Joe came when he said he would and we loaded up his little pickup. We dropped the old bikes at a metal recycler. No point in paying dump fees for those heavy bikes. Then to the transfer station to unload. Didn't take us any time at all. $21.95 was the fee and I gave Joe some money for time and gas. He hauled all the wood away to throw on his burn pile. Down to just a couple of things and I will slowly add those to the garbage cans. :) Saved myself quite a bit over what the dump run guy wanted to charge me.
The garage door guy came when he said he would. Did his measurements, explained my choices and left to figure out the estimate. It came in at just over a $1000 with labor and tax. The little man had guessed $1000. Good job little man.
The siding contractor worked most of the day in the rain. I think this project pushes into next week. And that is okay.
I have a theory about contractors. The ones who come in beat up trucks are the ones to hire. They haven't charged people enough to buy those $40K trucks. They want the work and are the ones who call you back. My siding lady and the garage guy both drive old trucks. Hope my theory is correct. At least they both did get back to me in a timely fashion....more than I can say for a lot of other contractors.
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