Framing-Friday

On Friday, the framing crew arrived around 8 a.m. The crew foreman was an amiable guy named Jason. Not much happened for a while, as Jason and his crew reviewed the plans, took measurements and surveyed the materials.

It wasn't long before the problems started. Jason discovered that the window that had been ordered for our living room was a foot shorter than the plans called for. There were other changes, too. Gerald remembered discussing some of them with Paul Russell, but no one ever make the changes to the plans since we thought Paul would be here to oversee the building. The living room window, however, was just a mistake. I didn't want a smaller window. I already thought it too small, but it seemed we couldn't return this one.

Twelve, 2x12's appeared to be missing, but were later found. Then we realized the materials for the loft had not been ordered at all. We were also short of sheeting material. Gerald spent most of the morning on the phone with Paul and various suppliers to try to round up the missing materials and get them delivered. Jason needed the 2x12s for the loft by the morning. Gerald eventually arranged for Old Santa Fe Lumber to deliver them that night. The situation got very tense. Gerald wasn't happy.

Meanwhile, the crew got busy installing the floor joists in the part of the floor that was not already done.

Then the rest of the sub-floor went down.

We had to drive to Prescott to get several changes to the plans approved, pick up some additional materials and see about ordering a new living room window. We decided to use the window that was the wrong size in the dining room, so it wouldn't be wasted. That made me happy, as I don't think you can have too many windows. Gerald, however, is always loathe to give up wall space for art. 

On our way out, we saw these horses. They were outside the ranch gate but before the highway.

Paul had talked to the Yavapai County Planning Office about the changes to the plans. The person he spoke with said we just needed to bring in our stamped plans and they could approve the changes in a few minutes. When we got there, they told Gerald they needed two sets of plans and that it would take 6 or 7 hours once they had them. The rules are the rules, they said.

Gerald called Paul, who remembered who he had spoken with. Once Gerald got to the right person, and he remembered having that conversation, it took just a few minutes to approve the changes.