Windows and Floors!

We now have solid floors as the concrete hardens. The bottom floor - walk out basement was poured yesterday with the first pour at 6:30 AM. A real challenge for the guy who did the work as the specifications from the Architect called for 4 inches of polystyrene to insulate the floor from the cold earth. What was perhaps not fully appreciated was that polystyrene floats and concrete at the liquid stage is mostly water. The concrete guy had a real challenge to keep the polystyrene where it belonged as he swept his machines over the surface. In the end, he did great but at times it was a tad frustrating. We will have to trim some of the borders a bit tomorrow with a sawz all. The windows arrived today from Ottawa. A 70 foot trailer delivered them and it became quickly evident that he could not back down the driveway...he immediately got one set of wheels stuck. No harm done, we used the Lull (a cross between a forktruck and a crane) to transport them down our driveway about 600 feet. The challenge was really in handling these VERY heavy and expensive windows. I am hugely fortunate to have 4 friends to help out with their labor and their ideas on moving these to the actual site and into the building. At one point with the largest and heaviest window, we had Randy from Brocks, the three carpenters then on site, the Loewen window rep, Alan, Adam, Bob Brisboe and myself all lifting on this window and the best we could do was lift / slide it the 40 feet to its storage place. That is 9 guys lifting....and now somehow we have to lift this thing 20 feet into the air to the spot it will ultimately reside. Picked up an error I made for the garage doors...by overhearing Ryan mention the doors were not trimmed in yet...and I thought they were. I had given those measurements to the door vendor 2 days ago. Turns out we are losing 7 inches on the height. Called him straightaway and hope he can make the alterations before we buy doors that do not fit. Entirely my error. And today is my 38th wedding annivesary. Matt