I would walk 500 miles...
Well, no I probably wouldn't walk 500 miles but it sure felt like it yesterday. I spent the majority of the day walking the job site next to the inspector trying to convince him that the spots he wanted to fix just needed time to grow. We we're sent out to fix a sub-division in Clarkston where some sod was put down last year. The sod has sunk, or shrunk in spots and they wanted us to fill it in and put down some seed.
Not to bad a job, the inspector was a nice guy. He really wasn't that picky at all but I had to stand next to him and talk him out of most it. Which wasn't hard, but the job site was 4 miles long and we had to walk up one side of it and down the other side.
8 miles in 10 hours isn't too bad, but at least 1/2 of it was up hill. Then you add us ranging 150 to 200 feet in front of the guys to look at spots, then walking back to the guys to make sure they are doing it right. So all in all we mad about 4 passes of the job site. 16 miles, give or take 1/2 a mile.
By the end of the day my feet where sore.
Thursday was almost as bad, we spent the day in Brighton fixing a job that was done last year. I'm always amazed at how big of assholes most the home owners and county inspectors are. We put down top-soil, seed, fertilizer, and straw. Then they start complaining that it doesn't look like sod after only 2 months of growth.
2 comments:
Hydroseed with a heavy rye mix and green crumble mulch. It comes up fast and is green under the new grass. They don't seem to care that the rye doesn't last very long. A little creeping fescue and bluegrass will come in later. Plus it looks high tech to spray it, they like to see that. "Watch the hand, watch the hand." Abra cadabra.
That would work though I doubt it will make them happy.
Problem is that the job is already in the red, it would cost money to hydro seed. Add to that the fact that it's a state job, they didn't spec it for hydo seed or pay for it.
The problem is that they wanted to pay the cheapest possible price for the restoration, but wanted the best quality work. IE: They payed for seed and straw, but really wanted SOD.
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