Gonna have to watch this one!

[dingy]

  Yammer Dan said:

Had contractor with a great rep around here call me this evening. I had tried to call him a couple of times but couldn't catch him. He is busy but I think I might finally be getting somewhere. He said he will look at it this week.

 

Dan,

 

Could this be a sign from God ??

 

Can't even get this guy there to take your down payment, let alone work on it.

 

Run, Forest, Run !!

 

 

Gary

[Yammer Dan]

If this one don't work I'm doing it myself.

[Carbon_One]

Hey Dan if you have to do it yourslep you might contact the local high school for some hired labor. Lots of kids don't have jobs after school so you just might get a couple that's willing to work and maybe learn something in the process.

You'll get help needed, they'll get some spending money and maybe learn a trade.

Or post something for hired help on a local want ad board?

You already know how the job has to be done.

Just a thought here to help you getr done.

Larry

[Yammer Dan]

  Carbon_One said:

Hey Dan if you have to do it yourslep you might contact the local high school for some hired labor. Lots of kids don't have jobs after school so you just might get a couple that's willing to work and maybe learn something in the process.

You'll get help needed, they'll get some spending money and maybe learn a trade.

Or post something for hired help on a local want ad board?

You already know how the job has to be done.

Just a thought here to help you getr done.

Larry

 

 

Good idea Larry.

[Stache]

Taking that idea one step further, you could offer the job to a high school shop class or trades college as a project. You pay for materials, provide mentoring. Use specialized sub-contractors where regulatory requires it. You get a garage, the school gets a project, the kids get a grade.....

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Yall all need sell the houses/garages/barns/lots, and then get rid of the tractors/sidecars/pooltables/logsplitters/vendingmachines/slotcar tracks/meat slicers, and go rent a cute little studio apartment in a trendy young neighborhood, and watch the gals in bikinis at the pool while you sip on a wine cooler.

 

 

 

Or at least...DREAM that you did.

 

 

 

 

 

[Yammer Dan]

I just dream of the girls in bikinis in my garage. And then the Warden wakes me up!!!

[Yammer Dan]

I got the corners squared up today. Progress!!

[Skid]

PICTURES?

[Yammer Dan]

Me and camera ain't getting along very well. Pics are on camera card. I think. Probally going to stay there.

[Yammer Dan]

With the mess I have. Footers not square and not right dimensions. It would be the time to make it a little bigger. Now where have I heard that before. Standing inside of the square once I got the corners squared up it just don't look big enough for a Pickem -up a car and 7 or was that 8 bikes!! Hope this guy wants to work.

[Yammer Dan]

here are the blasted pics!!!

[Flyinfool]

Your right, that looks pretty small, you better make it bigger.........

[Sylvester]

  Yammer Dan said:

here are the blasted pics!!!

 

 

Holy Crap, is that holes in the masonry?

 

[Marcarl]

Finally some pictures,,, well at least you now figured out how to work your camera,,,, now to fix the would be shed, soon to be a workshop. Keep us posting and we'll keep poking you in the right direction.

[dingy]

  Yammer Dan said:

here are the blasted pics!!!

 

 

Very good Yammer, welcome to 20th century technology.

 

Hows that new contractor working out for you.

 

Ya know, those meth heads down the street might be more reliable than your past employees, and they probably can work long hours with little sleep, just a few extra smoke breaks.

 

 

Gary

[FuzzyRSTD]

Thanks for the pictures Yammer. They don't open up to be able to see them larger, but that is a start. Thanks ............

 

Fuzzy

[Yammer Dan]

I threw that camera in the trash can. Warden got it out again. Then she posted the pics!!! New contractor looked at it this evening. Claims I really got screwed. Wanting to do unecessary stuff to make it work. I'm probally going to end up doing it myself.

[Yammer Dan]

Measuring across corner to corner on a rectangular footer if your measurments come out the same it is square. Right?? Mine is 1 ft off. Metal Building I was planning on sitting on top of footer must have exact foundation to sit on. This guy is wanting to redig footers and repour. ?????

 

 

Yes those are holes. More chipped block than I want to count. Maybe I am stupid but if you do chip a block (and it does happen) wouldn't you turn the chip to the inside? He used no headers in the footer for stepdowns. Must have cut 100 block doing the house because his footers there were not level. He had to carve block to make them fit. Mortar joints not filled. I should have shot him!!

Edited September 29, 2011 by Yammer Dan

[FuzzyRSTD]

Well I was wondering if the last contractor had showed. Sounded like good ideas from Stache and Carbon One. Might be something you would look into, that is if you live close enough to a high school or a vocational school. If not Yammer, I would still go with a good contractor. There should be people looking for work right now, you would think.

 

You don't want to hurt yourself Yammer, and I am afraid that is what you might do. I planed my build while off from work for knee surgery. Thinking I would at least be there to oversee things. Well I could not stand around and ended up helping some. I almost ended up back in the hospital by over doing it. It would not be worth injuring yourself and being laid up in the hospital Yammer. Just hang in there and get someone else to do it. If the fellow did not suit you this evening, just tell him what you want and go from there. If he don't like it, then get someone else. I know it is a headache fooling with all this. I wish I lived closer to give you a hand in finding someone. Good luck Yammer. I am not sure how far away you are, but there are some very good Amish groups that have a very good name over in Flemingsburg, KY.

 

James

[FuzzyRSTD]

  Yammer Dan said:

Measuring across corner to corner on a rectangular footer if your measurments come out the same it is square. Right?? Mine is 1 ft off. Metal Building I was planning on sitting on top of footer must have exact foundation to sit on. This guy is wanting to redig footers and repour. ?????

 

Yes correct Yammer. I could see him pouring one end and straighten/square it. But not the whole thing, unless you want bigger, then just one/two more sides.

[Yammer Dan]

I had figured out a plan to salvage what I had and I know it will work. He don't want to listen. I thought I was supposed to be the employer. Word is he does great work but?? Only his way I guess.

[eagleeye]

there are some very good Amish groups that have a very good name over in Flemingsburg, KY.

 

This is maybe the best idea I've heard yet.

 

Good luck Dan,

 

Steve

[Yammer Dan]

  FuzzyRSTD said:

Thanks for the pictures Yammer. They don't open up to be able to see them larger, but that is a start. Thanks ............

 

Fuzzy

 

 

How do you make them til you can see them larger?

[Yammer Dan]

Been a long time since I done this stuff. I know if if you measure a square across corner to corner when your measurements are the same it is square. Right?? If you have rectangle footer you just measure cross corner to cross corner in a x pattern on the long sides and it should come out the same to be square. Right?