-- Day 2 (Wednesday): Laura will be teleworking today so that I can head into the office and not feel like a complete degenerate. The floormen continue to work on sanding down the epoxy and layers of paint on the boards and the stairmen begin work on evaluating our stairs. I require Laura to post no less than 300 pictures and send no fewer than 25 text messages every half hour to keep abreast of the work. I drink too much coffee and convince myself that I need to go home to make stair decisions. Laura agrees that this would be best. I make it out of my cube, to the parking lot, and home in about 10 minutes.
We find out that there is no support for the right side of the stairs. Essentially, at some point the base stairs (bottom four) were just built right up to the drywall/plaster but not attached to the drywall. To stick with the letter theme, imagine that each step was like an "F" with the left support being the neck and each stair stretching off of that. We knew the stairs were loose but…
We find out that there is no support for the right side of the stairs. Essentially, at some point the base stairs (bottom four) were just built right up to the drywall/plaster but not attached to the drywall. To stick with the letter theme, imagine that each step was like an "F" with the left support being the neck and each stair stretching off of that. We knew the stairs were loose but…
I'm not sure I needed to be there to agree that the stairs had no support, but it's always better to be safe than sorry.
The stairs are being built, as is the frame for another $2500 or so. Ouch.
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