
The days fly past and the work is in a phase that doesn’t show great progress, but there are many foundational things being done. We now have both septic tanks dug and one has been bricked in. We had trouble with water filling the holes and we had to have a pumper guy come for several days in a row come pump the 12' by 12' holes out. He used a foot pump that look much like a stair stepper. I told the guys that if they we inventive they might be able to advertise this devise as a health club attraction and get it done for free. They didn’t get it as most of my joking, but I won’t stop trying and it makes them laugh anyway. I actually got my power saw out yesterday and cut all the rafter tails off and had the carpenters drooling and asking where they could get such a machine. So we are finally ready for the roof. I thought that we would have it on sooner, but forgot all the things that had to happen before the roof could be ready and even though I have done this before building here is so different here I forget stuff. Fortunately I have a crew that is skilled and goes and does what is needed. So my job as I see it is mainly being the banker/quality control/expediter person. Which is very needed, but just a different role that I play in my construction company back in the USA. Notice the gutters in the picture...they were specially made for this building. The man in the picture is the 79 year old carpenter. He and his 2 sons are doing the roof rafters and sheeting.

1 Comments:
Hey Tom!
Great post - loved the stories about your joking and about the power tools. thanks for keeping up the updates! It's great to stay connected to what you are doing!
Blessings!
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