Today was the day that Jim was supposed to go and watch the potential concrete contractor pour a slab for a new home nearby; however, the guy called and said that since there was a chance for showers, he was postponing it until tomorrow.
Jim has been working on a steel order - he needs more steel for the staircase. He asked for quotes from two different places - the steelyard nearby and the place in Albany. It turned out that Albany was much cheaper on the angle steel and the place close by was cheaper on the channel steel. The Albany steelyard said that they would deliver to us for only $12! That's crazy - it would cost more than that for Jim to drive the truck to the close steelyard.
The guy had told him that they would bring a pickup-type truck to deliver the steel. So when the guy called Jim and said that he was at the street and wondering if he could bring his truck up the driveway, Jim said sure. But look what pulled in! The guy had to turn around up on top of the hill. So it's really crazy that they brought this truck up from Albany for $12. There were a couple of other orders on the truck but Jim said it didn't look like much.
Jim has been working on a steel order - he needs more steel for the staircase. He asked for quotes from two different places - the steelyard nearby and the place in Albany. It turned out that Albany was much cheaper on the angle steel and the place close by was cheaper on the channel steel. The Albany steelyard said that they would deliver to us for only $12! That's crazy - it would cost more than that for Jim to drive the truck to the close steelyard.
The guy had told him that they would bring a pickup-type truck to deliver the steel. So when the guy called Jim and said that he was at the street and wondering if he could bring his truck up the driveway, Jim said sure. But look what pulled in! The guy had to turn around up on top of the hill. So it's really crazy that they brought this truck up from Albany for $12. There were a couple of other orders on the truck but Jim said it didn't look like much.
We did get some not so great news - Jim has been working with a guy on an order for the rest of the scaffolding that he needs to do the shoring inside for when the concrete is poured on the deck. The guy was supposed to call him Friday and didn't. Jim called him at lunch today and the guy said they wouldn't have the scaffolding until the middle of May! That's not going to work. So Jim is going to have to do some investigating this evening.
Meanwhile, work must go on. Jim got the curb support pieces all done on the pour stops he put up yesterday on the beam.
He does a lot of custom support on the corners since they see so much stress.
Then he started contemplating the next steps - figuring out the stairwell opening and how to do the pour stops around that area. First thing that had to be done was to grind off the welds he had used to attach the deck pieces to the beam.
It took quite a bit of grinding and prying to break the bond - which is good news for all the pieces that don't have to be moved!
Jim welded the lip that will go under the deck to the edge angle - this took some figuring out how to make all this work!
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