Did you buy those tables or build them Jim? They look great!
We bought them. The original plan was to build our own but being this far behind schedule, we've resorted to throwing money at everything and hoping that we can get caught up. Well, "caught up" probably isn't the right way to put it, there's no way we will ever get "caught up". But we would like to get a little closer to the end goal at least.
Part of the problem out here is that finding people to work is very difficult. And when you do find someone, they have a different schedule than most people living in the city. For instance, Daniel is doing the plumbing, but he takes a week of every two weeks to go hunting or fishing. And he can't work when it rains, which it's been doing a lot of lately. So he is out of pocket for 14 days each month for hunting/fishing and another 5 or 6 days for rain-outs. That gives me 7-8 days a month that he will come to work. Try scheduling around that if you can.
And before you say "Just find another plumber. . . " well it isn't that easy. Most of the good ones are so busy they are booked out for literally months in advance. And because finding people to work is so difficult, the people in Highlands are throwing stupid money at them so that they will make their jobs a priority. Makes it difficult for people like me who are working on a budget.
When I started this project I had figured on doing all the plumbing myself. But surprise, surprise. The building department requires a "licensed" contractor to do plumbing, electrical, sewer, etc. So I'm not allowed to glue the pipe together and put a level on it to be sure it's flowing downhill. It takes a special license to do that if it's a commercial job.
It's very frustrating to say the least.
