common sense is out the window

[majorcatfish]

where to start on this trip...
Tuesday....
6:30 am the shuttle driver was waiting on me up in conover, unloaded my stuff off he went.
7 am walked around the building crap from the old owner was still everywhere.
8 am a crew came in removed the old stacks from the roof, woo there sports you need to take out the lower parts too, nope. got on the phone with the owner 9am the lower parts are being removed.
9:15 am on the phone with my roofer he will be there wed to seal up the curbs on the roof.
9:30 am the g/m of the store comes by, your temps will be here at 10 am.. and by the way you got the last hotel room in the area 2 conventions going on in the area.
165.00 for the night
10:25 am 3 of the 4 temps showed up put them to work.
11:30 am another crew came in and finished removing all the remaining equipment....ok now i can get to work
from 11:30 am till 6 pm..
started pulling out all the remaining old electrical wiring and gas lines that i was unable to get to before.
6:30 pm checked in to La Quinta Inns & Suites in hickory dang a 2 room suite cleaned up and walked over to Mexican restaurant, damn that was good food

Wednesday....
6:00 am went to breakfast holy cow..... real eggs,real sausage, real biscuits and gravy...first class
7:00 am got to work made my plans for the day.
7:15 am the owner calls he wants the roofs to remove all the curbs from the stacks and make the roof flat.... 360* from what he told me weeks earlier.
7:30 am my roofer showers up and explained to him the changes, <you know this changes the price> i dont give sh*t. spent the next hour finding a place that had metal roof decking.
in the mean time got the temps to work drove to the metal place found the decking....cash only $531.43 out of my pocket<thank god for 3 1st place wins in the company nascar pool> give him a p.o. to use at abc roofing supplies for the rest.
9:am the owner shows up spent the next 2 hours writing down every thing he wants done, finally told him , theres no way in hell that can be done in 4 days, <i know you will be up here next week as well><really>
10:am another temp shows up put them to work...

after lunch had the 2 brothers start blowing all everything<yes everything was still covered in sawdust>
yes we swept that floor 3 times.
5:00 pm had enough checked into sleeps inn cleaned up and had dinner at cracker barrel..
my roofers left they repaired 4 of 9 holes had them cover the rest with plastic.
heck yes we are making some serious headway

Thursday....
6:30am what a nasty as* breakfast fo eggs,fo sausage all thing good was the apples.
7:00 am planed for the day
8:00 am 2 of the 4 temps show up.. they spent the whole day blowing down the ceiling.
9:00 am the other 2 show up....give them their walking papers.
10:am started to remove all the old light fixtures....omg who ever the electrician was did not know his wiring, all the lights were 277 vac and they used low a/c voltage wire.
120 avc positive is black,red,blue , white neutral
they were using the same colors in 277 vac which is brown, yellow,orange, gray neutral.... damn going to have to rewire the whole building.

friday....
8:00am my 2 helpers finished blowing down the ceiling.
11:00 am we switched to pressure washing the walls
5:00 pm i called it

this tueday we will pick it up again....

 

[seedcorn]

Job security, job security....

 

[majorcatfish]

Job security, job security....

will put it this way, went from a nasty ready to have a flash fire building to a nice building to become a very great building with some more work.....

 

[Nyboy]

Major sounds like my house. Empty 10 to 15 years, teenagers broke in and used as hang out before setting fire. Grounds used as lovers lane.

 

[Smart Red]

Sounds like a real challenge! I'm glad that you like challenges. What I loved about teaching is that it was never the same. You get a lot of that as well. Have fun!

 

[thistlebloom]

Your boss is a very lucky guy to have you handling all the renovations Major. You must surely save him a lot of serious headaches.

And now I'm even more thankful that I garden for a living.

 

[majorcatfish]

@Smart Red ...... yes love a good challenge have to say that this project is one of the more straight forward ones that he has thrown me into in the past... yes i know deep down inside me he will come up with something to throw a wrench into the plans...he always does!!!!!!! grrrrrrrr

@thistlebloom .... as for the renovations, can do almost everything , till it requires a permit once it does i wash my hands of it... now for the " save him a lot of serious headaches" thats a true statement since i am covered as a "in house" maintenance. that way he does not have pay contractor prices.
as for "serious headaches" i end up with those, wonder why my hair is turning gray.....grrrrr

come on powerball the major wants to retire.... "my pipe dream"

now need to edit my earlier post . "damn going to have to rewire the whole building" it's only one half of the buildings wiring for the lighting and some other wiring in the other half...

 

[Smart Red]

 

[majorcatfish]

Well here's a way to start the day got to work my 2 brother temps showed up, 2 other temps showed up. Put everyone to work. Had to run to lowes, back in 30 mins drove into the parking lot at work and saw that one of the temps cars was turned around and the trunk opened walked into the building and noticed a roll of 6/0 wire at the door.
Asked why it was there the temp said there were moving to sweep up that area....red flag!!!!!!
I put it back in the pile, after lunch went to get the paint for tomorrow got back both of the new temps gone, unloaded the paint and walked around found more 12ga wire hidden in a bathroom.....red flag
Walk more found 3 doors unlocked...red flag
Not like I don't walk the building checking doors at the end of the day.....
If he shows up tomorrow he will have his walking papers waiting.....I hate a thief

 

[Nyboy]

Me too fired a worker for stealing cans of coke. My thought you steal one thing you steal again.