Lumber Delivery

So finally I've procured a framing crew. Not sure how much of a crew there'll be, but I've got a guy wrapping his head around it right now. Same guy's going to be doing the roofing as well, which makes better sense considering that a 1/4 of the roof is being torn off completely and rebuilt. Hopefully three weeks from now we'll nail down the exterior and button up the framing.

I bought the lumber from Hall & House on the Southside (Epler & Bluff). I grew up down there, but have never patronized their lumber yard. I never checked prices in the beginning, but after I received the bill of materials, I priced it all out relative to a Menards ticket I had and the prices were only $0.20 higher generally. No delivery charge made it all relative, and as they counter guy said "If we left anything off, I'll load it up in the pickup truck and bring it to ya." You won't get that service from Menards.

The slide-off can send crap flying, but this time it was safe. I had Ethan that morning because the day care lady was sick, so we both hung out and watched the delivery. My framer hung around for a few minutes and buttoned up the lumber with tarps, since he wouldn't be able to get to the work for a week.

Hi mom!