Awesome with a side order of annoyance

So work continued on the tile portion of our floor project yesterday which I again monitored via my 6 year old web cam that was sitting on the wall shelf.  Yesterday they had one additional person, meaning a total of four people were on site.  However it never seemed like more than two of them were working at a time.

The most egregious slacker was the woman, who is the wife of one of the guys that actually was working.  She spent most of her time leaning on the kitchen island futzing with her smart phone.  The only real work I saw her do was to spread some grout on the area that was tiled on Tuesday.

Well it turned out that the grout was not done correctly.  We paid for a stain blocker agent that was supposed to get mixed into the grout.  It’s much more effective than the type of grout sealant you only apply to the top after it’s all done.  Well the woman did not use the stain blocker, something Cindy only realized after they left for the day when she saw all 9 bottles of the stuff were still unopened.  Well of course this annoyed me, so now I have to add that to the list of detail items that have been screwed up so far.

The woman had said on Tuesday that the crew would get a lot done Wednesday as they planned to work until 5:30 or 6.  Instead they were out of there before 3 o’clock.  The woman told Cindy she had a “family emergency” and since all four of the people working were related, they all left.  Cindy had doubts about the validity of the excuse but whatever, there wasn’t much we could do about it.

The tile itself looks great, the cracked and wavy foundation is not reflected on the surface at all.  They have finished up to around the kitchen and still have the hallway and dining room to complete along with a couple detail items.  Supposedly they will finish up by Friday.  I am home today since Cindy had an appointment she had to go to this morning.

Cindy also was quite busy yesterday doing more coop related things, the highlight of which was the stand she made for the nesting boxes.  She also did some work on getting steps built for in front of the shed.  So far she has definitely been earning her keep. 🙂