SUNROOM FORTYFIVE

The Project Manager brags that he doesn't read his email..."so busy in the field" he says.
It will however go to the Cc'd addressees.
Elucidating in so few words....Why should the Project Manager suggest plate glass rather than the planned double glass windows in order to get more light? Because the manufacturer - PGT ( I said "GPT" in error in the email ) may not make such small windows on order! If so, that in itself will emphasize the ridiculously inadequate dimensions of the gable.
Ordinary plate glass windows are subject to condensation, and that in itself is something I don't want.
The best solution is for the gable to be walled-off, insulated, and stuccoed over outside like the rest of the structure. The inside of the gable fitted with 2x4 studding from the top of the LVL Wall Beam ( Gable Brace ) at its inside edge up to the roof, and dry-walled in...boxed-in...so to speak. I don't want a reminder of something once thought to be a converstaion piece, and shelf maybe for model boats.
The Project Manager being stubborn, screwed up on the Gable size. If the Gable meant anything to the wife I would have not permitted him to proceed with it, but none of the gable is of importance to the wife...having endured a year of waiting...uppermost in her mind is getting everything completed and be rid of Nice Guys Corp. Her main disappointment is that the windows installed are not horizontal sliding windows. Thank goodness they are screened.

Not provable because there were no witnesses, as inept as this guy is, he had the ordacity to ask for an advance on the the final payment..."anything would do" he said. I answered with a "NO!" and: "If Nice Guys Corp is so destitute, and can't wait the remaining ten days in which you say the job will be completed, Nice Guys Corp is in big trouble." He said nothing further. Bingo! My suspicions of this guy were then confirmed. See Wow! "WHO HANDLES MONEY?"

Why haven't they come today? They were supposedly hell bent on getting at least this one job out of who knows how many dozens of others done?

Has this latest email put them in a bind? If their desire is to now operate in an ethical manner, at least respond to the email. I'm not looking for blood...in fact we just want this job done, and them out of our sight, and mind. The only thing they could do now is to admit to botching the job aesthetically, and offering some kind of recompense, though we want none. Just finish, and leave.

Remaining jobs are:
1. The Roof: Facia board, and cover; flashing, and tile; then last - the drip edge. No big deal.
2. Fill in the small remaining area between house wall, and last panel...a space eight-inches by eight-feet.
3. Nail on the half-dozen or so Double Stud Plates; drive in the remaining six-inch long lag screws holding the Gable Brace ( LVL Wall Beam ) in place; fix the Ridge Beam posts with the proper hardware, and screw in place as per specs.
4. Crop out, and cement ( concrete ) up the butchered door sill/footing.
5. Hang the door, and install the Doggy Door in it.
6. Run the electrical wires.
7. Install the Gable Windows if supplied, or if not - wall up the Gable; box in over over the Gable Brace.
8. Insulate, and hang the dry-wall; paint; and install the floor molding.
9. Hang the phan.
10. Stucco, and paint the structure.
11. Get the Inspector to approve it all.

...and hope to hell I never reveal on this web site who Nice Guys Corp really is. If the shoe fits...so to speak, shame on you. Consider this: If I make it to eighty, one quarter of my life has been taken up with this. You probably never thought of that! I didn't need this!

It doesn't end. Seeing the wife had opened all the windows on the "Sunroom" to catch the breeze, I, for the first time read the stickers attached to each pane of glass. The first thing to catch my eye was the words: "Non Impact" on every pane except for one fixed window, which said: "Impact Resistant". It further said to not remove the sticker until Inspected.

We were led to understand because these windows were installed in a room designed to withstand 150 MPH winds, all of the windows including those in the door were fitted with Impact glass. Even in their Web Site they state: