This was a fun one.
Andreas and I go over to the house (I had not seen it since Tuesday). Much progress has been made on the framing! We are really starting to get a sense of the new second storey.
Main floor looking towards back
Looking towards front
The carpenter, Sergei, was going over some things and mentioned that the architect had drawn the house about 5 inches too long, so he had adjusted the middle room to compensate. (This is with a thick Russian accent, although he's easier to comprehend than the plumber!)
My first thought was, what? Then Andreas says something about the front overhang, to which Sergei says the drawings didn't say how big it was and he made it 3 feet, just like the back. Ok, it's actually supposed to be 4 feet so we lost a foot!
We start going over the drawings with a fine tooth comb. I point out that the exterior dimensions clearly show a 4 foot difference from the main floor to the upper floor. Sergei looks miffed and starts measuring and then says "it's impossible". Then Andreas and he get going and we discover that we're out by 9 1/2 inches, not quite a foot. I start wondering out loud about how this will be fixed, and are all the windows on the side wall now off centre...We call Marat & leave a message and then stand around while Sergei shrugs and packs up for the day. We then discuss other things that he needs that are also not on the drawings - such as the porch roof size & structural components of it. Also he tries to talk us out of the enormous front bay window,
Eventually, we all leave since there is not much else we can do at this point. However, we are not giving up on this one! I need those 9 inches!
Marat eventually calls, and at first doesn't quite understand (or be
The house with the first 2nd storey wall added
The wall, as seen when looking towards the back of the house
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