostly bearing on sand.\u00a0 Not sharp, compact-able sand.\u00a0 Soft sand. Or should I say, NOT bearing, as they are sinking through the sand.\u00a0\u00a0 Shoddy work.\u00a0 All going to be replaced.\u00a0 Just as soon as the part comes in.<\/p>\n
So supply chain issues continue to plague industry.\u00a0\u00a0 Grab it if you need it,\u00a0 there might not be any for a while…<\/p>\n
Stack it high.<\/p>\n
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Chilly in the morning getting hot in the afternoon, with cooler temps in the evening.<\/p>\n
It was pretty darn chilly when the contractor got here yesterday.\u00a0\u00a0 Might have been 58F?\u00a0 Felt cooler after they started working too.\u00a0 It did get pretty hot in the sun.\u00a0 I took a break and did some fishing, and I might have even got some sunburn on my neck.\u00a0\u00a0 Didn’t catch anything, although lots of fish were out eating.\u00a0<\/p>\n