Posted by Steve Brockman | December 12th, 2009

Happy Holidays and a “Festifus” for the rest of us.  Well the big freeze is here.  If your hose is still on, it’s too late now.  Take your hose off and don’t open it until it has been checked by a plumber. 

Still not in our house but, the drywall is up and we are waiting for tape.  Then I’ll paint and put the floor in.  Sad to say we will not be comfortable on Christmas.  I blame the city of Naperville who took three months to review our blueprint.  It’s always the people who try to do things right that get slammed.  We lost an entire week because the inspector wanted half inch threaded rod installed in the corner of our house to protect us from tornadoes.  What the hell?  When you pull a permit, the City is supposed to protect you from dishonest contractors not nit-pick every square inch of your home displaying their ability to quote obscure codes.  And since I am the contractor, and the work was above and beyond code, each request was actually a demand.  Pulling a permit opens you to the wrath of annal tirents who should be looking for things done without permits and trucks with no phone numbers or names. 

Hope your Christmas, or whatever you celebrate, is happy and uneventful,  Say a prayer for us and I’ll say one for you.