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Feb. 19th, 2014 06:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vicarzNews is mixed - but more good than bad. Vanessa did test dig #1, and found the bricks spread out under the ground to land in a concrete footer. I think we had 2-3 ' easy. However, hole #2 revealed brick going down into concrete maybe only 1-2' down. Pictures pending with measurements.
The other good contractor bailed - he just got 3 bids accepted so he's not even going to bid.
Today a new contractor showed up, and voiced not only comfort with the type of work, but familiarity and offers to visit some of their sites including a cap hill basement digout (among other work). Awkwardly, she and he were both my height and...fucking cute. I'm like a cute contractor magnet.
Ok they likely send out attractive people for bids - makes sense
They seem qualified and interested in the work - but we'll see what happens with a bid. If I don't know any better, I've talked this thing so many times I sound like I know what I'm talking about (well as long as I have Scott as a safety net).
I save tens of thousands if I don't need to do underpinning - but the idea that one wall or part of the work might require underpinning while the other might not never occurred.
More importantly, Vanessa had a 20 lb sledgehammer and tips about how to do the mallet game at renfest!
The other good contractor bailed - he just got 3 bids accepted so he's not even going to bid.
Today a new contractor showed up, and voiced not only comfort with the type of work, but familiarity and offers to visit some of their sites including a cap hill basement digout (among other work). Awkwardly, she and he were both my height and...fucking cute. I'm like a cute contractor magnet.
Ok they likely send out attractive people for bids - makes sense
They seem qualified and interested in the work - but we'll see what happens with a bid. If I don't know any better, I've talked this thing so many times I sound like I know what I'm talking about (well as long as I have Scott as a safety net).
I save tens of thousands if I don't need to do underpinning - but the idea that one wall or part of the work might require underpinning while the other might not never occurred.
More importantly, Vanessa had a 20 lb sledgehammer and tips about how to do the mallet game at renfest!
