On 1/24/2014 11:01 AM, Mike Marlow wrote: Swingman wrote:
Bath remodel to assist client with medically necessary, handicapped
access to shower and facilities:


https://picasaweb.google.com/1113554...t=directlin k

Time was of the essence ... 19 days from start to finish.

Nice job Karl. How many on the crew?

Two of us, Carlos Ruff (my good friend, fishing buddy, and goto guy for
all things construction) and I did everything from design, to demo, to
framing, to trim out carpentry, except:

Subs: rough-in plumbing (1), glass window block installation (1), tile
installation, painting (2), and the sliding shower door installation (1).

Actually, due to drain to wall distance issues in the tract built home,
the commode/bidet/"butt spa" installation (medically of utmost
importance to the project) was actually too complicated, and
non-standard, to leave to a plumber.

I came up with the installation method for the $3000 unit, which the
plumber had never seen/dealt with. Carlos and I did the actual
installation, with the plumber as our helper (basically he had a truck
full of most of the arcane bits and pieces we needed, and he is licensed
to say the final blessing over our installation ... but mostly just got
in our way ).

It would have been a challenge for me
to complete a task like that in 19 days by myself. Challenge hell -
might
just have missed the time allocation!

Carlos and I have a lot of practice. We have done complete baths, from
to-the-studs demo to the finished product in +/- 18 days, including all
plumbing, bathtub installation, electrical, painting, et al ... but
there was no tile involved.

It do take a bit of planning, persistence, and a small amount of cussing
and cajoling.

Started in late November on the design (yep, Sketchup to the rescue),
numerous meeting with clients to go over details and handicap
requirements, staging all needed materials on site, purchasing all
fixtures, supplies, and getting firm commitments as to dates from the
plumbing contractor, tile installer, glass block installer, paint
contractor, and sliding glass door contractor during the month of December.

The client wanted it done in December, but I advised them against it as
no matter what subs tell you, you will not be able to find one the last
10 days of December (Christmas holidays), and therefore if there is a
month that would throw a monkey wrench into a tight schedule, it is
December, so we started Jan 2nd.

Scheduling was critical, as the client, suffering from advancing ALS
complicated by respiratory problems, had to move to a hotel, at great
discomfort and hardship.

I had contractually promised the client no more than thirty days - she
moved back in on the evening of the 19th day.

The above mentioned subs, with the exception of the glass block mason,
have been working with me for a decade or more, so our established
relationships, based on mutual trust and their ability to do it
punctually and right, were the most important element in getting this
job done correctly and in a timely manner.

AAMOF, except for the beginning and end, I spent a good deal of my time
running errands for this and that, being there to answer
questions/advise, and just watching paint dry.


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