Door updates

Back on July 2nd, I wrote a post "Doors: why is this hard? (or: is Home Depot stupid???)" about our search for a supplier for the doors we selected - the Bellagio design in the Palazzo series by Masonite. We had been extremely frustrated with the Orange Borg at the time, and their seeming indifference. HD eventually got a Bellagio door in their display so Seargant Shultz could no longer have any excuses.

However, as Bob at the Kanata HD was quite helpful, so we thought we would give them a chance at supplying our doors despite this annoyance. So we asked HD for a price, as well as the small local building supply store. Guess what? The small local place beats HD's price by about 15%, which gives them the advantage even if we order and get the 10% with the acquisition of a new HD credit card!

So the moral of the story is... don't assume the Orange Borg always has the best prices...

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
The crew was putting up more trusses at the building site today. I dropped by to give Charles a cheque and gave them moral support for a short while. The crane wasn't available for a full day today, so he will be out there tomorrow (Wednesday). One full day of the crane should complete the crane work for installing the trusses.

And the windows and doors will probably be arriving on Friday, which means the 30 day clock will start ticking then.